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NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE SEVEN! Part One!

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The Sexpos are proud to select the man, the myth, the moustache.


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Legend Center - Bernie Federko

@JojoTheWhale get jiggy with it.
 
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mja said:
@JojoTheWhale never had a chance.

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The NJFZ are terribly excited to select the Tank, LW Vladimir Krutov, the last remaining member of the famed KLM Line (@DancingPanther is now googling that for sure), and fittingly for our club the somewhat tragic figure of the trio. While his famed linemates went on to successful NHL careers, Krutov struggled in his only NHL season, both with conditioning and homesickness, and he was simply ill-equipped to handle the culture shock. Sadly, he passed away at the all too young age of 52.



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I am not, because contrary to popular belief around here, I do actually know some hockey history. I picked Fetisov with I think my first legend pick. And Tretiak.
 
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The Defensive pickings are super slim at this point, so let's fill a slot there first. When I went back and watched some of the 60s Canadiens' dynasty, of course Beliveau and Harvey looked like the all-time greats I expected, but there was no one who looked more miscast in time than RD J.C. Tremblay.

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Tremblay checks myriad boxes for underapprecation. He was a converted Forward. His chief weakness was that despite being quite good defensively when he wanted to be, he was skewered in the media for not being physical. He played behind the 2nd best Defenseman ever. And of course he chose the WHA. All of us know what that did to Mark Howe's HOF voting.

When I actually watched these games, Tremblay was doing what a modern Defenseman ideally can. He could skate away from forecheckers. His outlets were crisp and pushed the pace. Often he combined these two assets to skate the puck up to his blue line and find a streaking Winger near the opposing line. He was shockingly good with his stick as a defender. What I expected to find was a player who shrank from contact. That's not at all what was there. He didn't hit basically at all, but he wasn't skating away from contact either. It was clean, efficient finesse defense.

@Lord Defect You are the Bullgod.
 
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The Ghibli want to take a Soviet player, and by jove, we're going back to the USSR. There were so many Soviet greats who were comparable to NHL Hall of Famers, yet get shafted when it comes to the same level of recognition. Sure, there are a few exceptions, but it's a travesty that these greats of the game don't get their due.

The Honolulu Ghibli are proud to select: Alexander Maltsev (C).

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One of the great center/right wings of his or any era, in discussion for the best Soviet center. To quote the Ghibli's own Bob Clarke: "Kharlamov was an incredible player and he could play physically too. What he was doing with the puck was just unbelievably beautiful. But when I played against Maltsev, I thought to myself that he was the best forward I had ever met on the ice. And I still think so now. He was great in everything – from controlling the puck to face-offs to physical play." Emphasizing Maltsev's speed and 1v1 skill is a common refrain, and while the game of hockey is in perpetual flux, he just looks like a player who could thrive in any era with his tools.



Maltsev occupies a weird space in Soviet hockey in that he didn't play for powerhouse CSKA Moscow, like almost every dominant star, but rather for Dynamo Moscow. He also never played on a famous Soviet "line," instead with constantly changing linemates. This was a player who had to do a little more himself in his career than his peers. None of this stopped Maltsev from compiling a Soviet MVP record of: 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 4th, 4th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th (votes in 14 seasons). Maltsev also won best forward at the World Championships more times than Kharlamov, Makarov, Mikhailov, [Redacted] combined. Maltsev's international and domestic résumé is exceptional.
 
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The Ghibli want to take a Soviet player, and by jove, we're going back to the USSR. There were so many Soviet greats who were comparable to NHL Hall of Famers, yet get shafted when it comes to the same level of recognition. Sure, there are a few exceptions, but it's a travesty that these greats of the game don't get their due.

The Honolulu Ghibli are proud to select: Alexander Maltsev (C).

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One of the great center/right wings of his or any era, in discussion for the best Soviet center. To quote the Ghibli's own Bob Clarke: "Kharlamov was an incredible player and he could play physically too. What he was doing with the puck was just unbelievably beautiful. But when I played against Maltsev, I thought to myself that he was the best forward I had ever met on the ice. And I still think so now. He was great in everything – from controlling the puck to face-offs to physical play." Emphasizing Maltsev's speed and 1v1 skill is a common refrain, and while the game of hockey is in perpetual flux, he just looks like a player who could thrive in any era with his tools.



Maltsev occupies a weird space in Soviet hockey in that he didn't play for powerhouse CSKA Moscow, like almost every dominant star, but rather for Dynamo Moscow. He also never played on a famous Soviet "line," instead with constantly changing linemates. This was a player who had to do a little more himself in his career than his peers. None of this stopped Maltsev from compiling a Soviet MVP record of: 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 4th, 4th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th (votes in 14 seasons). Maltsev also won best forward at the World Championships more times than Kharlamov, Makarov, Mikhailov, [Redacted] combined. Maltsev's international and domestic résumé is exceptional.
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Well, he’s no REDACTED but still a fine choice.
 
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