It's Tag Time Again - If I Were A Hockey Player

When I was 9, this is who I was in street hockey, but that was a long, long time ago...

I got tagged by Jes Golbez at Hockey Rants on his fun "If I Were A Hockey Player" meme. Filling it out reminded me alot of when I was a hockey player. Ah, the good old days of youth. Between filling this out and watching Dryden's number go skyward, I'm beginning to wonder if I am old already. Makes me want to visit my old man and drink him under the table just to prove my youth.

I'd like to pass this tag along to Joe Pelletier at Legends Of Hockey Network. I'd love to know who Joe would be. Joe you can e-mail me the answers and I'll post them into here, if you wish. I have a feeling Joe will be lined up between Bure and Kurtenbach. His reply will be very interesting.

Joe has a great post up right now in tribute to Ken Dryden, with four great links that are very interesting.

To that tag I'll add Matthew at Current Habs History and E at Theory of Ice, simply because they are making quick and studios work of Habs postgame summaries.

Keeping it Canadian and not at all, all Canadiens, I'll offer up the last two tags to Paul Kukla and Alanah McGinley at Canucks and Beyond. I'd expect something on a non-bipartisan side, but I'm sure it won't include any current or former Red Wings.

Enjoy the fun people!

If I Were a Hockey Player:

Team: None but the Habs

Uniform Number: 17

Position: LW

Nickname: Longshot

Dream Linemates: Sidney Crosby in 2012, Brett Hull

Rounding out the PP: Sheldon and Nicklas

Job: Passing, puck dumping, penalty killing, irritating.

Signature Move: Drop pass, cut left and pass to the right, snarling at TV camera's.
Strengths: Passing, vision, duking.

Weaknessess: Florida Pathers Ice Dancers, feable shot, and diving fouls.
Injury Problems? Pulled groin

Equipment: Same old CCM shit I've worn for years, wooden stick, and a Reebok turtleneck that makes me 8% faster.

Nemesis: Darcy Tucker

Scandal Involvement: Florida Panthers Ice Dancers.

Who I'd face in the Stanley Cup Finals: In a different schedule Toronto for the same reason Jes mentions, if not, then the Red Wings

What I'd do with the Stanley Cup after our victory: Sleep with it, and win it again!

Would the media love me or hate me? Loved everywhere but Toronto.

UPDATE: The tag's gone well so far..2 for 5 and still waiting on Kukla, Alanah, and E.

Matthew at Current Habs History was the first to jump on the tag. You can read his answers here. By the sounds of it, I'd draft the kid myself, as long as Komisarek doesn't have to surrender # 8.

Joe Pelletier at Legends of Hockey also took my tag, flattering me in the process. Joe, who is a true gentleman, said, " I don't usually do these but I'll make an exeption for you and your site, since you've been so good to me and my site."

Being good to Joe's site, is really just about wanting everyone to stay atuned to the game's great history. It's always a pleasure to get lost at Legends.

There is little braggadicio is Joe's answers. The player that comes to mind when I read it, is Harold Snepsts, but off ice I believe Joe would be Jean Beliveau.

He writes:

I know I'd play defense. In reality I'd be a 5th or 6th defender at best, but with a little dreaming leeway here I'll assume I can achieve a 4 spot status. I'd be very unheralded, very unnoticed. I'd be strictly defensive, happy to accept the one on one challenges and help the team. I would make a great first pass out of the zone, and if I could ever learn to skate maybe I could be a pretty nice player, maybe even as good as a Mark Howe or a Scott Niedermayer. But in reality I'd be a Keith Carney, or a Marek Malik, or a Dave Burrows.

Here's the following particulars:

If I Were a Hockey Player:

Team: Any Canadian Team or Original Six Team

Uniform Number: 19 in the NHL, 72 for Team Canada

Position: D

Nickname: none

Dream Linemates: Scott Stevens

Rounding out the PP: Not me.

Job: defense first, nice first pass, penalty kill

Signature Move: First pass.

Strengths: First pass, quick stick, good positioning

Weaknessess: strength, skating, shot.

Injury Problems? I hope not

Equipment: Wood stick, heaviest I can find. Mostly flat blade too.

Nemesis: Jagr

Scandal Involvement: Even if I was in a scandal, the media still wouldn't care about me.

Who I'd face in the Stanley Cup Finals: Toronto, the city would be amazing to be in if they ever got there.

What I'd do with the Stanley Cup after our victory: host a street hockey tournament, winners get the cup. Would the media love me or hate me? Wouldn't even notice me.

UPDATE: E has grabbed the tag and passed to Tapeleg. See Theory Of Ice and On Frozen Blog as they attempt to keep track of where this monster is heading. Readers are welcome to drop their submissions in the comment box.

Bloggers Rule!

The above two photos are pieces of priceless memorabilia that can be found in the many blogsites dedicated to the history of the game. I could stare at them for hours!

In the tradition of "On The Hockey Blogs"....


Tomorrow is the big launch day for Alanah McGinley's new KK associated site called "Canucks And Beyond". Alanah, formerly of VCOE, is a savvy veteran hockey blogger with a resume that would make most jealous with envy.

Alanah, a friend to every hockey blogger, should do well with her new endeavor. The hockey bloggosphere is cheering her on!






























I recently found my way to an incredible Habs site called HabsWorld. This beauty has everything a Canadiens fan could ask for. It is intelligently written, well laid out, has updated stats of all kinds, external links to interesting articles, updates from the farm team, and a pair of killer sidebars left and right.

It's a one source stop for the Habs news, articles and profiles, with no stone left uncovered. It might even be better in some regards than the actual MontrealCanadiens.com.

Much of what I don't bother to tackle at this site, is found at HabsWorld. I should scab there more often and learn something from it.

The boys who put this thing together and run it are to be commended. Check it out and go deep!

Here's a small sample of quality and insight found at HabsWorld. On the recent Habs trading of Patrick Traverse back to the San Jose Sharks organization, they had this to say:


Since the tragic news regarding Laura Gainey, the Canadiens organization has spoken very highly of the family-like atmosphere it attempts to employ, and to their credit, they do a very good job of it. Everyone feels for Bob's loss, and you can be assured that someone inside the dressing room led the "Let's win one for Bob" chant before the Boston game earlier in the week. The organization as a whole treats each player as family, and says family is a priority above all, evidenced last year with Mike Komisarek's situation to which you all know about already. This leads me to, interestingly enough, recently dealt defenceman Patrick Traverse. Upon his acquisition (and the subsequent pickup of Janne Ninnimaa), he requested that the team try and move him back to Worcester so that he could rejoin his family. And up until this week, the team was unable/unwilling to oblige his request. It seems only fitting, that given how the team is doing whatever it can for Bob Gainey this week, that it also grants Traverse his wish, by accepting a defenceman they showed they had no interest in before as an acceptable return to allow him to rejoin his family. There are things more important than life than hockey, none more important than family, and it is truly nice to see that time and time again, the Canadiens organization practices what it preaches in this regard.


The site also offers up an interesting rating of the Habs players from recent performances. Like I said - insightful stuff!

Below, are the many different game faces of Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky.

Mike Chen posted this, the most hilarious piece I've read all week - and did I ever need a good laugh right about now!

Mike ponders Wayne Gretzky's state of being these days with all that's gone wrong in 'Yotes land lately. Mike sees Yoda from Star Wars' teachings as a good place for the Great One to begin his anger management courses.