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Lol the Michigan Bullying laws are pretty intense from what I hear. It's basically a one time offense and you're suspended. During my schooling it was way more laxed

He should ask Ben Lovejoy how things were when he was younger.

Would rather name my kid Love Zetterberg than Blanket. Besides, how do we assume he will get made fun of without knowing how the name itself is actually spelled? They could easily have an accent over the "e"

Forums have been kinda too much about free agency or wife beaters so I'd figure I'd stir it up. Who do you think is better Tatar or Nyquist? Give some good reasons. Topic might get pretty detailed. Lets do it.

This got heated pretty quickly.

I'd disagree. There may be one less defenseman but that doesn't equate to better shooting lanes. On PP defenders tend to sink in and this is where a lot of block shots come into play. Especially in todays NHL. Sure I guess if the situation on PP is set up right and you fool the defender and set up a one timer, it's obviously easier to beat the goalie. But having a breakaway or an oddman rush is still much higher of an advantage than a PP imo. But that's beside the current point. It isn't necessarily faulty evidence. Some players thrive on the powerplay while others don't. Some are slightly better at it while others aren't. It's not like the powerplay is a free for all for every player. I'd like to say that Tatar thrives more on a speed game while Nyquist is better in more of a set up situation. Tatar's advantage comes from the fact that he plays big and this tends to throw off defenders. This goes hand in hand with a lot of what people are saying here about his "tenacity". At least this is how it seems to have played out in his first two years. Maybe, but I would rather be g** for the guy on the right, looks wise. https://instagram.com/p/tAYg1FH1QZ/

And I countered with "apparently it is AS hard for others to" Statistically. Still don't get where I suggested it's harder to score on the PP. Empirically.

Cute.

Straw man much? I don't see where I mentioned "it's harder to score on the powerplay" The previous poster suggested that Nyquist is the better sniper because he tends to beat goalies clean. You make an excuse (as usual since yer a Tatar fan) that "it's not hard to beat a goalie plain on the powerplay" to which I countered with a statement. If it really is easy then I don't see why the others couldn't score as many goals on the powerplay as him on the roster. Give credit where it's deserved, Nyquist is in fact a good sniper/asset to the powerplay and is superior on it than most of the squad including Tatar. Nearly 50% of Ovechkin's (who is arguably is a top 5 sniper in NHL history) goals came on the powerplay last year. But it's easy to beat a goalie clean on the power play isn't it Ovechkin. So I guess Ovie isn't a superior sniper right. Ah well. Top 50 maybe.

Apparently it's 'as hard' for a lot of players not named Nyquist on the team seeing as though no one hit the double digits in PP goals except for him.

You've convinced me. I miss your old avatar tbh.

There's been a lot of discussion of this on two different threads and it always seems to pop up here and there so I thought I'd create it's own and put this argument to rest via poll and discussion. Who do you think is better in their respective prime Toews or Zetterberg? Who do you think is better currently? Try to eliminate the bias that you probably hate the Blackhawks and love the Red Wings. And pretend like Z and Toews were on different teams. Neither on the Red Wings nor Blackhawks. (Help remove bias)

All jokes aside tho Lemeux and McCarty on ice together would be epic. Even more so with Sakic and Yzerman. Hope everyone signs up for this!

Well come on, this is american media we are talking about. taking things out of context is what gets you ratings and/or attention. Slava fetisov is enemy. You not changing anyones mind on that! I shall now commence watching Fox news about middle eastern politics and Donald Trump. --- I'm not saying it's justified to restrict them (if that was TRULY what he is proposing; which for the record he isn't, don't get suckered in), if it was the other way around, as an american it would suck quite a bit if our players ended up going overseas to play. I'd do what was possible to keep em here. Now how would you do it? Has to be a right way eh?

@6ixRy Zetterberg : Hardest player to get the puck off of: Jagr hardest goalies to beat, Price and Bishop player her thinks is gonna improve the most: Kindl Surprised he didn't say Datsyuk seeing as though they go at it one-on-one in training camp quite a bit.

http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2015/8/4/9096767/henrik-zetterberg-is-a-genius /thread

Let's be honest, McCarty basically assaulted him in 97

Edited - wanted to post the link but may be inappropriate. It was Satisfaction by Benny Benassi

Switched my vote to Nyquist. I think Nyquist will be better because he doesn't need to rely on drive and tenacity to score 28 goals. Guess he does it naturally without needing those two factors. Two factors that could easily diminish as a player's career goes on.

Oh boy I seem to have offended you. EVERYYY Realgud.

Wings in 25

McCarty should beat the s**** out of Lemieux for old times sake. Out of no where too. Would be hilarious. And with today's p****fied NHL he would probably get sentenced to jail.

PK Subban has a lot of drive and tenacity. Lidstrom was always calm and laid back. I guess this means Subban realgud. More realgud than Lidstrom.

Howard/Coreau one two punch?

JARED COREAU