The Career of Cam Neely

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[@midimusicforever]

Pulling off a 50 goal season while missing almost half of it is just insane.

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

No practice either because his knees were so fu#ked.

[@JeffONeillOverdrive]

“Who’s the dead man, that hit me with the salt shaker?”

[@JeffONeillOverdrive]

Harry Dunn who looks suspiciously like Phil kessel, hit Neely, aka “sea bass”.

[@11DNA11]

DEAD MAN SALT SHAKER

[@dnasty312]

"Oh, that, it was terrible mistake, sir. Please, oh, believe me. I would _never_ do anything to offend a man of your size."

[@passingdrill4942]

WHO’S THE DEAD MAN THAT HIT ME WITH THE SALT SHAKER

[@gohabs8918]

Make it 4 boiler makers!

[@DucksUpDogsDownCatsSlide]

lmao

[@Sempermortis84]

Kick his ass seabass!

[@11DNA11]

DEAD MAN SALT SHAKER

[@masonrahal6980]

My all time favourite player. He used to kill the Habs. Just kill us. Strongest player in the league. BamBam Cam.

[@bbb462cid]

My favorite player as well and as a Boston fan I loved that he killed the Habs. But, at the same time, I loved that he did things like bring Ron Tugnutt out to the ice to take a bow after that famous game. That was the Nordiques of course. I was at the game, but the Habs connection comes in with LaFleur. The Garden gave Guy a standing O when he got a point (assist), and shouted "GUUUYYYYYY!" when he had the puck. Wasn't a taunt, we knew he was an all time great and it would be the last time we saw him play. I gave Guy LaFleur a standing ovation at the Boston Garden. What a night.

[@jdomed0880]

“Who’s the DEAD GUY who hit me with a salt shaker?”-Cam Neely 🤣

[@ScarecrOmega]

That comment was probably mine, you might have missed the dozen times I requested this career video the past 2 years.

[@bertdozer44]

Cam Neely - 2nd fastest to score 50 goals. But the nhl doesn't recognize it because it was personal games, not team games.

[@tegridyfarmz]

Wish Neely, Bure, Forsberg, Lemieux and Lindros had full careers. Sad

[@ScarecrOmega]

that's what happens when you play the same time and division as Samuelsson, Kasparaitis and Scott Stevens.

[@tegridyfarmz]

@@ScarecrOmega I love scott stevens but damn that guy was dirty SOB

[@doaftheloaf]

mario's numbers would have been right there with gretzky's. he'd probably have 1000 goals. neely and bure would be over 600. lindros would have been a better version of messier (and actually less of an asshole, believe it or not), not sure who forsberg's comparable is.

[@ScarecrOmega]

@@doaftheloaf I guess Forberg might be comparable to Peter Stastny

[@joehung1552]

@@ScarecrOmega you can't blame those 3 on Mario's shortened career.

[@annihilus23464]

Besides being Sea Bass, he also had an occasional role on Dennis Leary's "Rescue Me" TV show. As a hockey player. Imagine that.

[@SPENCERH30]

Leary is a big Bruins fan, so that makes sense.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

L.B.

[@vaughncollar8014]

This trade still haunts Vancouver fans. Almost every time someone brings up trading Jake Virtanen on the fan boards, there is a response within minutes that's something like "Remember Cam Neely!!!"

[@TheHockeyGuy]

I don't remember Neely having the off ice issues that Jake has had. Neely was a great guy and a leader. I have compared them myself, but Jake isn't going to have a Neely career if they trade him. Jake might be a 25 goal scorer and a gritty type guy, but I don't see a superstar.

[@doaftheloaf]

virtanen has nowhere near the work ethic required to be cam neely. i think you're safe.

[@vaughncollar8014]

@@TheHockeyGuy oh for sure JV isn't in the same building as Neely, in pretty much any regards. I was just saying the Vancouver fans are now hyper aware of the dangers of trading someone that might come back to haunt them. Funny enough, I used to play ball hockey and played against Barry Pederson's younger brother over in Naniamo once. He was uber skilled, but even at that level the average sized Dman could rag-doll him.

[@humankirk9196]

Wish you used a thumbnail of Neely scoring on Roy. He *loved* beating the Habs and ending the playoff curse against them. Neely, of course, scored the game and series winner in 1988.

[@richieauger4844]

Neely got 55 goals in the 89-90 season. Craig Janney played 55 games that season. If Janney played the full 80 Neely would have easily gotten 60 goals.

[@bbb462cid]

I coincidentally sat behind Janney's folks at a game in then old Garden once. They drove up to see their son play. I was wearing a Team USA sweater that night because of their son, and Janney's folks and I ended up talking for most of the second intermission. I suppose I could have gotten my sweater signed that night, but I was never into that. I like Janney a lot, he had a lot of potential that unfortunately he never got to realize but on the other hand, he played for his country and made it to the NHL, both of which kids dream about.

