Marian Hossa Appreciation Thread

[Chief Walking Stick]

Guy is incredible. When he's not scoring he's playing defense. But when he gets hot, he's unstoppable.

If you disagree, I'm not sure you're too bright.

Certainly the true hockey fans here agree, right?

 

[BlackHawkPaul]

Strange that he's never won the Selke.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Strange that he's never won the Selke.

What would be more strange is if someone thought he was having a bad year.

 

[Pez68]

Strange that he's never won the Selke.

Anyone name the last guy to win the Selke that WASN'T a center?

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Anyone name the last guy to win the Selke that WASN'T a center?

Lehtinen won it a couple times.

 

[Pez68]

So, 12 years ago.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

So, 12 years ago.

Maybe you should become a hockey writer so you can lead the charge to vote for wingers.

 

[Tater]

Huge Hoss fan here, always have been.

 

[clonetrooper264]

Hossa's been a boss lately. I don't know much about hockey, but 3 straight games with 2 goals is impressive.

 

[Shantz My Pants]

Gob Gainey won a few as a LW. Though, with defense being at a premium in today's NHL and with how in zone positioning has changed in the past 20 years, your centers have the most responsibilities in the defensive zone so it's understandable why they continue to win it.


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[Pez68]

Yep. Hard to give it to a winger when most good centers are playing a 200 ft. game.

 

[Shantz My Pants]

In my opinion the toughest skater positions in the NHL are:
1) Centers
2)Defensemen
3) Wingers

Wingers in most D zone systems just need to be in a specific area, while centers need to cover a ton of area and read and react to the opposition and their teammates. That's why so many teams that draft players that play center typically start them at wing in the NHL until their up to speed.


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[Chief Walking Stick]

Hossa shooting 50% in February.

 

[DMelt36]

Anyone name the last guy to win the Selke that WASN'T a center?

Jere Lehtinen?

 

[DMelt36]

Yep. Hard to give it to a winger when most good centers are playing a 200 ft. game.

Don't disagree, but it feels like any wingers are automatically excluded from Selke discussion, and that doesn't seem right to me.

 

[LordKOTL]

Yep. Hard to give it to a winger when most good centers are playing a 200 ft. game.

Which is why I'm shocked that Hossa hasn't won it before--his game in all 3zones is collectively better than most centers out there--including Toews.

 

[clonetrooper264]

What is this Selke business you speak of? Forgive me for I am a noob.

 

[BlackHawkPaul]

What is this Selke business you speak of? Forgive me for I am a noob.

Best defensive forward.

 

[LordKOTL]

Best defensive forwardBest center that scores a sizable portion of the goals and is pretty good defensively.

Fixed it for you

 

[DMelt36]

What is this Selke business you speak of? Forgive me for I am a noob.

BHP's description was right, but KOTL edited it to describe how they actually award it.