Fred65 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I can appreciate Murzyn's contributions to the team, but am also reminded about his limitations and faults. Namely, he was slower than dry camel snot, had no offensive upside and couldn't fight even though he tried too much. I believe Slegr just wasn't given a big enough chance to prove himself with the Canucks. To me, it's no coincidence that teams like the Penguins and Red Wings picked him up after the Canucks. Scotty Bowman could see talent, and it helped him win one of his cups. I don't think he was ever considered a strategic piece of either Pens or the Wings roster more of a 6-7 "D". Murzyn you're right about his speed and his pivots were like a forward more than a D but he was always on the right side of the play and you had to go through him. Never a great scrapper but never ever turned any one down. One night he and his dance partner skated the entire length of the ice trading punches. I don't think he could play in todays game...but then he was a deterent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckFan1981 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Slegr was a solid underrated defenseman for sure. Murzyn was never a Norris candidate, had little to no offensive upside and was not a great but was always willing to fight. He was not a deterrent IMO. In fact many of the old scrappers called him a punching bag because he got into so many fights and almost always took more punches thnan he threw. But he was rock solid positionally to make up for slow feet, and was a big body to go around, he hit hard and had a lot of weight behind him and was a mean SOB in front of our net. Despite not putting up points, I think he was a huge part of the 94 run. I agree with one of the earlier posters that if not for the punishment he dished out in round 1, the Flames probably would have beat us. The nice thing about that team is they all contributed what they had, and Murzyn added a lot of toughness to the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCrumbs Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 24 and 71! Classy all the way. Pretty sure he wore 45 during the 92 - 93 preseason as well. Seen it on a handful of trading cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 It amazed me the drama about his dad getting arrested for (heroine) and Jiri not taking the surname Bubla because of it. Man his dad could hit though Whatever happened to our Slovak connection? Jiri was a slick skater I remember. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-12-04/sports/8703310295_1_jiri-bubla-smuggling-world-hockey-championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure1994Mclean Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 A player I'll always remember as he was on the roster of what was essentially my first season watching hockey. Also a pretty cool name as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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