I live in the same place Al was born so he brought the cup home this year bc he is currently working in the office with the Blues and I got to touch the cup and meet him he’s a really great person and was an amazing hockey player
MacInnis was my first favorite player, just getting into the sport and becoming a Blues fan in the late 90's. Why? Because I heard he had the hardest slapshot and even if you don't know a lot about the sport that's a very easy thing to glom on to and be like "oh, yeah, that's badass".
no one cares, but i have some insight as someone born in 88, this guy was in his prime when i was BORN and by the time i was a teenager he was like a mythical legend that was from an era that just ended, as a kid a really good clapper was always compared to a macinnis shot
What a humble man also. Years ago I am at the rink waiting for my nephew to get off the ice. While waiting my youngest nephew was wearing an Al Macinnis jersey. Standing next to me waiting for he junior team to take the ice was big Al himself. As he saw the shock on my face all he said was "nice jersey" to my nephew. Lol. I still didn't say a word completely shocked he was right there next to me. He was/is also so humble and quiet. Crazy how good he was with this calm demeanor. I spent years outside taking slapshots with my aluminum stick trying to duplicate his shot. Thanks to him I always wanted to play defense and let some bombs go from the blue line.
His eye injury at the end of career was scary to see and probably could have played a season or 2 more if it didn't happen. He's like the Yzerman of D-men being overshadowed by 2 great players, otherwise would have won several awards. Edit: just realized Yzerman retired early from an eye injury as well and they both started and ended their careers almost the same years.
Chopper was my favorite player in the late 90's guy did everything the shot yes but also a beast with the hip check in the open ice, and smart to boot, a true talent
I remember reading an interview with Mike Liut in either Sports Illustrated of the Hockey News in which he was asked what changes he'd like to see in the upcoming season; his answer - softer pucks!
In the late 80's/early 90's, that Calgary Flames roster was so stacked with talent! Al MacInnes, Doug Gilmour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Theo Fleury, Joe Mullen, Joel Otto, Gary Roberts, Gary Suter, Mike Vernon, Hakan Loob, and Lanny McDonald. Lest we forget that Brett Hull was traded the season before they won the Cup. After the Cup win, Loob got homesick, went back to Sweden. McDonald had retired (by '89 he was playing on fumes anyway). But still, there should have been more Cups. If fate had been more kind, you would have seen the Penguins/Flames battling it out for Lord Stanley in the early 90's multiple times. What could have been...
They shouldn't have fired Badger Bob. Also, the owner was a scumbag and Lanny was the heart and soul of that team. They never recovered from his retirement or the departures of Loob and Fletcher.
Thanks so much for a doing a video on Chopper! He is, and remains one of my favorite and most cherished hockey players to don a Blue note! Shame he wasn't able to get a cup in the Lou...
Hey Shannon, you should of touched on "the goal" that didn't count in 89 first-round... I think game 6. Shot so fast ref didn't see, it players weren't sure. the camera caught it though, barely.
I'd like to a point as a St. Louisan, MacInnis was not broken down physically the year before his retirement, as mentioned here. As I remember, the word was he retired due to a recurrent eye injury. A few games into his final season, he took another blow to it, and just about lost that eye. And there he said "Enough!" It was sad to see him retire that way. The rest of him could have probably gone on for another five years.
That was their own fault for grossly overpaying for Brendan Shanahan, for all of his talent, he never pretended to embrace the team concept until the Red Wings forced him.
It is very interesting that you say that because I thought the same thing. For as good as he was, I always felt that he was underappreciated while he played. I admit that I think of him as a Blues player but I definitely remember him playing for the Flames. I'm glad you said you though he wasn't given the credit he deserves because I thought no one would think that or say that isn't true because he is in the hall of fame. Cheers!
