Doc Holliday

1. Once again, nothing prissy or showing off in my post. I didn't call you a moron and like I have repeatedly said attempted to be as civil saying it as possible. 2. If you don't give a damn, why are you so upset about it? Take a chill pill, man. 3. It happened yesterday. My post was only a few hours after. Perhaps YOU need to learn when to calm down and not get all upset when someone puts their civil opinion in there. Yikes.

The same coach who turned the Sharks from a second round playoff loser to a first round playoff loser? HELL YEAH!

Waa waa waa. Nothing snobbish about my post, I even tried to word it so people wouldn't get all huffy and puffy about it. Guess some people really can't hear other opinions about health care without getting their knickers in a bunch, eh?

Same.

Notice how the Canadians are able to score at will against goaltenders who aren't really up to par with your standard NHL goaltender? I would consider Nabby above that "average".

That you pay for in taxes. Not including other people's health insurance that you must pay for because they are unable to pay for their taxes. Not to say nationalized health care is a terrible thing (I personally am against it but whatever) just that there are two sides to the coin and one isn't necessarily better than the other. BOOM.

Didn't Datsyuk at one time say that he likes to be humble so that people don't think he is selfish, but really did invent that move?

Little late...

I'm pretty sure Datsyuk did the "datsyuk" move first when he was back in Russia.

Edzo and Pierre are pretty awful yes but that doesn't take away from the experience unless you focus on it. Kinda like the Crosby "love" he apparently gets from the media.

Umm, whoever wrote that has no idea what they are talking about. Hasek was identified as the starter for the 2008 playoffs and was pulled in favor of Osgood when things went south. This is almost the same thing with Brodeur and Luongo.

I'll be impressed when he does it three times. Against NHL quality competition. Oh wait, Datsyuk already did the latter.

Yup.

I think the US figured out how to crack Brodeur.

Eh. Straider, Hughson, and Cole are in a lower tier in my opinion. Some say they are close up, some say they are even better, some say they are much worse. But that is all subjective when it comes to ranking those five guys in relation to each other. Then of course you have Beninati (love his goal calls), Forslund, and a couple others who are considered some of the best in the business.

John Keating does commentary between periods and after games for a local sports network. Doc Emrick has been doing play-by-play for many years for multiple different broadcasting corporations and for just about every single big-game event in hockey. His "phrases" are more intellectual than anyone else in the NHL (and for the record every play-by-play guy has phrases) and instead of saying "saves" and "passes" and "shoots" he brings a much bigger vocabulary to the table. Doc is in my opinion the second best play-by-play analyst next to Gary Thorne, and is the perfect choice for these games. Nobody who works for NBC or the NHL right now even comes close.

The Hawks gave him tenure. That's what he was looking for, and you can't do much better than a team that made the WCF the year before and is only getting better.

Ryan Kesler with a siiiiiiiiiick shootout goal.

No he isn't.

Man some of you guys need to get outside...

Well since Gordie played in the 50s I don't see how the "my era is best" argument holds any water, considering just about all players from all eras agree with Howe on that fact. Also I would consider a player like his opinion over a guy like Franzen's because he has seen hockey evolve since he played and has watched every single great player play from the 50s on. Franzen has not. And if Lidstrom WAS so consistent from the get-go, then doesn't that hurt his case all-time since he didn't win a Norris till 2000? (you can argue the "notice" card till you are blue in the face, but that doesn't change the fact Lidstrom never won the hardware till guys like Borque, Chelios, and Leetch were on the downside of their careers). For the record I believe Lidstrom is better than all three, with Borque very close behind.

That is beautiful.

Crosby is the least photogenic person in the NHL. I wonder if he actually tries as hard as he can to act "cool" between whistles because he knows the cameras are always on him, and then can't help it when he plays. Because seriously he looks fine before the puck drops then out comes "LOOK AT MY TEETH AREN'T THEY WHITE!!?!?!?" Lidstromboli: epic Zack: Why do you think people have a good idea as to who the best players are at their position, regardless of when they played? This is the second time I have ever seen someone argue against Orr being unquestionably the best defenseman to play the sport. I honestly have no idea how you could hold such an opinion, especially by your own admission that you never saw him play.

No, I can say that Orr is superior because according to just about everyone (his peers, coaches, opponents, etc.) Bobby Orr was and is the best defenseman to ever lace up the skates. Period.

It did. I wonder if Fleury taught him that.