TruePensFan1981

Some friendly advice: while HockeyDB can be a very useful resource, don't believe EVERYTHING you read on there. I've seen some pretty weird goofs on there. For instance, they still list Dean Evason as a lefty (he was a righty in reality). I remember long ago they listed Glenn Anderson as a righty (he's a lefty in reality). I don't know if they still have Anderson messed up or not. HockeyDB is useful, but don't believe everything you see on there.

I'm not in this pool, but I thought I'd bring up a question so that you all can settle it amongst yourselves: what if Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, and/or Ed Belfour return to the NHL? They didn't officially retire, you know. And their returns are a possibility, especially if the global economy cripples the KHL.

I hereby nominate Smoz for the Nobel Peace Prize! A wise man once said "Be the change you want to see in the world." Smoz apparently took that advice seriously, and has made the NHL '94 world a better place. I'm loving his fix to enable speed to affect a goaltender's OVR in my rom. I always liked the ratings I gave my goalies, but never liked how low their OVR was. I always found myself wishing the OVR were just a few points higher. With Smoz's fix, my goalies now have OVR ratings that are 2-4 points higher than what they originally were! Funnily enough, the new OVR doesn't show up in NOSE. NOSE still reports the original OVR you had prior to the speed fix. But the new OVR shows up when you start the rom. For instance, Guy Hebert was a 76 overall in nose, and was a consistent 76 when I would play the game. With the speed fix, NOSE still says he is a 76, but he is a consistent 80 in the game now.

Thanks for the goalie part I requested, Smoz. I knew you could do it!

Happy belated birthday. You should ask Jesus to make a .gif where NHL '94 Roenick jumps out of a birthday cake on the ice.

Right for the most part, except Jagr led the Pens in scoring in the 94-95 season while Lemieux took a one-year medical leave. Jagr led the team in scoring in 94-95 during Lemieux's medical leave. Lemieux won the Ross in 95-96 and 96-97. Get your facts straight. KOVALEV? You friggin' serious? Kovalev NEVER led the Pens in scoring. EVER! Yeah, Tarnstrom led an unbelievably bad team in scoring as he racked up the powerplay points. WHAT'S YOUR POINT? Phil Housley led his team in scoring before. Bobby Orr led his team in scoring. Brian Leetch led his team in scoring. Paul Coffey may have done the same with Edmonton if it weren't for Gretzky's dominance. Tarnstrom wasn't the first time a d-man ever led a team in scoring, and might not be the last time, either. I don't know what's more lame... your trash talk or the fact that your own trash talk is filled with more errors than an ESPN fact sheet.

I told my friends when the Pens were down 0-2 in the series that they'd still win the series; likewise, I said the same thing about Boston. I think the Bruins are going to win tonight. Bruins: 4 Hurricanes: 2

I hope even the mindless Crosby-haters were able to enjoy such an amazing playoff series. I don't call Crosby the best player on the Penguins (I give that title to Malkin, and always felt that way); however, he was certainly the best player in this series for them. Fans need to have more respect for the game and for the players' abilities, regardless of what teams they play for. Next to Gretzky, Crosby is the hardest-working superstar I've ever seen on the ice. If he gave anything less than 100% in this series, then it's very likely it would've been a short series. Fleury and Varlamov were also fantastic in this series. Any way you cut it, this series was an instant classic.

It might be possible to have multiple-game injuries in NHL '94. I wouldn't bet on it, but it just might be possible in a playoff series (especially best-of-7). As for REST OF PERIOD injuries? Don't knock them. They can be quite the valuable tool. I always love it when somebody injures my star player with two seconds left in the period, only to see my team be on the PP for 1:58 in the next period while my star player is back and healthy!

Frank Pietrangelo is still the king of the cheesy porn star 'stache.

Does your rom have audio of Roy smack-talking to Roenick about the Stanley Cup rings in his ears? If not, then that's totally unacceptable! Ron Barr would be ashamed of you.