@@nates9029 his shot blew me away in the mid 80s as a kid. but the league/media would only talk about his shot. he was one of the best 2 way defenseman by the time the 90s rolled around. its a bit of a shame. But I knew his value. flames where screwed by the economic times. Talk about STLouis, in the 95-96, lots of money, team was SOOO stacked. sad
@@devingriffin5055 - Yeah, I remember when St. Louis was signing everyone and seemed poised to win a Cup or two but never did. I mean when you look at the guys they had on their teams back then: Adam Oates, Brett Hull, Scott Stevens, Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger and Wayne Gretzky. It was crazy. I remember wondering what the Hell is going on in St. Louis where all these guys are going there but they couldn't win the Cup. That was all before I really understood how money factored into all of this but I was a kid in the 80's as well.
@@devingriffin5055 - Yeah, Keenan wasn't a very good coach, at least in St. Louis (I know he won a Cup in NY). I will give him credit though for nixing the Blues' trumpet jerseys while he was there. Those things were god awful and thankfully were never worn.
Calgary Flames ultimately traded him for Phil Housley but the economics forced the Calgary Flames to slowly dismantle their Stanley Cup winning team. 1994 was the last kick at it before many changes occurred. Al MacInnis was an amazing defenseman for both the Flames and Blues but best days we're in Calgary. Amazing he's only the few defenseman that scored over 100 points and had several 20 goal seasons.
the glass got so nervous every time he was going to take a slap shot you knew it would break. Al MacInnis has the hardest slap shot of all time, and he’s the only flame player I ever liked
With the use of radar, his shot was clocked at 104 mph. Truly wicked if you were in its path. I have a puck he hit out into the seats while at practice
Imagine the rocket this guy would have in his prime with the kind of sticks they use today? He had 100MPH shot, when others could only shoot 80MPH in a game. The game of hockey changed because of MacInnis. 'Gap control' came around because of him.. you didn't wanna get hit by that shot!
The Brad Park of his day. Which reminds me, how about a video on Brad Park? Or for another Hall of Famer, how about a video on Hooley Smith? Glad to see this video, btw.
My very first game was a late night Calgary game. They talked about Al being Nova Scotian like me. I was a 10 year old and needed a hero. To this day he is my favorite player of all time and is the reason Cgy is my team and why I like the Blues. I miss CBCs Hockey Night in Canada. This sportsnet garbage sucks.
He only played 3 games in his final season because of an eye injury sustained in a game. Also of note, that 3 game season was his only season where he finished with a negative plus/minus
Blues went out and got Pronger because they didn't get Stevens they likely wouldnt have had Mac, Pronger, Stevens, Duchesne. But that would be an absurd defense
I like Colton a tun, and early on I had dreams of his slapshot becoming the next MacInnis shot. MacInnis had a tun more accuracy though. My dream quickly faded when I when I saw a bunch of Parayko's shots miss the net by a mile early on. With that you also would not see him take those shots from the point near as often and MacInnis would. Watching a PP with MacInnis taking those shots from the left point was a thing of beauty. Led to so many juicy rebounds in front of the net, never mind the goals. I love Parayko overall. Honestly he is my favorite defenseman right now, and he is still getting better. I also like seeing him wind up for that incredibly hard shot of his (and the accuracy is getting a little better). To compare it to the MacInnis shot though is just not fair. The Al MacInnis slapshot is the stuff of legend .
There was no way the Blues could’ve had Stevens and Pronger, because they lost Stevens for Brendan Shanahan, and then got Pronger in exchange for Shanahan.
I had a certain dislike for McInnis primarily due to his canon shot taking the spotlight over "the other Al" Iafrate's. Iafrate did clock the fast shot in skills comp. in 93 all Star game, against McInnis, iirc. Iafrate was a really fast, powerful skater and I feel had a superior defensive game over all. McInnis was def. the more consistent player though and Iafrate was hampered with injury and playing in a horrible Leafs organization. Doing a review of Big Al Iafate would be cool since I doubt many of the following generations know much about him and his 105.3 mph. slap shot, a record at that time period. His hardest shot record wasn't broken till Chara did so in 07 , with a composite stick. I ramble but anytime Al McInnis is mentioned I talk up Al Iafrate. Peace Hockey Guy and everyone!
@@ronfroehlich4697 Al was a motorcycling Marlboro man for sure. He was an interesting guy and 92-93 Caps teams were my fav. And since ciggs were brought up, I am going back to the Juul again.
