GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
Lafleur wins, he dominated an era of hockey. Francis was a very good and sometimes great player, but he could not dominate like Lafleur. Until Gretzky, no man hit 1000 points in the NHL as fast as Guy did. 9/8/2010 10:23:58 AM |
StateCole All American 3597 Posts user info edit post |
Eh, still not totally convinced. Though I didn't realize how much hardware Lafleur has. I'll agree that Lafleur was more of a dominating player, but I don't know how you can call the 4th leading scorer in history just "sometimes great".
Francis didn't really have the superstar persona (that Lafleur had), and he often gets overlooked because of that.
Had Lafleur played 5 more seasons though I don't think I would be debating this. 9/8/2010 10:50:04 AM |
Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
I think the toughest call is for #19 btw. Yzerman and Wrist Shot Jesus. 9/8/2010 10:51:19 AM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
Francis 1.04 PTS per game Lafleur 1.2 PTS per game
Francis 2 Stanley cups Lafleur 5 Stanley Cups
Francis 4 All Star Games Lafleur 6 All Star Games
Francis best season 119 PTS Lafleur best season 136
Francis won: -1 Slelke, 1 Clancy, 3 Lady Bings
Lafleur won: -3 Art Ross, 2 Hart, 3 Lester B. Pearson, 1 Conn Smyth
Francis is not on the The Hockey News top 100 Hockey Players, Lafleur is #11...
Lafleur had 6 (in a row) 50 goal seasons, Francis none...
[Edited on September 8, 2010 at 12:02 PM. Reason : hard to read] 9/8/2010 11:49:16 AM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
If you're not convinced that Guy Lafleur is a better player than Ron Francis, it's probably because you've never watched Guy Lafleur play. 9/8/2010 12:33:05 PM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
I did - I was 6 mind you. 9/8/2010 12:35:46 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Why would you think that post is aimed at you when you're the one arguing for Lafleur? 9/8/2010 12:37:27 PM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
cause I drink, A LOT 9/8/2010 1:16:57 PM |
Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Francis is not on the The Hockey News top 100 Hockey Players, Lafleur is #11..." |
though, that's a fucking travesty that Francis isn't considered a top 100 player. top 10, I honestly don't think so, but CERTAINLY top 100.9/8/2010 1:23:57 PM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
I agree 100% 9/8/2010 2:37:33 PM |
ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/35023-BREAKING-NEWS-NHL-has-contacted-nonleague-officials-to-be-potential-replacement-officials.html
rut roh 9/10/2010 6:23:14 PM |
zsl All American 979 Posts user info edit post |
Meh, the less Bill McCreary we see, the better.
This is sort of relevant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZ61RQcP0w&feature=related
Quote : | "HAVE
ANOTHER
DOUGHNUT" |
[Edited on September 10, 2010 at 6:57 PM. Reason : ]9/10/2010 6:56:36 PM |
zsl All American 979 Posts user info edit post |
A couple of days [old] now, but whatever
Rick Nash vs Evgeni Malkin Sep 25, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqaWEH5cUok&feature=player_embedded 9/27/2010 1:10:46 PM |
TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
Veteran Pest With Girl's Name to Retire, Start New Career as Leech
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5637056 10/1/2010 3:16:05 PM |