2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread

Rangers' Jacob Trouba Face-Planted Into Wall After Missing Dangerous Hit vs. Hurricanes
I didn't watch the game or highlights last night, but man, Jacob Trouba is a dirty sack of shit.

 

I remember watching Falloon in the world juniors in whatever year. My father for whatever reason kept calling him Pat Falldoon, the first ever Scottish superstar. The name has stuck in his house ever since.

 

Went down a rabbit hole and looked up how many former #1 overall picks have played for the Sharks. By my count there are four, though obviously none were drafted by the team.

Anybody want to take a shot? Two of them were very important players when in San Jose, the other two were at the tail end of their careers.

 

Joe Thornton immediately came to mind, but not a clue off the top of my head about the other three.

 

Good call!

 

Thornton (‘97) and Nolan (‘90) are the two who were big names at the time.

The others were picked in ‘83 and ‘86. The former was the first to be picked right out of high school (Mount St. Charles) and the latter was the first to be picked right out college (MSU I think).

 

I would think Brian Lawton was the high school kid.
EDIT: Just came to me ... Joe Murphy for the college guy?

 

Several years ago, we drove up to San Jose on a Friday for a Saturday night Ducks-Sharks game. The Ducks were playing at home that Friday night. When we got to the hotel, I took a shot and asked the bellhop if he knew a place nearby that might have out-of-town hockey games on TV. It was a remote chance because the bellhop was a Filipino who looked and sounded like he hadn't been in the U.S. very long. Surprise. He said, "Yeah, Owen Nolan owns a bar up the street called Britannia that has all the game. But there is MMA tonight, so that might be on all of the TVs."

 

The Brit is a staple in San Jose. I didn't realize Nolan owned it.

 

Correct.