Who would you put on Mount Duckmore?
by Earl Sleek on Aug 2, 2010 12:17 PM PDT
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Puck Daddy is running a summer series -- creating a photoshop Mt. Rushmore for each of the 30 NHL teams. It's a nice way to pass a slow month of August while celebrating the founding forefathers of hockey each franchise has enjoyed.
As "Anaheim" comes first in the hockey alphabet, my four choices for the Ducks franchise get to debut the series. Truthfully, my first instinct was to create a BoC poll and let readers make the hard decisions, but as the Puck Daddy overlords wanted secrecy, I bit the bullet and decided.
Feel free to read the piece and debate your choices over here -- hell, Kings and Sharks fans can predict their upcoming foursome, too. August fun!
Go Ducks.
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Thornton, Marleau, Nabokov, and Owen Nolan. For every team.
I'm just saying: I'm pretty sure this means deaf people are devil worshipers.
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Nolan is great and will always be in my heart, but.............
I have to go with The Big Pavelski!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Aug 2, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Can’t have everyone be from the modern team. Nolan was the captain when the team was transitioning from a shitty expansion team to a Western Conference power.
I'm just saying: I'm pretty sure this means deaf people are devil worshipers.
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It’s not mentioned in the post, and they didn’t tell me until after I had already submitted my foursome, but you’re allowed to include GMs or coaches or equipment guys or whatever.
Maybe even Wild Wing was allowable. :)
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D. Wilson, Marleau, Ricci, Boyle
Wilson is the closest member of the org. like a Washington.
I’d replace Boyle with Nolan
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by PNK on Aug 2, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like Nabby should be there as well.
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by PNK on Aug 2, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
other teams got cup winners to choose from..so no chance..
Nabokov? I would have went Irbe as well..more of a founding father
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 3, 2010 5:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Nabby played with us longer. In fact was our goalie for half of our entire existence. Plus he leads he team in every goaltending category.
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by PNK on Aug 3, 2010 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Doug Wilson, Nabokov, Marleau, Nolan
Three former captains, one of whom is now our badass GM, one of whom is still with the team and scoring boatloads of goals, and one of whom should come back! And then the goalie who’s been a stalwart for us for a decade.
Those are my four…basically, I replaced thornton with doug wilson. I’m a huge Thornton fan, but I don’t think he’s been a Shark long enough to warrant being on our mountain of greatness…yet.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Aug 3, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
A suicide bomber and Mike Myers.
Maybe Stalin and Dr. No too.
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
They omitted my last paragraph, so I’ll just put it here — definitely deserves to go somewhere:
One last note – there is no way I could have compiled all these franchise stats without Hockey Reference’s incredibly awesome interface – here’s the listing of Ducks franchise leaders in more categories than you’ll ever need.
Seriously — that website is awesome.
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My poll would have included Selanne, Kariya, Giguere, Hebert, Niedermayer, Rucchin, Pahlsson, and Burke, I think.
Niedermayer’s a good choice, but he’s not top-10 in franchise games-played. That made him a tad easier to vote off the island.
Plus I’m trying to re-inspire him to get up on that monument — one more year and you could probably make it, Scotty. :)
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No love for Allaire or McNab? I’d have done a phantom of the opera Jiggy/Allaire face at least.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 2, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Selanne, Kariya, Herbert, Giguere.
"Whenever I’m suffering from insomnia, I just look at a picture of a Toyota Camry and I’m straight off."
I should add — it felt a little bit weird to write this piece. I think every other time I’ve done a Puck Daddy piece it’s been a Eulogy about some other team, and I’ve had to write those pieces in like a day-and-a-half. Nice twist to have me write about the Ducks for once. :)
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I think the Ducks are a good aged franchise for this exercise. There’s enough guys to choose from but it’s not an insane task like Montreal or something.
My pal and I were joking about Columbus, though:
“A 19-year old Rick Nash, a 21-year old Rick Nash, a 23-year old Rick Nash, and Steve Mason.” :)
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Ducks are expected to sign free-agent D Andy Sutton, who played with NYI and Ottawa last season.
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two-year, $4.25 million deal.
Still way unnanounced, of course. Shady journalism, LA Times! I like it. :)
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Sutton will make 2M in 2010-11 and 2.25M in 2011-12. Was second in NHL in blocked shots with 204.
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The Sharks had Sutton, a long time ago. He isn’t good.
I'm just saying: I'm pretty sure this means deaf people are devil worshipers.
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Reverse Huskins, eh?
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Wouldn’t a reverse Huskins actually be a GOOD defenseman? It’s like the Bizarro-Superman discussion on Seinfeld.
I'm just saying: I'm pretty sure this means deaf people are devil worshipers.
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reverse huskins is just huskins playing right-handed, which is equally bad to regular huskins. it doesn’t make much of a difference.
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by PNK on Aug 3, 2010 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Sleek, you’re going to love watching this kind of tom-foolery all season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4zQvxnAYY
I’ll see you for a repeat of this on 11/5, yeah?
I’m aiming for this personally…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u18CBH2s7-4
amirite?
I rec’d that shit.
Suspendable hits, dumb penalties, getting un-dressed by the other team’s best players….Sounds about right. Enjoy it-though I think Kings fans will be doing most of the enjoying.
by yeah_eric on Aug 3, 2010 2:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No I meant huge clean hits.. and most best players undress Dmen from time to time. Even Niedermayer Prongs and Lidstrom get owned by really good players. So I’m supposed to be shocked if it happens to Sutton who moves as slow as a turtle on ice? And its the Ducks, Dumb penalties are how we roll…
I rec’d that shit.
that list is long
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 3, 2010 5:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha.
