Future Hockey HOFers?

[earlywynnfan]

Here you go. They are from Grad, Ink, which sold to Mastro in 2000. I'm not sure if they are affiliated with Steve Grad.

[SikSyko]

Here is one of the Kariya's I got in person around 97.

[prewarsports]

Don't forget that Paul Kariya was the most dominant player on the greatest college Ice Hockey team of all time. His Maine Black Bears of 1992 (I think) went 42-1-2 for the year and won the National Championship!

I grew up in Orono, Maine and as a Hockey player, one of my greatest thrills in life was playing at this outdoor rink and at like 9:30 in the evening with some buddies when this pickup truck shows up and a bunch of college guys got out to shoot around for a minute. They looked like normal guys but they were all hockey players at U. Maine. Paul Kariya was in the group (as well as another Hobey Baker winner Chris Imes) and they shot around with the handful of guys that were there for about 30 minutes before leaving to head home. As a teenage hockey fan in Maine, that was about as good as it got!

Love me some Paul Kariya!

[chaddurbin]

in term of pure skill, i'd take kariya over anybody during his playing day with his speed/vision/hand/playmaking ability. guys like him, lindros, and forsberg just played in the wrong era where the physicality, clutching, grabbing, trapping style just led to too many injuries and bodies wearing down. too bad.

not sure why but i just can't get into today's hockey like the 90's...damn u bettman!