although Patrick Roy is the best goalie of all time i thing Miikka Kiprusoff well be one of them miikka cam in the league as a back up and then he was traded cause he "wasn't that good" Patrick had more chances to prove his greatness then miikka has.
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Patrick--he proved his greatness.\nMikka hasn't taken his team all the way yet.\n\nTwo good years does not a career make.
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IMO, *anybody* is welcome to be a fan of ice hockey.\n\nKevin Weekes was one of my favorite players before he moved to the NY Rangers!
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I've got to disagree with Biggie...GAA can win the Hart (2002 Jose Theodore, 1998 AND 1997 Dominik Hasek) though it is rare compared to the point-getters taking home the hardware.  With all the buzz surrounding Jagr's production this year, he became the media favorite, but since his trade from Boston to San Jose, I'd say Joe Thornton deserves to be the league's MVP this season.  At the time of the trade, the Sharks were not a playoff team, and the offense generated by Thornton and Cheechoo propelled them into the five seed (while Jagr's Rangers went from first in their division all season to third, and sixth in the conference).  Thornton's 96 assists and 125 points were tops in the league.\n\nWhile Kiprusoff may be as deserving as anyone in the league, including Thornton, this NHL season was all about increased offense, shootouts, and wide open hockey -- it will be tough for a goalie to take home the Hart for the next few seasons (if for no other reason than image-reform).  Get the Vezina ready for Kipper, though!
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Well here's a quote from sportsnet.ca......you be the judge but if you ask me, I don't see even a flicker of resemblence!!!!!\n\n\n Last Thursday, Darcy Tucker told Chris Neil of the Ottawa Senators that he didn't want to fight because he was "a goal-scorer." \n\nThis, just 48 hours after Tucker's attack on Ottawa's defenseless super dustweight Patrick Eaves. Tucker was called many things in the 48 hours between the Eaves-troughing and his chat at centre ice with Neil, but I'd bet every last dollar that Dan Murphy owes me that "goal-scorer" was not among them.
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I have a tip for you....\n\nGo to dearnhl.com, click on forums, log in (it's easy and free) and post this question to Biskitt (what ol time hockey fans call the puck) you will get more information than you can imagine.\n\nBut for starters Rangers fans went over 50 years without the Cup which they got in 1994.  Mark Messier (messy-aye) was their captain then---he's a legend there. Richter (Mike) was a favorite goalie.\n\nDolan is the current owner, universally despised.\n\nJagr is their top player now, also Brendan Shanahan (Shanny), Stratka (Marty), Nylander, a newish kid Prucha is really popular.  Lundqvist is their preferred goalie--call him Lundy and their second goalie is Kevin Weekes, he's black which is not super common in the NHL.  He's good, but the fans get on him.\n\nWayne Gretzky played for them at one point wearing 99 and retiring in '99.  Adam Graves is a recent favorite player who is now in their office called Gravey often.\n\nBrad Park, Rod Gilbert (jil bear), Gump Worsley (goalie: the Gumper)Jean Ratelle and Vic Hadfield,Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson, Barry Beck, Ron Greschner, Phil Esposito, John Davidson, and the Maloney brothers, Dave and Don all played for the Rangers over their long history.\n\nSometimes called the Broadway Blueshirts.\n\nThe Garden--Madison Square Garden is where they play.\n\nJD--or John Davidson was another beloved goalie, who did years of broadcasting and is now the GM of the St. Louis Blues.\n\nThey hate the NY Islanders (the Fish sticks) and the Philly Flyers (the filthy cryers) and the New Jersey Devils.\n\nI could go on, but they aren't my team so I'm not too up on them.\n\nThey are an "original 6" team, which is huge because that means they've been around since the start of the league and have an 80 year history.\n\nAsk Biskitt, go watch some games, they are a pretty good team and enjoy!  Welcome to the wonderful world of hockey--you will love it!
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Probably the most brutal goalie fight I saw was when Dan Cloutier was on the Rangers and Tommy Salo was on the Islanders.  Cloutier beat Salo down and would not stop (cause the refs were tending to other fights).  He just kept punching him in the head even though Salo was helpless.  I enjoy a good hockey fight, but this was just too far!  I lost a lot of respect for Dan Cloutier that day.
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Good point, this rookie class this year was the best for a long while. The Calder Trophy is given to "the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." \n\nIn my opinion, Crosby should be second best for a couple reasons. \n\n1) He was one of 7 players that reached 100 points this season, and keep in mind that he played 131 minutes less than Ovechkin throughout the whole season, more than two games. \n2) Each player did not have as great a supporting cast as Lundquist and Phaneuf, who excelled with teams including Jagr, Straka, Iginla and Kiprusoff. \n\nCrosby was labelled the whole year as the next Gretzky, facing the best defenders every night. Veterens got udner his skin, he often lost his temper, and was on one of the worst teams in the NHL playing in the worst arena in the NHL, but still managed to produce. \n\nCrosby definately deserves to be the second best rookie.\n\nHope that helps.