“What are you, an elbowologist?”
Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2000 of something.
I’m already trying to work in the pun “Sutton Death” somewhere.
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does that mean u have to photoshop in that horrible jon claude movie?
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 3, 2010 5:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Street Fighter?
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by PNK on Aug 3, 2010 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
that bastard ruined the interview session for everyone. Why didn’t he just rephrase the question? I hope he lost his credential for that.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 2, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I called it!! someone throw me a scooby snack…nevermind i was joking
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 3, 2010 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Pahlsson over Nieds & Steve Rucchin
Is that because this is a 4-man unit.
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
Probably the best fourth man would have been Rob Niedermayer:
- linemate with Steve Rucchin’s shutdown line in the ’03 playoffs
- linemate and PK partner with Sammy Pahlsson in the ’06 and ’07 playoffs
- holds the franchise record for postseason games played, just over Sammy.
- was the key trump card that landed Scott Niedermayer in Anaheim and began that era of good feelings.
I mean, it sort of ignores the player that Rob is, but he was always right next to pivotal players. :)
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For Ducks….. Selanne, S. Niedermayer, Giguere, and I guess Kariya.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
Who are your Kings?
Gretzky, Robitaille, Hrudey, Taylor?
Or something?
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Close..
- Robitaille
- Dionne
- Dave Taylor
- Gretzky
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Aug 2, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
My Kings
Deadmarsh, Deadmarsh, Deadmarsh, Potvin
Mainly for this
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
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by Jibblescribbits on Aug 2, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Who are your Kings?
Gretzky, Robitaille, Hrudey, Taylor?
I’m pretty sure Rudy would go Berzerker if you put any of those players on Mount Duckmore
Go ahead and add Roenick and Blake to that list…
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by PNK on Aug 2, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s harder for me, because the Ducks have been around my whole life. Kings history goes further back. For example, the first hockey players I ever really knew were Guy Hebert and Mikhail Shtalenkov, because I used to go to a lot of Kings/Ducks games.
But if I had to pick Kings… Robitaille and Taylor. For my third, I have to say Dionne, because he was the first superstar the Kings ever had (even though he began with the Red Wings).
For the last, I want to say Gretzky, because he’s the greatest ever, but I have a something special for Potvin and Hrudey.
Denis Gauthier sucks at hockey... and life.
I say
Dionne, Vachon, Gretzky, Robitaille. Save a spot for Doughty though. :) It’s a bit tougher for us because no cup. :( I don’t necessarily care for Gretzky on there but more feel obligated to put him.
I especially like your article because it taught me that the Ducks became a team in 1997.
Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2000 of something.
I'd agree with your four choices.
The fourth choice was probably the toughest to determine, but Pahlsson seems like a good fit.
Don't let the name deceive you, I'm not just a Sharks fan but a Lakers, 49ers, Angels, Giants (and to a lesser extent) Capitals, and Titans fan.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on Aug 2, 2010 4:18 PM PDT reply actions
There should be an anti-Rushmore special, too. I’m not even sure who goes on the Ducks anti-monument. Bertuzzi? I have to think about this.
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I’m working on the anti-Rushmore version. I call it “Mt. Suckmore,” and it will be up tomorrow.
I'm just saying: I'm pretty sure this means deaf people are devil worshipers.
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Definitely Scott Stevens goes on the Ducks anti-Rushmore. And maybe Brian Hayward, too.
The Spirit of MeatTrain'10!
by DodgerBlueBalls on Aug 2, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Beauchemin wasn’t really seen as all that great at that time. The Fedorov-Prospal Ducks were probably most least favorite in team history. Ever. Just never felt like the ducks.
Whitney, Trnka, Titov, Eminger
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 3, 2010 5:25 AM PDT up reply actions
good write up though sleek…too bad you couldnt squeeze randy ladacuer or fredrick oluasson in there
add semenov to my anti rushmore list..almost forgot about him that piece of shit..
special mention goes to terry yake, stu grimson and bob corkum
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 3, 2010 5:49 AM PDT reply actions
While I always liked Pahlsson
I personally think Scott Niedermayer should take his spot. However, if you can count the way Kariya left, I would happily take him off in favor of Pahlsson.
ANGELS . . . DUCKS . . . GOLDEN BEARS
I am getting some flak for omitting Scotty, but I feel OK about it — he isn’t top-10 in games played, and most of the people giving me crap seem to be Devils fans who may be feeling guilty that he’s not on their monument, either.
Fantastic guy, no doubt, but I went with longevity. Rucchin would’ve made it before Scotty on that basis.
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BTW, I am a bit shocked that (a) they’re not going in true alphabetical order, and (b) so far, other than me it’s been pretty legit NHL journalists/sportscasters contributing — this isn’t really a blogger exercise at all.
Yesterday, Adrian Dater did the Avs foursome; today, Jack Edwards did Boston’s. This may end up as 29 legit opinions plus Earl Sleek! :)
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%^&$
Dammit reply fail’d..
I rec’d that shit.
!@#$@
Twice now ><
I swear Spade is infecting some of us with stupid….
I rec’d that shit.
you totally hurt my feelings
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Aug 5, 2010 5:25 AM PDT up reply actions
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