Marián Gáborík

They brought in Pavel Dorofeev.

He is their best goal scorer they, goal scorer they've had since Marian Gaborik.

And everyone's like, "Oh yeah, you know, they're definitely a playoff team." They don't have an elite playmaker anymore like Panarin.

He was by far their best player.

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... we had Willie Mitchell and Marian Gaborik, right? We were second in the West.

It's a real, real Jake-

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Now, and a, a lot of people, I think, are wondering why Pastova did not get a penalty when Dominik Hasek did.

Uh, main reason is if you watch the replay, Pastova came out and he played the puck, the loose puck first with his stick, and the contact was a little bit more incidental than when Hasek came out to just straight up flip Marian Gaborik.

So, [laughs]

Was not very, uh, u- unintentional or accidental, yeah.

And we had trouble scoring even when we won the cup in '14.

We traded for, for Gabby, Marian Gaborik, 'cause we needed s- we, we knew we needed some scoring to win the, win the, win the championship again.

So it just tells you how it all ...

What did I think of that locker room? That was awesome.

What I remember from him was he was an, a little arrogant.

Um, yeah, thought his, uh, his poopy didn't smell, so to speak, but he came in and he was confident, and he stepped right into that lineup, played with Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik and Callahan and all the other stars that they had on that team, and he fit in nicely, and he played decent, and then all of a sudden he took off into this career, but he had thighs for days, fast as lightning, strong as a moose, and just not afraid of anybody really, and those characteristics has carried on through his 20-year career to where we are now.

He gets waived by the Anaheim Ducks because Danny Briere just took a dump all over that franchise, and they are continuing to have to deal with the, the fallout of the massive $18 million contract that they had to sign for Leo Carlsson, and they had to release Chris Kreider.

He came there last year, had a great season for them, great veteran, kind of does whatever you want, keeps his mouth shut, goes about his business.

He played only 40 games for the Kings and scored a disappointing two goals with four assists for six points.

In 2014, the Kings traded him and a third-round pick to, in the 2014 draft, to Columbus for playoff hero Marian Gaborik.

He wore number 21.

Can you name this former King?" I will try to answer that in a moment.

So, we'll see.

Uh, but I may, may not get that one right.

And I will also admit I had forgotten that we got Marian Gaborik from the Blue Jackets.

I thought he was on the Rangers for some reason when we got him, but that's, Marian Gaborik, what a great trade that was.

Mikko Koivu, the longtime captain, all-time leader in, uh, games, points, uh, and several other statistical categories.

Marian Gaborik, the lead- team's first superstar when it got its, uh, genesis at the turn of the century.

Kirill Kaprizov, already the most decorated player that the team has ever had.

And then I'm gonna go to the back end, and Ryan Suter, a little bit of a pick 'em here between maybe him and Zach Parise who came over as a tandem to try and turn this team around, uh, seems like already a lifetime ago back in the mid-2010s.