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Secord Sucks Verified Member Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t seen this before, so I’ll definitely check it out! Tony, I’m a fan, but “a dude like Dennis Maruk, who no one's heard of?” 🤦♂️ Literally one of my favorite players to even don the green and gold. 5’9” on a good day, and thought he was a power forward. The line Dennis Maruk centered here between Shane Churla and Basil McRae was a treat to watch. He’s also the answer to one of my favorite trivia questions that stumps lots of hockey “experts:” Which former NHL’er has the highest single-season point total among players who played for Minnesota in the NHL? Hint: He didn’t play here when he hit this mark. People usually guess Modano in Dallas (the other #9), not Maruk. —— In the ‘81-82 season, Maruk had 60 goals and 136 points while with the Caps. Scrappy little bastard even put up 128 penalty minutes that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secord Sucks Verified Member Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Abbott Administrator Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 I didn't even know he was a North Star! It's insane - he scored 60 goals in a season once, and I had no idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Abbott Administrator Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 I got curious and did a bunch of research after the fact to assemble what I think is the Ultimate Sicko Picks for the Wild + each NHL team. Even with me scoring. I got exactly one out of 32. ANA: Justin Kloos (1 MIN, 1 ANA) ARI: Jean-Guy Trudel (1 MIN, 4 ARI) BOS: Petr Kalus (2 MIN, 9 BOS) BUF: Tyson Strachan (2 MIN, 46 BUF) (Dalpe, 11/21) CAR: Patrick O’Sullivan (21 MIN, 10 CAR) CBJ: Kyle Quincey (18 MIN, 20 CBJ) CGY: Krys Kolanos (21 MIN, 13 CGY) CHI: Kurtis Gabriel (16 MIN, 2 CHI) COL: Christian Matte (3 MIN, 22 COL) DAL: Pavel Patera (20 MIN, 12 DAL) DET: Landon Ferraro (2 MIN, 17 DET) EDM: Shawn Belle (9 MIN, 5 EDM) FLA: Zac Dalpe (11 MIN, 15 FLA) LAK: Matt Moulson (20 MIN, 29 LAK) MTL: Gabriel Dumont (3 MIN, 18 MTL) NSH: Jason Morgan (4 MIN, 6 NSH) NJD: Ryan Murphy (21 MIN, 1 NJD) NYR: Jeff Taffe (5 MIN, 2 NYR) NYI: J.J. Daigneault (1 MIN, 18 NYI) PIT: Cal O’Reilly (1 MIN, 6 PIT) PHI: Gerry Mayhew (17 MIN, 25 PHI) OTT: Alex Galchenyuk (14 MIN, 8 OTT) SEA: Gustav Olofsson (56 MIN, 3 SEA) SJS: Gustav Nyquist (3 MIN, 19 SJS) STL: Jon Di Salvatore (1 MIN, 5 STL) TBL: Steve Kelly (2 MIN, 58 TBL) TOR: Eric Westrum (10 MIN, 2 TOR) WSH: Johan Larsson (1 MIN, 14 WSH) WPG: Brett Clark (8 MIN, 44 ATL) VAN: Tomas Mojzis (4 MIN, 7 VAN) VGK: Brad Hunt (100 MIN, 58 VGK) Highlight for spoilers. I can't HTML to save my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Didn't Mike Gartner have a stop here as a North Star too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secord Sucks Verified Member Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, mnfaninnc said: Didn't Mike Gartner have a stop here as a North Star too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorknerd Provisional Member Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 16 hours ago, Secord Sucks said: My recollection is that we traded Ciccerelli for Gartner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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