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Originally Posted by Papi
I'd love an update on some of the early to mid 90's Bruins, Cam Neely, Byron Dafoe, Jason Allison. (I installed the sound system in the Bruins locker room back in the mid's 90's.) Saw Ray Bourque naked. That's my claim to fame, what's yours?  |
Lol. Maybe a little more info then most would care for but here are the Bruins you requested.
Let's start with everyone's favourite Bruin who never becomes a Bruin in any of my sims because the cpu Canucks GM is much smarter than Jack Gordon, who dealt Neely and a draft pick (Glen Wesley) to Boston for Barry Pederson in 1986.
CAM NEELY
In this sim Neely still had his career cut short by injuries - he would retire following the 1998-99 season - but he did manage to play 1094 NHL games, all with Vancouver, and score 499 goals and 981 points. Neely also amassed 2226 penalty minutes.
A number of injuries throughout his career, most to the shoulder, saw him manage to play over 70 games in only 7 of his 16 NHL seasons. He would score 35 goals and add 15 assists as an 18 year old rookie in 1983-84 but his best season was 1986-87 when Neely played 80 games and scored a career high 63 goals and 114 points. He would only top the 50 goal plateau on one other occasion - in 1991-92 when he had 55.
The Canucks of his era were not very good and his team never made it past the second round of the playoffs. In all, Neely played 44 post-season games and had 18 goals and 21 assists. He was nominated for the Messier Leadership Award late in his career but did not win. That was the only accolade he was ever considered for.
His 499 goals are second all-time in Vancouver history, 77 back of Henrik Sedin and he is 4th in career points with the organization, trailing the Sedin's and Trevor Linden. League-wide he is tied for 61st in career goals with Brandon Saad, 1 goal up on Connor McDavid.
BYRON DAFOE
Dafoe won 354 games in his professional career -- but all of them were in the minors. He never did get a shot in the NHL despite playing in the Capitals, Islanders, Ducks, Sabres and Red Wings organizations despite playing for nearly 20 years. Dafoe's minor league record was 354-202-53 with a 2.49 goals against average. He is 7th all-time in minor league games played by a goalie. Among those ahead of him are Sean Burke, Guy Hebert and Ken Wregget. Every one of the 6 goalies ahead of played at least one NHL game so Dafoe holds the distinction of playing the most minor league games by goalie who never made the NHL.
JASON ALLISON
It took Allison a couple of years to get going but he was fairly productive in his 12 year NHL career, all with Washington. He broke in as an 18 year old in 93-94 but managed just 4 goals and 11 points in 40 games as a rookie. The following year was even worse as he scored just once in 33 games but he had a breakout year as a 20 year old - notching 20 goals and 69 points. He would follow that up with a career best 27 goals and 74 points in 1996-97. Allison would enjoy 3 more 20+ goal seasons and finish his career with 163 goals and 482 points in 797 NHL games. He retired at the age of 30 following the 2005-06 season after spending the previous year and a half in the AHL. In real life he played about 200 less NHL games but his goals (154) and points (485) were almost identical to the sim totals.
Allison played 13 playoff games scoring 3 goals and 2 assists. The Capitals never won a playoff round while he was will the club.
RAY BOURQUE
Bourque had a great career in Boston, making the Hall of Fame after scoring 541 goals and 1878 points in his 20 year career. He won 3 Stanley Cups and claimed the Conn Smythe Trophy on each of those 3 occasions. He also won a pair of Norris Trophy's and is the Bruins all-time leader in assists and points. He was a 9-time first-team all-star including 3 selections as a winger when the Bruins moved him up front for a few seasons.
His best season, statistics-wise, was 1988-89 when he played defense most of the year but still scored 44 goals and 146 points.
Bourque's final rankings are 4th all-time in assists behind Gretzky, Yzerman and Chelios. He was 12th in career points and 45th in goals scored. Finally, his 1539 career games ranks 29th on the all-time list.