I had no idea who this guy was. I thought, "huh OK yeah 1274 points in over 1400 games is a pretty nice career..." then you mentioned he was a defenseman... WOW.
He played in smaller markets and like Shannon said he was always overshadowed by other big-time D men like Paul Coffey and Ray Bourque. He's a definite Blues legend but I didn't realize he was that prolific in Calgary, wow!
I hope all the kids watching this will notice that Al MacInnis won a Hart Trophy at age 39. Yes the game has changed but everyone who thinks players are done at 30 should wake up
I would like to point out that given the new NHL, Al would likely have been kicked from the game given some of the off ice stuff and what a loss that would have been. I am not commenting to knock the guy, he was my favourite D all time and that includes Geo, but given the current climate something to keep in mind. Social justice or witch hunt?
I remember a skillled comp. at the all star game, he a was cocky as usual. Fredrik Modin killed his lame shots, later he just skate away without thanks or anything
I live in the same place Al was born so he brought the cup home this year bc he is currently working in the office with the Blues and I got to touch the cup and meet him he’s a really great person and was an amazing hockey player
Barret Jackman winning the Calder in 2003 while being paired with MacInnis for most of the year was no coincidence.
@Western Man Strange how he disappeared.
@Western Man Strange how players vanish.
Him vanishing wasn't either.
@@F.C.mobile_edits He moved quite frequently.
@@matthewdaley746 wdym?
Watching Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis often together on special teams was one of my greatest joys watching hockey.
and me(Red Wings fan) watching them never with win a Cup with St.Louis was joy for me
@@ScarecrOmega The Blues had a history of wasted talent, until now.
Scarecrow7 Y’all had to run away to a different conference.
@@chrisdunlap7416 At least the Blues weakened the Red Wings enough for the Avs.
Those two were just too good to last.
One of my all-time favorites. No one else like him.
MacInnis was my first favorite player, just getting into the sport and becoming a Blues fan in the late 90's. Why? Because I heard he had the hardest slapshot and even if you don't know a lot about the sport that's a very easy thing to glom on to and be like "oh, yeah, that's badass".
no one cares, but i have some insight as someone born in 88, this guy was in his prime when i was BORN and by the time i was a teenager he was like a mythical legend that was from an era that just ended, as a kid a really good clapper was always compared to a macinnis shot
What a humble man also. Years ago I am at the rink waiting for my nephew to get off the ice. While waiting my youngest nephew was wearing an Al Macinnis jersey. Standing next to me waiting for he junior team to take the ice was big Al himself. As he saw the shock on my face all he said was "nice jersey" to my nephew. Lol. I still didn't say a word completely shocked he was right there next to me. He was/is also so humble and quiet. Crazy how good he was with this calm demeanor. I spent years outside taking slapshots with my aluminum stick trying to duplicate his shot. Thanks to him I always wanted to play defense and let some bombs go from the blue line.
The most feared shot in the 90's
Al Iafrete
@@ScarecrOmega His shot kept goaltenders up nights.
80s...
@@kevzvipe It crossed multiple decades.
@@kevzvipe he was breaking hands in the 90's
His eye injury at the end of career was scary to see and probably could have played a season or 2 more if it didn't happen. He's like the Yzerman of D-men being overshadowed by 2 great players, otherwise would have won several awards.
Edit: just realized Yzerman retired early from an eye injury as well and they both started and ended their careers almost the same years.
that is a perfect analogy
@@devingriffin5055 The lockout meant many players didn't get a farewell tour.
His teammate Chris Pronger retired from an eye injury, too.
@@Yusni-bc2cm I thought it was post-concussion syndrome.
Scarecrow 7--- That was a great comment/comparison. 👍
Chopper was my favorite player in the late 90's guy did everything the shot yes but also a beast with the hip check in the open ice, and smart to boot, a true talent
that first pass out of the zone right on the tape
Too bad the Oilers stole all their Cups.
@@maluorno The net couldn't prevent a shot from breaking.
