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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Ottawa_Senators_season

Yeah, Alfie led the Sens in scoring because Yashin sat out.

SpezDispenser wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Ottawa_Senators_season

Yeah, Alfie led the Sens in scoring because Yashin sat out.

Too bad that great year was eclipsed by Pat Elyniuk's +2 campaign.

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Does Daigle still hold the modern day NHL record for most points in his first 3 games? I know he did for a long, long, long time.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

wprager wrote:Alfie came close. He was drafted in '94 (5th round) but didn't play until '95, when he won ROTY.

He also managed to win the Calder the very same year. Quite a feat.

You *do* realize that ROTY stands for Rookie of the Year which, in the NHL, is the Calder. Right?

SpezDispenser wrote:Does Daigle still hold the modern day NHL record for most points in his first 3 games? I know he did for a long, long, long time.

Do they really have such arbitrary records as most points in first 3 games? What abot the first 2? Or the first 4? How about the first week? The first weekend?

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Does Daigle still hold the modern day NHL record for most points in his first 3 games? I know he did for a long, long, long time.

Do they really have such arbitrary records as most points in first 3 games? What abot the first 2? Or the first 4? How about the first week? The first weekend?

It was The Hockey News I think. Pretty arbitrary, I must say.

they had to give Daigle something I guess to make him feel good about his game.

A cookie would have been OK as well.

wprager wrote:A cookie would have been OK as well.

3 games would only be worth a crumb, or maybe a really crummy cookie

So Ott is suspended for 2 games for his low hit on Colaiacovo. To me this is not as bad as Scuderi's hit. Here's the evidence:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296381

Luongo out indefinately

Also not much of a surprise but Gaborik isn't playing in the Rags next game.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296373

Hoags wrote:http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296381

Luongo out indefinately

Also not much of a surprise but Gaborik isn't playing in the Rags next game.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296373

I heard about Lu Lu. Out indefinitely sounds bad. Vancouver season over?

Ducks signed Calder for 500K.

Also, some pretty interesting stuff in Pocklington's memoirs, I'm told. Apparently in the early '80's he and Ballard almost traded their entire franchises.

In my understanding, Ballard was going to take the Leafs and play them in Edmonton (for $50 million), and Pocklington would have the Oilers play in Toronto.

What a bizarre deal that would have been (and a terrible one for Ballard).

asq2 wrote:Ducks signed Calder for 500K.

Also, some pretty interesting stuff in Pocklington's memoirs, I'm told. Apparently in the early '80's he and Ballard almost traded their entire franchises.

In my understanding, Ballard was going to take the Leafs and play them in Edmonton (for $50 million), and Pocklington would have the Oilers play in Toronto.

What a bizarre deal that would have been (and a terrible one for Ballard).

I understood it as Ballard would take the Oilers plus $50 million and play them in toronto, and Pocklington would take the 'established' Leafs and play them in Edmonton.

I haven't read the book or anything, it's just from an article I read, and that's how I understood it.

Bass Destruction wrote:

asq2 wrote:Ducks signed Calder for 500K.

Also, some pretty interesting stuff in Pocklington's memoirs, I'm told. Apparently in the early '80's he and Ballard almost traded their entire franchises.

In my understanding, Ballard was going to take the Leafs and play them in Edmonton (for $50 million), and Pocklington would have the Oilers play in Toronto.

What a bizarre deal that would have been (and a terrible one for Ballard).

I understood it as Ballard would take the Oilers plus $50 million and play them in toronto, and Pocklington would take the 'established' Leafs and play them in Edmonton.

I haven't read the book or anything, it's just from an article I read, and that's how I understood it.

Really? That seems way too one-sided. Why would Ballard get the extra money when he kept the bigger market?

EDIT: Oh, I see.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=296381

Luongo only to miss one week with hairline fracture in rib.

So, there's a 2nd rounder in the 2009 draft that is nearly a PPG player...