The Official NHL Thread

[TFM_Dale]

I've heard at least a dozen NHL'ers who played with both of them say that Mario was head and shoulders a better overall hockey player than Gretzky....

Bet those very same NHL'ers said sid is a little sissy too

[Nickdfresh]

Read my postscript...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Mario was just big and talented whereas Gretzky was average sized and talented...

And by talented, I mean super-talented. Pat LaFontaine ran with Mario in the 90's one year when the Sabres' Mogilny had 76 goals. Was Mario more "talented" (or skilled) than Pat? I doubt it. he was a fuck lot bigger though and could withstand punishment more. People forget that like Gretzky, Mario was surrounded by a great team that could win without him to an extent. Ron Francis anyone?...

My memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't Mario come back from cancer, down by like 20 points to LaFontaine, and still win the scoring title?

[Von Halen]

Pens are victims of the cap and their own success...

Success from when? '91 and '92? Or that ONE Cup Sindy has back in '09?

The Pens are the victim of a shitty Captain, and a soft Commie!

Sindy is the Peyton Manning of the NHL! All flash (regular season) and no substance!

[Von Halen]

An educated opinion? Pretty full of yourself considering we all watch the same game we are discussing. Why exactly is your opinion more meaningful than anyone else's?

All Canadian's think they know more about hockey than us Americans. They still haven't realized we took their fucking Cup from them, and we ain't giving it back. They haven't realized that one day, we'll build a real Hockey Hall Of Fame, unlike that shitty one they have in that basement strip mall in Toronto, and then we'll own their history too!

[Nickdfresh]

My memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't Mario come back from cancer, down by like 20 points to LaFontaine, and still win the scoring title?

Well after I think...

[Von Halen]

My memory is getting fuzzy, but didn't Mario come back from cancer, down by like 20 points to LaFontaine, and still win the scoring title?

Even though Mario is Sindy's ghey daddy lover, he was a bad motherfucker on the ice. It is fucking blasphemy to compare Sindy to Mario. The same teams jersey is the only thing they have in common.

But hey, Sindy makes cool go pro videos of his puck handling.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Well after I think...

No, it was 92-'93....

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[Romeo Delight]

I've heard at least a dozen NHL'ers who played with both of them say that Mario was head and shoulders a better overall hockey player than Gretzky....

This is very true. The only knock on Mario is that he didn't apply himself nearly to the extent Wayne did. Wayne extracted 100 % of his talent...Mario maybe 80

[Romeo Delight]

Oh please! You're a fanboi. That's fine, but don't pretend you're not nitpicking reasons and sophistic statistics to show us how nothing is Sid's fault. If the Pens were beating the fucking tar out of the Rangers you'd be all over here telling us how great "Sid The Kid" is...

I really don't have any special affinity for Sid. Although I did just buy my first pair of Reeboks...

You guys are just a bunch of mob mentality hacks who don't know much about hockey is all...the only reason I am participating

[Romeo Delight]

I am a fanboy of this guy...he assists on his own goal Game 7:

[Romeo Delight]

See anyone you know in this picture?

[Von Halen]

Why in the fuck don't they have Don Cherry on ALL the fucking telecasts?? That is bullshit!

[Von Halen]

Ha ha! Fuck the Wings! Up 3-2 with just over 5 minutes left, and they lose!

[Romeo Delight]

Ha ha! Fuck the Wings! Up 3-2 with just over 5 minutes left, and they lose!

That was unreal...