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Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:14 pm
by Robin Hood
Nick wroteCOLONBenn pushed it through the last guys feet... owned 3 of them along the boards before hand, one the race to a loose puck despite not having position... just because it wasn't a smooth toe drag doesn't mean it wasn't skill... he owned those guys.
To me owning means repeatable with skill. The only way Benn repeats that goal is if he gets the same bounces. I find that a lot of puck luck goals get overrated this way. But anyways. Agree to disagree.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:17 pm
by Chris
I'm always wanted to do this: "Easy there" on the homerism, Nick.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:22 pm
by Shep
I never said it was Goal of the Year. Some guy that uploaded the goal did.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:35 pm
by MSP4LYFE
SuperMario wroteCOLON
Nick wroteCOLONBenn pushed it through the last guys feet... owned 3 of them along the boards before hand, one the race to a loose puck despite not having position... just because it wasn't a smooth toe drag doesn't mean it wasn't skill... he owned those guys.
To me owning means repeatable with skill. The only way Benn repeats that goal is if he gets the same bounces. I find that a lot of puck luck goals get overrated this way. But anyways. Agree to disagree.
No...Repeatable with skill means repeatable with skill, the term "owned" means something entirely different, I also think you are underestimating the luck involved even in smooth skill plays, the Rick Nash goal against PHX immediately comes to mind (how many times has he done it since?).

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:36 pm
by Chris
MSP4LYFE wroteCOLON
SuperMario wroteCOLON
Nick wroteCOLONBenn pushed it through the last guys feet... owned 3 of them along the boards before hand, one the race to a loose puck despite not having position... just because it wasn't a smooth toe drag doesn't mean it wasn't skill... he owned those guys.
To me owning means repeatable with skill. The only way Benn repeats that goal is if he gets the same bounces. I find that a lot of puck luck goals get overrated this way. But anyways. Agree to disagree.
No...Repeatable with skill means repeatable with skill, the term "owned" means something entirely different, I also think you are underestimating the luck involved even in smooth skill plays, the Rick Nash goal against PHX immediately comes to mind (how many times has he done it since?).
Greatest. Goal. Ever. Fuck Ovechkin and his behind the back shot against Phoenix in his rookie season.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:36 pm
by MSP4LYFE
SuperMario wroteCOLONWhat? When he turns around two defenders check the puck along the boards. Then when the puck is in the middle of the ice another defender checks it but it gets to Benn anyways.
This is just flat out inaccurate.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:42 pm
by Shep
Cuntacular Chris wroteCOLON
MSP4LYFE wroteCOLON
SuperMario wroteCOLON
Nick wroteCOLONBenn pushed it through the last guys feet... owned 3 of them along the boards before hand, one the race to a loose puck despite not having position... just because it wasn't a smooth toe drag doesn't mean it wasn't skill... he owned those guys.
To me owning means repeatable with skill. The only way Benn repeats that goal is if he gets the same bounces. I find that a lot of puck luck goals get overrated this way. But anyways. Agree to disagree.
No...Repeatable with skill means repeatable with skill, the term "owned" means something entirely different, I also think you are underestimating the luck involved even in smooth skill plays, the Rick Nash goal against PHX immediately comes to mind (how many times has he done it since?).
Greatest. Goal. Ever. Fuck Ovechkin and his behind the back shot against Phoenix in his rookie season.
Neither are the greatest goal ever.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:10 pm
by bma
You have to be good to be lucky. Just sayin'

You won't ever see Colton Orr scoring a goal close to that.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:39 pm
by Robin Hood
bcool wroteCOLONYou have to be good to be lucky. Just sayin'

You won't ever see Colton Orr scoring a goal close to that.
I agree completely. My issue is with people calling this goal of the year material which is inaccurate.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:46 pm
by Nick
What's been a better individual effort so far?

The Giroux PP goal to start the year is the only one that comes to mind (and IMO is nicer).

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:12 pm
by inferno31
That goal had a lot to do with Benn getting lucky bounces and Columbus being horrible. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a nicer goal in the next week or two.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:03 am
by Robin Hood
inferno31 wroteCOLONThat goal had a lot to do with Benn getting lucky bounces and Columbus being horrible. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a nicer goal in the next week or two.
This. Anointing the Goal of the Year 5 games is the the equivalent of handing the President's Trophy to the team winning the race at the moment.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:05 am
by Shep
Again, not a single one of us called it goal of the year. It's the title of the video. Next time I'll be sure to download the video and re-upload it with the title "Benn flukes out and everybody overreacts"

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:07 am
by Robin Hood
Shep wroteCOLONAgain, not a single one of us called it goal of the year. It's the title of the video.
You didn't. Nick did. And Kareem insisted that the play was not lucky at all.
Nick wroteCOLONEvery of the GOY candidate requires bounces and mistakes...otherwise it'd be commonplace.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:27 am
by Scott
Who gives a fuck.. it was a nice goal with some luck, no doubt.. but a nice goal nevertheless.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:45 am
by Nick
lol.... with something like 90 games played it's the 2nd nicest individual goal I can recall. not calling it 100% for sure GOY, simply saying IMO it'll be worth watching again, and is a candidate for an end of the year video of crazy goals.

Joe Morrow's goal for the WinterHawks was rather impressive as well, but just as many opposing players made mistakes (if not more) and the skill level is way down. Plus it looks like it was filmed on someone's 3Gs.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:08 am
by bills09

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:18 pm
by bills09

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:31 pm
by Chris
Bahahaha, that's fantastic.

Re: Highlights from the 2011-2012 NHL Season

PostedCOLON Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:37 pm
by Nick
that is so awesome.