Hmm... not to be to picky here but ray bourque is a legend, always part of the conversation of the best D man to ever play hockey... Kimmo isnt even in the same galaxy :\ still happy for the guy, but it's like comparing apples and oranges.
2015 NHL Playoffs Thread
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Fadaar
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Lightning G Ben Bishop played through a torn groin - CBSSports.comand Johnson had a broken wrist. No wonder Bishop looked so fucked up and why Johnson didn't do shit in the finals.
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Eomer
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The other thing with Timonen is that he barely played in the playoffs. He was playing less than 10 minutes a night, sometimes only 5 (Kimmo Timonen, Blackhawks - Game log - NHL.com - Players). And in his 34 games with the Hawks, both playoff and regular season, he had a grand total of 0 points. Bourque, while he was well past his prime, put up 10 points in 21 playoff games with the Avalanche, and 59 points in the regular season. It's a nice story that Timonen got to lift the Cup, but the parallels with Bourque pretty much end there. Timonen will be a trivia question in a couple years, everyone who follows hockey will remember Bourque.
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I don't think anyone was really trying to equate Kimmo's going out a Cup winner to Borque's legendary run with the Avs, simply noting he's another guy who had a really solid career and got close a couple times but finally goes out a winner. Regardless of the how much or little he played it's still a nice story for a good player. I don't think Kimmo will end up in the Hall or anything, but I know quite a few Flyers fans that were pretty happy for the guy.
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Timmo was a terrible tradeline trade for the Hawks. It just tells you how bad Cuminskey and Rundblad played that Q decided to play him over them. Of course Q loves to play the vets over the younger players too so you can add a dash of that in there too.
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thats pretty much what I meant. Bourque is top 3 or 5 all time. But I don't know anyone that wasn't happy to see Kimmo lift the Cup on his way out. Just a quality person and nice guy who played hard.
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There will be some fat cut just as after each of the two previous championships but the team is deep regardless and has a gem or two expecting to come up from the minors for next year. As long as this team has the Captain of all things and Kaner they will remain a threat.
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