Well... I hate to admit but you have a point there....
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Well... I hate to admit but you have a point there....
I didn't want to "diss" the guy, but I had to go look at his stats to see he has that many goals. I have watched maybe bits and pieces of half the Leaf games this year, and I didn't have a strong impression of his play. Kessel I notice. Kaberle I always notice, and I always see the streaky play of a guy like John Mitchell. Now Tyler Bozak is getting ice time and he is making an impression. I cant remember Hagman....and that is a damning indictment I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
The thing is about many players in Hagman's level, they can be very interchangable. They are good enough to be traded for, but not good enough that GM's have ulcers trading them away.
Hagman, or Pikku-Hakki as we call him, is a duracell-bunny and really plays from his heart. He is a kind of guy who NEVER gives up. In recent years he has developed as a goalscorer too. In our Olympic team he was IMO among the best. Very good working morale which I guess has been noticed by the GM and coaches too.
But is he worth of a five million per year?? No he isn't :mark:
Well those are great attributes for a player for sure. I wont knock anyone making 5 mil a year. If someone is dumb enough to pay you that much, all power to you. I don't recall him making that much with Toronto tho...Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Watched the Habs/Leafs and Vancouver/Detroit late game last night.....I must say, parity seems to be the way the league wants it, and that is what I saw last night. Not sure if that is good for the sport, but it makes the NHL owners happy.
I am so tired however of their lack of common sense on the head shots and cheap shots. The hit on Brent Seabrooke Friday was a joke....as was the blindside of Marc Savard last week. I don't think the owners will be happy until someone is paralysized or killed...and even then, the Steve Moore incident didn't seem to faze them, nor the news of the Senior A player getting killed in a hockey fight last year....
What's the matter with you guys?!? 1st round of the Playoffs is almost done and no comments here???
Well, as a Flames fan, not much to be happy for, so now I am supporting the only team from the Canadian West left...the Canucks...but it's not easy.
Sorry Schmenke, but it is a lot easier to watch the Habs go down, which I expect to happen tonite.
I am anticipating a repeat of last year's matchup between the Pens and Caps. That was pretty exciting stuff.
I wondered myself, but I figured I would wait for someone else to start up the thread again. I lost most of my interest in hockey after Sid got that game winner at the Olympics. NHL hockey if I don't have my team in it just doesn't always hold me. The fact I see so much of the Junior stuff now as a volunteer doing the Jr. A Generals games means I am almost hockeyed out!!!
I did watch the Sens/Pen's a few times....and I am almost disappointed the Sen's didn't win. Almost...because Crosby is the best player in hockey today. Sorry to you Alex Ovechkin fans, Crosby is just at another level this year...
The Wings almost always suck on a sunday matinee game. However their following game they come out like the true pros they are. Look for big hits and fancy stick work with lots of good opppertunities.7-3 Wings
Sorry I havn't been here much its killing me reALLY.I think I'll be around a little bit more now and hope you guys don't hack me up too bad.
Anybody got any picks on thier favorites for the cup yet.Mine are Chitown and either Philly or of course Washington. I really was liking the Philly=Detroit{good memories of that one} thing but the Wings are weak in some key areas this year and I believe the series with them has Chicago having the edge.
See ya after tuesday
I am actually going to go out and say I think the best team in the East will still be the Pens. Philly lacks the goaltending, as does Washington. The Bruins would be dangerous if they had two really good fowards for they have Rask playing out of his mind and that is why they may have Buffalo going down.
No...I am taking the Pens still in the east...and I am thinking it will be either Chicago or Vancouver. That said, if San Jose ever gets their act together, they have the potential to win. They just have to learn to ramp it up...of course that has been their story the last 5 years...
Antti Niemi is doing the same for Blackhawks as Rask is doing for Bruins. However, Chigago is as a team better than Boston. If they lack anything that may be experience. but that's all. My teams are long gone already so I'm gonna just sit back and enjoy the fight :D