Beck Malenstyn's Goal shows us that...

[JoeSchmoe]

1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Beck’s goal shows that any guy in the NHL, even an Adam Mair or Beck Malenstyn has more talent at hockey than most of us can even imagine.  The issue for Beck is the distance between him and McDavid is also the size of the Grand Canyon.  

I feel like the Grand Canyon sized chasm is the IQ. Malenstyn can skate... His hands aren't great, but it's the vision he lacks most.

I sometimes think Scooby Doo and the gang are going to show up on the ice someday, demask him, and reveal Zemgus Girgensons hiding underneath.

[spndnchz]

Just now, JoeSchmoe said:

I feel like the Grand Canyon sized chasm is the IQ. Malenstyn can skate... His hands aren't great, but it's the vision he lacks most.

I sometimes think Scooby Doo and the gang are going to show up on the ice someday, demask him, and reveal Zemgus Girgensons hiding underneath.

I can skate too

[JoeSchmoe]

14 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

I can skate too

Are you in the 99th percentile?

[GASabresIUFAN]

11 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Are you in the 99th percentile?

Keon Coleman has a high max speed as well.

[GASabresIUFAN]

I remember a few years ago when the watch word from management was how fast the new guys, like Malenstyn were.  How did that work out?  Speed is great, but speed without skill isn't all that helpful.

[Pimlach]

8 hours ago, Doohickie said:

Sabrespace has heard this story before, but about a year after No Goal, I met Brett Hull at DFW Airport.  He was waiting for his bags at the carousel.  So I approached him and we talked about the just complete season for a few minutes.  Finally I asked him about the Cup winning goal.  He said he would have liked to score a highlight reel goal, but what happened happened, so what else could do?  The refs said it was a good goal; he couldn't give it back.  He said all this season, lining up for faceoffs and stuff, opposing players would nudge him and say, "That wasn't a goal, Hull!"

Then I asked him for his autograph.  I said I didn't have anything to sign, so could he sign his boarding pass?  I told him my nephew, Matt, played hockey, so address it to him.  So he wrote, "To Matt, Good luck in hockey, Brett Hull"

I thanked him and said I would give it to him when we went up to visit my family in Buffalo that summer.  When I said Buffalo, he visibly winced.  

Overall he was  nice guy to talk to, approachable.  He caught a lot of ***** for No Goal.

I talked to him once.  Of course I brought up "no goal" and he laughed and said something to the effect that he has met about 50,000 people from Buffalo that were at that game.   Funny guy.  

[Pimlach]

3 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Keon Coleman has a high max speed as well.

Yes, Keon does, which why the Bills were not afraid of drafting him despite his slower 40 times compared to most WRs.  The thought was he is not a track guy and does not know how to get a good start, but he plays fast. 

Unfortunately, a fast start off of  the LOS is really important in the NFL.  Keon's high max speed has not translated into game speed so far.  

[PerreaultForever]

I don't think it "shows us" anything but it was a career highlight goal for him. I doubt you ever see him do it again. It was a nice play though for sure. 

[Pimlach]

47 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

I remember a few years ago when the watch word from management was how fast the new guys, like Malenstyn were.  How did that work out?  Speed is great, but speed without skill isn't all that helpful.

I think he is as advertised.  Fast, hits hard and hits a lot, and puts in effort. 

Some guys make it with what they got.  

I thought he might know how to fight too, but he doesn't.  

[Doohickie]

10 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Funny guy.  

He struck me as the kind of guy that, if we were both on layovers, would be interesting to talk to at the airport bar.

[Pimlach]

Just now, Doohickie said:

He struck me as the kind of guy that, if we were both on layovers, would be interesting to talk to at the airport bar.

He likes beer.  

[Pimlach]

4 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:

I feel like the Grand Canyon sized chasm is the IQ. Malenstyn can skate... His hands aren't great, but it's the vision he lacks most.

I sometimes think Scooby Doo and the gang are going to show up on the ice someday, demask him, and reveal Zemgus Girgensons hiding underneath.

I saw them at the rink at the end of October ... 

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3 pages I didn't see anyone post the goal.