Yea, that's why I started the thread.They traded Clendinning and Bonino to Pittsburgh for Brandon Sutter. There were picks in next year's draft too back and forth.
Sometimes quality trumps quantity.Yes, the Howes, the Hulls...but SIX brothers?
Like Badger backs me up; SIX original Sutters and 2 of their kids so far. Any other hockey dynasties compare?Sure the Howes Gordie and his son Mark and Marty.
Then of course the Sutters (Rich, Ron, Darryl, Dwayne,Brian and brent) from Viking Alberta and their kids now.
The Hulls Bobby and Dennis. Then Bobby's son Brett.
The Richards Maurice and Henri.
Don't forgot one of the greatest international Hockey family of Anton, Marion and Peter Stastny. Of course Peter's sons Paul and Yan Stastny
The Montreal CanadiensAny other hockey dynasties compare?
I meant dynasties more literally. FAMILIES, not teams, sweetie!The Montreal Canadiens
1975-1976 58-11-11
1976-1977 60-8-12
1977-1978 59-10-11
The Big Three.
That's as good as it gets sweetie.
That's my point BBB, she seems to be infatuated with numbers, typical Canuck fan.I always considered the Sutter's as mid range "plumbers" i.e. third liners nothing special. By their sheer numbers (9) is firkin amazing though.
Richie tried hard but really there were sharper tools in the tool box. So many dumb moves, dumb penalties etc.
I liked the Courtnalls in their day. The Staal family showed promise too.
Here is a Wiki of the Families in NHL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_family_relations_in_the_NHL
Yup...mid range players. They show up, they do their jobs, they don't bitch about it, and they know why they keep showing up!That's my point BBB, she seems to be infatuated with numbers, typical Canuck fan.
Would you rather have one great session with Lucky Lake or six sessions with aunties from a massage parlor?
I'll try it again sweetie, quality trumps quantity, although I do respect their family.
But their family, or should I say dynasty,cannot hold a candle to the Richard family, Christ, even hockey guru Bjohn agrees with me.
I assume Erica, that is your business model, quality over quantity?
Just as an aside, I can do more with 6 inches, than some people can do with 12 inches.
Not to brag or anything, but another example of quality over quantity.
Thank you Badger. That's the point I was trying to make all along! I am admittedly, a little obsessed with statistics and trivia, and you've given me so much to mull over! Undoubtedly, I will be boring family & friends with Sutter trivia for the foreseeable future! I have long said that when it comes to assessment, evaluation, and research methodology, I prefer QUALITATIVE over QUANTITATIVE. As I assess the statistics of the Sutter family, as outlined above so thoroughly, I will stand by my statement that I am VERY excited to see the impact that Brandon Sutter will have on the Canucks this year. It seems like he might be as good a player as his dad was, but even if he's only ever as good as his Uncle Ronnie, he'll be a great TEAM PLAYER that grew up eating sleeping and breathing hockey.Had the oldest Sutter Gary Played he would have been the best of the 7. Many people believe that.
The Sutters weren't all high on talent. Some could score goals, move the pucks. but the one thing each of those boys had was buckets of grit and determination. Not the size of the dog in the fight mentality.
That's why a few of them have done so well in the coaching ranks too. They understand the value and use of support players to their stars. They get the systems, why because those same systems prolonged their playing careers.
Set a record when four of the brothers played in the same game; Duane & Brent with the New York Islanders beat Rich and Ron's Philadelphia Flyers.
All the boys played Junior for the Lethbridge Broncos in the WHL.
Brent Sutter played for the New York Islanders and the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL, 829 points (363 goals, 466 assists) in 1111 regular season games and 74 points (30 goals, 44 assists) in 144 playoff games. Two Stanley Cups Islanders in 1982 and 1983
Duane Sutter played for the New York Islanders and the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL 342 points (139 goals, 203 assists) in 731 regular season games (1333 Penalty minutes) and 58 points (26 goals, 32 assists) in 161 playoff games. Two Stanley Cups Islanders in 1982 and 1983
Brian Sutter played for the St. Louis Blues in the NHL 636 points (303 goals, 333 assists) in 779 regular season games (1786 Penalty minutes) and 42 points (21 goals, 21 assists) in 65 playoff games.
Darryl Sutter played for the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL 279 points (161 goals, 118 assists) in 406 regular season games and 43 points (24 goals, 19 assists) in 51 playoff games. 2 Stanley Cup Head Coach LA KINGS
Ron Sutter played for Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, the Quebec Nordiques, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, and San Jose Sharks in the NHL 533 points (205 goals, 328 assists) in 1093 regular season games (1352 Penalty minutes) and 40 points (8 goals, 32 assists) in 104 playoff games.
Rich Sutter played for the the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. 315 points (149 goals, 166 assists) in 874 regular season games (1411 Penalty minutes) and 18 points (13 goals, 5 assists) in 78 playoff games.
THAT is a very succinct analysis. Way to run the numbers!O
More than 1,500 NHL goals , in more than 5,000 games, between 6 brothers.
Hard to imagine those numbers ever being duplicated again by a brother combination (unless Wayne Gretzky had a twin brother).
As they say on @midnight: POINTS!!! This made me smile...Thanks for the Great One's stats. Always amazing.
I was counting playoff goals (since they're even harder to come by).
My point was I believe the Sutters were more than plumbers. They're heart and soul players and great teams need that. Hope Brandon brings some of that for "your Vancouver Canucks".
However, the fact the Sutter brothers were also able to contribute 1500 NHL goals as a group is astounding and likely will never be replicated by any other brother combination.
(And to put that into context, you'd have to add together Wayne's 900 and Mario's 600 (roughly) regular season goals just to reach 1500). I believe scoring an NHL goal is one of the toughest accomplishments in sports - only about 6000 people in history have ever done it. So, 1500 goals among 6 brothers is nothing to sneer at - makes them more than plumbers in my book.
...and for the record, Benning's last "dump" was about 4 weeks ago*
* it was 6'4", body of a bear, heart of a ballerina, goes by Zack.
(And please ... No offence intended towards ballerinas. If only he was that tough )





