slothfacekilla Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 RIP Guy. I'm not sure what Bultman is watching with Soderblom's skating versus Rasmussen but I have to vehemently disagree with his take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, lordstanley said: I don't think anyone seemed cooler or more exciting to me in the late '70s NHL than Guy Lafleur https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/guy-lafleur-obituary-1.5766441 Montreal Canadiens icon Guy Lafleur, who captured five Stanley Cup titles and was a hockey hero in Quebec long before his NHL playing days, has died. He was 70. The cause of death was not immediately known. However, Lafleur suffered through health issues in the latter stages of his life. In September 2019, he underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery, which was followed by lung surgery two months later. Then, in October of 2020, he endured a recurrence of lung cancer. "We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Guy Lafleur. All members of the Canadiens organization are devastated by his passing," Canadiens President Geoff Molson said in a statement. "Guy Lafleur had an exceptional career and always remained simple, accessible, and close to the Habs and hockey fans in Quebec, Canada and around the world. Throughout his career, he allowed us to experience great moments of collective pride. He was one of the greatest players in our organization while becoming an extraordinary ambassador for our sport." For decades, Lafleur — nicknamed "The Flower" — scored seemingly with ease at all levels of hockey and grew into the role of one of the game's flashiest superstars. He often mesmerized fans with his signature long blond hair flowing behind him as he rushed up the ice before unleashing one of his patented booming slapshots. By his 10th birthday, there were already signs that Lafleur was a generational talent, skating circles around kids three years his senior at an international peewee hockey tournament in Quebec City. Lafleur played junior hockey for the Quebec Jr. Aces and Quebec Remparts. He amassed a staggering 465 points in two seasons and two playoffs with the Remparts, leading the team to the Memorial Cup title in 1971. That year, Lafleur set the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular-season record of 130 goals, which was eclipsed by another French hockey prodigy, Mario Lemieux (133), in the 1983-84 campaign. Same. Some of my earliest sports memories are watching the late 70’s Canadians and Leafs teams on HNiC on channel 9. Mesmerized by Guy Lafleur’s hair and Borje Salming’s name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Hongbit said: Same. Some of my earliest sports memories are watching the late 70’s Canadians and Leafs teams on HNiC on channel 9. Mesmerized by Guy Lafleur’s hair and Borje Salming’s name This my favourite ever non-Red Wings NHL highlight. 3-time defending Cup champs were under 2 minutes from elimination in 1979 until … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, lordstanley said: This my favourite ever non-Red Wings NHL highlight. 3-time defending Cup champs were under 2 minutes from elimination in 1979 until … always good to beat boston and don cherry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 rip to the flower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 hour ago, slothfacekilla said: RIP Guy. I'm not sure what Bultman is watching with Soderblom's skating versus Rasmussen but I have to vehemently disagree with his take. i read that and wondered what he was talking about. from soderblom's highlights he looks like he skates better than ras. but bultman went there to watch him in person so maybe he knows better? or maybe he's just being nice to ras? i'd echo the ras strength criticism. for someone so big he gets knocked down or off the puck really easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, buddha said: i read that and wondered what he was talking about. from soderblom's highlights he looks like he skates better than ras. but bultman went there to watch him in person so maybe he knows better? or maybe he's just being nice to ras? i'd echo the ras strength criticism. for someone so big he gets knocked down or off the puck really easily. at 23 we can hope Ras still has some strength to gain. He has been improving some. Not everyone reaches their full adult strength as young as a Seider clearly has 💥 Edited April 22, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothfacekilla Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 41 minutes ago, buddha said: i read that and wondered what he was talking about. from soderblom's highlights he looks like he skates better than ras. but bultman went there to watch him in person so maybe he knows better? or maybe he's just being nice to ras? i'd echo the ras strength criticism. for someone so big he gets knocked down or off the puck really easily. I hunted this down to one of his mailbags I think it was, agreed with Max's take that Elmer is going to be a better offensive player but Ras will contribute in a lot of other ways. I still find it odd that he says Rasmussen is faster than Elmer. Elmer has better edge work for sure, but I feel like he's also deceptively fast with his size. I thought that showed up a bit yesterday in the little Frolunda I saw. Rasmussen skates around like a Frankenstein monster to me so it is weird my take is so different from Bultman's...but I imagine he knows a lot more than me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothfacekilla Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 Sebastian Cossa (Edmonton Oil Kings): A first-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in the 2021 NHL Draft, Cossa finished third among WHL goaltenders in wins (33), shutouts (six) and goals-against average (2.28) during the 2021-22 Regular Season. