Connor McDavid

Ricboff · Dec 10, 2019

yup, good post. Can't go wrong with Orr as a mentor. Was there ever a more humble superstar than B Orr? ........Hats off to Connor's parents too, he's well grounded- he was that way as a kid (appeared so) saw him many a time in minor hockey; wasnt a hot dog, played a yr up. Kid u not, i thought Ho Sang (drafted by Islanders in 1st round, palyed on the same minor hockey team as McDavid) was nearly as good, haha!, skill wise was so sick- the issue was between the ears, toe-drag city lol never wanted to do the simple play. He cant crack the Islander lineup....anyway, you're right about injury as Orr and Connor play a similar game - SPEED.

what would Orr's number have been if his career hadn't been shortened?

Ricboff · Jan 24, 2020

as i said, the hockey world hasnt seen a freak like this since Mario Lemieux. I dont think it will last, injury will do him in. He's going on stupid speed- risk/reward..ask B Orr....hope im wrong

Reilly was a pylon,....he's an all-star lol

Ricboff · Jan 24, 2020

no way Russia should have lost this game. i MEAN NO FCUKING WAY. Canadian brain trust decided to go super young, dumb dumb dumb. Canada fielded its youngest team in the HISTORY of the World Jr Championship, Seven kids at age 17, lol. MASSIVE difference between a 17 and 19 yr old physically and mentally. I nearly lost a gasket when they named this team . Canada won, kudos....BUT it was BECAUSE of Russia's meldown, weakness

Russia is the MOST OVERATED hockey nation in the world. Not a talent issue , its a mental one

remarkable game !!!!!!!!

Ricboff · Jan 25, 2020

Barzal dethrones Connor!!!!!!! ........Connor's 3-yr reign ends

5:11...fuckin' flyin!!!

Ricboff · Mar 3, 2020

one can argue that the top two players in the NHL play on the same team. When's the last time we saw that? Lemieux and Jagr?

Leon Draisaitl to win (barring injury) the Art Ross and imo, should be league MVP. When McDavid went down he stepped up. Panarin should be a candidate for MVP, what a yr

Playoffs around the corner......

Bruins4Life · Mar 5, 2020

Panarin lol

Ricboff · Mar 5, 2020

yeah, we cant have Russians wining back-to-back Hart Memorial Trophies, @)

if the Rangers were to make the playoffs not sure how he doesnt land as a top 3 finalist.

4 lead guys, imo ; Leon (barring injury he wins), Mackinnon, McDavid, Panarin

Ricboff · Feb 4, 2021

3:50 mark

an Edm set play; drop it off and let him go, lol--kinda shit you'd see at a minor hockey game with a stud kid, except this is the NHL. What a freak this guy is-- foot speed matches his hand speed. Again, most dangerous player since Lemieux

poor Muzzin @)

Ricboff · Apr 20, 2021

1-1 late in the 3rd , loose puck and open ice......not good Habs

....., 6:44 mark

he will win his 3rd Art Ross , and 2nd Hart Memorial in what has been a fantastic yr.

fun facts;

-'McDavid is the first player since Mario Lemieux in 2000-01 to average at least 1.68 points per game over a season. Lemieux produced at a 1.78 points-per-game clip that year.'
-'He leads in open-ice dekes, when he beats a defender one-on-one which happens an astounding 7.4 times per game'..........lol, in the pro game? nuts ......need to go minor hockey game to see someone put that number up...

not very often in sport does an elite star give such high praise to a competitor , here's Patrick Kane ; "I don't think anyone's going to really touch McDavid this year," Kane told He's just (by) head and shoulders, the best player in the league.

Ricboff · May 5, 2021

Gretzky called it real early on McDavid, here's The Great One circa 2015/2016;

"He's as good as I've seen in the last 30 years, the best player to come into the League in the last 30 years, the best to come along since [Mario] Lemieux and [Sidney] Crosby," Gretzky said. "He can definitely change a franchise's fortunes.

and
[FONT=&quot]"I don't think there's any question that Connor's the best 19-year-old hockey player I've ever seen, and I saw (Mark) Messier. I saw (Mario) Lemieux. I saw (Guy) Lafleur," Gretzky said. "This kid is special."[/FONT]

Wayne nailed it

McDavid , again, will win the Art Ross (his 3rd) , The Hart Memorial (his 2nd)

[FONT=&quot]"The list of guys with at least two Hart and three Art Ross trophies is very short: Gretzky (9 Harts, 10 Art Rosses — and, no, those are not typos[/FONT]@)

