Burke is way too pompous and an ego stroke. Wow, he won a cup with Murray's team and signed Niedermayer. How thin is his resume on the countless teams he's GMed?
Didn't get deep with the mine field that was the West, but that's a pretty good progression on a relatively tight budget.
As for winning the Cup with Murray's team, he did manage to dump Fedorov's contract which was fairly huge in allowing them the cap space to get Pronger. And he completely retooled the defense.
Here's Anaheim's D when they faced us in the Finals in 2003: Salei, Ozolinsh, Carney, Vishnevski, Sauer, Havelid
Here's Anaheim's D when they won the Cup in 2007: Niedermayer, Pronger, Beauchemin, O'Donnell, Huskins, DiPenta/Jackman
So true. I know about a half dozen people that didn't watch ANY hockey before this season, maybe last year at the earliest. They became Rangers fans because of a good friend that has been a Rangers fan for almost his whole life. Its hilarious when they start talking as if they've been watching for a decade. Nothing funnier when the people that are 3 months deep into their time as a Rangers fan give me the "the Devils suck, we can't hear you from up here in first place" garbage
Ooooh... CJ always stirring the pot with our cross-river rivals
Haha...just trying to get ready for the comments leading up to Monday's game.
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So true. I know about a half dozen people that didn't watch ANY hockey before this season, maybe last year at the earliest. They became Rangers fans because of a good friend that has been a Rangers fan for almost his whole life. Its hilarious when they start talking as if they've been watching for a decade. Nothing funnier when the people that are 3 months deep into their time as a Rangers fan give me the "the Devils suck, we can't hear you from up here in first place" garbage
Yeah I know a few of those too...Tony is not a fan of those types. He had one guy recently ask if Adam Graves was still playing...
I love those types. I talked to a girl the other day who told me she had been a Rangers fan for a long time. I asked who her favourite player was, and of course it's "Gretzky, he's still on the team, right?". I stopped talking to her right there.
Haha...just trying to get ready for the comments leading up to Monday's game.
Yeah I know a few of those too...Tony is not a fan of those types. He had one guy recently ask if Adam Graves was still playing...
A Rangers fan I know started watching hockey after the lockout. He asked us once about Pavel Datsyuk and said "who is that 'Dashik' guy?" We've always thought he was one of the dumbest hockey fans we knew. These new people somehow make him look like a veteran though. Its just sad.
Wow, tough indeed. I'm surprised Sean Burke is so high on the list (and that I remembered him at all). It also took me literally more than 10 tries to spell a certain Rangers goalie's last name right.
Well I got the top two right away. Those were easy. The rest was just guessing Atlantic division goalies from the last 20 years. I only got a handful, but I'm satisfied that I got the ones I thought I should know.
i got 4. brodeur(which then got me richard brodeur) hextall, and chico then i stopped and hit give-up
I'm embarrassed how long it took for me to think of Chico. Richter and Weekes were my first two after Brodeur because I gave up trying to spell Vanbiesbrouck a couple times.
And I'm proud to say I remembered Glenn Healy 'cause he was my first (of a grand total of 3 or 4) hockey card.