[@markandersen793]

Being a Habs fan, I despised the Bruins, but when it came to Cam Neely, I had nothing but the utmost respect for him, he could score 50 goals a season and also beat the toughest hombre with his fists, he was the ultimate power forward.

[@robertkennett83]

Do one for Peter Bondra. The only player in NHL with over 500 goals and under 400 Assists. Premier goal scorer of the dead puck era.

[@dnasty312]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5m1qWWBl8eAnLs

[@bishop529]

Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, remembers "Kick his ass Seabass!"

[@dirtydangler]

Imagine going thru your whole JR career you love scoring goals, then 3 years into your pro career you get to play with Borque & Oats 👌

[@dnasty312]

Actually, Oatsie didn't become a Bruin until 1992-93

[@RzK084]

Even as a lifelong Habs fan, Neely is one of my all time favorite players.

[@timperley69]

That smaller ice at the old Boston Garden really fit his style well, just my .02

[@jackneely5789]

He himself would agree haha

[@geoffquinsey8820]

My favourite THG episode of all time. I can relate to your relationship to Cam Neely so much. Mike Vernon for me.

[@bcscottj]

A very similar career stats line to Pavel Bure in many respects. Rather different playing styles, but I loved watching them both.

[@stevenaudet]

I still got that Neely, Bourque and Oates poster from my youth. Best hockey I ever seen as a kid!

[@swedreamhack5308]

Great player and one of the greatest power forwards imo. Surprised there wasn't a video on Neely already, I think there's a lot of players from the 80-90's that deserves a video eventually.

[@kristiansralfsmucenieks605]

Neely looks like Adam Sandler in the thumbnail, or the other way around 😂

[@BrodieBr0]

I HATED the Bruins back then but loved Neely as a player. (at my age now 48 I've mellowed and hate no teams lol) That man was in a lot of pain after the Ulf injury and I have to commend his effort to put up the numbers he did.

[@danielupsdell2697]

Went to school with cam in maple ridge played hockey and baseball with him as well

[@crm7578]

Also, Glen Wesley was traded to Hartford for multiple picks, one which became Sergei Samsonov, who was traded for Milan Lucic.

[@cpmyers]

One of the greatest ever!

[@ScarecrOmega]

I was so happy Neely won a Stanley Cup in 2011, one of my favorite players All Time.

[@viperswhip]

I had also cheered for the Canucks and Boston, I just loved Neely, Wesley, Boruqe, and everyone else there. I enjoyed Colorado, but preferred Detroit, but when Colorado won Borque the Cup? Well, I will love them forever.

[@atex6175]

Cam Neely was built to be a Bruin and play in the old Boston Garden

[@doggosplosion]

I still remember the old Nike "Cam Neely Workout" commercial. If you don't have a Ray Borque , just use what you got.

[@Whisky_4_1]

"PUMP IT! PUMP IT!" LOL

[@lewisyaworski8962]

Lets give THG a big list of 80s-90s players that he has not done a career video for yet!

[@warwick02]

"For manly love be here March 25th at 2:15am SHARP"

[@SverigeiSverige]

50 goals in 44 games!

[@ScarecrOmega]

I just watched that 50th goal game last week. It's on YT against Washinton.

[@doaftheloaf]

the two other guys who did that wore 66 and 99.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

.... And the other guy's that did that COULDN'T DO What Neely Did..... Hit, Fight, Intimidate Physically, that's what helped make him a H.O.Fer.

[@burchy18]

Never watched him play because I was born in the year he retired lol! None the less, great video. You should do an in depth career video of Henrik Zetterberg too, when you get a chance.

[@jasonmccaslin821]

The year after Oates came in late in the season was when Cam only scored 9 goals in 9 games. Oates went insane. Scored 45 goals and 97 assists without Neely in the lineup. That was a crazy year for scoring. Oates had 142 points. I think Doug Gilmour had 127 points for Toronto. 93-94 was really the only year Oates and Neely got to play much together cause Oates was hurt too the next season.

[@seanpatrickfolster]

Great stuff, thank you. Loved your post on Eric Lindros as well, another great power forward taken from the game too soon. Point of fact: according to Cam, the condition in his leg and hip was not caused by the famous hit from Ulf to Cam. It was caused when Cam went to hit Ulf, and Ulf moved, which caused Cam to strike his leg in an awkward way which led to his rare degenerative condition. You can confirm this by noting that Ulf’s hit was to Cam’s right leg, while Cam’s injury was to his left knee and thigh. While Ulf’s hit on Cam was dirty and he’d done it a number of times before, I’m not sure why Bruins fans keep saying that Ulf’s hit caused that injury. It is fun to dump on Ulf, but it isn’t true that he ended Cam’s career on that open ice check. I don’t know if footage exists of the actual play that injured him.

