Comments on: Shoulda Coulda Woulda Been: 2004 All-Stars

By: SaskSen

SaskSen — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:51:42 +0000

I can understand your Primeau not being there but to say Mccabe got snubbed????? What?????

There are at least a couple other dmen I would have put there before him. He is an average player who gets way to much credit because he is seen as the anchor of hockey's universe Toronto's blueline. He was definately not snubbed and should for sure not make Team Canada. If he does Im might cheer for the Swiss

By: JStatic87

JStatic87 — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:21:55 +0000

Wow, square root of nine to a tree. That is the funniest damn thing I’ve heard in a while.

By: defenestrate

defenestrate — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:16:59 +0000

“The square root of nine to a tree”….that is absolutely priceless. My grandma used to say, “that makes as much sense as giving a hen a flag”. I don’t know where she got the imagery, but it’s always stuck in my head.

By: defenestrate

defenestrate — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:14:44 +0000

Hello? Yoo hoo? If your 4th line is leading the team in goals, that is NOT a good thing…..

By: defenestrate

defenestrate — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:13:44 +0000

I’m just here to help.

By: gr8haluschak

gr8haluschak — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:49:35 +0000

like I said who is leading his team in goals scored, once again he is on the fourth line, name me another fourth liner in the nhl who is leading his team in goals.

By: Primis

Primis — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:34:30 +0000

Lidstrom is one of the most overrated defensemen in the NHL, I'd like to see him hold together a defense corps on a weaker team. Once again bring up some good points if you're going to be this damn subjective.

If you were ever around when Lidstrom first broke in you would realize he DID hold together a pretty lousy blueline, even as a rookie. Then again I don't expect anyone on this site to remember much of anything past last year anymore...

And Detroit's mighty blueline? Hatcher's been out. Chelios has been out. Kronwall's out now even. Fischer's been out off and on. Jamie Rivers has had to step up from the minors even. Poor Matheiu Dandenault never knows if he's playing Wing or Defenseman from game to game (does a damn-good job either way though considering).

So who's been there solidly? Schneider. Schneider belongs because he's been the dominant force instead, even with Lidstrom having an offensively-unproductive year. His goals have been timely and his defense has been great on a team that is basically patching together defensive pairings every night and regularly calling up guys from the AHL to fill holes on the blueline. All you have to do is watch a couple Wings games and realize this. But you probably haven't done that...

Schneider belongs there even over Lidstrom, no question.

-- Primis.

By: ManillaKilla

ManillaKilla — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:20:41 +0000

You do realize you are talking to a Ranger fan. That is like trying to explain the square root of nine to a tree. Did you see their rationale regarding the jagr trade?

By: GretzNYR99

GretzNYR99 — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:52:04 +0000

Good ol’ D-strate.

By: LondonK

LondonK — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:52:47 +0000

So what. And last year Tie Domi had the second most points per minutes played in the NHL I believe. He should have been at the all-star game. (End sarcasm)

Yep, Mess is sure tearing it up with 11 points in two months.