Obscure NHL Players

[Guest mr. potato head]

Exact same rules as the Prem thread. Post a picture of an obscure (or at least lower-line) NHL player from your childhood. Next person must post a player whose first name starts with the first letter of the preceding player's last name.

Here, for example, is former Florida defensive stalwart Paul Laus:

So now the next guy should post a picture of somebody starting with L!

[METALMAN]

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Luc Robitaille. I don't know if he's technically obscure or not, so yeah.

BTW, you could have picked somebody better-ish to start with.

Edited December 30, 2011 by ElTiburon

[Guest mr. potato head]

Yeah I realized after the fact that there aren't a lot of L guys. Luc hardly counts though, he's in the HOF.

I'll make up for it by lavishing my attention on Rich, the forgotten Sutter:

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Stewart Gavin.

Fun Fact: I own this exact trading card, and I'm actually holding it in my hand at the moment

[Guest mr. potato head]

On NHL 97, whenever you go to view player statistics, it defaults to viewing players by name. The first player alphabetically that year was...

Greg Adams!

[tolsvar]

Here's two players to replace Luc Robitaille, who is hardly "obscure".

Lindy Ruff, probably better known today as a coach.

Luke RIchardson

Now, to pick-up where mr potato head left-off ...

Andrew Mcbain

Edited January 19, 2012 by tolsvar

[munky]

Star of the 1992-93 Cup-winning Montreal Canadiens...

Mario Roberge

[Guest mr. potato head]

Buffalo's defensive defenceman for much of the 1990s...

Richard Smehlik!

[caucasianheat]

What up, Sergei Krivokrasov?

[Guest mr. potato head]

Fourth-line tough guy Kelly Chase!

EDIT: Krivokrasov was considered a Calder candidate heading into his first year? Jesus.

Edited January 22, 2012 by mr. potato head

[munky]

Journeyman goalie Craig Billington.

[SeanDMan]

Since we're on the subject of obscure goalies, here's some no name you've probably never heard of, M. Brodeur.

[Guest mr. potato head]

I have always taken credit for the Avalanche signing Billington in 1996

Here's perpetual third-liner Bill Berg!

[caucasianheat]

http://images.checkoutmycards.com/original/40102cdd-a9c6-4a36-9190-32d19e89aa89.jpg

Twice selected in expansion drafts, it's Blair Atcheynum.

[SeanDMan]

The man... the myth... the hair... Aki Berg.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Speaking of people who never lived up to expectations:

[wrathofcarnage]

Legendary goalkeep Glenn Healy!

[caucasianheat]

Healy's second career as an obnoxious analyst has unfortunately kept him from true obscurity.

Harold Druken, the name that's easy to typo as "Drunken".

[munky]

Speaking of overshadowed by siblings...

Dave Dryden