Pronger vs. Niedermayer

by jamestobrien on Feb 14, 2009 3:51 PM PST

It's not rare me to flog the 'ol sideblog, but it's pretty rare when it's the main focus of a BoC post. Then again, how many times do you get a chance to have the invincible force known as Earl Sleek weigh in on the Scott Niedermayer vs. Chris Pronger debate?

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In case you haven't been following things at Cycle like the Sedins, we're currently in the process of selecting the All-Decade team. Sure, it's a year early, but it still should be fairly representative (although the other debate of Joe Thornton vs. Joe Sakic might be dramatically altered).

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Nicklas Lidstrom is the flat-out obvious first choice for one of the two defense spots and then it's an insanely close race between Pronger and Niedermayer for the second spot (they were one vote apart in a poll). Do you pick the smooth-skating good guy in Nieds or the elbow throwing villain in Pronger? Not an easy choice to say the least.

So, anyway, check Sleek's amusing pseudo-schizophrenic post and weigh in on the debate.

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Where the hell did he find a picture of Niedermayer showing emotion?

People who save up for a rainy day are like milk. And milk goes good with cookies, so you should have those people over for cookies.

by brokenyard on Feb 14, 2009 10:26 PM PST reply actions

Oh I guess he didn’t find the picture, but still. I commonly (meaning never) refer to Niedermayer as “Straight-faced McGee”

People who save up for a rainy day are like milk. And milk goes good with cookies, so you should have those people over for cookies.

by brokenyard on Feb 14, 2009 10:27 PM PST up reply actions

And for what it’s worth, I would usually choose Niedermayer, but I like the pairing of Lidstrom-Pronger a little better, for some reason.

People who save up for a rainy day are like milk. And milk goes good with cookies, so you should have those people over for cookies.

by brokenyard on Feb 14, 2009 10:33 PM PST reply actions

Gotta be Scotty for me.

Pronger is a stud, and maybe Nieds didn’t deserve his Conn Smythe (a strong case can be made for Andy Mac), but Scotty is just a better fit with Lidstrom.

by El Verde on Feb 14, 2009 10:37 PM PST reply actions

maybe Nieds didn’t deserve his Conn Smythe (a strong case can be made for Andy Mac)

Actually, I think I can make a pretty good case against Andy Mac. While he did end up with some strong points totals, it’s worth noting that between G1 of the Vancouver series and G1 of the Ottawa series, Andy Mac only generated 1 goal and 1 assist in a 10-game stretch. Not that Smythe-worthy, I’d think — the toughest series the Ducks had against Detroit, he only had 1 point.

Not to knock Andy Mac too much — the fact that he drew the Mitchells and the Lidstroms was significant — but others contributed much more in those games.

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by Earl Sleek on Feb 15, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions

I was thinking Giguere or Pahlsson, but I guess it was that kind of team effort.

by GOOLIAN on Feb 16, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions

Scott Niedermayer and Nik Lidstrom on the same line would be amazing. They’d stonewall opposing teams without every actually touching anyone and Niedermayer would be going up into the stands to get the puck if he knew he had Lidstrom watching his back.

Oh, and Drew Doughty made a play a few games ago that reminded me of Scott:

Doughty rushed the puck up the ice and chipped it off to a teammate right on the circle. While he was circling around the net, the teammate lost the puck and the other team took off on a 2-on-1. By the time they had reached the Kings’ blueline, Doughty was in position like he’d been there the whole time. I almost, almost shed a tear.

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by RudyKelly on Feb 15, 2009 8:09 AM PST reply actions

It’s early, but could people look back and say the Lightning blew it by drafting Stamkos instead of Doughty? Again there’s a lot of time and Stamkos is supposed to be a bluechipper … just throwing it out there.

by jamestobrien on Feb 15, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions

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