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05-11-2004, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by The CyNick

What I'm talking about are teams like Anahiem, Minnesota, and a bunch of other teams that have very FEW stars, and only get wins (or ties) based on playing boring hockey. Dont get me wrong, Philly and Jersey play very boring hockey as well, but at least they have some talent.

Okay I'm not trying to say you're contradicting yourself here or anything, but WTF? Philly and New Jersey play a boring game. That's true. But "at least they have some talent" ? Anaheim has, let's see... Fedorov, Prospal, Sykora, Ozolinsh, and last year (when most people were probably watching them) Kariya and Oates. Carney isn't a star by any means, but he's a big hitter, which makes for entertaining hockey. So I don't see how a team like New Jersey, who has probably the same amount of talent, can be excluded from your statement because they do better every year or something. They're still just as boring as Minnesota or Anaheim or whatever team.

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And you just took players from what 3 teams and made a lineup that both Colordao and Ottawa would kill in a shootout. So the point is, a team like Colorado that is built on skill would have a better chance against a team like Philly, who has some skill, but nearly the lever of teams like Colorado and Ottawa.

That's also kinda stupid there. I understand that Colorado and Ottawa are better teams and all, but the whole point of a shootout is that it's an individual going against the goalie. No team play there.

So let's say Anaheim was going against Colorado in a shootout. Colorado has:

Sakic
Tanguay
Forsberg
Selanne
Kariya
Hejduk

Anaheim has:

Fedorov
Prospal
Sykora
Rucchin
Niedermeyer
Ozolinsh

Forsberg's more of a playmaker than a goal-scorer, so he wouldn't be the best player for a shootout. Selanne's had an awful season, and isn't gonna be getting any younger. Tanguay's good, but nothing to wet yourself over. Kariya's been fighting the injury bug, but he can still be good. So Colorado still would have probably 3 good shots on a shootout. Giguere isn't a pushover by any means.

Now Anaheim... Fedorov still put up decent numbers on a less offensive-based team (comparing Anaheim to Detroit that is), Prospal the same. Rucchin's a pretty steady player, same with Neidermeyer, but again, nothing too special. So Anaheim probably has a good 3-4 shots as well, and Aebisher isn't the greatest goalie either (but like Giguere, certainly not a pushover)

So in a shootout, the two teams would be pretty much even, really. On paper, of course, which basically means nothing in the game, but it's 5 am so ho hum.