Hockey Randomness
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:00 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:20 pm
I’ve always like him, and hope the best for him.
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:26 pm
Bennett is the Eeyore of the hockey world.
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:05 am
so much promise but so brittle.....
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:29 am
Meh. He only ever produced in the BCHL. Great
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:05 am
Meh, I don't think that's totally fair...
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:02 am
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:18 am
One of my favorite players ever.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:34 am
sandbagger.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:48 am
20 points in 4 games? Is Forsberg playing in a beer league?
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:40 am
Yeah "senior league"...
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:45 am
I have to think that any former NHL player could put up 20 points in 4 beer league games, let alone Peter **** Forsberg. I'd love to see a video series with former players, especially ones that weren't really known for their scoring touch like, I don't know, Jeff Beukeboom, face off against a bunch of beer leaguers.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:01 am
Former NHLers are so good, it's insane. Like, even if you played at a decently high level, like if you're a kid that played high level juniors or even got some NCAA D-1 time...if you're playing against any reputable NHLer, even if he's 45, the 45 year old is going to dummy everyone...
@shoeshine boy did you get to play against Maxim Afinogenov...? Didn't he come down and dominate an open skate one day in the most obnoxious way possible? haha
And for a player like me, who was grinding his way through and punching up all the way...I played against Brandon Bollig................in roller............ let me put it this way, if I had to play defense against him 1 on 1, and all I had to do was stop him from getting a shot off, but I couldn't leave the rink until I stopped him...I'd miss the Super Bowl...
@shoeshine boy did you get to play against Maxim Afinogenov...? Didn't he come down and dominate an open skate one day in the most obnoxious way possible? haha
And for a player like me, who was grinding his way through and punching up all the way...I played against Brandon Bollig................in roller............ let me put it this way, if I had to play defense against him 1 on 1, and all I had to do was stop him from getting a shot off, but I couldn't leave the rink until I stopped him...I'd miss the Super Bowl...
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:53 am
I did not play against him but it wouldn't surprise me if he went to a drop-in and dominated. I mean, there's some good players in the ATL, mostly transplants from Northern USA and Canada. the past 2 Rec (all skill levels, re-drafted every season) seasons I played with a woman who played for North Dakota from 2006-2008. she's 15 years removed from D1 and not even trying and she's easily the best player I've ever played with, male or female.
@shoeshine boy did you get to play against Maxim Afinogenov...? Didn't he come down and dominate an open skate one day in the most obnoxious way possible? haha
when the Thrashers were still here, some of the 4th liners would play in the top level of one of the local beer leagues in the Summer. I would watch Jeff Odgers walk around guys who played Canadian Juniors like they were beginners.I have to think that any former NHL player could put up 20 points in 4 beer league games, let alone Peter **** Forsberg. I'd love to see a video series with former players, especially ones that weren't really known for their scoring touch like, I don't know, Jeff Beukeboom, face off against a bunch of beer leaguers.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:05 am
We all know about my history with Cory Conacher
I was also on the ice a few times with our old buddy Simon Després and if he wanted to keep the puck for a full 60 minutes of a pick-up game, he easily could have. And this wasn’t with a bunch of chumps. This was almost all D-1 players with a few NAHL guys.
John Zeiler, who couldn’t do 2+2 if his life depended on it was another guy. At the NHL level, he would turn the round puck square. Men’s league in the summer? He could score every shift if he wanted.
I was also on the ice a few times with our old buddy Simon Després and if he wanted to keep the puck for a full 60 minutes of a pick-up game, he easily could have. And this wasn’t with a bunch of chumps. This was almost all D-1 players with a few NAHL guys.
John Zeiler, who couldn’t do 2+2 if his life depended on it was another guy. At the NHL level, he would turn the round puck square. Men’s league in the summer? He could score every shift if he wanted.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:17 am
tif got to futz around with a few guys and told a similar story, I think.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:47 pm
There was a story years ago that a former Penguins mid-rounder dropped down to the lowest level of mens league and was scoring so much that he was booted from the league after one game. Supposedly it got to the point that he was bombing shots from center ice and scoring. I thought I had posted it here before, but let me check the other board.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:25 pm
It was probably Talbot that **** buttplug
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:35 pm
It looks like it was Greg Crozier, who had a cup of coffee with the Pens in the late 90s.
Of course, the deadspin article that I mentioned on the other board is long gone.
Of course, the deadspin article that I mentioned on the other board is long gone.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:40 pm
We play roller against a kid who plays/played for RMU's D1 ice team, and he even just purely dominates. I couldn't imagine playing against a NHL playerFormer NHLers are so good, it's insane. Like, even if you played at a decently high level, like if you're a kid that played high level juniors or even got some NCAA D-1 time...if you're playing against any reputable NHLer, even if he's 45, the 45 year old is going to dummy everyone...
@shoeshine boy did you get to play against Maxim Afinogenov...? Didn't he come down and dominate an open skate one day in the most obnoxious way possible? haha
And for a player like me, who was grinding his way through and punching up all the way...I played against Brandon Bollig................in roller............ let me put it this way, if I had to play defense against him 1 on 1, and all I had to do was stop him from getting a shot off, but I couldn't leave the rink until I stopped him...I'd miss the Super Bowl...
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:09 pm
I played dek with someone who also played roller, and had JT Miller drop into a game for the other team.
Said he was barely trying, but no one could stop him, and a (to the storyteller) half-assed wrister cracked the guy's shin pad.
Said he was barely trying, but no one could stop him, and a (to the storyteller) half-assed wrister cracked the guy's shin pad.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:55 am
Anyone else planning on watching the Skills Comp?
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:01 am
We will because I have children. The skills competition isn’t for anyone that has pubic hair
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:26 am
I just had my monthly Brazilian so count me in.We will because I have children. The skills competition isn’t for anyone that has pubic hair
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:51 am
I shaved last night I'm in too