I remember reading an interview with Mike Liut in either Sports Illustrated of the Hockey News in which he was asked what changes he'd like to see in the upcoming season; his answer - softer pucks!
Al was the man! That shot was 🔥!!!!
Let's go blues he was so good. One of the best
In the late 80's/early 90's, that Calgary Flames roster was so stacked with talent! Al MacInnes, Doug Gilmour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Theo Fleury, Joe Mullen, Joel Otto, Gary Roberts, Gary Suter, Mike Vernon, Hakan Loob, and Lanny McDonald. Lest we forget that Brett Hull was traded the season before they won the Cup. After the Cup win, Loob got homesick, went back to Sweden. McDonald had retired (by '89 he was playing on fumes anyway). But still, there should have been more Cups. If fate had been more kind, you would have seen the Penguins/Flames battling it out for Lord Stanley in the early 90's multiple times. What could have been...
Their biggest problem was they weren't even the best team in their own province.
They shouldn't have fired Badger Bob. Also, the owner was a scumbag and Lanny was the heart and soul of that team. They never recovered from his retirement or the departures of Loob and Fletcher.
@@doctorx3 Plus, losing Joey Mullen, and, Jiri Hrdina, would prove costly as well.
Works in the Blues front office for many years now , a St. Louis favorite......
Thank you !! Best defensive player to play in my era
9:51 - Amazing Al won 6 Hart trophies
Shannon misspoke. He finished 6th in the Hart vote in 2002-2003. He never won the Hart.
@@sdgakatbk I, somehow, knew, that.
Chris Pronger got one, really mad.
I was confused by that too
@@nickgangone9541 Even he possesses imperfections.
I wish the eye injury hadn't ended his career a season or two early. He's one of my all time favorite Blues.
The lockout also proved to be a factor.
Love these videos
Thanks so much for a doing a video on Chopper! He is, and remains one of my favorite and most cherished hockey players to don a Blue note! Shame he wasn't able to get a cup in the Lou...
The man who got me interested in the position of defence and to harness my shot-power.
The two people I was always afraid of when it came to their shots back then was Al macinnis and Al Iafrate..
Al Iafrate
Obscurity.
@@iBMcFly Interest.
Hey Shannon, you should of touched on "the goal" that didn't count in 89 first-round... I think game 6. Shot so fast ref didn't see, it players weren't sure. the camera caught it though, barely.
The #2 and #44 defense combo was legendary. I grew up watching them in STL.
I'd like to a point as a St. Louisan, MacInnis was not broken down physically the year before his retirement, as mentioned here. As I remember, the word was he retired due to a recurrent eye injury. A few games into his final season, he took another blow to it, and just about lost that eye. And there he said "Enough!" It was sad to see him retire that way. The rest of him could have probably gone on for another five years.
The lockout meant he couldn't try again, at least no permanent damage was done.
Not broken down at all! dude was averaging 26 min TOI from age 35-40.
@@Kreege An absolutely impressive achievement-accomplishment.
He was great in NHL 94 :-)
Al Macinnis is my fave defenseman ever-I was so happy in "make that 1989" what a season the whole team had!!!
1889???
Luckily, the Oilers convinced themselves, Grant Fuhr could win without Wayne Gretzky.
@@wilnerolivier7971 Ye a bit of time travel for Mr.Macinnis-lol.1989 is what i was goin for.
@@DARK24-7 The magical year when Grant Fuhr was finally exposed as a fraud.
Just imagine if they hadn't given away Brett Hull for a couple of rentals.
Looking forward to your video on Scott Stevens and Blues and how signing him ultimately cost them nearly a decade of 1st round picks.
That was their own fault for grossly overpaying for Brendan Shanahan, for all of his talent, he never pretended to embrace the team concept until the Red Wings forced him.
Excellent video brother! Perhaps a enforcer series like this?
Al MacInnis, one of my most favorite players.
Didn't touch on the horrible eye injury late in his career. He was never the same after that.
That, plus, the lockout, brought his career to an end.
This is that THG epicness. MacInnis’ slapshot still scares the shit outta me.
Please do a video on the whole Stevens, Shanahan, Cujo, Pronger debacle and chain of events.
