NHLs Most Loyal Fans? - Page 2

Seth · 02-21-2003, 03:26 PM

I'd burn down GM Place if Vancouver tried to trade for Iginla. He's a good player but not a great one. 50+ goals last season but what's he getting now? Iginla is overrated.

The Duggler · 02-21-2003, 04:20 PM

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Speaking of Iginla, I heard some talk about him being traded to the Flyers...

Not trade, bought! American teams are buying all the good players!

Perfect Stu · 02-21-2003, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by bouncer_agb
I'd burn down GM Place if Vancouver tried to trade for Iginla. He's a good player but not a great one. 50+ goals last season but what's he getting now? Iginla is overrated.

Iginla is not overrated, keeping in mind that most hockey analysts would leave him off of their top 10 players in the league lists. He's an exceptional young forward who can not only score but can throw his weight around.

nWoCHRISnWo · 02-21-2003, 05:32 PM

Uhh Bouncer, you don't know what you're talking about.

First off, Iginla DID have the most points last year, six more than Naslund did, that's why he won the ART ROSS TROPHY FOR THE MOST POINTS.

Secondly, Bertuzzi didn't finish 2nd last year either.

Thirdly, he's tied for 7th right now, not fifth. He needs to get more points than Kovalev (who has the same amount of points in like 5 less games), Demitra, Modano, Hejduk, Jagr, Forseberg, Thornton, and Lemieux if he wants to be second place assuming Naslund will even get first place, which I don't think will happen anyway. If Mario plays most of the games left, he'll have the most points. He's played less games than everyone else in the top 30 point getters and he's still first place with a four point lead.

And Vancouver doesn't need him, but Iginla still isn't overrated at all in my books. Overrated by who, anyway? He got the most goals and points last year, and this year he started off slowly but is now kicking ass again. Next year I think we'll see the Iginla that dominated last year and the last few weeks, but we'll see.

And Germanator, I very highly doubt that Philly will trade away Gagne, and the Rangers will probably buy Iginla anyway, so I don't think you have to worry about that.

Question: If the Rangers buy EVERY player in the league, and make it a 1 team league, will they still suck?

Perfect Stu · 02-21-2003, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by nWoCHRISnWo
Question: If the Rangers buy EVERY player in the league, and make it a 1 team league, will they still suck?

Yes. They'd still need a coach.

Seth · 02-21-2003, 07:02 PM

OK, Iginla got 50+ last year. But this year he isn't consistant. The only reason why Calgary resigned him was because of the fans. Iginla isn't the player yet who can carry a team. I'd put him pretty damn close to the top 10 in the league...and in a year or two he'll be there. But as of now...he's overrated. Calgary's paying him what? 7.5 million or something now. He's not on the top 15 goal scorer list.

http://proicehockey.about.com/gi/dyn...l%2Fstatistics

My bad about the stats thing. Naslund and Bertuzzi were 2nd and 3rd in points for last year.

As for goal leaders this year....Markus is tied for 1st in goals with Hossa at 38. Bertuzzi is tied with Kovalchuk and Kovalev for 5th in scoring.

Markus Naslund VAN 38
Marian Hossa OTT 38
Milan Hejduk COL 33
Jaromir Jagr WAS 32
Olli Jokinen FLA 31
Todd Bertuzzi VAN 30
Ilya Kovalchuk ATL 30
Alexei Kovalev NYR 30
Joe Thornton BOS 29
Glen Murray BOS 29
Keith Tkachuk STL 28
Martin St Louis TAM 28
Mats Sundin TOR 27
Marian Gaborik MIN 26
Dany Heatley ATL 25

New York: Needs a competent GM and coach. You can't win games all the time just by collecting the best players in the league. It was kind of funny when the nyr were healthy scratching Lindros.

EDIT: holy ****....Iginla got 4 goals tonight. meh