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Great hockey player, one of my idols growing into the hockey fan that I am. Cruel God kept giving him illness. He was a legend, one of the best that ever played, right behind Gretzky.
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well I am a calgary flames fan and that makes it incredibly hard to choose between Iggy and Kipper\nbut since Kipper has been the back bone of our pk and a huge reason for our come back from the bottom of the standings\nI'm so thankful for Kipper and his ability to steal any game when the flames just can't seem to score
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well, when you are 3 times as large as your opponent, that's not a tough feat to accomplish. In fact, I protest Chara being aloud to play in the league at all! He is obviously not human as no person that large would ever be able to skate. So I say ban him from the league!!!\n\n\n(unless the Pens can pick him up in free agency... in that case VIVA LA CHARA! ;-) )
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Marion Gaborik is one of the best pure goal scorers in the NHL. With the right supporting cast in this "new" NHL, he should be an elite level player night in, night out. I'm not sure Minnesota is the right team for him right now, but he is definitely their franchise player. I think he's easily worth $4 million - I'd try and lock him up for 3 or 4 years. He's still young and has a truck load of talent that hasn't been tapped yet.
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Those kids in Pittsburgh are on fire. With Malkin, Crosby, Stall, and Fleury in their line up they've got a great future and will finally make it to the playoffs.\nMontreal Canadiens. Goalie controversy. I'm a bit disappointed with the way Huet is playing right now but it's great that we kept Aebischer. Go HABS.
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I KNOW.......   he had a point or more every game except for November 1st vs Buffalo, January 27th vs Chicago, and March 11th vs Minnesota. every other game he had a point or more. and plus he had a game misconduct on December 13th vs Winnipeg but still had 2 goals and 2 assists for 4 points 12 PIM.\nand on two occasions he had 2, 7 points games on December 11th vs Chicago 7 assist, and on February 14th vs Quebec with 7 assists.in 80 games his total was 52 goals and 163 assists and 215 points.  so 3 games in all 80 games season he didn't get a point. so that means he got 1 point or more  in 77 games out of 80 that season.\n\n\nGO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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You'll never win this argument, although one could argue that Roy was certainly more important to his team than Elway was.\n\nThe Broncos, likely, would have won with a lesser QB in their Super Bowl wins (now, we're not talking JP Lossman here...maybe Dilfer or McNair)...where as Roy was the one who put the Avs/Nords over the top to win their first drink from Lord Stanley.\n\nBoth players had baggage...Roy's exit from Montreal was ugly...Elway's issues with Dan Reeves almost made him exit Denver.  However, football is a much more popular sport in Denver and, unless you are comparing the likes of Bobby Orr to Tom Brady, no hockey player could ever win this...and even Orr wins only by a hair there.
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Hard to believe that trade is a long term winner. However Raycroft has played in the NHL and its always a crap shot with young goalies in the NHL. So going for someone who has done it should pay off. Plus still have a top prospect.
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I think they both have to take blame for it. Conklin should have played the puck better but Smith fanned on it so he is to blame too.  It sure is a shame about Rolloson.
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the Montreal Canadiens have a system and they are the only team in the NHL that sticks with it. we draft we trained, most teams use there draft picks as bait, or they never play with the team that drafted them. the Canadiens had always drafted players but never rushed them in to action when they were to young as most teams do today. but throughout the 90's was as you can call it the "Dark Ages" for the Canadiens cause new teams came in to the league and the salarys sky rocketed through the roof. But the Habs staid with there system and it really hurt but im still happy they did what they did, by sticking with there plans. Montreal wasnt going to give some player $3 million if he will not give his all every game thats there system and that player only averages 30 to 40 points a game thats not a player that deserves $3 million a year, but what mad things worst was that other teams were willing to pay that player that $3 million  so thats what mad hockey so though thrue the 90's. just look at J.P Dumont from Buffalo wanted $2.9 million a year, do you really believe a player that averages 30 pts a year deserves that no but the Predators gave it to him. now you look at the Islanders giving DiPietro $67 million to a goalie that hasnt proved he was a true number one goalie, if Brodeur or Luongo really wanted to just imagine what this two would get if DiPietro got 67 million. that really hurts the game but with the new salary cap in place this will make the game better and you will see my Habs starting to bring the Stanley cup back home. and remember it was the Habs that destroyd the Flyers system in the 70's and i don't understand why Clarke wanted to live in those days when they were over by 1976.\n\nGO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1