When the sens started being a dominant team around 2000 they started breaking record after record formed in the 90s throughout the following decade. Almost every record holder broke the record in the last 5-10 years except for 1 big one.
Most points on ottawa as a defenseman.
Norm mciver got 63 points in 80 games in 92-93, ottawa's first year. They have yet to have a D get more points.
11-12 Erik Karlsson 82-9-64-73(pace) (currently at 37-4-29-33)
1. 92-93 Norm Maciver 80-17-46-63
2. 05-06 Wade Redden 65-10-40-50
3. 96-97 Steve Duchesne 78-19-28-47
4. 00-01 Wade Redden 78-10-37-47
5. 10-11 Erik Karlsson 75-13-32-45
6. 02-03 Wade Redden 76-10-35-45
7. 05-06 Zdeno Chara 71-16-27-43
8. 03-04 Wade Redden 81-17-26-43
9. 03-04 Zdeno Chara 79-16-25-41
10. 08-09 Filip Kuba 71-3-37-40
Is this the year we finally break that record? Redden is the closest we've had and he missed beating the record by 14 points which is a huge chunk. Karlsson is on pace, but with a cold streak could easily miss it.
Do you guys think erik karlsson will beat the record? Another interesting record for him to break would be duchesne's 19 goals though that would probably have to be another year as he's started off very slow in the goal department.
Discuss happygilmour style.
Before everyone votes yes, he could get 29-30 points over 45 games and miss/tie it...or get injured and miss it.
I read the title, and thought this thread was going to be about comparing Karlsson with Maciver....
Barring a long cold streak, I say Karlsson breaks Norm's record.
I'm with ya buddy. I 100% thought that he was comparing the tv star to karlsson, which makes sense, haha. I was thinking comparisons while the thread was loading
It will happen not only on his injury/non-injury but on your play too and whether you will continue in your achievments or not... I hope that crisis will not come.
BTW...is anyone old enough(but not too old ) to remember the 92-93 sens? I only started following them in depth in 1997ish(8 yrs old) Was norm controlling whatever play the sens had from the backend? did he look good? He didn't do that well anywhere else. Was he just a "filip kuba" type player that benefitted from playing all the pp or was he magical like karlsson? Does karlsson look alot better? etc? etc?
BTW...is anyone old enough(but not too old ) to remember the 92-93 sens? I only started following them in depth in 1997ish(8 yrs old) Was norm controlling whatever play the sens had from the backend? did he look good? He didn't do that well anywhere else. Was he just a "filip kuba" type player that benefitted from playing all the pp or was he magical like karlsson? Does karlsson look alot better? etc? etc?
From what I can remember (jeez, this is going back a long, long time ago...), Maciver played in the World Championships (or Spengler cup? Some international tournament, I'm sure...) in the spring of '93 after that great 63 point season, once the Sens season was over, and he got a pretty bad chest injury during that tournament... it was something abnormal, like a lung injury or something. I remember it was some sort of internal chest injury.
Anyways, he was never completely the same player when he recovered, and on top of that the game changed significantly after the 1994 season as "the trap" really became a popular system, which helped push Maciver out because he was a TERRIBLE defensive player (he had a -46 +/- in '93), and was a small offensive specialist in a time when teams appeared to be drafting for size first and skill second.
I've never done this before, but I think this might be something of interest for the Ottawa fans here. I had an article posted today over at The Hockey Writers called "The Evolution of Erik Karlsson," which dissects the remarkable season he is having and what he is on pace for. You can check it out here:
I've never done this before, but I think this might be something of interest for the Ottawa fans here. I had an article posted today over at The Hockey Writers called "The Evolution of Erik Karlsson," which dissects the remarkable season he is having and what he is on pace for. You can check it out here:
Many have tried and a select few have come close, but no one has been able to do, what the man who is often pointed to as Lidstrom’s predecessor, might just do.
Karlsson is so good he went back in time to become as good as Lidstrom before him???
) to remember the 92-93 sens? I only started following them in depth in 1997ish(8 yrs old) Was norm controlling whatever play the sens had from the backend? did he look good? He didn't do that well anywhere else. Was he just a "filip kuba" type player that benefitted from playing all the pp or was he magical like karlsson? Does karlsson look alot better? etc? etc?
