Chelios, and other things hockey
Jun. 23rd, 2009 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_archfiendYeah, I know that the Red Wings released him. I know he's available. And I know he has cache for being on the 'Hawks the previous time they were a consistently competitive team.
That being said, anyone who tells me with a straight face that putting a 47-year-old veteran who's been playing since 1985 on a team full of players who hadn't even been born yet is a good idea is not real bright. Not unless you intend to make him an assistant coach and keep his ice time low, of course.
But, hey! This guy got some serious publicity this week!
And these guys got in the HHOF. I'm sure someone's grousing about their collective inability to play defense (especially Leetch), but what the hey - they all came up and played in an offensive-minded era where "D" usually stood for "duck" - as in what you told the goalie when they played the Oilers, Penguins or any of those other teams capable of scoring over 350 goals a seaon back then.
That being said, anyone who tells me with a straight face that putting a 47-year-old veteran who's been playing since 1985 on a team full of players who hadn't even been born yet is a good idea is not real bright. Not unless you intend to make him an assistant coach and keep his ice time low, of course.
But, hey! This guy got some serious publicity this week!
And these guys got in the HHOF. I'm sure someone's grousing about their collective inability to play defense (especially Leetch), but what the hey - they all came up and played in an offensive-minded era where "D" usually stood for "duck" - as in what you told the goalie when they played the Oilers, Penguins or any of those other teams capable of scoring over 350 goals a seaon back then.
