power-forwards Stories - The Copper & Blue
Power Forwards - On The Rise Or A Statistical Blip?
With six newcomers to the power forward list, the 2010-11 total grew to 17, a five-year high. The previous high came in 2008-09 with 13 players on the list. I've looked at the mythical beast for the past few years and found that it's Ovechkin and some big guys that can sometimes put a solid...
Ode (more or less) To The Four Position
As a preview to our final poll (whew!) on all time NBA greats allow me to make a few comments about the position of power forward. I am reminded of that proverbial judge who supposedly once said of pornography, "I can't define it but I know what it is when I see it." So it is with power...
Power Forwards In the NHL: Revisiting the Mythical Beast
When last I visited the concept of the Power Forward in the NHL, I tested the traditional fan description of a Power Forward and found: Over the last three years, there are two players that qualify as power forwards -- Alexander Ovechkin and Shane Doan. The beast, though gravely endangered,...
The Mythical Beast
"Power forward" is a term that is thrown about by the average fan and hockey media types alike. The same conversation occurs repeatedly, whether it's Joe Sixpack and John Abusivehockeydad at the bar, or Gord Bobblehead and Craig Flappinglips during an intermission segment on national hockey...
Getting to the Bottom of 4 and 5
One of the biggest themes that ran through the conversations of those of us who watched the Wolves play last year was the insistence of some that the Wolves need to acquire a "real" center so that Al Jefferson could move back to his "natural" position, the PF. This theme has spun off on a...
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