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Pronger84 said:
Stamkos could give Kovalchuck a good run for his money, I'll give ya that, but Crosby as a goal scorer isnt in the Kovalchuck league, though, Crosby is a 35-45 goal guy, with capabilties to pop out the odd 50 goal season. Kovalchuck in a bad year is a 40-45 goal scorer, in a good year, hes capable of 50, in a great year he could pot 60.
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Crosby does what he wants. If he wants to score more goals than Kovalchuk he will score more goals than Kovalchuk.

"Crosby is a 35-45 goal guy, with capabilities to pop out the odd 50 goal season" sounds a little odd when Sid last year decided he was going to try to score more goals and he scored 51 at 22 years old. To say he isn't in Kovy's league is amazingly absurd. Kovalchuk has scored 52 goals twice and he's 27... after that his best was 43 goals.
I love Kovalchuk as a player but there is nothing he does that approaches being out of Crosby's league.

Maybe you could stick to laying ass whoopins on Sen fans. :cheers2:
 
Habspatrol said:
Crosby does what he wants. If he wants to score more goals than Kovalchuk he will score more goals than Kovalchuk.

"Crosby is a 35-45 goal guy, with capabilities to pop out the odd 50 goal season" sounds a little odd when Sid last year decided he was going to try to score more goals and he scored 51 at 22 years old. To say he isn't in Kovy's league is amazingly absurd. Kovalchuk has scored 52 goals twice and he's 27... after that his best was 43 goals.
I love Kovalchuk as a player but there is nothing he does that approaches being out of Crosby's league.

Maybe you could stick to laying ass whoopins on Sen fans. :cheers2:
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As a player I never said Crosby wasnt in Kovalchuck's league, that would be abusrd if i said that lol, but no seriously, Crosby is hands down the best player in the NHL. What I meant was Kovalchuck is more of a pure sniper then Crosby is. And lol yea im looking forward to debating with sens fans if/when they show up.
 
...but even when it comes to goal scoring, Crosby is easily in Kovalchuk's league. At this point in time Ovechkin is definitely the best goal scorer, after him there is Crosby, Stamkos, Kovalchuk and maybe Parise and Nash are on the next level.

Next year we could see Crosby and Stamkos move up to Ovechkin's level. I have a feeling Sid won't really improve much on his 51 goals again.... that will likely be his career high IMO, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him score 60.
 
I seriously can't believe how well Crosby adapts to the criticisms about his game. "Oh, what's that? The old secondary assists argument? - BOOM. Rocket Richard. Argue that bitches."

I think I heard earlier in the offseason he wanted to improve his first step this summer.
 
Speaking of Stamkos, my neighbour went to highschool with him, he used to chill at her place all the time. He's a down-to-earth quiet guy off the ice.
 
A guy I dated a bit in high school worked over at the Granite Club with him for a bit, says he's a pretty good guy too. Heard some more wild stuff about MDZ though. :lol
 
hockeylover said:
Michael Del Zotto.
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Ah ok, now I know who your talking about. Speaking of wild ones, Downie man, that guy is crazy as **** off the ice. My friend knows him through mutal people, says he got kicked out of and banned from Fanshawe College for partying too hard one night.
 
Pronger84 said:
Ah ok, now I know who your talking about. Speaking of wild ones, Downie man, that guy is crazy as **** off the ice. My friend knows him through mutal people, says he got kicked out of and banned from Fanshawe College for partying too hard one night.
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Steve Downie is no longer allowed into the bars on King St. in Waterloo near the University campuses. It stems from his days with the Kitchener Rangers, you can guess the reasons.
 
dtolensky: Only 9 players have scored more goals than Kovalchuk before the age of 27. 8 are in the HHOF and the other will be (Jagr).
 
Deserving or not, as THE best UFA to come along certainly since the lockout, Kovalchuk should be the highest paid player in the league.

One problem though, that pesky salary cap.
 
I for one still have interest in Savard. He's a dynamic first line ppg center. I understand the desire to have Bozak/Kadri in those slots in the hope that they develop.. into a dynamic first line ppg center... oh wait.

Getting Savard will give us depth, allow Kadri not to be rushed, pushed, and/or pressured as a 19 year old to step in and be an impact player. If one of Kadri/Bozak goes down to injury, our lines really start to look ugly - and assuming if we trade Grabs - does that make Armstrong our 2nd line center? ouch!
 
But the Bruins could widen the scope by taking a drastic route: threatening to place Savard on waivers, thereby giving 29 teams, starting with Edmonton, a crack at claiming the center and rendering his no-trade irrelevant. It would be a last-resort move that would see a point-per-game center walk for nothing, with cap relief being the only benefit.

The more logical transaction would be swapping Savard to Toronto for Tomas Kaberle. The Maple Leafs continue to hold out for a better return, but the trade makes too much sense not to happen. Kessel gets his old center back. Savard moves closer to his children. The Leafs, who signed Brett Lebda to a two-year deal last Wednesday, give the Bruins Kaberle, the puck-moving defenseman they need.

- boston.com
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Makes zero sense, on one hand he's suggesting as a worst case scenario the Bruins could waive Savard to free up cap space......on the other, they'd be best served dealing him for Kaberle, who'd cost them MORE cap space...





*shakes head*
 
And Savard wouldn't report to Edmonton anyways, thereby giving the second-choice in the waiver draft order held by Toronto the chance to grab him for nothing. So why would Toronto deal Kaberle, their best trade asset, for a player that they can pick up for free? How do these people have jobs still? Honestly.
 
Montana said:
Makes zero sense, on one hand he's suggesting as a worst case scenario the Bruins could waive Savard to free up cap space......on the other, they'd be best served dealing him for Kaberle, who'd cost them MORE cap space...





*shakes head*
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hahahahah ...

One one hand, Boston is ready to lose Savard for NOTHING (waiver)

On the other hand, they want Kaberle - a top unit puck moving defenseman in the league - for Savard.
 
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