His swing was violent , when he was young before the whole steroid thing , this guy was one if not the most talented player ever , I remember he even pitch one game . But that swing though
When Sergei Federov retired he was the greatest Russian NHL player of all time. I'm not gonna lookup all his stats but I know he had 484 goals and over 1400 points I'm pretty sure. 3 Stanley Cups, Hart trophy, Selkes trophy, Calder trophy. I'm pretty sure he had at least 1 Art Ross. I not 100% sure if he won the Lester B Pearson when he won the Hart too but imagine so. He would have had several 1st or 2nd team all stars. Just an amazing track record. Didn't know if we'd ever see a Russian match Federovs NHL career but alas came Alexander Ovechkin, played with Federov for a bit as we just watched. Ovechkin has obviously taken away Federov reign as best ever NHL Russian. But now what about Evgeni Malkin? I got Malkin rating higher then Sergei and Malkin still adding to all time totals. Both got 3 Stanley Cups but Malkins gotta have more hardware. Malkins got the big one that Federov didn't win the Conn Smythe. Then Malkin has all the great NHL trophies Hart, Pearson/Ted Lindsay, Calder, Art Ross and has won some of them multiple times I think Malkin might have 1 Rocket Richard but cant say 100% for sure. I think I'd have to go 1) Ovechkin 2) Malkin 3) Federov then fast on Malkins and Federovs tails at number four is 4) Kucherov. Kucherov will definitely end up passing Federov and Malkin as #2 all time best Russian. Nobody is touching Ovie though for a long time if ever. Two highly skilled, very young Russians coming though. Matvei Michkov and Ivan Demidov could both be generational who knows? So Ovechkin, Malkin, Federov, Kucherov in that order for top 4 NHL Russians of ALL time, who do you guys got at #5 all time? What about #6? What about number 7? Whose the next player with a chance to crack those top 4 players?
Federov, Datsyuk, Yzerman, Howe, Shanahan, etc. The Red Wings have had such amazing legends over the years, and I cant wait for Larkin, Raymond, And Seider to join the ranks of Red Wing greats
Big time talent and should have probably been a hall of famer Obviously all the steroid stuff hurt his chances but I also think another aspect that hurt jose was lack of durability Yes he is a big strong guy but he missed a shitload of games in his career. If he were more consistent he probably would have had 600 Homer's and 2500 hits . If not for the steroid scandals I still think he would have gotten in however
great choice for the last highlight! I was a Toronto fan and was watching that game live. it was astounding to see him hit it to the upper deck like that!
As a Habs hater, I loved this...and to have Roy quit on the team - also fantastic. I still disliked Roy after he was gone from Montreal but at least he wasn't winning for Montreal anymore.
Tremblay may have been a talented and incredibly tough player in his day, but he did not have the temperament to be a head coach. I still remember Roy walking past him after this and Tremblay was staring daggers at him, almost daring Patrick to look him in the eye. I wouldn't have been surprised if Tremblay took a swing at Patrick if they both made eye contact.
