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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The All-Connor All Stars

 As I was watching the Oilers-Blackhawks game tonight, most of the coverage was about the first meeting of Connor McDavid vs. Connor Bedard. 

But I thought, why not go further and have the All-Connor All-Stars? 

Sure, you'll lead with McDavid and Bedard...


Then you add in Kyle Connor




Conor Garland, Connor McMichael and Conor Sheary are all solid players...






and you can fill out the team with Connor Brickley, Connor Brown, Conner Clifton, Connor Dewar, Connor Hall, Connor Murphy and Conor Timmins. Connors Brown and Murphy also played in the game that led to this post. 

Backing up the team in net is the tandem of...

Connor Hellebuyck and Connor Ingram, a perennial All-Star and a player who is making the case to be an all-star for the first time this year. 

This is actually a pretty good team, and probably could win a good number of games, even with being a little bit light on depth having only 13 skaters. Maybe some more Connors and Conors will join the NHL and fill out this team over time. 



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12 comments:

  1. BoDecember 13, 2023 at 11:03 AM

    Looking at baseball reference there have only been eight major leaguers named Connor, all of whom debuted in 2018 or later. Not even enough to field a team. Must be a more popular name in Canada.

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    1. Billy KingsleyDecember 31, 2023 at 12:39 AM

      It's fun how in just collecting sports cards we can see how names gain popularity.

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  2. night owlDecember 13, 2023 at 2:48 PM

    Not a name I'd pick, it reminds me of bratty little boys (maybe some these guys were several years ago).

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    1. Billy KingsleyDecember 31, 2023 at 12:39 AM

      Oh there are much worse names they could have gotten, haha.

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  3. FujiDecember 13, 2023 at 2:58 PM

    That's a lot of hockey players named Conor/Connor. Must be a generational thing b/c all of these guys are young. The only athlete other the McDavid that I'm familiar with with that name is McGregor.

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  4. John BatemanDecember 14, 2023 at 7:28 AM

    Thats a lot of Connors.

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    1. Billy KingsleyDecember 31, 2023 at 12:40 AM

      The day after I made this post I got my first card of Connor Zary in the mail.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 15, 2023 at 7:43 AM

    Connors are having a heck of a year (at least until Kyle got hurt) I was just telling my mom that half the NHL is named Connor, probably the day before you posted this. This would be a tough team all on its own for sure.

    The lead singer of my wife's favorite band (Nothing But Thieves) is Conor Mason, and I've joked with her that he sounds like he should be the goalie for Minnesota based on his name alone.

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  6. Zippy ZappyDecember 15, 2023 at 10:30 PM

    Conor but only one n, call that a con job.

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