Balkans bragging rights

[What party?]

NHL players who have played in 1,500 games:

• Patrick Marleau - 1,779
• Gordie Howe - 1,767
• Mark Messier - 1,756
• Jaromir Jagr - 1,733
• Ron Francis - 1,731
• Joe Thornton - 1,714
• Zdeno Chara - 1,680
• Mark Recchi - 1,652
• Chris Chelios - 1,651
• Dave Andreychuk - 1,639
• Scott Stevens - 1,635
• Larry Murphy - 1,615
• Ray Bourque - 1,612
• Nicklas Lidstrom - 1,564
• Brent Burns - 1,557
• Jarome Iginla - 1,554
• Alex Ovechkin - 1,554
• Alex Delvechhio - 1,550
• Johnny Buyck - 1,540
• Shane Doan - 1,540
• Ryan Suter - 1,526
• Brendan Shanahan - 1,524
• Matt Cullen - 1,516
• Steve Yzerman - 1,514
• Anze Kopitar - 1,500

Hey Anze, I got you...

 

[McSorleyFan]

IDK why but I would have thought Gretzky would be on that list. He's at 1487 ...
I idolized him growing up but Kopitar is a very close 2nd of my all time favourite players.

 

[Bollocks]

Coming from a nation that had, on average, less than 200 senior pro or semi-pro hockey players.

Truly a gem.

Caused me many sleepless nights...

PS: I had no idea Marleau was #1. Whoa!

 

[What party?]

if you want to laugh look at Mike Modano's number of games played.

 

[Bollocks]

if you want to laugh look at Mike Modano's number of games played.

Yikes.

From Wiki:
"Modano's time with the Red Wings ended on a sour note when Babcock made him a healthy scratch late in the season, even though the team had clinched a playoff berth, preventing him from reaching the milestone of 1,500 regular-season games played. Modano finished his career with 1,499 regular-season games played. Teammates Kris Draper and Nicklas Lidstrom were not pleased with Modano's benching which was an example of Babcock's coaching style which included "mind games". General manager Ken Holland has said in hindsight that if had he been aware of this snub, he would have intervened to have Modano play in order to reach the milestone. Modano retired after the Red Wings lost in the second round of the playoffs to the San Jose Sharks."

Holy s***. I guess now we know why Ken didn't hire Babcock to be the coach...YET. He waited until Kopi got his 1500th!

 

[What party?]

Yikes.

From Wiki:
"Modano's time with the Red Wings ended on a sour note when Babcock made him a healthy scratch late in the season, even though the team had clinched a playoff berth, preventing him from reaching the milestone of 1,500 regular-season games played. Modano finished his career with 1,499 regular-season games played. Teammates Kris Draper and Nicklas Lidstrom were not pleased with Modano's benching which was an example of Babcock's coaching style which included "mind games". General manager Ken Holland has said in hindsight that if had he been aware of this snub, he would have intervened to have Modano play in order to reach the milestone. Modano retired after the Red Wings lost in the second round of the playoffs to the San Jose Sharks."

Holy s***. I guess now we know why Ken didn't hire Babcock to be the coach...YET. He waited until Kopi got his 1500th!

Ken washing his hands of the situation screams, you should have stayed in Dallas Mikey. Back when conference rivals WERE CONFERENCE RIVALS!!!!

 

[hokiecat]

Babcock is such an a-hole.