Who did you pretend to be growing up?

[Killem Dafoe]

Mark Messier, for sure.

 

[aufheben]

Mark Messier, for sure.

Not Boom Boom Geoffrion?

 

[maroon 6]

Markus Naslund

 

[Ail]

Sidney Crosby because I am 12 years old and don't know what it was like to walk two miles up a hill in a foot of snow just to get to school and don't remember when the NHL was the toughest **** ever where punching your way to the 'Cup was common place.

 

[Flavius]

Teddy Roosevelt.

Err.. I mean Alexei Kovalev

 

[Clown Fiesta]

Dustin Rose.

 

[surf]

In the net I was JD..FLOPPY and dramatic..

In my dreams I wanted to be Ulf Nilsson but switched to D and tried to be Normand Rochefort

 

[SlingshotVv]

Brian Leetch.

 

[tbonenc*]

Rod Gilbert, Brad Park, Eddie Giacomin

 

[Boruto]

John Tortorella.

 

[Carlos Ranger]

Amonte, Bure, Niedermayer

 

[Draft Guru]

First jersey I owned. 1996. I was 9. Wore that thing every day in the street.

 

[The Perfect Paradox]

Hugh Jessiman. I was just as good as he was too.

 

[trilobyte]

Out on the rink, I was Brad Park.
Stealing the puck, skating past people, throwing hip-checks.

In shoes, I was a stupider and clumsier version of Maxwell Smart, and yes, I proved that that was possible

 

[Rangers ftw]

Yzerman!

 

[chosen]

Juan Marichal. Had a tryout with the Tigers.

Hockey-Phil Goyette

I played roller hockey against the Mullen brothers and Fotiu. If you think Fotiu was nuts on ice, you should have seen him on cement.

 

[FultonReed]

although i'm a girl, when i'd play, i'd imagine myself as Teemu Selanne or Brian Leetch. i had both of their jerseys, which i wore endlessly. we never really had designated positions in street hockey, so it was really whoever i was feeling that day

 

[CDiablo]

Richter or Vanbiesbrouck. I was American and a goalie for the most part. Even own a first year Panthers jersey

 

[DumpnChase12]

Goalie Steve Baker, one of the first butterfly style goaltenders. I remember trying to imitate that style in my living room.. ah the pain, lol

 

[68Forever]

I thought of myself as a combination of Jagr and Kovalev, both players who loved to slow the play to "their" speed.

 

[mrhockey193195]

I was a goalie, so Richter. But otherwise, Gretzky, Messier, and Bure.

 

[Clausewitz]

Pavel Bure or Daniel Alfredsson when I played forward. Wade Redden on defense.

I should add that this was 1998-2001; Redden was active and performing well.

 

[Clausewitz]

John Tortorella.

Well played, sir, well played.

 

[Cassano]

Peter Forsberg, Jaromir Jagr and my favorite, Paul Kariya

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I always wanted to be Tony Amonte, until they traded him