I remember when the 2 scariest shooting d-men were MacInnis and Al Iafrate.
my favorite player growing up. he never got the credit he deserved. Very disappointing that he considers himself a blue over a lifetime flame
It is very interesting that you say that because I thought the same thing. For as good as he was, I always felt that he was underappreciated while he played. I admit that I think of him as a Blues player but I definitely remember him playing for the Flames. I'm glad you said you though he wasn't given the credit he deserves because I thought no one would think that or say that isn't true because he is in the hall of fame. Cheers!
@@nates9029 his shot blew me away in the mid 80s as a kid. but the league/media would only talk about his shot. he was one of the best 2 way defenseman by the time the 90s rolled around. its a bit of a shame. But I knew his value. flames where screwed by the economic times. Talk about STLouis, in the 95-96, lots of money, team was SOOO stacked. sad
@@devingriffin5055 - Yeah, I remember when St. Louis was signing everyone and seemed poised to win a Cup or two but never did. I mean when you look at the guys they had on their teams back then: Adam Oates, Brett Hull, Scott Stevens, Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger and Wayne Gretzky. It was crazy. I remember wondering what the Hell is going on in St. Louis where all these guys are going there but they couldn't win the Cup. That was all before I really understood how money factored into all of this but I was a kid in the 80's as well.
@@nates9029 Keenan. I heard Hull wasnt to happy with him and told gretzk not to stay.
@@devingriffin5055 - Yeah, Keenan wasn't a very good coach, at least in St. Louis (I know he won a Cup in NY). I will give him credit though for nixing the Blues' trumpet jerseys while he was there. Those things were god awful and thankfully were never worn.
What a great player. Also his shot was always with his wood stick.
Calgary Flames ultimately traded him for Phil Housley but the economics forced the Calgary Flames to slowly dismantle their Stanley Cup winning team. 1994 was the last kick at it before many changes occurred. Al MacInnis was an amazing defenseman for both the Flames and Blues but best days we're in Calgary. Amazing he's only the few defenseman that scored over 100 points and had several 20 goal seasons.
Well, they did stay together longer than the Oilers, so, there's that.
the glass got so nervous every time he was going to take a slap shot you knew it would break. Al MacInnis has the hardest slap shot of all time, and he’s the only flame player I ever liked
I, also, liked, Joe Nieuwendyk, Joey Mullen, and, Mike Vernon.
Matthew Daley the good old 90s
@@Mattoilers97 So very long ago they were.
His shot was deadly. In the modern game used on the powerplay extensively he would have more goals for sure.
MacInnis was also one of those rare defensemen who was excellent at both ends of the ice. He had few weaknesses in his game.
Eh...he was better in St. Louis defensively but average at best in Calgary. But his offense was better in Calgary.
Plus, he retired gracefully.
@@amazinmets8439 No player has everything.
With the use of radar, his shot was clocked at 104 mph. Truly wicked if you were in its path. I have a puck he hit out into the seats while at practice
Al MacInnis is the best all-around defenceman of all time.
I was getting “warm fuzzies”...and then you mentioned Keenan. But then you mentioned he got a ring with the Blues...warm fuzzies are back.
Mike Keenan inspires many comparisons, like with rabies, for example.
Career of Craig Janney, Cam Neely, Ed Belfour, Brendan Shanahan
Scarecrow7 The blues had to trade Shanahan because he slept with Janney's wife and ended up marrying her . Big fight in clubhouse
@@bocephus124 i know..... worked out for Detroit, and Pronger worked out well for St.Lou as well.
@@ScarecrOmega Worked out better for the Ducks.
@@matthewdaley746 Pronger traded for Eric Brewer, Eric Brewer traded for a 3rd round pick. Do you know who the Blues took with that pick? 🙃
@@thawk1435 A rather crucial player.
Broke the boards during warm-ups once, legenday player!
Shea Weber seems like the modern MacInnis in how he has a crazy hard shot that people are scared of.
