eball Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 So, back on topic...can we watch the game tonight on any media outlet?
bbb Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Really though....who gives a crap? Whoever was in on the discussion. Possibly other people. It also seems to be a popular subject if you google it - comes up on many boards. Any more questions?
ChevyVanMiller Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 I'm going to go ahead and anoint Dahlin a "Once-in-a-Lifetime" talent right now and be done with it.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 2 hours ago, bbb said: Whoever was in on the discussion. Possibly other people. It also seems to be a popular subject if you google it - comes up on many boards. Any more questions? Yeah. Any generational talents ever come out of St. Bonaventure? ??? 1
ChevyVanMiller Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Yeah. Any generational talents ever come out of St. Bonaventure? ??? I think Bob Lanier qualifies. 4
BillsFan4 Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 https://www.wkbw.com/sports/sabres/sabres-eichel-dismisses-rumors-of-friction-with-former-teammate-ryan-oreilly
K-9 Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 6 hours ago, bbb said: Google comes up with nothing about Gretzky being called one. This is what I'm coming up with as the origin: Ever since the term “generational talent/player” was coined roughly a decade in the 2005 National Hockey League (NHL) Draft, a highly-anticipated draft that produced the current fact of the NHL https://obiter-dicta.ca/2016/11/22/why-landing-a-generational-talentplayer-through-todays-national-hockey-league-draft-is-so-difficult/ Ah, google. The repository of all newspaper articles from 30 and 40 years ago. Since you didn’t read the sports pages back then, maybe you can find them on microfilm down at the library. The term has never been confined to hockey, either, so you can broaden your search perhaps. Regardless, it has become a trite reference in the last 15 years or so.
Fadingpain Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 10 hours ago, shrader said: I'm with bbb on this one. But then again, maybe once Wayne showed up, they instead just started hyping people as the next Gretzky (no, not you Keith). But then with Crosby, they needed to start using a different reference. I recall watching Keith Gretzky play one year in Sabres training camp, out at Sabreland in Wheatfield. Unfortunately, it was pretty obvious that his brother got all the athletic talent in the family. That was probably something like 1989? Around then.
bbb Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Fadingpain said: I recall watching Keith Gretzky play one year in Sabres training camp, out at Sabreland in Wheatfield. Unfortunately, it was pretty obvious that his brother got all the athletic talent in the family. That was probably something like 1989? Around then. The best was that we drafted Wayne Primeau and Keith Gretzky when we should have drafted Keith Primeau and Wayne Gretzky. 9 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Yeah. Any generational talents ever come out of St. Bonaventure? ??? Ah, still mad about that loss, huh? 6 hours ago, K-9 said: Ah, google. The repository of all newspaper articles from 30 and 40 years ago. Since you didn’t read the sports pages back then, maybe you can find them on microfilm down at the library. The term has never been confined to hockey, either, so you can broaden your search perhaps. Regardless, it has become a trite reference in the last 15 years or so. I've been reading the sports page since I was in first grade, which was in 1968. The fact that I came up with the actual date the term was coined doesn't matter, huh?
26CornerBlitz Posted September 18, 2018 Author Posted September 18, 2018 GOALIES 1 Casey DeSmith 35 Tristan Jarry DEFENSEMEN 2 Chad Ruhwedel 3 Olli Maatta 24 Stefan Elliott 50 Juuso Riikola 55 Chris Summers 67 Dane Birks 75 Will O'Neill FORWARDS 10 Garrett Wilson 11 Jimmy Hayes 12 Dominik Simon 38 Derek Grant 39 Jean-Sebastien Dea 41 Daniel Sprong 46 Zach Aston-Reese 53 Teddy Blueger 54 Thomas Di Pauli 57 Anthony Angello 59 Jake Guentzel 64 Jordy Bellerive 82 Jan Drozg
JohnC Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 15 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said: I think Bob Lanier qualifies. He is considered the original "Big Foot" from Bennett High. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bob+lanier's+shoe+size&qpvt=bob+lanier's+shoe+size&FORM=IGRE 1
shrader Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 7 hours ago, bbb said: The best was that we drafted Wayne Primeau and Keith Gretzky when we should have drafted Keith Primeau and Wayne Gretzky. And that's the craziest thing of all. Gretzky was never actually in the draft. Not that he's a comparable player, but just imagine if that Swiss team that Matthews played for joined the NHL and was allowed to keep him. Better yet, imagine if that Swiss team sold him to some independent league team in Vegas and that team was allowed to be the expansion Golden Knight squad. 1
eball Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 Yes, it's only preseason, but very nice to see Nylander, Thompson, Beaulieu, and Oglevie get on the score sheet!
plenzmd1 Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: yikes is right...Hunwick maybe getting set up to on LTIR and be more a coach/room guy???? Sheary is the one that hurts right??? week to week already? @eball shoukld be MSG tonight correct? Edited September 18, 2018 by plenzmd1
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