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound product of Fort McMurray, Alta. made 46 appearances for the Central Division Champion Oil Kings, suffering just nine regulation defeats. The 19-year-old has a career 71-16-4-3 record in 98 regular season WHL games, all with Edmonton, to go along with a 2.12 goals-against average, .921 save percentage and 14 shutouts. https://whl.ca/article/whl-names-division-nominees-for-del-wilson-memorial-trophy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 they really need cossa to work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 watched some of a couple swedish games (wallinder's rogle was on too). it strikes me just how much bigger the ice is and how much more room these guys have to manuever and how much more time it gives them on the puck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothfacekilla Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 Zadina done for the season with an illness apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 41 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said: Zadina done for the season with an illness apparently that must be a pretty bad illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagnam Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, buddha said: that must be a pretty bad illness. To be fair, it's like a week total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 5 hours ago, sagnam said: To be fair, it's like a week total. he had his appendix removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagnam Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 26 minutes ago, buddha said: he had his appendix removed. I feel like that might be an acceptable reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagnam Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Johnathan Quick just whiffed on missed pass that was bouncing. lol. I just googled it to see if someone had posted it yet and found it happened to him last year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I can’t believe Buffalo and maybe Ottawa are going to finish ahead of the Wings. The Wings were actually respectable until February, collapse after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 3 hours ago, lordstanley said: I can’t believe Buffalo and maybe Ottawa are going to finish ahead of the Wings. The Wings were actually respectable until February, collapse after that. not just "collapse" but total collapse. 11 goals..10 goals...7 goals...a complete and utter disaster on defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothfacekilla Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Edvinsson signed his ELC! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Bring him on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, slothfacekilla said: Edvinsson signed his ELC! Let's hope he never hears his name pronounced right at the arena again. Edited April 24, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/22/2022 at 10:49 AM, lordstanley said: I don't think anyone seemed cooler or more exciting to me in the late '70s NHL than Guy Lafleur https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/guy-lafleur-obituary-1.5766441 Montreal Canadiens icon Guy Lafleur, who captured five Stanley Cup titles and was a hockey hero in Quebec long before his NHL playing days, has died. He was 70. The cause of death was not immediately known. However, Lafleur suffered through health issues in the latter stages of his life. In September 2019, he underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery, which was followed by lung surgery two months later. Then, in October of 2020, he endured a recurrence of lung cancer. "We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Guy Lafleur. All members of the Canadiens organization are devastated by his passing," Canadiens President Geoff Molson said in a statement. "Guy Lafleur had an exceptional career and always remained simple, accessible, and close to the Habs and hockey fans in Quebec, Canada and around the world. Throughout his career, he allowed us to experience great moments of collective pride. He was one of the greatest players in our organization while becoming an extraordinary ambassador for our sport." For decades, Lafleur — nicknamed "The Flower" — scored seemingly with ease at all levels of hockey and grew into the role of one of the game's flashiest superstars. He often mesmerized fans with his signature long blond hair flowing behind him as he rushed up the ice before unleashing one of his patented booming slapshots. By his 10th birthday, there were already signs that Lafleur was a generational talent, skating circles around kids three years his senior at an international peewee hockey tournament in Quebec City. Lafleur played junior hockey for the Quebec Jr. Aces and Quebec Remparts. He amassed a staggering 465 points in two seasons and two playoffs with the Remparts, leading the team to the Memorial Cup title in 1971. That year, Lafleur set the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular-season record of 130 goals, which was eclipsed by another French hockey prodigy, Mario Lemieux (133), in the 1983-84 campaign. fuckin' cigarettes, man. glad I hated them so much as a kid that I never tried them as an adult. 70's not that old. Dude was such a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oblong Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 According to a friend at the game Saturday no mention of Guy in either a moment or silence or tribute. Not a good look if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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