A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about how the St. Louis blues were in the midst of a battle for their postseason lives. That hasn’t changed, in fact the Blues currently find themselves in 8th position in the Western Conference. Tonight I was watching the Ducks-Oilers game and the announcers were talking about how Bobby Ryan changed his jersey number to #9, the number that of course used to belong to the greatest Ducks player of all time, Paul Kariya. Once one of the most popular players in the league, Kariya has become somewhat of a forgotten man over the last few years. Having been injured since November 11 with a nagging hip injury, I was wondering what his status would be if the Blues made the playoffs and I quickly found my answer. http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=531873. This news now makes me want the Blues to make the playoffs even more.
Here is a video of Paul in his prime set to the song Eye of the Tiger, a fitting song for him indeed. The guy is a flat out Canadian hockey hero, a great player and one of the most respectable and professional guys the league has seen. Remember when he scored that goal in the cup finals shortly after Scott Stevens had knocked him out with one his pattened cheapshots? I remember that moment bringing a tear to my eye just like this video does.
I originally had no intention of showing another video but after just stumbling across this beauty there was no way that I couldn’t include it. Here is a 3 minute montage of the Stevens hit and then the goal after. Just make sure to have some tissue ready to go. Fucking intense.
Paulie shouldn’t have been standing on the tracks when the train was coming through…
let me get this right…he comes back into a game and scores the 4th or 5th goal? not really an important feat at all. then goes on to lose the series, and scott goes on to win the cup…? damn koreans have no place in hockey.