Comments on REAL BOSTON SPORTS FANS: Wednesday's Challenge: Shore vs Bourque

haven't heard the name Adam Oates for a while...
2008-07-23T13:31:00.000-04:00
haven't heard the name Adam Oates for a while...

My vote went to Brown.

Good ones! I really like Connolly but I think I'll...

2008-07-23T01:27:00.000-04:00

Good ones! I really like Connolly but I think I'll save him for when the Olympics are on.

I think my 5 finalists at the moment are:

Dana Barros
Troy Brown
Babe Ruth
Taylor Twellman
Tim Wakefield

Here are 11 worth considering in no particular ord...

2008-07-23T00:17:00.000-04:00

Here are 11 worth considering in no particular order than how I thought of them...some are better than others. Some may be on the list and I missed it.

-James Brendan Connolly
-Dana Barros
-Troy Brown
-Craig Janney (not a fan but was an amazing college player at BC and averaged a point per game for the B's)
-Bob Stanley
-Taylor Twellman
-Bill Cleary
-Paul Pender
-Adam Oates
-Don Marcotte
-Joan Benoit

I have a list of possibilities but nothing set in ...

2008-07-22T23:03:00.000-04:00

I have a list of possibilities but nothing set in stone. You can either recommend them here or drop me an email. I wont be posting the Wednesday's Challenge until Wednesday night.

Wake is actually a very good one.

Wake...

As a request I think the next t...

2008-07-22T15:15:00.000-04:00

Wake...

As a request I think the next top 10 should be an inter-sport battle, makes it interesting....

(There are a few of "the faces of Boston" I think could fix to move up just a few spots)

Old Time Hockey DK

Can we recommend guys wh...

2008-07-22T07:43:00.000-04:00

Old Time Hockey DK

Can we recommend guys who should be in the top 100 or do you already have them?

I'm shocked at how easily Shore is winning this. H...

2008-07-22T03:25:00.000-04:00

I'm shocked at how easily Shore is winning this. He got my vote, but still surprising. The votes seem to be going to the players guys have seen. I'm glad getting in the Top 10 wasn't so easy.

Next week's challenge is for somebody to get into the top 100!

If this was a challenge on toughness Shore would g...

2008-07-16T19:12:00.000-04:00

If this was a challenge on toughness Shore would get my vote. But in my opinion overall the old time guys were alot tougher than the modern day players. The modern guys are bigger, faster and stronger but not tougher. Had the B's had better ownership they would've and should've won a few Cups in Bourques Bruins career. Other than keeping#7/77 for as long as they did the next best choice was to let him go win the Cup he deserved alot sooner in his career.
Bourque gets my vote!

While clearly I've never seen Eddie Shore play and...

2008-07-16T12:55:00.000-04:00

While clearly I've never seen Eddie Shore play and am biased given that I too grew up watching/idolizing ray borque, i think you're off base here DK. Eddie Shore won his titles when there were about 3 teams in the NHL--set a record for penalty minutes w/ 165? ooooh. scary. one tripping minor a game...but seriously though---look at those offensive numbers...bourque's a point a game guy, shore a point everyother game, bourque played 3 times as many games. Maybe Shore had the edge as a defensive defenseman, but bourque's the better all around player. And I'm thinking you might still have a bitter taste in your mouth from Bourque leaving to go win a cup with the Avalanche...

When the Hanson Brothers revere #77's name and imm...

2008-07-16T00:45:00.000-04:00

When the Hanson Brothers revere #77's name and immortalize it in film with one of the greatest lines ever I will vote for him. Until then my vote is for Eddie Shore.

Yeah, sure Old Time Hockey!
Like Eddie Shore

And if anybody replies with "Piss on Eddie Shore" they are going to get an Eddie Shore elbow in the ear.