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| Pavel Datsyuk is |
| the best stick/puck handler in the NHL |
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| the best player |
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| the ubermensch |
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| all of the above |
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25% |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Best thing about him is how fun it is to say his last name. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Lose 6-5 to Dallas?
Datsyuk says dat sucks!
It is fun to say his last name! |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I never thought I'd advocate the meteor puck, but after watching a few videos on youtube, they pretty much need it. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Oops, the link was supposed to be a different video but whatever. There is plenty on the page to argue my case. I predict "Datsyukian" will enter hockey nomenclature in the way Felliniesque and Lynchian has with film. Hyperbole and hero worship, isn't that what sports fandom is all about? |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| I never thought I'd advocate the meteor puck, but after watching a few videos on youtube, they pretty much need it. |
Yeah, he's a freakin' magician. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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Daytsuk is pretty amazing but In my opinion, Alexander Ovechkin is the best player in the NHL. I have been a fan of the Washington Capitals since the late 1970's and having watched him play and seeing highlights of him, there is no one better. I love watching all of their Russians play. Ovechkin, Semin, Fedorov, Kozlov and soon Varlamov.
Should be an interesting 2010 Olympics though. Canada, Sweden and Russia all look to have strong teams.
As long as Cindy Crysby (aka Captain Buttpunch) isn't Captain of Team Canada, I think Canada will win. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| and yet the three best players on his team are a couple of Swedes and a Slovak |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:25 am Post subject: |
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I can't name a better stickhandler in the league, Datsyuk is awesome.
Here's a good little reel of pretty (or just wierd) goals. Pavel's one-footer puck-on-a-string goal against Turco is on there.
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=GTcu6rEOCws&feature=related |
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meangradin
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| great hockey player, but he is one weird looking guy. |
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D-Man
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: |
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I think Alex Kovalev is a better stickhandler.Not as fast or as young as Datsyuk, but no one can string it along like him.
Datsyuk is a good player but far from the league's best.He is top 25 though. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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I think Alex Kovalev is a better stickhandler.Not as fast or as young as Datsyuk, but no one can string it along like him.
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Not All Star material though.  |
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Spike
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| and yet the three best players on his team are a couple of Swedes and a Slovak |
Not true. He's surpassed them all this season.
Lidstrom is a bot of a different case because he is a Dman, but Datsyuk has been better than both Hossa and Zetterberg this year.
The guy is doing it all and having an amazing season.
He keeps getting better. |
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sharkey
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Guri Guy wrote: |
Daytsuk is pretty amazing but In my opinion, Alexander Ovechkin is the best player in the NHL. I have been a fan of the Washington Capitals since the late 1970's and having watched him play and seeing highlights of him, there is no one better. I love watching all of their Russians play. Ovechkin, Semin, Fedorov, Kozlov and soon Varlamov.
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all russian players suck after five years in the league.. the best russian player ever to play in the nhl is/was federov and while he had a great start in his early years, he turned to complete garbage after that. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| sharkey wrote: |
all russian players suck after five years in the league.. the best russian player ever to play in the nhl is/was federov and while he had a great start in his early years, he turned to complete garbage after that. |
That's what I fear. I remember how exciting it was to watch Federov, that feeling that Anything could happen when he was on the ice. He could just turn it on in the blink of an eye. Then he started to do it less and less. What a disappointment. Datsyuk creates that same excitement for me, here's hoping his career takes a different trajectory. |
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