Wayne Gretzky a déjà qualifié Kent Nilsson de joueur le plus talentueux de la LNH. Surnommé « The Magic Man », Nilsson a marqué 658 points en seulement 553 matchs dans la LNH. Il détient toujours le record de tous les temps des Calgary Flames en une seule saison avec 139 points. Et il a joué un rôle clé dans la victoire de la Coupe Stanley des Oilers d’Edmonton en 1987. Alors pourquoi ce virtuose éblouissant n’est-il presque jamais mentionné parmi les plus grands joueurs de sa génération? Découvrons-le avec ce retour sur Kent Nilsson, la superstar oubliée des Flames de Calgary. #calgaryflames. #kentnilsson #swedisheliteleague Clause de non-responsabilité en matière de droit d’auteur : en vertu de l’article 107 de la loi de 1976 sur le droit d’auteur, une utilisation équitable est autorisée à des fins telles que la critique, les commentaires, les reportages, l’enseignement, les bourses d’études, etc. Aucune violation du droit d’auteur prévue. www.prohockeyalumni.org prohockeyalumni@gmail.com
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a true artist…its not always easy for them to fit in
The magic man
Basically a Datsyuk of that generation…
Could you do?
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Great video, thank you!
He was my favorite player. As a matter of fact he was my fave player , with goalie Jom Craig, before the Atlanta flames became Calgary flames.
Regardless of what the media said about him, he was a very inspiring player. They accused him of not giving his all, something he's clearly admitted wasn't his strength, yet his "less than 100%" was leagues above 99% of all other NHL players. I saw it as a kind of jealousy that he didnt have to give 100% to get results, while literally the rest of the league had to give 110% nightly or else they'd get shipped down.
So underrated. Many of us haven't forgotten about Kent Nilsson, he was one of the top 5-6 players in the NHL for several years with Gretzky, Dionne, Trottier, Lafleur and Bossy,
Lmao pic in the thumbnail is William Nylander. Straight up, haha.
Just imagine had he possessed the "drive" that other players had. Oh well, to him it was just a game.
Fletcher is a wizard.
Small village 😂 lived around 10,000 in Nynäshamn when he grew up there
You need to work on how to pronounce Nynäshamn. That was the worst try, ever. Great player. I walk last hos house in Nynäshamn every now and then. It is a great little port town.
Good but superstar? No.
Kent was one of the best offensive players in the game in the high scoring '80s and a blast to watch, even from an Edmonton perspective. In his 1987 season playing for Edmonton, Nilsson, Messier and Anderson was arguably the best second line ever in NHL history. Like several Euro players, he was accused of not caring about the NHL playoffs (which are a marathon grind) as much as the springtime world championships (where countries teams often consisted of players out of the NHL playoffs).
That was the most fantastic attempt of pronouncing Nynäshamn I've ever heard. In fact, the only time, but still, fantastic. I mean it. It was wonderful! Now I'm gonna continue watching the vid. C ya!
When Forsberg scored his famous shootout goal in the 1994 olympic final the Swedish annonsers shouted "He does a Kent Nilsson goal!" He invented that move.
I love these stories on WHA players…they gotta do one on Kevin Morrison…
Awesome player!
Can you do Loob next?
He was the best player for Calgary 1980.
Kent was the local hero where I grew up in Sweden. Not really a big hockey fan myself but he was fun to watch.
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He was Magic. Sure, he was the type of gifted forward who was a liability on defense, but he got his name on the Cup in a great post-season and put up amazing numbers while helping solidify the presence of top European players into the NHL.
This is cool basically A Swedish Hockey Ronaldinho
the 86-87 oilers did NOT "roll" over the flyers. philly took them to 7 games, all without the mighty tim kerr. even gretzky said that was the best team he'd played against in the playoffs, even better than the 93 habs.
I thoroughly believe that if Nilsson had any kind of aspiration and drive to be the best he could be rather than just doing it for the pure love of the game we would be talking about him with the same reverance as we do Gretzky and Lemieux.
I didn't find any chick's with dicks on this one, weird 🙄😅