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The Eerie Similarities between Joe Sakic and Joey Hishon

Joe Sakic
Center
Born Jul 7 1969
Place of Birth: Burnaby, BC
Height 5.11
Weight 185
Shoots: Left
Drafted 1st Round 15th overall

Joey Hishon
Center
Born Oct 20 1991
Place of Birth: Stratford, ON
Height 5.10
Weight 190
Shoots: Left
Drafted 1st Round 17th overall

Could we one day be fondly reminiscing over the illustrious career of #18 Stratford Joe (assuming that he drops the "y")? I think it is not out of the realm of possibility. I was noticing some eerie similarities between Joe Sakic and Joey Hishon; such as size (both are around the same height and weight), both are centers, both shoot left, both were picked at nearly the same place in the draft, and both were scoring machines with their respective junior clubs. Though to compare scoring back in Sakic’s junior career era versus Hishon’s era is not really fair because it was a different time back then, and scoring was easier (Sakic had 160 points alone in one season with the Swift Current Broncos (WHL) in 1987-88 which is more than Hishon’s total junior career point total so far.).

I believe that Joey Hishon was a great pick by GM Greg Sherman; I believe that if Hishon would have went un-drafted last year he would have easily been in the top of the first round this year with the numbers he has been putting up with Owen Sound. But where does this leave Hishon with the Avs? Many players put up great numbers in junior and cannot continue the consistency at the NHL level. I hear a lot of people knocking Hishon because of his size (TSN/Versus did list him as 5’9 on draft day though he has been since listed as 5’10, 190 lbs.); however, I do not think that the inch is going to make that big of difference. The key to Joey Hishon having a successful career with the Avalanche is going to be his health, and consistency. I do not doubt the toughness of Joey Hishon, this is a man who once skated on a broken leg and scored the winning goal (sounds more like a Chuck Norris joke than hockey).

 I for one am excited to see if he can crack the roster next year, I am also curious to see if they will convert him to a winger (depending on what we do with Stastny or any one of our many centers at the trade deadline). I would be partially opposed to having someone of his size on the wing mainly because they get beat off of the puck a lot easier which leads to odd man rushes (i.e. Marek Svatos); we need SIZE on the wing, not more undersized players, which makes me miss Chris Stewart all that much more. But the past is the past, and I am looking forward to next year possibly being the start of the career of Statford Joe(y)!

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Any predictions about Joey Hishon?
He will have a HOF career and he shall be know as Stratford Joe around town
30 votes
He will have a productive career, yet never really made a big impact
32 votes
He will trade fodder during the deadline; and somehow, someway it will bite the Avalanche in the behind
10 votes
He will be a bust
4 votes

76 votes | Poll has closed

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Yeah I got torn apart for saying this earlier in the season but how about three deep forward lines with three great centers and a last ridiculously defensive line. And when I say defensive I mean Dupuis O’Reilly McClement line. Talking about being able to shutdown opposition. but yeah how about that? Oh and no matter the situation we need more wings. Quite plain and simple.

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by AvsSqueek on Feb 22, 2011 8:44 PM MST reply actions  

So mimicing Philly and their 3 scoring line approach?

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by zandar on Feb 23, 2011 7:40 AM MST up reply actions  

Whatever you are drinking...

Pass it around.

Fans need to curtail their expectations. Hishon is a very talented and energetic player but to compare him to Sakic mostly due to size and draft position is crazy talk. That’s like saying that someone picked in the last round and has great size and strong college numbers means we have another Jones coming in or Olver will be because he matches 9 of the 10 Sakic related items. Hishon will probably end up as a more talented Chris Drury like player. His transition to the NHL may go faster than most due to his style of play and chance he plays with skilled players like Duchene/Stastny/etc. Is he the next Joe Sakic… it’s a long shot especially since drafting is so much better nowadays and a player like that would go top 3 even in an injury plagued year.

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by zandar on Feb 23, 2011 7:48 AM MST reply actions  

agreed

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by brabin on Feb 23, 2011 8:01 AM MST up reply actions  

An even more important question: How long until someone here calls him Joey Hishonn, Hoshin, Hishin or Yashin?

AVS. HEALTHY. WHEN.

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by StiflersMom on Feb 23, 2011 7:49 AM MST reply actions  

Or says gazoontite

when someone says his name

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by zandar on Feb 23, 2011 7:51 AM MST up reply actions  

Blasphemy!!!!

"I cannot really hear what Jeremy says because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."-Patrick Roy

by brabin on Feb 23, 2011 8:02 AM MST reply actions  

I think Joey is still 8 NHL playoff OT goals short of being annointed the next Super Joe. I’d love to have another Sakic-Foppa one-two punch up the middle, but man, let’s wait until he’s actually had his NHL cup of tea before jumping to any comparisons.

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by Bob in Boulder on Feb 23, 2011 10:53 AM MST reply actions  

Heard he was already better than Duchene and Stastny put together and then squared.

Was that exaggeration?

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by Rapierwhitt on Feb 23, 2011 11:20 AM MST reply actions  

NO

NHL11 allowed me to trade Hishon for Duchene, Stastny, Radar, and EJ and their quote was- “You don’t trade Hishon, Hishon trades you.” after they agreed

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by zandar on Feb 23, 2011 11:26 AM MST up reply actions   1 recs

Go to the NHL11 code menu, enter ‘ChuckN0rr15’ and you can sign Hishon with a 99 rating for the minimum salary in your Be A GM mode.

AVS. HEALTHY. WHEN.

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by StiflersMom on Feb 23, 2011 11:33 AM MST up reply actions  

Lets let him make the team before any comparisons of anyone shall we..for now lets call him the first Joey Hishon before hes the next anyone

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by Suitcase on Feb 23, 2011 11:41 AM MST reply actions  

Ummmmm. . . . No. He is already better than Stastny and Duchene at skating, faceoffs, stickhandling, sucker punching, leadership, skate-tying and interviews. I’ve watched him in the ‘O’. He actually makes both of the expendable. He is THAT good.

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by Rapierwhitt on Feb 23, 2011 2:08 PM MST up reply actions  

sucker punching

Yes, but he’s no Staal.

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by Hopfenkopf on Feb 23, 2011 5:05 PM MST up reply actions  

Whoo! Gotta love stupid exaggerations from people who don’t understand simple arguments.

by DetAvs on Feb 23, 2011 11:35 PM MST up reply actions  

Especially when this time next year, they’re going to be referring to Hishon by some idiotic nickname and using Hishon’s face as their avatar.

by DetAvs on Feb 23, 2011 11:35 PM MST up reply actions  

They will call him Hishie in interviews.

by NEB on Feb 25, 2011 12:18 AM MST reply actions  

Eerie?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

At least not in this context

by Markopolo on Feb 25, 2011 10:47 AM MST reply actions  

I can see him playing some games in Lake Eerie

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by Suitcase on Feb 25, 2011 11:48 AM MST up reply actions  

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