Kevin Biestra Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Just over 3:30 in, and my modern hockey rule conditioned brain called about 15 penalties already. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 21 minutes ago, Chickenspear said: Just over 3:30 in, and my modern hockey rule conditioned brain called about 15 penalties already. Wait until you see what Billy Smith gets away with on Smyl in the late going. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 18 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: Wait until you see what Billy Smith gets away with on Smyl in the late going. Wow, yeah that's a couple games. "That's just how he plays." gave me a chuckle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 13 minutes ago, Chickenspear said: Wow, yeah that's a couple games. "That's just how he plays." gave me a chuckle. Smyl is a legend. Kept his cool with blood running down his face to make sure his team didn't go down shorthanded when they needed to score. Way more manly than Sedin letting Marchand speedbag his face. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 After the Islanders got Goring, that team could play it pretty much any style (whether it by the classic Bruins style or the classic Habs style). At least David had a sling when he faced Goliath. We (Canucks) in 1982 went against that hall of famer stacked Islanders squad without our Captain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 Just now, NewbieCanuckFan said: After the Islanders got Goring, that team could play it pretty much any style (whether it by the classic Bruins style or the classic Habs style). At least David had a sling when he faced Goliath. We (Canucks) in 1982 went against that hall of famer stacked Islanders squad without our Captain. We went the entire playoffs without either Kevin McCarthy or Rick Lanz, both 50 point defensemen who would have probably been the 2nd best D-man on the Islanders dynasty (McCarthy for sure would have been). Still without them got to the final on an 11-2 run (one of the most dominant runs to the final in NHL history) and with those two I'm quite confident we would have won that first game of the final (that went to overtime without them) and then, who knows... Goring...hell of a player. I have him as an induction in my Hall of Fame thread. Guy won three different trophies in addition to his four Cups. He and Tonelli were very close to Clark Gillies in terms of HOF credentials and he is in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 Also, it's Garth Butcher's career playoff debut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCanuck12 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, Kevin Biestra said: We went the entire playoffs without either Kevin McCarthy or Rick Lanz, both 50 point defensemen who would have probably been the 2nd best D-man on the Islanders dynasty (McCarthy for sure would have been). Still without them got to the final on an 11-2 run (one of the most dominant runs to the final in NHL history) and with those two I'm quite confident we would have won that first game of the final (that went to overtime without them) and then, who knows... Goring...hell of a player. I have him as an induction in my Hall of Fame thread. Guy won three different trophies in addition to his four Cups. He and Tonelli were very close to Clark Gillies in terms of HOF credentials and he is in. We lost a crucial veteran D, Jiri Bubla, for the '82 playoffs as well. That's why no-name minor leaguers, like Neil Belland and Andy Schliebener, had to play major roles in our first ever Stanley Cup drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 On 7/23/2024 at 12:16 AM, Chickenspear said: Just over 3:30 in, and my modern hockey rule conditioned brain called about 15 penalties already. 3:45 "bodies flying all over the place" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 26 Author Share Posted July 26 On 7/23/2024 at 12:46 AM, CaptainCanuck12 said: We lost a crucial veteran D, Jiri Bubla, for the '82 playoffs as well. That's why no-name minor leaguers, like Neil Belland and Andy Schliebener, had to play major roles in our first ever Stanley Cup drive. Heh he was a 32 year old "rookie" like Ivan Hlinka. Those Czechs really served us well in '82. I remember Jiri Bubla running into drug troubles and it being huge news back then...like Steve Fonyo and Grant Fuhr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Hogg Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I wasn’t even a year old! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeDoctor Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 It’s amazing how much the game has changed. Nice post! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 On 7/26/2024 at 6:37 AM, Kevin Biestra said: Heh he was a 32 year old "rookie" like Ivan Hlinka. Those Czechs really served us well in '82. I remember Jiri Bubla running into drug troubles and it being huge news back then...like Steve Fonyo and Grant Fuhr. My memory might be off but I swear Hlinka actually was a possible at some point Calder Trophy candidate given his decent run in the regular season. Then I *think* the team had their customary slump early in the new year before the incident in Quebec City,? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: My memory might be off but I swear Hlinka actually was a possible at some point Calder Trophy candidate given his decent run in the regular season. Then I *think* the team had their customary slump early in the new year before the incident in Quebec City,? Hlinka had a very nice rookie year but 1982 always belonged to Hawerchuk who had the very rare accomplishment of 100+ points. Hlinka was also cursed by being part of a phenomenal crop of rookies: Barry Pederson 92 points, Neal Broten 98 points, Marian Stastny 89 points, several more in the 60s and 70s and then Grant Fuhr and Rick Wamsley as goalies. Broten would have won the Calder almost any other year and Pederson most years. Both Pavel Bure and Elias Pettersson won the Calder for the Canucks with numbers pretty similar to Hlinka's. Edited August 1 by Kevin Biestra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, Kevin Biestra said: Hlinka had a very nice rookie year but 1982 always belonged to Hawerchuk who had the very rare accomplishment of 100+ points. Hlinka was also cursed by being part of a phenomenal crop of rookies: Barry Pederson 92 points, Neal Broten 98 points, Marian Stastny 89 points, several more in the 60s and 70s and then Grant Fuhr and Rick Wamsley as goalies. Broten would have won the Calder almost any other year and Pederson most years. Both Pavel Bure and Elias Pettersson won the Calder for the Canucks with numbers pretty similar to Hlinka's. I'll always remember his faceoff in that key moment in 1987: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 45 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: I'll always remember his faceoff in that key moment in 1987: I think at the very first team meeting for the tournament if I remember correctly, Hawerchuk volunteered to be a 4th liner if that was the role that best served the team. Guy had very little ego for such a legendary player. Didn't really complain when Keenan scratched him in front of his dying grandmother...Brett Hull was the one that stood up for him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) On 8/1/2024 at 2:00 PM, Kevin Biestra said: I think at the very first team meeting for the tournament if I remember correctly, Hawerchuk volunteered to be a 4th liner if that was the role that best served the team. Guy had very little ego for such a legendary player. Didn't really complain when Keenan scratched him in front of his dying grandmother...Brett Hull was the one that stood up for him. Yet *ANOTHER* reason to think Mike Keenan was a *HORRIBLE* human being: https://www.stlouisgametime.com/2020/2/27/21154074/revisiting-the-rat#:~:text=Hull especially remembered when “Dale,ever seen in my life.” "Hull especially remembered when “Dale Hawerchuk’s grandmother was dying, he’s from just outside Buffalo, and we were going to play the Sabres and his grandmother was coming to watch him play for the last time. And Mike Keenan sat him out on purpose. That’s the lowest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” Edited August 3 by NewbieCanuckFan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 14 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Yet *ANOTHER* reason to think Mike Keenan was a *HORRIBLE* human being: https://www.stlouisgametime.com/2020/2/27/21154074/revisiting-the-rat#:~:text=Hull especially remembered when “Dale,ever seen in my life.” "Hull especially remembered when “Dale Hawerchuk’s grandmother was dying, he’s from just outside Buffalo, and we were going to play the Sabres and his grandmother was coming to watch him play for the last time. And Mike Keenan sat him out on purpose. That’s the lowest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” Yeah Keenan is a legit sadist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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