re plus minus stat in article ramsey cs laurentian ca maynard ramsey cs laurentian ca roger maynard writes in apr sol uvic ca gballent vancouver uvic ca greg ballentine writes you have completely missed the point with the selke trophy it goes to the best defensive forward this is the forward who forgoes points to help his team out defensively it is an unsung hero of sorts yes lemieux and gilmour are good defensive players but they play a more offensively oriented style than a true defensive forward this year you mean guys that check but can t score the guys who can both check and score shouldn t be candidates is that right the selke candidate forwards main purpose on a shift is to prevent goals from being scored not to score them when lemieux or gilmour play their number one purpose is to score defence is secondary especially considering the line that plays against them is probably a defensive one that is why they are not selke candidates when tarasov called bob gainey the best player in the world it was assumed that he meaned the best technical player the one who knew every intricacy about playing hockey and never made a technical error and who was it that made this assumption all of your friends maybe sorry greg but people aren t enough you can assume all that you want to but if you think tarasov was serious then you are an idiot someone posted something about this assumption being lost in translation it was a few months ago whoever this was please repost it i agree with this assessment bob gainey may have been the best technical player ever right greg did you see this in the sun or something what did you think of claude provost gainey was nothing more than a journeyman player who s outstanding abilities were entirely political he might have had a col lection of defensive skills but he had absolutely no offensive skills at all none but perhaps you think that the abilities to pass the puck shoot the puck and deke a goalie or defenseman are not technical skills gainey is the best defensive forward ever i stand by that assessment he was a very good player who belongs in the hall of fame did you ever watch him play he never made a technical error babbling deleted gee greg the pundits were calling gilmour the best two way player in the league way back when he was with st louis i would have expected you to have picked up on that who are these pundits gilmour was good with st louis but he was not the best two way player in the game when he was with them you have overhyped gilmour on this net for months he is a very good forward but hardly the best in the nhl gregmeister
