Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Best of the Best
What can I say -- I enjoyed this Allan Muir piece tremendously. And apparently, he's the rare national writer who actually watches Mountain- and Pacific-time games. Among his selections in rating the best:
- Most Complete: Jarome Iginla, Flames
- Best Acceleration: Matthew Lombardi, Flames
- Best Dangler: Kristian Huselius, Flames (hon. mention: Ales Hemsky, Oilers)
- Best Tip-In Artist: Ryan Smyth, Oilers
- Best Open Ice Hitter: Dion Phaneuf, Flames (hon. mention: Raffi Torres, Oilers)
# posted by Matt @ 4:13 pm 
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good list, except I'll take Hemsky over Useless any day of the week
Go Oilers!
Jordan
I wasn't too keen on the piece, until I got to that Sammy Pahlsson = shutdown forward part.
Now it's my favorite article ever.
:)
By shutdown forward, did he mean the guy who injures opposing players by hitting them from behind? Because Pahlsson then totally takes the cake.
Tommy over Pinto as a dangler is a joke. So too is Boogard over Le GG, especially since Le GG feeds it to him every time they meet.
Yeah that piece is a complete joke. The Flames bias was evident early on but then cemented by the BG omission as the league's premiere heavy.
Dennis
I liked the part where he said Phaneuf doesn't let himself get out of position to make the big hit. Wasn't it game 6 last year of the playoffs where he pinched at the blueline to make a big hit and gave up a two on one the other way for a goal against?
strange... i didn't realize it was an article about last year's playoffs. guess i missed that line.
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good list, except I'll take Hemsky over Useless any day of the week
Go Oilers!
Jordan
# posted by 
: January 24, 2007 4:23 pm
: January 24, 2007 4:23 pm I wasn't too keen on the piece, until I got to that Sammy Pahlsson = shutdown forward part.
Now it's my favorite article ever.
:)
By shutdown forward, did he mean the guy who injures opposing players by hitting them from behind? Because Pahlsson then totally takes the cake.
Tommy over Pinto as a dangler is a joke. So too is Boogard over Le GG, especially since Le GG feeds it to him every time they meet.
Yeah that piece is a complete joke. The Flames bias was evident early on but then cemented by the BG omission as the league's premiere heavy.
Dennis
# posted by : January 24, 2007 7:05 pm
: January 24, 2007 7:05 pm I liked the part where he said Phaneuf doesn't let himself get out of position to make the big hit. Wasn't it game 6 last year of the playoffs where he pinched at the blueline to make a big hit and gave up a two on one the other way for a goal against?
# posted by : January 24, 2007 10:38 pm
: January 24, 2007 10:38 pm strange... i didn't realize it was an article about last year's playoffs. guess i missed that line.
# posted by : January 26, 2007 1:52 am
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