worm
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
Kane is closer to Malkin than Toews to Crosby.
Kane is closer to Malkin than Toews to Crosby.
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Sal_Butera
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
Mock it if you like, but the guys on the ice were the ones believing in it, not me.
Mock it if you like, but the guys on the ice were the ones believing in it, not me.
GrandWazoo
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
True about Crosby but at the same time, Toews had decent playoffs this year but otherwise hasn't done much in the last Olympics and the past many playoffs as well.
True about Crosby but at the same time, Toews had decent playoffs this year but otherwise hasn't done much in the last Olympics and the past many playoffs as well.
GrandWazoo
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
The Hawks themselves don't seem to think that Toews is more important to them than Kane, and yet Kane is not on that list.
The Hawks themselves don't seem to think that Toews is more important to them than Kane, and yet Kane is not on that list.
hockeylover
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
I think if Crosby and Toews were in the same ballpark production wise every year I'd be a lot more inclined to look at any intangible reasons to take Toews... but they're just not.
I think if Crosby and Toews were in the same ballpark production wise every year I'd be a lot more inclined to look at any intangible reasons to take Toews... but they're just not.
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CH1
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
True but his bilingualism and good looks give him a slight edge
True but his bilingualism and good looks give him a slight edge
Rolex
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
So you would take Messier over Gretzky......?
So you would take Messier over Gretzky......?
Rolex
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
My take:
1. Sidney Crosby
2. Steven Stamkos
3. Evgeni Malkin
4. Ryan Getzlaf
5. Drew Doughty
6. John Tavares
7. Claude Giroux
8. Alex Ovechkin
9. Phil Kessel
10. Erik Karlsson
Feel free to criticize.....but this list changes every year.....if we were looking at 2 years ago, Datsyuk would be in the top 10.....I could have put Shea Weber instead of Karlsson, Seguin/Hall instead of Kessel......Jamie Benn also.
And you cannot ignore Ovechkin's stats, and the fact he's won 2 Hart already.....
I feel like Malkin is the total package, and no one can dominate a game like he can when he puts the switch ON.....in the past, he's played his best hockey when the team was his (Crosby injured)....
My take:
1. Sidney Crosby
2. Steven Stamkos
3. Evgeni Malkin
4. Ryan Getzlaf
5. Drew Doughty
6. John Tavares
7. Claude Giroux
8. Alex Ovechkin
9. Phil Kessel
10. Erik Karlsson
Feel free to criticize.....but this list changes every year.....if we were looking at 2 years ago, Datsyuk would be in the top 10.....I could have put Shea Weber instead of Karlsson, Seguin/Hall instead of Kessel......Jamie Benn also.
And you cannot ignore Ovechkin's stats, and the fact he's won 2 Hart already.....
I feel like Malkin is the total package, and no one can dominate a game like he can when he puts the switch ON.....in the past, he's played his best hockey when the team was his (Crosby injured)....
hockeylover
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
Crosby Stamkos Malkin would be my top 3 too, I think.
Crosby Stamkos Malkin would be my top 3 too, I think.
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GrandWazoo
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
I think I'd do :
1. Crosby
2. Doughty
3. Stamkos
4. Malkin
5. Giroux
6. Tavares
7. Toews
8. Weber
9. MacKinnon
10. Subban
I think I'd do :
1. Crosby
2. Doughty
3. Stamkos
4. Malkin
5. Giroux
6. Tavares
7. Toews
8. Weber
9. MacKinnon
10. Subban
UWHabs
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Re: Around The League: 2014 - 2015 Season
Toews may be overrated as #1, but I'd still take him top 10. If I had to build a team and had first pick, I'd likely go:
Crosby
Stamkos
Malkin
Toews
Doughty
Tavares
I'd say as my top 6. After that I wouldn't be able to choose - if you're starting from scratch, I'd even start considering whether a MacKinnon type should start getting there, or how am I trying to factor in age, contracts, etc... But regardless of issues I think my picks above would my my choices in order if I were planning a franchise.
Toews may be overrated as #1, but I'd still take him top 10. If I had to build a team and had first pick, I'd likely go:
Crosby
Stamkos
Malkin
Toews
Doughty
Tavares
I'd say as my top 6. After that I wouldn't be able to choose - if you're starting from scratch, I'd even start considering whether a MacKinnon type should start getting there, or how am I trying to factor in age, contracts, etc... But regardless of issues I think my picks above would my my choices in order if I were planning a franchise.