Imagine the rocket this guy would have in his prime with the kind of sticks they use today? He had 100MPH shot, when others could only shoot 80MPH in a game. The game of hockey changed because of MacInnis. 'Gap control' came around because of him.. you didn't wanna get hit by that shot!
The Brad Park of his day. Which reminds me, how about a video on Brad Park? Or for another Hall of Famer, how about a video on Hooley Smith? Glad to see this video, btw.
awesome-plus rippin those shots with a wood stick to boot!
Heck, I've seen goalies duck out of the way of his shot. I think there's even a clip of one doing that in one of the nhl wierd 90's segments.
The hardest shot in the NHL. 👍
I have another player profile request... Have you done a video on Pavel Datsyuk??
can't wait for the scott stevens video
Awesome video about a sick player! Super random, but could you maybe do a Danny Brière career vid soon?
My very first game was a late night Calgary game. They talked about Al being Nova Scotian like me. I was a 10 year old and needed a hero.
To this day he is my favorite player of all time and is the reason Cgy is my team and why I like the Blues.
I miss CBCs Hockey Night in Canada. This sportsnet garbage sucks.
He only played 3 games in his final season because of an eye injury sustained in a game. Also of note, that 3 game season was his only season where he finished with a negative plus/minus
Still, he may have returned if not for the lockout.
I would like to see Career of Teppo Numminen, Jyrki Lumme or Kimmo Timonen
Yes to Teppo and Jyrki, no to Kimmo
@@ScarecrOmega Finnish players.
Great idea.
I also recall him breaking a wings’ goalies fingers on his glove hand
Osgood
@@GodWeenSatan That must have hurt.
Eastwood Unforgiven I thought that’s who it was
@@chrisdunlap7416 They should have kept Mike Vernon.
That kind of thing happened often, yes, often.
He retired because of an eye issue. Could have lost his eyesight if he would have kept playing.
yep, that was a scary sight, maybe another season or 2 more if it didn't happen
@@ScarecrOmega The lockout really sped things up.
Yeah, he even wore a visor before giving it up.
Blues went out and got Pronger because they didn't get Stevens they likely wouldnt have had Mac, Pronger, Stevens, Duchesne. But that would be an absurd defense
You should do Pronger next.
U DIDNT TALK ABOUT HIM BEING A KITCHENER RANGER OR WINNING THE 1982 MEM CUP FOR MY HOMETOWN!!!!!!!
Funny thing was how often Al didnt take a slapper. As he gor older he reeled it in, afraid of hurting guys.
I would put him up on the mount rushmore of mullets along with jagr and al "the skullet" iafrate
Jagr and Iafrate for sure
@@ronfroehlich4697 Mullets really fell out of favor.
@@matthewdaley746 fortunately I never found mullets as attractive as cigarettes
@@ronfroehlich4697 Luckily, you found breathing more attractive.
Got to also add the great lyndon byers on there too lol. Remember he's not a goon he scored 2 goals in like 135 games lol. Sorry im a pens fan lol
Please make a video going through the Scott Stevens ordeal that eventually led the Blues to Jordan Binnington.
no PLUS/MINUS?:(
the guy that lost them stevens is the guy that got them pronger.
Ask Ben bishop about Parayko’s slapper that kid has a cannon
I like Colton a tun, and early on I had dreams of his slapshot becoming the next MacInnis shot. MacInnis had a tun more accuracy though.
My dream quickly faded when I when I saw a bunch of Parayko's shots miss the net by a mile early on. With that you also would not see him take those shots from the point near as often and MacInnis would.
Watching a PP with MacInnis taking those shots from the left point was a thing of beauty. Led to so many juicy rebounds in front of the net, never mind the goals.
I love Parayko overall. Honestly he is my favorite defenseman right now, and he is still getting better. I also like seeing him wind up for that incredibly hard shot of his (and the accuracy is getting a little better).
To compare it to the MacInnis shot though is just not fair.
The Al MacInnis slapshot is the stuff of legend .
@@edwardofgreene He had accuracy, plus, great style.
A cannon that destroyed.
Chris Pronger and Eric Lindros please
There was no way the Blues could’ve had Stevens and Pronger, because they lost Stevens for Brendan Shanahan, and then got Pronger in exchange for Shanahan.