[FONT=&quot]), Gordie Howe (6 and 6), Lemieux (3 and 6), Esposito (2 and 5), Stan Mikita (2 and 4), Bobby Hull (2 and 3) and Guy Lafleur (2 and 3). This also seems like a good time to mention that McDavid is 24 years old."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]" If he maintains his current pace of 1.76 points per game through the end of the season, he'll become the first player since Mario Lemieux 20 years ago to produce at that high a rate while playing at least 40 games. In the last 50 years, only 12 players have done it: Wayne Gretzky (11 times, lol), Lemieux (8, also lol), Mike Bossy (2), Phil Esposito (2), Jari Kurri (2), Bobby Orr (1), Jaromir Jagr (1), Steve Yzerman (1), Bryan Trottier (1), Pat Lafontaine (1), Adam Oates (1) and Bernie Nicholls (1). Pretty good company."

[/FONT]keep in mind goals scored per game is DOWN about a 1/2 goal per game since the Lemieux era (this despite OT)

Ricboff · May 7, 2021

HOLY MOLLY, the U18 World Championship just completed and 3 kids have potential 'NHL stars' written all over them. Not surprisingly all 3 led the tournament in points

Michkov Matvei (RUS) - 16 yrs old , he scored 12 goals in 7 games. Draft yr is 2023 and he and Bedard will likely be the top 2 picks

Conor Bedard (CAN)- 15 yrs, WTF!!!!!!! I had never seen him play prior to this tournament , seen highlights. He comes from Western Canada and is the first kid ever from the WHL to be granted exceptional status, allowing him to be drafted a yr earlier - and in 15 games played has 28 pts, WTF!! (the season has been on hold). He scored a fuckin stupid goal (see below ) in the Championship game yesterday. He has been described as a cross between Stamkos/Barzal-- the speed of Barzal, the snipe abilities of Stamkos. Thsi kid had a great tournament , he's fuckin 15 playing with the worlds top 17 and 18 yr olds!!!

Shane Wright (CAN)- 17 yrs old. I have seen this kid quite a bit, would go watch his team play from time to time when he played in the GTHL . He also was granted exceptional status and was drafted into the OHL as a 15 yr old. He was the number 1 pick in the OHL draft and now plays for Kingston Frontenacs. HIs rookie yr was stupid good-how good? he broke McDavid's record points-per-game ... as a rookie!! Like Bedard, in minor hockey he always played a yr up. Played for the Don Mills Fylers here in the GTA and that fuckin team (at bantom) was crazy crazy good. I think they lost like 2 or 3 games all year, won all tournaments entered . In the 2019 OHL draft THREE players from this stud team were drafted in the top 4, lol.
He is NHL draft eleigible in 2022

Bedard, again is 15 playing with 17 and 18 yr olds at the U18 World Championships. Here's his goal in yesterday's Championship game. How'd like to be the Canadian Head Coach with two studs in Bedard and Wright? lol

Bruins4Life · May 7, 2021

Of note. That list of players scoring at least 1.76 points per game only has one defenceman on it.

Yes, Robert Gordon Orr.

slapshot · May 8, 2021

100 in 53

Ricboff · May 10, 2021

ridiculous really. I thought ship had sailed that we'd see a guy who can put those kind of numbers up,... the game has changed. Geez, was wrong. Just a fuckin' freak. But hockey is not like NBA/NFL, rather more like soccer-more of a team sport . He aint hoisting Lord Stanley with that lineup...um ,no

yeah, Orr was a severe outlier- we can put that season he had (actually HIM in totality) in the list of; 'we will never see in sports again'

Ricboff · May 10, 2021

3:55 basically made Tatar look like a pylon, threads the needle with the pass

7:15 KAPUT

lol

Ricboff · May 26, 2021

Ricboff said:
ridiculous really. I thought ship had sailed that we'd see a guy who can put those kind of numbers up,... the game has changed. Geez, was wrong. Just a fuckin' freak. But hockey is not like NBA/NFL, rather more like soccer-more of a team sport . He aint hoisting Lord Stanley with that lineup...um ,no

yeah, Orr was a severe outlier- we can put that season he had (actually HIM in totality) in the list of; 'we will never see in sports again'

KAPUT

the Oilers kinda remind me of the Leafs team the last 3 yrs (not this yrs team)-- they have NO defensive identity/commitment. A two-goal lead into the 3rd can vanish in a blink of an eye.

carlitosway · May 26, 2021

It's a shame for the NHL and it's fans we won't get to see the best player in the game especially for us in the east coast. Shades of Mike Trout and the Angels. Two team games where greatness from an individual super star talent will rule.