Making The Cup - Savard Likely, No News on Kampfer

Looks like Marc Savard is likely to have his name included on the Cup, but this leave us with a question - should Steven Kampfer have his name included as well?

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It really should be a no brainer that Savard’s name be on the cup. He was their top producer offensively on the team and would have made that terrible power-play somewhat decent if he were around. Kampfer on the other hand, I wouldn’t mind seeing his name on the Cup, but at the same time it wouldn’t bother me if it wasn’t included.

by Dave Carignan on Jul 21, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

Agreed.

Kampfer didn’t play much during the year or playoffs because he simply wasn’t good enough. He was the 7th D, plain as that.
Savard would have played and seen a lot of icetime had he been healthy. Injury doesn’t seem like a viable reason to be omitted from the Cup to me.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jul 21, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Kampfer was likely kept from meeting the minimum requirements due to his own injury as well. He probably would have played in advance of Hnidy in the playoffs if Kampfer had been healthy.

by Bourque77 on Jul 21, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. But I still don’t see the two situations being comparable.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jul 21, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually, on second thought, this is not true. Hnidy is not guaranteed his name on the Cup as he meets neither of the requirements (41 regular seasons games or one SCF game)… his lone playoff game doesn’t qualify as it came in the first round.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jul 21, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Oops – you’re right – I glossed over that too quickly in the article.

It used to be just a playoff appearance that was required and nothing to do with the finals. I didn’t realize they made that change.

by Bourque77 on Jul 21, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Dunno… I thought it was the latter as well… just a playoff game, not Finals only. Can understand both sides of that argument.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jul 21, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I also think his concussion kept him from making the game minimum. He was still playing pretty strongly until the concussion and can’t help think he would have played 3 more games during the season to meet that minimum.

by TCL40 on Jul 21, 2011 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I am pretty much in agreement.

The only thing that makes me lean more towards a yes than a no is that had Kampfer been healthy I strongly suspect he would have played some of the games if not all when Chara was sick and McQuaid injured.

by TCL40 on Jul 21, 2011 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

no brainer

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 22, 2011 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions

too soon

by TomServo42 on Jul 22, 2011 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions

I think they should both end up on the cup. As recently as what, 5 years ago, they’d have played through those concussions. They shouldn’t be punished for that.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 22, 2011 7:37 AM EDT reply actions