The Late Night Poll: Pauly Walnuts' Legacy.

by gallagher on Mar 19, 2010 12:26 AM CDT

Paul Kariya scored his 400th NHL goal tonight, becoming the 83rd NHLer in history to hit that mark.

Which begs the question of tonight's poll....

Poll

What will Paul Kariya's legacy be in St. Louis?

He scored a milestone goal here and helped bring the team back to credibility. He'll be remembered fondly.

34 votes

He'll be remembered the same way as he is in Nashville, Colorado and Anaheim: as a mercenary who was all about the dollars.

126 votes

Someone please stop me. I have jerseys in my closet for Kariya, Gretzky and, of all things, Sean Hill.

17 votes

He'll re-sign here and then we'll feel better about him then.

69 votes

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He was a big step towards credibility, when he was healthy early on he was good but he will be remembered as a giant 3 year bust.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

by Icion on Mar 19, 2010 1:44 AM CDT reply actions

This is actually quite unfair

simply because we don’t KNOW what the end of the story is. We can assume all we want but we have no clue how things will end up.

'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA

by Jstats on Mar 19, 2010 1:48 AM CDT reply actions

"You are correct, sir..."

…and so is our favorite hockey mom, when she says:

My gut tells me that the Blues will offer him a Walt type of contract and pray he stays healthy. He’s had some great chemistry with Oshie and Backes. Those guys are fearsome enough to keep the other players in check and respectful of him.

I can see Paulie Walnuts coming back to finish his career in the ‘Note.

Lord knows, I’ve been disparaging of the man at least as often as anyone else here, but ever since Spider-Man Davidson killed The Green Goblin, Kariya has had consistent linemates – who’d a’ thunk it… keeping lines together actually develops chemistry between players – and has become more like the player we all thought we were getting when he signed the Big Kontrak ®.

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

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by Tomorrows Blues on Mar 19, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Somewhere wound amongst all those

I was a great player at one time. Then he was a huge salary eating bust here. I see flashes now of the speed, the willingness to take and give a hit. Not hit in the big boy sense of a hit but a Kariya hit.
My gut tells me that the Blues will offer him a Walt type of contract and pray he stays healthy. He’s had some great chemistry with Oshie and Backes. Those guys are fearsome enough to keep the other players in check and respectful of him.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Mar 19, 2010 7:15 AM CDT reply actions

HE was a great player

Not me—oh no not me. I skate like I have a corncob up my butt.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Mar 19, 2010 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions

I Hope He Stays

I have been a Kariya fan since the Game 7 Scott Stevens incident. I was really pumped when he signed here, and it was a mark of the unrestrained optimism I had in The Plan™. (Yea how’s that working out for us now?) His time here so far hasn’t been notable, and he seems to have lost a step, but I’d still hate to see him in another jersey.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon

by baroose on Mar 19, 2010 8:04 AM CDT reply actions

If there was an "Epic Failure" option . . .

I would’ve voted for it a million times or so.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.

by Donut King on Mar 19, 2010 10:41 AM CDT reply actions

Dale Hawerchuk scored his 500th here, how's he remembered?

He’s not, at least by most I’m sure.

"Millhouse, push 'em down if he's in yer way! Jimbo, go for the face! LOOK!!! Ralph Wiggum lost his shinguard! HACK THE BONE!!! HACK THE BONE!!!"
-Lisa Simpson, Kwik-E-Mart Gougers Goaltender

by Nancy's Boy on Mar 19, 2010 5:34 PM CDT reply actions