GDT: Rd.2 AHL best-of-5 playoffs: Amerks (2&0) @ Crunch, Gm3 5/1 7pm

[Taro T]

10 hours ago, K-9 said:

He was inducted into the Amerks Hall of Fame just a few weeks ago. 

And into the Sabres HoF back in '23.  And into MSU's HoF back in '13.  And into USA Hockey's HoF in '22.   [EDIT: And into the Greater Buffalo Sports HoF back in '22 too.]

If friggin' Housley can be in the NHL HoF, Miller will get there too.  (That and the IIHF HoF in Kingston are about the only 2 he ISN'T in.)

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[Big Guava]

53 minutes ago, Taro T said:

And into the Sabres HoF back in '23.  And into MSU's HoF back in '13.  And into USA Hockey's HoF in '22.  

If friggin' Housley can be in the NHL HoF, Miller will get there too.  (That and the IIHF HoF in Kingston are about the only 2 he ISN'T in.)

Why is Housley being in the HOF surprising? He has 1232 points as a defenseman which trails only Ray Borque, Paul Coffey and Al MacInnis for D-men all time.

[SJSabres Fan]

How many games will the series against Laval be?

 Is this Rochester team built for the playoffs?  Lots of depth, lots of speed, some toughness?  I’ll throw in (dare I say it) good coaching?!

[shrader]

8 hours ago, Taro T said:

And into the Sabres HoF back in '23.  And into MSU's HoF back in '13.  And into USA Hockey's HoF in '22.  

If friggin' Housley can be in the NHL HoF, Miller will get there too.  (That and the IIHF HoF in Kingston are about the only 2 he ISN'T in.)

I used to think so, but I’m not so sure anymore. His big claim was having the most wins from any US born goalie, but that’s gone now. He’ll be 3rd soon enough. Is the one Vezina enough?

[Taro T]

8 hours ago, Big Guava said:

Why is Housley being in the HOF surprising? He has 1232 points as a defenseman which trails only Ray Borque, Paul Coffey and Al MacInnis for D-men all time.

It's NOT surprising.  It's just sad.

Because he scored a LOT of those points as a F.  And voters for that honor pay as much attention to details like that as season ending AS team voters paid attention to which side of the ice Ovechkin played on back in '13 when he was voted the 1st team RW and the 2nd team LW.

Of course Housley's scoring stats don't include ANY of the assists he had on Stephane Richer's goals (he had a TON of those).  So, maybe you're onto something there.  If you take off the points he scored playing up front and replaced them with the assists he had for the Sabres (and other teams' as well, he had a LOT of stops along the way) opponents then he's maybe top 2 or 3 in defenseman scoring and not just top 4.

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[Taro T]

26 minutes ago, shrader said:

I used to think so, but I’m not so sure anymore. His big claim was having the most wins from any US born goalie, but that’s gone now. He’ll be 3rd soon enough. Is the one Vezina enough?

Though they shouldn't include it as a criterion in voting, they'll include his Olympic play, particularly in '10, in the voting.  It'll take a while, but personally do expect Miller will get there eventually.

SHOULD he be there?  That's a different question.

[pastajoe]

1 hour ago, SJSabres Fan said:

How many games will the series against Laval be?

 Is this Rochester team built for the playoffs?  Lots of depth, lots of speed, some toughness?  I’ll throw in (dare I say it) good coaching?!

The next round will be best-of-five, which I think unfortunately if it’s against Laval will be a loss. They’re a tough team to beat.

The first round series are best-of-three, the division semifinals and division finals are best-of-five, and the conference finals and Calder Cup Finals will be best-of-seven.

[shrader]

31 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Though they shouldn't include it as a criterion in voting, they'll include his Olympic play, particularly in '10, in the voting.  It'll take a while, but personally do expect Miller will get there eventually.

SHOULD he be there?  That's a different question.

Another goalie dump 30-some years down the road like they had a couple years back with Barrasso and Vernon I guess. They had cups though, which unfortunately we all know they put a lot of weight on. 
 

Lundqvist did get in that year too without a cup. He had a much better career though. I guess Miller will have to hope that a bunch of new stud goalies show up in the near future. 

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, SJSabres Fan said:

How many games will the series against Laval be?

 Is this Rochester team built for the playoffs?  Lots of depth, lots of speed, some toughness?  I’ll throw in (dare I say it) good coaching?!

The way Laval is playing against Cleveland they'll be done Sunday and the Amerks series will likely start next weekend. My question is will it be 2 in Laval, 2 in Rochester and 1 in Laval, or 2 in Rochester and 3 in Laval?

[Taro T]

19 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

The way Laval is playing against Cleveland they'll be done Sunday and the Amerks series will likely start next weekend. My question is will it be 2 in Laval, 2 in Rochester and 1 in Laval, or 2 in Rochester and 3 in Laval?

No data.  Expecting it'd be the normal 2-2-1.

According to the Rocket, they went 2-3 this round to cut down on travel (well, duh).  Only going to Ra-cha-cha shaves 4 hours off the trip from Laval to Cleveland.