In any event, there's no way those combustible personalities could have meshed.
do a video on the russian five!
I had a certain dislike for McInnis primarily due to his canon shot taking the spotlight over "the other Al" Iafrate's. Iafrate did clock the fast shot in skills comp. in 93 all Star game, against McInnis, iirc. Iafrate was a really fast, powerful skater and I feel had a superior defensive game over all. McInnis was def. the more consistent player though and Iafrate was hampered with injury and playing in a horrible Leafs organization.
Doing a review of Big Al Iafate would be cool since I doubt many of the following generations know much about him and his 105.3 mph. slap shot, a record at that time period. His hardest shot record wasn't broken till Chara did so in 07 , with a composite stick.
I ramble but anytime Al McInnis is mentioned I talk up Al Iafrate. Peace Hockey Guy and everyone!
Good call. Al Iafrate also smoked a pack of cigarettes a day which is hilarious
@@ronfroehlich4697 Also, shortens your lifespan.
@@matthewdaley746 I quit seven years ago but yeah, I took some time off of my life.
@@ronfroehlich4697 At least it didn't take it all off.
@@ronfroehlich4697 Al was a motorcycling Marlboro man for sure. He was an interesting guy and 92-93 Caps teams were my fav. And since ciggs were brought up, I am going back to the Juul again.
Slapshot like a Rocket
Pretty good for a guy whose nickname when he started was chopper because of his poor skating. He improved on it though
Sad to think the Al Macinnis has the same number of Norris trophys as PK Subban.
Still, one more than Adam Foote.
hahaha...it would have been fun if Oilers have selected Macinnis instedt of Furhr in 1981 draft!!. coffey and Macinnis in oilers blueline…..wow…:).
Damn right, Grant Fuhr was the worst, "great," goaltender in NHL history.
Do Miku Koivu
I had no idea who this guy was. I thought, "huh OK yeah 1274 points in over 1400 games is a pretty nice career..." then you mentioned he was a defenseman... WOW.
He might have got 1400 pts if he didn't play for the defensive style of Keenan.
He played in smaller markets and like Shannon said he was always overshadowed by other big-time D men like Paul Coffey and Ray Bourque. He's a definite Blues legend but I didn't realize he was that prolific in Calgary, wow!
@@mikespongili8254 The Oilers overshadowed everyone, not least the Flames.
@@mikespongili8254 Oh I know now, it was more of the fact that I wasn't born until '91, and didn't start watching hockey until after the 2005 lockout.
@@bdonaghu The lockout caused premature exits for many players.
I hope all the kids watching this will notice that Al MacInnis won a Hart Trophy at age 39. Yes the game has changed but everyone who thinks players are done at 30 should wake up
That was an eye-opener for sure.
macinnis never won a hart. He did win a Norris at age 36 though.
@@Kreege I meant Norris...my bad
I couldn't click like fast enough....
Six Hart Trophies? :D
Although it sucks when someone's career is cut short, he was 40 and played over 1,400 games. Not exactly tragic
Even worse when their quality of life suffers.
MacInnis had an eye injury at the end. He wasn't really "breaking down."
Luckily, he was smart about the truly bad injury he had received.
Shannon- a RARE MISTAKE! LOL. 01-02 GP 71. You said 72 GP. See guys he is human:)
I would like to point out that given the new NHL, Al would likely have been kicked from the game given some of the off ice stuff and what a loss that would have been. I am not commenting to knock the guy, he was my favourite D all time and that includes Geo, but given the current climate something to keep in mind. Social justice or witch hunt?
Seventh!
big al deserved the norris in 1991.
Losing it to Ray Bourque is nothing to be too sorry about.
I remember a skillled comp. at the all star game, he a was cocky as usual. Fredrik Modin killed his lame shots, later he just skate away without thanks or anything
Blues shoulda won in 96’ if not for that bum Gretzky
What a team
Stevie Y and that weak ass shot.
Damn you Casey
I especially hated his wacky dance, but, karma hit hard, and, fast.
Hes my cousin lol