Help me choose a player for my 90s jersey
by Keith on Nov 5, 2010 10:34 PM CDT
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PrintAlright, so here's the deal. I've got a mid-90s Nike authentic Blackhawks jersey hanging in my closet. The problem is that it's blank, and I've decided that I'm going to get it customized. The question is, whose name/number should I get? I've basically narrowed it down to Tony Amonte, Alexei Zhamnov, and Eric Daze. I would go with Chris Chelios but my brother already has a Cheli, and it'd just feel kind of weird to essentially have the same jersey. Help me out!
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Sorry to vote other,
but if you are going away from Chelios, then I would go Belfour. My memory of players in the 90’s is, in order, Chelios, Belfour, JR, Amonte, and then Daze.
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by burpchelischili on Nov 5, 2010 11:19 PM CDT reply actions
same
My Ed Belfour sweater is hanging on the wall in my living room
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by BigCSouthside on Nov 6, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
i agree as well actually
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by puppetmasterp on Nov 7, 2010 5:18 PM CST up reply actions
Daze?
What’s the matter with your jersey, is it broken? Man, that guy could’ve been one of the greatest.
Looks like you chose scorers from roughly the mid-90’s through the lock-out. If you want to go with the top throwback scorers, I would suggest Larmer since he played here until 93 or Roenick. None of your 3 picks compare IMHO. Belfour would be my 3rd pick.
Or if you want to go in the complete opposite direction: Ryan VandenBussche!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 5, 2010 11:42 PM CDT reply actions
I would go Roenick in a heartbeat
Here’s the thing though – I’m one of those guys who wants everything to be period-appropriate, and the league started using Nike jerseys the season when Roenick was traded to the Coyotes. So, technically he never wore that jersey per se. My basic time period is 1996-97 through 1998-1999, since that’s when the Blackhawks wore Nike jerseys before switching to Pro Player.
I’m a huge nerd, I know.
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huge nerd?
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by Katherine215 on Nov 6, 2010 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions
During that time period,
I’d have to go with either Tony Amonte or Enrico Ciccone.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Was Daze that good?
I became a fan shortly before he retired (he only played one game after the Lockout, I became a fan during it) so I have to go on other people’s opinions. The way you’re talking, it seems like he had an extremely high ceiling. What say you?
I’m especially interested in krome’s opinion, if he ever sees this.
He was soft for a big guy
A lot fans hated Daze because they expected him play more physical because of his size (he was 6’6"). He had nagging injuries throughout his career. Back problem and multiple disk surgeries eventually did him in.
No, he was by no means stellar, but he was pretty clutch. He had about the best hands I’ve ever seen for a guy his size. I don’t think anyone could argue that. The fact that he didn’t play physical is what put a ceiling on his career. What I meant was “that guy could’ve been on of the greatest if he played more physical.” He was basically Buff on days that we bitched about Buff for not giving a shit, but with much more skill than Buff. For a 4th rounder, he ultimately had a pretty good career.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 6, 2010 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
If you're going to be a stickler for the time frame
then its Amonte, hands down. Makes me wish Thorberg played a little more like Amonte…
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by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 6, 2010 8:10 AM CDT reply actions
Yeah, I know not really the 1990's
But I still think this clip is funny
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by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 6, 2010 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions
That was awesome
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by OMFS88 on Nov 6, 2010 10:35 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Jeff Hackett
You’ll be one of a very select few to be rocking this
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by OMFS88 on Nov 6, 2010 10:31 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
by select few
you mean “You would be the select few to rock this”
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by BigCSouthside on Nov 6, 2010 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a distinguished group
To be sure
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by OMFS88 on Nov 6, 2010 2:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You do know I was appointed head of the Jeff Hackett fan club
in Twomey’s absence right? ;)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 6, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Jocelyn Thibault
;)
I actually know someone who had his jersey, bless her heart.
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I actually thought about getting Thibault done.
I remember listening to games on the radio as a kid and thinking his name was spelled Tebown for some reason.
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I voted for Amonte, but...
what about Savard? His final season was 96-97, so it would fit your time frame and you can’t go wrong with a Hall of Famer.
Good point, hadn't thought of that.
The plot thickens…
"Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them, well, I have others." - Groucho Marx
Thought about that too
but Savy had been gone for 5 or 6 yrs when he came back and it was a typical Wirtz move to bring him back to finish out his career after he was well past his prime. He did have one decent year, in 95-96 I believe. Personally when I think of him, it’s as a guy I loved during HS and college, not when he came back. You can never go wrong with Savard though.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 6, 2010 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
That would be a top-3 without a doubt...
if not #1 overall for the 1980’s…
Savvy was traded to the Habs in 1990 for Cheli, won the cup there in ’93 and finished his last 2 years here in 95-97…
Just win the next game...!
