i think yzerman was he was an offence force when he came into the league and then he became a two way player and so he didn't get as many points as gretzky but he was one of the best players of all time and gretzky wasn't a great two way player i think he was over rated
207591
yzerman is the perfect captain. he has played for detroit his whole career, undyingly loyal to the hockey club.He does whatever he can to help the team, be it taking the game winnign shot, taking checks, giving checks, playing on the first line or the grind line. yzerman is the sould of detroit hockey, and of the way hockey should be played.
287820
No Stanley Cups hurt him a little, but I would have to think that there's a little corner of the Hall of Fame that Dale Hunter can occupy. The only parallel I can give is to Dick Butkus in the NFL. Hunter was just a bastard to play against.
651193
i don think he was out of line.. those cards were well deserved.. the players brought that upon themselves.. i think he was fair/unfair to both sides equally !!
626615
Cheap hit?  An Edmonton player knocked the Carolina player into him.  \n\nBut I agree, it's a shame his season has to end this way, and it is a shame for Edmonton to lose him now.  I think he still has a chance to be playoff MVP (depending how the series finishes) for his stellar play in the first three rounds.
304645
I'll tell you what, this time I'm being honest when I say I think their both over rated. Neither has been to the Super Bowl (let alone the Canadian Bowl). And without a good offensive line I don't think either one would have made it in the big leagues.\nIf I have to choose, I guess it must be Totti and that's only because I dated his sister when I was in the 12th grade. Plus he's a good guy and he still owes me for paying his way to the movies one night. Honestly?\nHe still needs to work on hitting the slow curve but his tackling has improved greatly (after I showed him how to use his legs)\nDel Piero has a confidence problem. To afraid to make the easy shot. Great passer but he needs to stop relying on everyone else to score. Plus HIS sister turned me down in the 12th grade.
624361
people perceive greatness differently.\n\nmost people would agree that Gretzky was the greatest hockey playare of all time.
606521
I have to say that early in the season I could have strangled Hal for the really bad plays he was making.  By the end of the year, he was playing very well.  I felt bad that he was getting jeered by the fans.  Well, now he's a Leaf and Chara's a Bruin.  I wish Hall well (to a point) in Toronto, but I'm happy to have Zdeno as his replacement!
317569
Both players initially did what they were supposed to do..Barret was right to block the plate in order to make the out and AJ to barrel right into him to make him drop the ball so the run can score.  What was wrong is when AJ got up, he intentionally bumped Barret as he walked past him which provoked Barret to punch him.  A little extreme but entertaining..thought I was watching the NHL!  Both players should receive equal punishment.
549163
Justin Morneau is just better,  if you look at the way his season went this year it is no surprise that he won it. Derek Jeter was consistent this year but how can you not be on the Yankees... they have such a good team that it ups everybodies stats on the team. Morneau wasn't on a very good team, and without Morneau, Minnesota probably wouldn't even have made the playoffs. He had around 40 more home runs and about 20 more RBI so his stats are better than Jeters. Justin Morneau was the better player this year, and he deserved to win the al  MVP by alot more than 16 points...
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Pronger is a huge physical defenseman and he knocked around the Sharks that year in the playoffs as a St. Louis Blue. The Sharks also offered him a huge contract in the offseason to get a physical defenseman (Kyle McLaren is a joke back there). Therefore, b/c he knocked their team out and then didn't go there when offered a wealthy contract, the fans do not like him one bit.
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I do agree with you!  I think the role of enforcer is an important one and teams need to be able to "police" themselves!  But you've already covered all that.  The only thing I would add is that people need to look at both sides of the hit.  Not just the guy who dished it out.  It really frustrates me when guys see a hit coming and turn their back to it, or slow up so they are not close enough to the boards to take the hit safely.  And of course then there is always the open ice hits  KEEP YOUR FREEKEN HEAD UP!!  I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for any guy who gets labeled on open ice while staring at his skates.  You learn in minor hockey to skate / stick handle with your head up long before you learn how to hit.  If your in the NHL and you don't have that mastered yet, your going to get plastered!  And I don't feel bad for you!
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#1. underrated: after the stanley cup run by the canes, its glen wesley\n#2. overrated: either Iginla or Luongo, im gonna say Iggy\n#3. Any player? hmmm... thats tough... a leader... but who?   probably Joe Sakic or Stevie Y, but ill say Joe Sakic b/c hes younger...\n#4. there arent many.... Brind'Amour???\n#4. Pest.... Jarkko Ruutu!!!!!
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In Strategic knowledge Therrien was the better coach, look at what he did for the Baby Pens before he was called up, however neither coach did a really good job coaching the team they had.  Now, I still will give Therrien a chance with having a full preseason to work with, so that he can teach his system properly and have time to work on many different line combos (yes he had all those games that didn't really matter, but it's still the regular season so you don't have as much freedom as in the regular season.  So, for right now I say give Therrien another season, but it they are as far out of the playoff hunt at next allstar break as they were this season, I think he is a lost cause too as a coach.
88787
I would have picked him not for what he has done lately (which is always great) but for how he played in the 2004 Olympics as he was the only one who played with any sort of conviction and heart.  He was the only player that repeatedly spoke about the importance of playing for his country after people bowed out(like Kobe/Shaq) and what it meant to him.  I am not a fan of AI's but I would have even made him the Captain of the US team for the 2006 World Championship.
18424
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.
522514
The should give Griese a try.  Grossman has thrown away two games with his wild girly passes.  A blind man can tell who and where hes throwing too.   Im sure Griese will never see the green cause in my opinion Grossman seems like the person that  cries and throws a fit if he doesnt get the playing time he wants.  Hopefully Grossmen gets injured so we dont have watch anymore games get thrown away
401254
As a Red Sox fan I thought that Ortiz landed right where he belonged.  I understand the writers still have bias toward the power numbers, but I felt that Jeter should have been the MVP.  I feel that Jeter had the best year out of all AL players.  I thought the person that got the most screwed was Mourneau's teammate, Joe Mauer.  I thought he should have come in 2nd, Papi 3rd and Mourneau 4th.