02-27-2013, 08:20 PM
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#21
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TKB
Remember when people actually thought Ovi was a better player then Crosby? I think we can put that argument to rest now....
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I think that argument could have been put to rest three years ago. Ovi is a joke. Imagine paying a guy like him all of that money to watch him coast around. Pathetic.
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02-27-2013, 08:21 PM
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#22
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
If he loafs around like this from now til next February?
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So?
He's in Sochi on talent alone. What he does in the NHL from now until then won't mean a thing to the Russians.
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02-27-2013, 08:22 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
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Passion went bye bye.
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02-27-2013, 08:23 PM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Thinks he can get off on pure talent. And his behind the back through the legs move fools no one anymore.
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02-27-2013, 08:26 PM
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#25
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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He IMO is a classical case of what happens when guys get the big $$$.
Hasnt been the same guy since the year after he signed that obnoxious contract and much like Yashin, may never ever get the desire back.
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02-27-2013, 08:27 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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I think he got too caught up in the rock star lifestyle and as a result he's lacking the drive he had when he initially came into the league and started scoring goals at a pace not seen since the 80's. Maybe he needs to spend some time away from the game to gain more of an appreciation of what it meant to be a superstar in the world's biggest hockey league. That said he doesn't seem like the only issue with that organization as it just seems like it's not working for a few players there for whatever reason.
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02-27-2013, 08:30 PM
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#27
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Ever since Bodreau got canned, Ovechkin has not been the same guy, although he was slowing down then also, but this bad? no.
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02-27-2013, 08:31 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
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Medic!
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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02-27-2013, 08:33 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
He IMO is a classical case of what happens when guys get the big $$$.
Hasnt been the same guy since the year after he signed that obnoxious contract and much like Yashin, may never ever get the desire back.
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It takes a special person and player to continue to play with great passion after paydays like the top players receive.
Crosby personifies the kind of passion I speak of.
Always striving to be better and win.
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02-27-2013, 09:03 PM
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#30
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timbit
It takes a special person and player to continue to play with great passion after paydays like the top players receive.
Crosby personifies the kind of passion I speak of.
Always striving to be better and win.
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Toews, too.
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02-27-2013, 09:06 PM
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#31
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In the Sin Bin
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Those Russians, so risky. If they aren't going back their homeland on a whim they might just start randomly sucking.
Here's hoping we continue to avoid taking them high in the draft.
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02-27-2013, 09:09 PM
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#32
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by nik-
medic!
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unit down!
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02-27-2013, 09:14 PM
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#33
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Powerplay Quarterback
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It must have something to do with his new fiancee. If I came home to that everyday, man I wouldn't be the same either.... Haha
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02-27-2013, 09:18 PM
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#34
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
Medic!
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02-27-2013, 09:19 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Those Russians, so risky. If they aren't going back their homeland on a whim they might just start randomly sucking.
Here's hoping we continue to avoid taking them high in the draft.
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Ironically, I include Datsyuk in that small group of passionate superstars.
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02-27-2013, 09:20 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
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I was going to post that. He's re-enacting the classic Platoon pose.
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02-27-2013, 09:22 PM
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#37
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timbit
Ironically, I include Datsyuk in that small group of passionate superstars.
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Datsyuk's passion can be summarised as pure compete. No alternative motivations out there. He is out competing his opponents on every shift.
One of the greatest all time NHL players in my mind.
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02-27-2013, 09:24 PM
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#38
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Powerplay Quarterback
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He got paid.
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02-27-2013, 09:33 PM
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#39
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
So?
He's in Sochi on talent alone. What he does in the NHL from now until then won't mean a thing to the Russians.
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Good, so they can lose in the first round
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02-27-2013, 09:37 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
Good, so they can lose in the first round |
I hope Flames fans have a player to cheer for in the Olympics. Of course they will cheer for Canada.
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