JovoCop with the hattrick

[puckhead]

good for him.

I can't remember the last time a d-man got a hattrick.
Dave Babych was the last one I can think of.

 

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Has Mike Green recorded any with the Caps?

Edit: Did a quick search, all I could find was a Gordie Howe hat trick...

 

[BostonAJ]

Has Mike Green recorded any with the Caps?

I remember he scored a Gordie Howe hat trick in the playoffs a couple years ago. Yup. Mike "I can't clear the crease" Green.

EDIT: Goddammit, dash.

 

[puckhead]

quick google-fu:

M Schneider (2)
Kaberle
MacInnis
P Boucher
D Babych
J Corvo
etc....

guess I haven't been paying THAT close attention

 

[BostonAJ]

guess I haven't been paying THAT close attention

I'm impressed that you remember Dave Babych's hat trick. All I can remember is the badass stache.

 

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Should Phil Housley be in the Hall of Fame? He's 4th in points among defensemen, the three guys ahead of him are in the Hall along with the 8 defensemen following him in points.

 

[puckhead]

I'm impressed that you remember Dave Babych's hat trick. All I can remember is the badass stache.

He was a canuck at the time. It was a pretty special moment.
and he probably had 6 all year.

Should Phil Housley be in the Hall of Fame? He's 4th in points among defensemen, the three guys ahead of him are in the Hall along with the 8 defensemen following him in points.

yes, yes he should.
he was an animal for a lot of years.

in other news, Linden is eligible in a pretty weak class.
you and I are probably a tad biased in our votes.

 

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He was a canuck at the time. It was a pretty special moment.
and he probably had 6 all year.


yes, yes he should.
he was an animal for a lot of years.

in other news, Linden is eligible in a pretty weak class.
you and I are probably a tad biased in our votes.

Yes, I'm biased, but I would like to see Trev get in. I know there are some quite compelling arguments for keeping him out as well, though.

 

[BostonAJ]

Should Phil Housley be in the Hall of Fame? He's 4th in points among defensemen, the three guys ahead of him are in the Hall along with the 8 defensemen following him in points.

Sure. Right after Pierre Turgeon. Housley was scary bad in his own zone.

 

[naslundfan19]

Kind of off topic, but didn't Ehrhoff get close to a hatty last year? I seem to recall he had a 2 goal game, and a few chances at a 3rd. Maybe I'm wrong?

 

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Sure. Right after Pierre Turgeon. Housley was scary bad in his own zone.

Well, I guess it could be worse, you could have put Sylvain Turgeon...

 

[BostonAJ]

Trevor Linden? I like Western Canadian teams a lot, but...

 

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I'd say Trevor Linden meant as much to the Canucks as Bernie Federko did to the Blues...Not a great argument I realize, but if Bernie Federko is in the Hall, there should be room for Linden.

 

[BostonAJ]

Well, I guess it could be worse, you could have put Sylvain Turgeon...

Housley was terrific offensively but that defense...

I think you need more than one 2nd All Star team on your resume to crack the HHOF. He's a lock for the USHHOF, tho. Of course, that's not gonna impress a Canadian. You smug bastards.

 

[BostonAJ]

I'd say Trevor Linden meant as much to the Canucks as Bernie Federko did to the Blues...Not a great argument I realize, but if Bernie Federko is in the Hall, there should be room for Linden.

He was the face of a franchise, that's true. But that was during the Canucks' Dark Ages. Federko finished in the top 10 in scoring five times. He had four 100+ point seasons. Linden never did either. I'm a huge Terry O'Reilly fan, but I can't see Taz in the Hall. Linden was never more than very good and highly respected. I can't remember him ever being great.

 

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Housley was terrific offensively but that defense...

I think you need more than one 2nd All Star team on your resume to crack the HHOF. He's a lock for the USHHOF, tho. Of course, that's not gonna impress a Canadian. You smug bastards.

lol...It's always fun playing the 'what if' game, as in what if Housley played with the Oilers, Penguins, and Wings and Paul Coffey with the Sabres, Jets, Flames etc.

 

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He was the face of a franchise, that's true. But that was during the Canucks' Dark Ages. Federko finished in the top 10 in scoring five times. He had four 100+ point seasons. Linden never did either. I'm a huge Terry O'Reilly fan, but I can't see Taz in the Hall. Linden was never more than very good and highly respected. I can't remember him ever being great.

He was pretty great in the '94 Stanley Cup playoffs (and leading the Medicine Hat Tigers to back-to-back Memorial Cup Championships).

 

[puckhead]

I'd say Trevor Linden meant as much to the Canucks as Bernie Federko did to the Blues...Not a great argument I realize, but if Bernie Federko is in the Hall, there should be room for Linden.

Or Neely for that matter. I know Trev took a lot more games to get there but:
Linden - 375 G, 867 pts (playoffs 34G, 99 Pts)
Neely - 395 G, 694 pts (playoffs 57G, 89 Pts)

 

[IPostedWhat]

lol...It's always fun playing the 'what if' game, as in what if Housley played with the Oilers, Penguins, and Flames and Paul Coffey with the Sabres, Jets, Flames etc.

Then people in Buffalo would be going to Tim Horton's to get their Coffey.

 

[BostonAJ]

He was pretty great in the '94 Stanley Cup playoffs (and leading the Medicine Hat Tigers to back-to-back Memorial Cup Championships).

Touche. Just checked his playoff numbers and he seemed to step it up when it mattered. Always liked him as a player. I think pretty much everybody did.

Also interesting - the Canucks traded him in 1998 for Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan McCabe, and Jarkko Ruutu. Then they traded back for him three years later with the Isles for Boyd Gordon and Zack Stortini. Big friggin' edge = Canucks.