Players Who Became The Opposite Of What They Were?

[MadLuke]

but then look like complete dopes when they have to cover someone?

Do they still do look like that during the Olympics or third period with a lead in the playoff ?

If not, it could be will, sacrifice and motivation, which is can be large part of doing it for people good enough to stay in the nhl without doing it.

Rick Nash with all his size, stick, strength and speed could look really good defensively with Team Canada, in an afternoon November game against Phoenix, not so sure if he always did.

Mario Lemieux being an other one, even old Mario in 2004 was still be a good 2 way forward went it needed to be.

And in those days he was definitely not known as a defensive guy. He was quite bad at it if I remember correctly.

Depend on who, there was a portion of MTL fans that still had some; if a defenceman is big and can use the Sherwood in front of the net = mediocre if not good defensively almost automatic.

Souray and Marc Andre Bergeron could score 25 in a year with their slapshop (Bergeron had an hard time being good enough to have the ice time, Souray actually did it). Souray only had like 10-15 goals his whole career before his return to the nhl in 2004... missing a whole year, could it have bbeen some injury (a bit like when he declined so fast after... wrist I think)

 

[Michael Farkas]

Sheldon Souray and Marc-Andre Bergeron will be henceforth known as "slopshop" and "slapslop"

 

[carjackmalone]

Rick Tochett