Thanks to clockwise for the anagram generator. I've enjoyed seeing the results. Below is a list of hockey players and their respective anagrams. Many of these guys are in NHL 94, some are not. Dave Andreychuk: Dark heavy dunce Dino Ciccarelli: Acidic, nice roll Dominik Hasek: I’m ok, skinhead Alexander Mogilny: Relaxedly moaning Terry Yake: Retry a key Anatoli Semenov: Lame, so innovate Wayne Gretzky: Zany tyke grew Sergei Fedorov: Over-fed orgies Steve Yzerman: Very mean zest Nikolai Borchevsky: Hook silly vibrance John Vanbiesbrouck: Rich snob above junk Ed Belfour: Foul breed Martin Brodeur: Intruder Rambo Marc-Andre Fleury: Clean merry fraud Patrick Roy: Tacky prior Eric Lindros: Is nicer lord Dale Hawerchuk: Rude hack whale Ron Francis: Scorn in far Jaromir Jagr: Mario Jr. Marian Gaborik: I’m a king or Arab Mikhail Shtalenkov: Link the lavish amok Grant Fuhr: Grr! Fun hat Brendan Shanahan: Hash banana ‘n’ nerd Vladimir Konstantinov: Vivid monk translation Pat LaFontaine: Patient of anal Doug Bodger: Bugger dodo Troy Loney: Looney try Stu Grimson: Storming us Eric Desjardins: Candid sir jeers Alexei Kasatonov: So leak a vexation Keith Primeau: I am their puke Dustin Byfuglien: If indulgent buys Per-Johan Axelsson: Jeers on hoax plans Arturs Irbe: Rat bruiser Jeremy Roenick: Merry nice joke Cameron Neely: Enemy or clean Pavel Bure: Reveal pub Petr Klima: Elk armpit Joe Mullen: Jell-o menu Randy Ladoceur: Deadly rancour Brett Hull: Truth bell Tom Barrasso: So star Rambo Kyle Okposo: Ok, pesky loo

That's nothing. My friend Craig? His name turns into the following anagram: Vaginal Cigar. He will NEVER live this one down!

Osgood is Hall-worthy due to the career he has had; however, I acknowledge that he is definitely one of the least spectacular goaltenders to earn a spot in the Hall (assuming he gets in). But that's ok... there's no rule saying you have to be spectacular to get in. All you have to do is be one of the best at what you do, and that's what Osgood did for most of his career. He wasn't the human highlight reel that Dominik Hasek was, but Osgood kept it simple and was good at it. There are PLENTY of goalies I'd take over Osgood in the history of the game. But the fact remains that he did his job. For those of you who are baseball fans, Osgood basically did what Hank Aaron did. He just went out, did his job, and didn't do anything that was earth-shattering. He was just consistently good for most -- if not all -- of his career. To me, Tretiak will always be the greatest goalie in the history of the sport (Hall, Fuhr, Brodeur, Hasek and Roy also come to mind), and Dominik Hasek from 1994-1999 will always be the best stretch of goaltending I've ever seen; however, I give credit to Osgood for being a good goalie for so long. Not many goalies are good for so long. Some are brilliant and then quickly fade away (Jim Carey and Blaine Lacher, anyone?). Osgood might not have been "brilliant" per se, but he was darn good. Funny thing about being a goalie is that you can have way more talent than another guy, but the other guy will get in the Hall if he was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time on the right team. Mike Liut, Guy Hebert, Ron Tugnutt, and Bill Ranford are quite possibly some of the most underrated goalies in the history of the game. Make no mistake about it: Osgood was a heck of a goalie in his career. You can't take that away from him. But the best way I can describe his talent level is as follows: if he weren't so lucky to be in the right places at the right times with the right teams, he'd have a career path that is very similar to that of Tim Thomas.

¡Ay, díos mio! ¿Por qué hablando español ahora? ¡Yo creo que Italiano es el grande idioma del mundo!

Yeah, you're one to talk, Mr. "LAWLWTTTGA". How I respond to the board's perpetual resident douche should be of no concern to you; secondly, I'd suggest that you actually learn to type some real language rather than stupid ten-letter internet lingo that you've picked up from your practice of hitting on little boys in cyber chats. I'm getting sick and tired of seeing people like you on "To Catch a Predator." Some friendly advice: if a post isn't addressed to you and you have nothing of merit to contribute, then simply don't post. I get along with people in the NHL '94 community; unfortunately, Evan's not able to get rid of all the tools who troll around here. Once again, happy belated birthday, Jesus. My apologies for tools out of my control who decided to hijack this thread.

