maplesyrup
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Stronger Than All said:Floyd said:
Do you enjoy booing just because it's Alfredsson? Just curious.
Owen Nolan Relased by Canucks
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I didn't care for the Nolan trade at the time - not because he was a lousy player but because I'd hoped they would build up from youth. I was greatly outnumbered. That may be the best received trade at the time of the deal (prior to Berrger's 'backgate') of any Leafs deal I can recall though the Gilmour deal had plenty of discussion for obvious reasons.
As a player, I'm left with the feeling that he didn't quite achieve his potential. But while he was a Leaf, there were a few games when he delivered one of the most complete games I've seen any Leaf forward deliver. He could skate, hit, score, set players up, fight, protect little guys like Stajan, play defence, PK and win puck battles, and even call the Sens out with "boo hoo", etc. He truly was capable of doing it all. He just didn't do it enough.
As a player, I'm left with the feeling that he didn't quite achieve his potential. But while he was a Leaf, there were a few games when he delivered one of the most complete games I've seen any Leaf forward deliver. He could skate, hit, score, set players up, fight, protect little guys like Stajan, play defence, PK and win puck battles, and even call the Sens out with "boo hoo"
, etc. He truly was capable of doing it all. He just didn't do it enough.
Sudafederov
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cw said:I didn't care for the Nolan trade at the time - not because he was a lousy player but because I'd hoped they would build up from youth. I was greatly outnumbered. That may be the best received trade at the time of the deal (prior to Berrger's 'backgate') of any Leafs deal I can recall though the Gilmour deal had plenty of discussion for obvious reasons.
As a player, I'm left with the feeling that he didn't quite achieve his potential. But while he was a Leaf, there were a few games when he delivered one of the most complete games I've seen any Leaf forward deliver. He could skate, hit, score, set players up, fight, protect little guys like Stajan, play defence, PK and win puck battles, and even call the Sens out with "boo hoo"
It's been a while so the memory may be foggy, but I thought he got a bit of a raw deal. Quinn went through all that effort to get him and then used him primarily on the 3rd line. I could never figure that one out. If I recall correctly, he wasn't given the same time on the PP as he was given on the Sharks either. I think that is where he got a lot of his points (one of the league leaders at the time?)
I always wondered what Quinn's rationale was at the time for utilizing him the way he did.
I was happy when we got him, but I remember thinking at the time that the price was overly steep.
Madferret
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cw said:As a player, I'm left with the feeling that he didn't quite achieve his potential. But while he was a Leaf, there were a few games when he delivered one of the most complete games I've seen any Leaf forward deliver. He could skate, hit, score, set players up, fight, protect little guys like Stajan, play defence, PK and win puck battles, and even call the Sens out with "boo hoo"
Wasn't it like 2 games after he chirped a team for being sick that he blew his knee?
TheMightyOdin
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Without that knee injury, and with some playoff success, many of the negative thoughts about the trade may never have materialized.
BlueWhiteBlood
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;D
LittleHockeyFan
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Stronger Than All said:Do you enjoy booing just because it's Alfredsson? Just curious.
I do!!! O
Madferret said:cw said:As a player, I'm left with the feeling that he didn't quite achieve his potential. But while he was a Leaf, there were a few games when he delivered one of the most complete games I've seen any Leaf forward deliver. He could skate, hit, score, set players up, fight, protect little guys like Stajan, play defence, PK and win puck battles, and even call the Sens out with "boo hoo"
Wasn't it like 2 games after he chirped a team for being sick that he blew his knee?
Closer to two months. And Toronto went on to win the game when he was injured ..
Kin
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Bullfrog said:
I don't know that there's a huge point to booing anyone for any real reason. I get it as sort of a spontaneous reaction to poor play but other than that it tends to strike me as petty.
That said, I certainly understand why a fan would not be thrilled with Nolan. His play was inconsistent and the trade was lousy.
Seriously. McCauley alone gave the Sharks more value than Nolan gave the Leafs.
ZBBM
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Well, since this looks like it could be the end of the line for him, for old time's sake I've gone to the wayback machine and pulled this out of the archives from December 2003 (the injury referred to was not when he blew out his knee on that rut behind the net):
A PRAYER FOR OWEN
O Owen! thou wert heaven-sent,
But now you?re gone, hence this lament.
Barney?s ugly, grinning mug you tuned
Whilst Belak and Tie Domi swooned.
You pummeled Webb, that gutless puke, and
Made magic with Faire Harolde Druken.
Dear God, I?ll gladly give up sex, or
Even beer! Just fix his flexor!
My Lord, please lift your Curse of Doom
And let him come back when flowers bloom,
To once more fly down the wing, and smack it
Top shelf, Game Seven, past Esche or Hackett.
A PRAYER FOR OWEN
O Owen! thou wert heaven-sent,
But now you?re gone, hence this lament.
Barney?s ugly, grinning mug you tuned
Whilst Belak and Tie Domi swooned.
You pummeled Webb, that gutless puke, and
Made magic with Faire Harolde Druken.
Dear God, I?ll gladly give up sex, or
Even beer! Just fix his flexor!
My Lord, please lift your Curse of Doom
And let him come back when flowers bloom,
To once more fly down the wing, and smack it
Top shelf, Game Seven, past Esche or Hackett.
