Comments on: The Real Legendary NHL Team http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/ NHL - Hockey Trade Rumors, providing NHL Hockey Trade Rumors since 1996 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80171 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:20:08 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80171 I agree, it is hard to say, but here’s my piece…

Harvey was great, and was a core piece to Montreal’s great teams of the 50′s and 60′s. Shore was the MVP of a Bruins team that wasn’t a dynastic team, or a perrenial powerhouse. Shore is the only defenseman to win the Hart trophy 4 times, and he won those 4 Harts in the span of 6 seasons. Eddie Shore was Doug Harvey before Doug Harvey was around, and Doug Harvey was Bobby Orr before Bobby Orr was around. Also, Harvey won 8 Norris Trophies, yes. That is quite the feat. Red Kelly was the first to win the Norris in 54, I believe, and Shore retired from the NHL in 1940. Had the Norris been inducted as an NHL award for best defenseman during Shore’s tenure, he’d have just as many, maybe more Norris awards.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80170 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:05:05 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80170 1. Look at my other post responding to that little quip.

2. Learn how to read.

3. Get a life.

4. Find some friends.

5. Seek help.

6. Get laid. (I doubt that will ever happen, seeing as you have enough trouble making friends, yet alone girlfriends.)

7. Find new material.

8. Graduate junior high.

9. Get over it, I own you.

10. And last but not least…

KILL YOURSELF.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80169 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:00:28 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80169 It was a reply to both.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80168 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:44:48 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80168 What about an all Steve Smith team? The collection of the best guys who can bank one into their one net off their goaltenders.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80167 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:42:56 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80167 I’m not saying he’s better than the names you mentioned, but he’s up there.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80166 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:42:16 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80166 I agree, but thing is with Tretiak, he was the stabilizer to the core. He held it together. Those Russians weren’t “vaunted” without Tretiak. He was a brick wall in International competition, on a great team… yes, he played for a great team. Wanna know why it was great? He stopped almost everything that went towards the crease. Aside from 2 key moments in international hockey history (the obvious ones… ’72 Summit Series & ’80 Miracle On Ice), his brilliance is almost 2nd to none. Sure, they had a good defense, and had the dreaded line of Valeri Kharlamov, Boris Mikhailov, and Alexandr Yakushev, but they wouldn’t have been a perennial powerhouse without Tretiak. He bested the NHL’s best netminders for years in international play.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80165 GretzNYR99 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:27:25 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80165 I agree with you for the most part, but remember, that team wasn’t nearly as good without Gretz as it was with Gretz.

]]> By: IrishRinkrat http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80164 IrishRinkrat Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:29:29 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80164 He’s amazing, there’s just a ton of amazing pivots from over the years.

]]> By: IrishRinkrat http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80163 IrishRinkrat Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:28:16 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80163 I almost did put Tretiak as my backup because of how great he was, but there’s many NHL goalies that are at that level… Plante and Hasek have MVP’s… Sawchuk, Esposito, Dryden, Brodeur, Glenn Hall… tough to only pick two.

]]> By: GretzNYR99 http://hockeytraderumors.com/the-real-legendary-nhl-team/comment-page-3/#comment-80162 GretzNYR99 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:01:12 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7904#comment-80162 Francis was a close call on mine. I love Ronnie Franchise, I just had no room for him. Hell, I left out Pat LaFontaine, and he’s one of my top 3 favorites of all time.

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