Neo

Awesome sauce ....

I agree about which players are more similar. I read the original post as going to impact which, to me, is more important. I’d now be happy with Tavares. This is a lowered expectation. As I’ve said, it’s early. I’m a little surprised on the lowered ceiling at this point. I am by no means ruling out a higher one. The kid landed into a fire drill with unmarked exits and he’s not a fire marshall. I want a 45/55/100 player. He’ll need time and help. Shoot, Jack, shoot.

You made me look. Stamkos had 46 points as a rookie. Stamkos had 232 at the end of his 3rd year. Essentially 3 full seasons (he missed 3 games as a rookie). 119 goals;113 assists. Stamkos was .955 PPG Jack is .806 PPG Translates to a 12 point difference per season. They live in the same subdivision. Stamkos has the better, bigger, fancier home. Lastly, Stamkos blossomed noticeably in years 2 and 3. Data, no conclusion. To add: “Best since Crosby, excluding McDavid” language put him ahead of Kane, Tavares and Stamkos, among others, in the eyes of experts. I’d say Stamkos had an organizational readiness advantage. Time will tell ...

Dante’s Tenth Circle ...

Trying to find the same thing! Can you easily do a link to the five or the page? I’ll guess - Gil, Jumbo Jim, Kevin O’Shea Unless Meehan made it instead of Gil.

I am acknowledging my naivety.

How’s this take sound to you? In my understanding of, and in my “JV” experience with, the original code, the chirping would be “nice hit” to Nolan and “keep your head up” to Ryan.

I think avenging clean hits is The Code, Part Deux. Back in the day, as I recall, The Code came into play after cheap shots, when the unskilled went after the skilled, or when two tough guys wanted to raise the energy level by mutual consent. Fighting after clean hits, it seems to me, is a relatively recent annoyance.

I’d just moved to Tampa in March. I did that series on radio (?) or in taverns. Loud, even in the cavernous barn FKA The Crossroads Arena. A local family invited me to dinner at their house during the playoffs. They served me my first southern style meal with collard greens. I missed a playoff game, went home, signed onto AOL with my squelching modem, and read the recap.

40-30-12. 92 pts. 1st NHL Northeast. Semis. Fast and furious entertainment. Rabid fans. “Hardest working team in hockey”. Sign me up for nonsense!

Good catch. Bigger gulp needed.

My old habits die hard ... insight!

Andreychuk!

How’d you see my post?

One of the pitfalls of the “ignore” function: verbatim re-posts.

I am entertained. Good for them. Good for Housley.

Adam’s Division “Down 3-1, the Senators decided to send a message.”

You memorialized my math error ... $92 million!

What’s Karlsson sign for? Base case: 8 x $11.5 = $92 million ... at age 27.

I’m obsessed ... Edmonton had three players with hat tricks in one game ... 1983 vs Jersey. They had two players with Hattie’s a bunch of times.

LOL, EDMONTON HAD 142 in the 80s. 14 a season! Every 6 games or so. Risto!

Sabres hat tricks 70 to 79: 63 80 to 89: 50 90 to 99: 36 2000 to 09: 43 2010 to 17: 11 Sigh, old time hockey.

Was that the Kane assist empty net goal/game?

I won’t spoil it. I thought Risto (wrong). Most interesting is this link. Eddie Shack, three in two months in 1971. I was around, but didn’t remember that! https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/hat-tricks.html

How I loved that team.