I like picking the non-favorite
And I tend to prefer defense over offense. Since Chelios is already taken in the family and he’s a bit of a pariah in some parts here, my vote goes to:
20 – Suter
LOLZ, that's what I was thinking
You would have to embroider below his name: “Remember that one goal? Yeah, that was me”
If we’re going down this road, then I would have to suggest “Cummins” solely for the childish humor aspect.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 12, 2010 8:25 AM CST up reply actions
i vote yes
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by JohnnyBourbon on Nov 10, 2010 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
josef marha?
ick.
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by JohnnyBourbon on Nov 17, 2010 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
How about
- Keith Carney. Love that guy great stay at home defensemen. Also i love the Jeff Shantz reference!
Or you could get a Jim Cummins jersey, however you would have to have blood all over it from all the fights he lost! (also need a helmet with those leather straps flapping all over the place)
Cummins was 15
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by HjammerTime on Nov 10, 2010 12:44 AM CST up reply actions
PROBERT!!!!
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by Raj Binder's Labido on Nov 8, 2010 3:31 PM CST reply actions
Make sure you get some fake blood to splatter on that jersey if you go Big Bob
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Fuck no!
If it’s a Probert jersey, you gotta go real blood.
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by burpchelischili on Nov 10, 2010 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
Jimmy Waite!!
Tremendously tremendous!
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by allyouyounghockeyplayersoutthere on Nov 8, 2010 6:34 PM CST reply actions
My [90's] jersey ...
is Eddie Belfour: 3 Jennings, 2 Vezina & the Calder
My wife’s is JR. Back-to-back 50-goal seasons, 4 straight with over 40.
We still wear these ’home reds" to several games a season…
Just win the next game...!
# 16 Michele Goulet
Dirk Graham would be another treasure. A great Hawks captain.
The supporting cast of the 1992 team had some good guys.
"When I look at the net I don't see a goalie." - Pavel Bure
"When I look at the net I see 2 or 3 goalies." - Radek Dvorak.
other
20- suter (and you can easily correct fans who think ur supporting that OTHER suter)
14- dubinsky or vandenbussche
or confuse the hell out of the bandwagoners and go 2- weinrich
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i was also thinking of other current hawks numbers that may have been relevant in the 90s
5- steve konroyd
22- dave manson (hockey reference also has him listed as # 3 and # 8)
32- stephane matteau (i know, only a couple seasons
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by JohnnyBourbon on Nov 17, 2010 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
# 5, Smith
but for obscure
- Poulin
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Joe Murphy
You must have me confused with someone else, I have never been to Chicago.
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Depends on where you live.
Look for a hockey equipment store:
Gunzo’s
or
Jerry’s Hockey Warehouse (look it up, there are a few locations around Chicago but apparently they don’t have a web site.)
39 years of pain (1971 loss to Habs) vaporized by one OT goal.
I was going to get it done through the Blackhawks store.
$65, authentic stitching done by the same people that do the on-ice jerseys, and it’s done over a weekend.
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Going for Irony?
He’s not from the mid-90s, but you might consider going with Alexander Karpovtsev If Pat Foley sees you, he might punch you in the face.
Hmmmmmmmmm
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by Toews-makes-funny-faces on Nov 25, 2010 9:01 PM CST up reply actions
I'm late to this... I was off the grid for a few weeks.
In order, I go:
Tony Amonte, Jeremy Roenick, Eddie Belfour, Bobby Probert, Denis Savard (consider him more of an 80s icon…), Chris Chelios, Dirk Graham.
'It's the Chicago Blackhawks, man!' -Jeremy freaking Roenick
by 10thMountainFire on Nov 26, 2010 12:48 PM CST reply actions
this is the list
this is the best list. I was young in the 90’s but what I remember from having season tickets, this is the best list of players… exclude Cheli though because he was a hometown boy who went Benadict Arnold for the, puke!, Red Wings… Want to impress hockey fans though, sport a Dominik Hasek jersey with either #31 or #34… even though Hasek was a “Dead Wing” too eventually, it would still be impressive to see a Blackhawks jeresey doning the Hasek name… Can you imagine if the Hawks kept the goalie tandem of Belfour and Hasek?!?!!
Obviously, I agree...
I found these guys made my love for the ’Hawks what it is today.
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by 10thMountainFire on Nov 29, 2010 9:01 PM CST up reply actions
So...
Your final decision?
Going back to Cali, shakin 'em, bakin 'em, takin 'em to spots they never before hung.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Nov 28, 2010 3:56 PM CST reply actions
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