Nah, doesn't qualify, NHL level fighter/penalty killer tooZenon Konopka, faceoff ace.
Nah, doesn't qualify, NHL level fighter/penalty killer tooZenon Konopka, faceoff ace.
I don't think players like Brett Hull apply here.Brett Hull. Some even think he was better than Kurri, but I don't see it considering his overall game.
Hull was actually an excellent passer as well. His overall offensive IQ was really incredible.I don't think players like Brett Hull apply here.
You need more than an excellent shooting arsenal to be a top tier goalscorer, he had very good hockey sense, not in the playmaker sense, but just getting open, escaping defenders etc.
Elite players imo are almost always automatically disqualified from this topic
Of current players, Hoffman and Victor Olofsson can shoot the emblem off the puck but that's about it.
I remember a bunch of people saying that Semin was actually more skilled than Ovi (and this includes a bunch of Russian media) but lacked the work ethic to do anything with it, which is why Ovi became the Great 8 while Semin became "the other Alex" during their time in Washington.I used to get so excited watching Alex Semin absolutely wire pucks. That guy had a cannon blast at his disposal.
My comment was meant as a joke. Willingly stepping in front of so many one timers or slapshots from the point takes a special kind of person.Based on what I could find, he had a total of 2,044 blocked shots in his career and had career earnings of about $32,600,000.
That means he was paid $15,950 per blocked shot. Doesn't sound dumb to me. Sounds like a smart but underskilled player who found a way to make his paper imo.
Brett Hull. Some even think he was better than Kurri, but I don't see it considering his overall game.
Excellent at scoring top shelf goals with his wrister when relatively close to the net.Yanic Perreault.
Best ever at faceoffs. Decent player otherwise.
Wasn't Emerson Etem in a similar mould?yep, I think he got another season's worth of games in because he was a former top 10 pick. similarly useless outside of being REALLY friggin fast.