Ziggy Palffy's story

[elMatador]

There were many stories about Ziggy Palffy. He was famous for what he said or did during his hockey carrier. Lubo Visnovsky shared one story about Ziggy recently.

There was a funeral of a former hockey coach in Palffy's home town Skalica, Slovakia. Ziggy was late at the day of the funeral so they called him where he was as they were about to start. Ziggy said he will be there shortly as he is just at the gas station.
At the end of the ceremony there is a habit to throw a little bit of dirt on the coffin before its buried. When it was Ziggy's turn there was a heavy sound heard as if the big stone hit the coffin in the grave. After the ceremony his mates and friends asked him what did he throw in the grave that caused the sound.

Ziggy replied: "You know, as I was late I stopped at the gas station to buy some flowers. Unfortunately they were out of flowers so I bought him a chocolate candy box."
His mates started to laugh and went down rolling on the floor however he had to nail it.
"You fools, why do you laugh? It was not an ordinary chocolate. That one was with a nougat flavor."

Pure legend.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Sid has a good story or two about his (short) time playing with Palffy. He told them on his spittin chiclets podcasts.

 

[The Kingslayer]

There were many stories about Ziggy Palffy. He was famous for what he said or did during his hockey carrier. Lubo Visnovsky shared one story about Ziggy recently.

There was a funeral of a former hockey coach in Palffy's home town Skalica, Slovakia. Ziggy was late at the day of the funeral so they called him where he was as they were about to start. Ziggy said he will be there shortly as he is just at the gas station.
At the end of the ceremony there is a habit to throw a little bit of dirt on the coffin before its buried. When it was Ziggy's turn there was a heavy sound heard as if the big stone hit the coffin in the grave. After the ceremony his mates and friends asked him what did he throw in the grave that caused the sound.

Ziggy replied: "You know, as I was late I stopped at the gas station to buy some flowers. Unfortunately they were out of flowers so I bought him a chocolate candy box."
His mates started to laugh and went down rolling on the floor however he had to nail it.
"You fools, why do you laugh? It was not an ordinary chocolate. That one was with a nougat flavor."

Pure legend.

Palffy was different lol. Him and Travis Green kissing will forever be etched in my memory.

 

[The Sweetness]

Sid has a good story or two about his (short) time playing with Palffy. He told them on his spittin chiclets podcasts.

Please share!

Palffy was amazing.

 

[SotasicA]

Palffy was a weirdo. He should have played as a goalie.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Wasn't he like the slowest player ever or was that jason allison i'm thinking of?

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Zigmund Palffy sure is one of a kind. Well you kind of have to be when you have a name like that.

 

[Esq]

Say what you want, but the dude had legendary flow back in the day.

 

[Haik]

Wasn't he like the slowest player ever or was that jason allison i'm thinking of?

That was Allison.

Ziggy was one of the most exciting players of his era.

 

[Swervin81]

I remember when he flat out left the NHL in the middle of a PPG season. No, seriously, he up and dipped.

Guys retiring midseason isn't something unprecedented. 2005/06 had a bunch of guys who were just too rusty coming out of a lockout and weren't in shape any more. Hell, his own teammate Mario retired after his heart problems surfaced. 2006/07 even had another in Wes Walz, who might take the cake for strangest midseason retirement, retiring because he had worn out his last pair of a discontinued model of skates and he just plain could not handle the feel of new ones (he suffers from OCD, apparently... they brought this tidbit up on Rielly's chiclets episode).

But Palffy? I don't ever remember a reason being given. He just left and never came back.

 

[Terry Yake]

palffy was/is so underrated. another undersized, speedy forward who would've dominated in the "new NHL" but just came in at the wrong time

 

[The Crypto Guy]

That was Allison.

Ziggy was one of the most exciting players of his era.

Ah thank you. I don't know why but I always associate those players with each other

 

[ItWasJustified]

palffy was/is so underrated. another undersized, speedy forward who would've dominated in the "new NHL" but just came in at the wrong time

It's not like he had a bad NHL career. Over 1.00 PPG in the dead puck era.

 

[Terry Yake]

I remember when he flat out left the NHL in the middle of a PPG season. No, seriously, he up and dipped.

Guys retiring midseason isn't something unprecedented. 2005/06 had a bunch of guys who were just too rusty coming out of a lockout and weren't in shape any more. Hell, his own teammate Mario retired after his heart problems surfaced. 2006/07 even had another in Wes Walz, who might take the cake for strangest midseason retirement, retiring because he had worn out his last pair of a discontinued model of skates and he just plain could not handle the feel of new ones (he suffers from OCD, apparently... they brought this tidbit up on Rielly's chiclets episode).

But Palffy? I don't ever remember a reason being given. He just left and never came back.

lingering shoulder injury from what i remember. he made a comeback in the slovakian league a couple years later and played there until 2013

It's not like he had a bad NHL career. Over 1.00 PPG in the dead puck era.

no not at all. just think his numbers would've been even better had he been younger/healthier when the new rules came into effect. same thing with kariya

 

[MapleLeafs94]

Just having the name Ziggy Palffy makes someone a legend. I could live to be a 100 in a old folks home not remembering my wife or kids name, and probably still know who Ziggy Palffy is.

 

[Pominville Knows]

I remember when he came back to the slovakian league he complained about it being poor. I'm a Penguins fan so it annoyed me that he basically left us to play there although he dominated their scoring races going into his fourties.

 

[Sadekuuro]

Ah thank you. I don't know why but I always associate those players with each other

Well, they were linemates on a dominant but ill-fated line in Los Angeles.

 

[RorschachWJK]

I really liked him as a player. Also ,great to have personalities in the game, instead of the robots brainwashed to say cookie cutter stuff like 'Just go out there and try my best' etc.

 

[Buffalowing1988]

Wasn't he like the slowest player ever or was that jason allison i'm thinking of?

There used to be a running joke about Allison and concrete mix slowing down and I totally forgot the punchline, but Allison was slow. So slow. Idk about Palffy, though. He seemed pretty nimble to me but I could be wrong.

 

[Buffalowing1988]

palffy was/is so underrated. another undersized, speedy forward who would've dominated in the "new NHL" but just came in at the wrong time

I love Palffy but he gets brought up on these boards pretty often. I want him to be remembered, but at the end of the day, he didn't play on a great team. I wonder if great teams at the TDL saw him as a player who wouldn't put them over the top. That matters to me. But in terms of a fun guy to watch, I think he's awesome. I just don't think DPE playoffs would have been kind to him.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Ah thank you. I don't know why but I always associate those players with each other

Jason Allison is still trying to do a full lap around the ice since you posted.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

I love Palffy but he gets brought up on these boards pretty often. I want him to be remembered, but at the end of the day, he didn't play on a great team. I wonder if great teams at the TDL saw him as a player who wouldn't put them over the top. That matters to me. But in terms of a fun guy to watch, I think he's awesome. I just don't think DPE playoffs would have been kind to him.

He only made the playoffs 3 times, basically all of it with an outmatched Kings team that featured him and not a ton else. He still put up 19 points in 24 games. I remember him being pretty good in the little run they had in 01.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Well, they were linemates on a dominant but ill-fated line in Los Angeles.

Ah that’s definitely it!

 

[Gilles Meloche]

Well, they were linemates on a dominant but ill-fated line in Los Angeles.

Wasn’t it ...

Deadmarsh - Allison - Palffy??

 

[Sadekuuro]

Yes, that's the one. The "LAPD" line.