Islanders cut Yashin loose....Please, Toronto, don't even think about it.....

Yeah, it's like the headline on the Mirtle blog 'Isles End Yashin Era".

There was an era?

Huntsie gave me an idea.

How about the All Time Underachieving All-Star Team?

I'll start.

Goal: Jim Carey. Hands down.

 

Alexandre Daigle or perhaps Brian Lawton at centre. Greg Joly on one of the defence spots.

 

Want me to downgrade it to notable player. Decent player. He's not a total bum.

 

I want to stick Jason Bonsignore on one of the wings

 

I think it could be called an era, whenever you stick that kind of money and length of contract to a player – for better or worse it becomes an era. The Vancouver Grizzlies, for example, had a Big Country era. It marked the high point of the insanity of the Wang/Milburry partnership.

 

Can I just throw in this thread that Milbury needs to just GO AWAY from the NHL for awhile?

 

The late Bryan Fogarty would rate a defence spot. He was supposed to be a latter day Bobby Orr.
And from the days when the Wings were brutal in the 1980s --- Terry Richardson in nets.

 

I'll add Roman Hamrlik on defense.

 

Any goalie the Kings get is on the permanent rotation.

 

A contract for Yashin has Doug Armstrong written all over it.

 

Daigle and Lawton for sure.

Some others who had either too brief shining moments given their prospects or none at all:
Eric Lindros
Doug Wickenheiser
Pavel Brendl
Pat Falloon
Jason Bonsignore
Ryan Sittler
Dave Chyzowski

 

Covered a Senior AAA series a couple of years ago for the right to represent Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the Allan Cup and Faloon was playing for the Ile des Chenes North Stars and was swept by the Midwest Islanders. Don't know what he was like in the NHL, but he wouldn't even do a post game interview after they were eliminated. Came off as a bit of a douche. Didn't really do much during the series.