http://www.canoe.ca/Gretzky/highlights.html
Yllä olevasta linkistä löytyy tuo Gretzky-ennätys ja sama löytyi 2007 NHL Official Guide & Record Bookistakin sivulta 175. 51 ottelua kauden alusta pisteitä putkeen ja niissö 61+92=153 tehopistettä. Eihän tuosta tule kuin kolme pinnaa per peli. :D
En tiedä mistä tämä Heatley-höpinä on saanut alkunsa, mutta siihen on tullut törmättyä jo monessa eri paikassa.
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Sitten vähän muuta. Ruotsin maalta kuuluu (yllättäen) taas kummia. Scoutti-velho Håkan Andersson on vuodattanut hurjia ylistyssanoja prospekti Dick Axelssonin kohdalla. Hänen mukaansa kyseessä on tällä hetkellä paras Ruotsissa oleva NHL:ään varattu pelaaja. Samantapaista hehkutusta Anderssonilta ei ole tullut sitten Datsjukin ja Zetterbergin löytämisten jälkeen.
Isokokoinen, hyvin luisteleva ja fyysinen laitahyökkääjä, joka osaa sekä syöttämisen että maalintekemisen salat. Ei kuulosta ollenkaan pahalta.
http://www.redwingscentral.com/stories/2007_11/12_RWCReport.php
Hat Trick Dick has skill to die for
Dick Axelsson might be the best prospect nobody's ever heard of.
The 21-year-old left-winger has flown under the radar, passed over in his initial NHL draft year and toiling in Sweden's seldom-scouted second- and third-tier leagues the past couple of years. But this season, Axelsson is starting to get noticed as one of the top-scoring rookies in the Swedish Elite League.
Detroit Red Wings director of European scouting Hakan Andersson calls Axelsson a "more talented version of Mikael Samuelsson."
"He's certainly our best European prospect in a bunch of years," Andersson says. "That talent, that's what people are dying for. In my book, I don't think there's a prospect in Sweden (already drafted) who I would trade him for."
Axelsson, drafted 62nd overall by the Red Wings in 2006, is nearly 6-foot-3 and checks in at 176 pounds. He has five goals and four assists for nine points in 12 games and has missed time recently with a shoulder injury.
The way things are going, he could be named Sweden's rookie of the year.
"He's big, he's fast, he has very good hands and hockey sense," Andersson says. "He's equally good at scoring and passing. Some guys are passers, some are goal-scorers. Samuelsson's a goal-scorer. Dick has both those assets."
Andersson hasn't spoken about a prospect in a contract year so glowingly since Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk were coming up the pipe. The natural talent is in place for Axelsson to become another gem along those lines.
"If he makes it, he has a chance to be first-line material," Andersson says. "He's that good. Pure talent-wise, he's up there with any name you can mention."
Axelsson is willing to play physical, has a mean streak, and according to Andersson, has the best 1-on-1 skill and hands in the entire Red Wings' system, which includes nifty players such as Jan Mursak. He also called Axelsson one of the quickest, fastest skaters on Djurgarden's roster.
But there are a couple of concerns that prevented Axelsson from climbing higher than seventh on Red Wings Central's most recent prospect ranking.
"Two things missing are he needs to fill out and he needs to be more consistent," Andersson says. "He's still not working as hard as he should some shifts. It's a typical youth problem, more so with talented youth.
"You'll see one shift, nothing happens. The next shift, he'll beat two guys and do some unbelievable things, and you say, ‘Wow, how the heck did he do that?'"
But Andersson also says that Axelsson has made good strides consistency-wise this season. He's playing more disciplined, too. After piling up 280 penalty minutes in 76 previous games, he has stayed out of the box completely this year.
There is little doubt that Axelsson will be signed at season's end. From there, he'll likely bring his game to the American Hockey League. The sky is the limit.
"If he can learn to work hard every shift and fill out, I've got to say, he's the biggest prospect we've had in years," Andersson says. "The upside is very, very exciting."
Jos Axelssonin otteet kiinnostavat, niin Canal+ Sport ykköseltä alkaa Djurgårdenin matsi tänään klo 23.45. En tosin tiedä onko mies vielä kokoonpanossa tuon olkapäävamman takia. Maalilla toivottavasti on toinen kova lupaus Daniel Larsson, joka on myös aloittanut kautensa hyvin.
http://www.redwingscentral.com/stories/2007_10/22_RWCReport.php
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Yön matsissa St. Louisia vastaan Hasek torjuu maalissa ja Mikael Samuelsson on poissa kokoonpanosta. Sammyn vaimo synnytti eilisiltana tyttären ja mies lensi samantien takaisin Detroitiin. Ellis varmaan pääsee kokoonpanoon ja Hudler noussee Samuelssonin paikalle kakkoseen.