09-30-2022, 01:42 PM
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#4661
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Underground
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Disagree. Stralman had really high potential. Was overhyped as a prospect as a Leaf of course, but the talent was clear.
When the Flames acquired him I thought it was a steal and then was totally puzzled when they dumped him for nothing.
Love Sutter as a coach, but as a talent evaluator I think he's somewhat narrow minded. You see it in the drafting, in the trades and in the players he moved out.
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It's hard to draft when your primary player evaluation criterion is 'has this player won a cup?'
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09-30-2022, 01:45 PM
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#4662
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
It's hard to draft when your primary player evaluation criterion is 'has this player won a cup?'
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But I mean...if you're at the draft and the answer is 'yes' you draft that player!
Because that would be awesome.
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09-30-2022, 02:14 PM
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#4663
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Fischy13
Blows my mind a professional athlete can't throw a ball. I remember years ago, Brent Sutter commenting on hockey players these days can't throw a ball, swing a bat, shoot a hoop because they played hockey 365 days a year. He went on about how important it was for their hockey skills to play other sports and develop different muscles that made them better hockey players. I've kept an eye on this since reading that article and am dumfounded every time I see it happening. Wild.
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I think he is wrong, though. This was probably sound thinking more than a decade or two ago, but the only way kids are getting to the NHL in this day and age is by total, year-round, undivided commitment.
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09-30-2022, 03:30 PM
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#4664
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think he is wrong, though. This was probably sound thinking more than a decade or two ago, but the only way kids are getting to the NHL in this day and age is by total, year-round, undivided commitment.
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Sometimes, though, that commitment can involve practising skills that are easier to work on with different equipment.
Joe Nieuwendyk, back in the day, had an incredible knack for standing beside the net and tipping in pucks out of mid-air. He attributed this to the time he spent playing summer lacrosse. I see no reason why things like that shouldn't be part of an NHLer's off-season training nowadays.
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09-30-2022, 05:33 PM
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#4665
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think he is wrong, though. This was probably sound thinking more than a decade or two ago, but the only way kids are getting to the NHL in this day and age is by total, year-round, undivided commitment.
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I think it depends...a big question is how much success is driven by inherent talent vs. hard work. Probably a different ratio for each individual...you definitely need both, but I don't think the 'hard work' portion needs to be directed solely at hockey.
Even more than different muscles, I think other sports train the brain to process/react in different ways. Most elite young players are too talented to have to 'think' very much...but drop them into a sport where they are only mediocre and the Xs and Os can actually start to come alive a lot more...especially defensively. Basketball/soccer/lacrosse are obviously the most transferable in terms of flow, but I think an athlete can derive some powerful insights from pretty much any other sport.
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09-30-2022, 10:21 PM
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#4666
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Okotoks
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Gilmour for me.
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Robyn Regehr.
Cause if I recall correctly we got the Butler - dear God that was awful!!
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09-30-2022, 11:08 PM
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#4667
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by STAMPEDRED
Robyn Regehr.
Cause if I recall correctly we got the Butler - dear God that was awful!!
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Umm, and Paul Byron.
and we've come full circle.
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10-01-2022, 09:52 AM
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#4668
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Between Sutter and Feaster we sure did gut that strong mid 2000's core for a song.
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10-01-2022, 02:24 PM
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#4669
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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wow, a Gaudreau signing thread turns into Sutter and Feaster bad gming thread. 
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10-03-2022, 04:25 PM
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#4672
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Franchise Player
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Booooooooo!
Just kidding
Maybe
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10-03-2022, 04:28 PM
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#4673
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Scoring Winger
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happy for him and his family and his daughter with an absolute dumbass name
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10-03-2022, 04:30 PM
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#4674
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: The real "Cowtown"
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Originally Posted by mennoknight
happy for him and his family and his daughter with an absolute dumbass name
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You are both a dink and a jackass at the same time.
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10-03-2022, 04:33 PM
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#4675
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Now the poor girl has to grow up in Columbus.
Not cool Johnny. Not cool.
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10-03-2022, 04:35 PM
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#4676
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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May be they were expecting a boy and gonna name him Noah? But even better, it's a GIRL!!! So they just take the H out and name her Noa. 
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10-03-2022, 04:36 PM
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#4677
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Franchise Player
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Not sure why the daughter is being attacked she didn't pick the name.
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10-03-2022, 04:37 PM
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#4678
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Cool baby. Glad everyone is healthy and happy.
The name is of Hebrew origin and and is traditionally gender neutral. Not that it matters, look how many girls are named Mackenzie these days, which literally means "son of Kenneth".
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10-03-2022, 04:38 PM
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#4679
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Franchise Player
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Probably indecisive with the name and didn't fill out the birth certificate in time so it's missing some letters
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10-03-2022, 04:39 PM
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#4680
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Not sure why the daughter is being attacked she didn't pick the name.
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She isn't
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