In a land slide, Niklas Bäckström wins Best Goalie in franchise history! When Bryz received the news that he lost, “It’s only game, why you heff to be mad?”
Next up for day 9, who’s the fastest to ever play for the club?
To recap:
Most Underrated: Joel Eriksson Ek,
Most Overrated: Zach Parise,
Best: Kirill Kaprizov,
Worst (Top 3 Lines): Victor Rask,
Most Potential: Brock Faber,
Most Wasted Potential: Benoit Pouliot,
Best Defender: Jonas Brodin,
Best Goalie: Niklas Bäckström
36 comments
Marion Gaborik
Jason Zucker hands down. Iirc he was one of the fastest in the league for a while.
Erik haula
Inconsistencies aside, Zucker had absolute wheels in his prime.
Eye test says Gaborik and I think he deserves a square
Gaborik.
I’ll go off script here and say Jordan Shroeder
Remember when Bogosian hit 24mph against Colorado last season?
Not a nominee many of us expected ☺️
Zucker
Zucker
1) Gaborik
2) Zucker
3) Fiala
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Immediately thought of this article. Dude could fly.
https://gonepuckwild.com/2016/05/26/minnesota-wild-fifteen-greatest-players-10-pierre-marc-bouchard/
Gaborik. Walz was actually quicker around the sheet if I remember correctly but Gabby had that straight line speed.
A shout for Connor Dewar. Might not get the square but was fast enough to be lethal on PK (in 22/23 Dewar and Shaw PK-ing together before Shaw’s injury had 3 goals for and 3 goals against).
Richard park was the fastest I’ve ever seen a wild sweater move
Jordan Schroeder. Period.
In case I miss the post, can we preemptively decide on Koivu for most clutch simply due to his backhand move in the shootout?
Zucker
Man, Zucker has to be a serious contender. He had absolute wheels in his prime.
Fastest: Gaborik
Zucker has my vote but I joined up late and never saw Gaborik play
My boy #16. Jason Zucker
Nico Sturm babyyy. Or if we could pick Brods again
Marian Gaborik.
John Scott said on his podcast that it took a couple guys to put compression pants on him that were too small. They had to wrap his legs as tight as possible. If he exploded as fast as he could he could rip the muscle off his bones. That’s how fast Gaborik was. Zucker was fast, but Gaborik was one of the fastest to ever do it.
He was a BEAST
Marian Gaborik, Zucker is a close second, but breakaway speed goes to Gaborik
No love for Veilleux? He had an absolute motor, so much so that several times he was going too fast and couldn’t stop fast enough to prevent himself from running into the boards. I always loved how hard he worked (and how well he mocked McLeod)
The correct answer is gaborik…or the winner of the NHL Fastest Skater Competition in 2003
Google says PMB
Zuck
Fastest is Zucker
Gaborik
Bouchard
I feel like we could’ve used a square for best name
Gabby for sure.
Gimme Brodin. You’re matching McDavid stride for stride going backwards, you belong in this discussion.
Lol @Koivu lurking from the corner. Knowing he’ll not get a square from this