I remember that play as if it were yesterday. VERY FEW people are able to get away with that against me. I was anticipating a one-timer, and positioned myself to stop the one-timer. Why did I anticipate the one-timer? Because the guy you ended up shooting with was BEHIND THE NET! That narrows the potential shooters down to 2 (or so you would think). Lo and behold, I'm in PERFECT POSITION to stop the one-timer, only to learn that your center passes it to the winger behind the net and hugging the goalpost for the tap-in goal. I've done that at times; however, I had no idea you were skilled enough to do that type of tic-tac-toe play. But hey... NOW I KNOW! Fool me once, shame on you. If you fool me again? Shame on me! I look forward to playing against you again in the future. Just gotta find the time! By the way, Jesus... tough loss for the Flyers tonight. With all due respect to my Pens, they didn't deserve to win game 2. Flyers outplayed them and Fleury STOLE that game. Both Biron and Fleury were good, but Fleury was downright amazing. And Wags... I went by THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE. As for playing against a real man: I'll let you know when I find one around here.

Last year, I had the Red Wings defeating the Penguins in the finals. Sometimes I hate being right! But I wouldn't mind being right this season, as I now have Pittsburgh defeating Vancouver in the finals. In fact, I say whoever wins the Pitt/Philly series will win the whole thing against Vancouver. It's a shame the Pens and Flyers had to play each other in the first round this year. I shared some of my picks with Jesus when we discussed playoffs on AIM days ago; however, I thought I'd post here and make the rest of my picks available to everybody as well. Here are my first-round picks and my finals. WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim vs. San Jose: Anaheim in 6 Columbus vs. Detroit: Detroit in 4 St. Louis vs. Vancouver: Vancouver in 5 Chicago vs. Calgary: Chicago in 7 EASTERN CONFERENCE: Montreal vs. Boston: Boston in 6 New York vs. Washington: Washington in 6 Carolina vs. New Jersey: New Jersey in 4 Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh in 5 FINALS Pittsburgh vs. Vancouver: Pittsburgh in 6

Dr. Pizza? YOU WISH. I assume he's bad at the game simply because of the tone of your message; however, I've never played against him, so I wouldn't know if he's good or not. My only loss thus far came at the hands of Jesus in a close matchup in his '91 rom. I haven't played many fellow NHL 94 gamers yet; however, it felt good to hear from Witt and Jesus that I'm the best manual goalie they've seen.

A happy belated birthday to the only NHL '94 gamer (other than myself, of course) who can turn water into funk!

It has been more than a week. I'll take that $50,000 prize now.

I do not condone cheating. I am against cheating in its entirety; however, I question the effectiveness of these "drugs", as they surely didn't help you against me.

This is an oversight on your part, Wags. He didn't put just those ten managers in the list randomizer. He put EVERY manager in the list randomizer. The fact that only ten managers have teams thus far can be attributed solely to the fact that their "top 3 teams" from their signups were still available when it was their turn in the randomized draft order. Because their top 3 teams were available, it was obvious who they wanted. If your "top 3 teams" are gone, then you're one of the managers who doesn't have a team yet. But let's say that one of your top 3 teams is still available. You don't just get the team automatically. Smoz is ahead of you in the randomized draft order; therefore, he would get to pick a team before you would. Smoz is the first manager in the randomized order to have zero of his top 3 teams remaining; therefore, he's the first manager in the randomized order to not have a team yet. If others still have one of their top 3 teams remaining, then their only chance at getting those teams is hoping that Smoz, you, or other managers don't select that team.

Go into hiding because it's soccer? NONSENSE! Io gioco calcio! This would be ten million times better if it were Serie A; however, the EPL is the league to do if you don't do Serie A. Kudos! Io sono Italiano. Gianluigi Buffon é il uomo! Forza Azzurri!

I loved the concept and features of NHL 95 with the season, stat-tracking, awards, trading, fake shot, etc. Unfortunately, I felt 95 was a huge step backwards in terms of physics and graphics. NHL 95 probably would have been the ultimate and most celebrated hockey game if it were 95 with 94's engine.