[@dnasty312]

How'd you feel when "Dummy" Domi popped Ulf under that massive visor of his?

[@jasonsabourin2275]

I think Samuelsson's playing "style" sure didn't help things, also it was a few years down the road till ANYONE found out about the direct cause of the injury..... Then year's of seeing Samuelsson playing hockey, while Bruin's fan's got to see Neely REHABBING.... That was Fkng' SICKENING, knowing that guy was playing, and Neely wasn't.....Seeing him come into Boston with a Great (Cocky)Pittsburgh team Over, and Over, with his "PLAYING STYLE", while arguably your best player is in the Press Box, that is what is etched Into Bruins fan's heads, sorry, but No Matter how much of a conscientious Hockey fan you are I believe that situation is going to Die Hard friend. P.S. Also remember there was half as much media then as there is now, so people weren't getting the facts pounded into them as they do now, when someone heard, and saw something then it was going to take much longer for that initial moment to be corrected/washed away.

[@cameronmackenzie338]

Even Wayne Gretzky says that Cam’s 50goals in 50games should be in the NHL record books, but it won’t because of his knee surgery the previous season. And because of that he started season a bit later than the start of everyone else.

[@DrDetfink]

I hated the Boston Bruins but I loved Cam Neely. The definition of a modern power forward who never backed down from Joey Kocur, Bob Probert, Donald Bashear. Always sticking up for his guys. Then there’s his rival with Ulf Samuelson.

[@alyours2889]

Two words for you: Tim Kerr! Same story....same skill set...same output...nobody ever talks about him! Edit: Thumbs up HG...I see you did make a vid about that mammoth of a player!

[@crm7578]

Awesome. Cam was my favorite player growing up.

[@guillaumelevesque3669]

What a unique kind of player he was.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

He did the things that all the other 50 goal scorers didn't do, which combined,(I think) is the most difficult hockey to play. That's why he earned his spot in the H.O.F.

[@MrOwenHart]

Favorite B’s jersey want a black one

[@Weathership]

I was a pretty big Pederson fan. When I first saw Cam play...I immediately forgot about Barry (well almost)...A huge pleasure to watch him play. I think my wife and I saw him about 20 times at the old Garden. He was so much fun to watch. And he could fight with the best of them. I still hate Samuelsson. And you happened to mention Moog, Oates, and Bourque. These four along with number 37 are the reasons we have been Boston fans since 1986...Our favorite team. Thanks so much for this.

[@christopherrobinson767]

How about a video of the trickle down effect of the Neely trade? If you have not done it already. That has to be one of the longest running trade lineage ever.

[@OttawaNow]

The Career of Peter Bondra | The Career of Keith Tkachuk

[@DARK24-7]

Cam was a beast!!!The Canucks really dropped the ball letting him go!!!If they had kept Neely and with Larionov,Bure,Linden,Maclean,Ronning,etc...

[@doaftheloaf]

to be fair, vancouver raped st louis in the ronning trade.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

......AND The 1st rd. Draft Pick???

[@aamocryp]

would love to see you discuss the career of Saku Koivu

[@gocanuckurself1]

I swear you’ve already done this too lol. But maybe that was just the trade video from Canucks to Bruins.

[@emilioukip1217]

Don't forget the Bruins also has a guy named Ray Bourque on the team

[@Ratzy1614]

now ti remember neely played for canucks and bruins the choices make sense, boy 2011 must have been fun for you

[@richmbailey]

The first Great Eight. Great breakdown. Even with a shortened career, every time he was on the ice he was probably the best player on the ice. That is Hall of Fame quality.

[@bbb462cid]

Well with the exception of Ray Bourque, let's be fair here.

[@matthewarnold7946]

Great video! Life long Bruins fan. Do Ray Bourque next!!!😎

[@Lawomenshoops]

Interesting Neely's first three years were ok, and he becomes a HOFer. Jimmy Carson's first three years are awesome, 37, 55, and 49 goals, two 100 point seasons, the 2nd teenager to score 50 goals, I believe the 1st or 2nd American to score 50 goals. You would have thought Carson is a sure fire HOFer! Always was a fan of Adam Oates. But, seeing him play on TV or the few times he came to LA, you could see how great of a passer he was. But, then he is on the Ducks, and damn, he's older and nearing retirement, but still making amazing passes.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

But who's afraid of "Jimmy Carson"??? What did Carson do when he didn't have the puck?

[@kevansavage3058]

Portland Winterhawk fans have great memories of him and the Memorial Cup team with Glen Wesley, Grant Sasser, Brian Benning, Marty Ruff, Ray Podoloski and the rest. Wesley and Podoloski also played for the Bruins.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

Heath, Kordic, Curran.... Those Portland teams we're Sick.

[@jasonmccaslin821]

Vancouver vs. Boston 2011. That must have been tough. 😋

[@898skater]

I have waited for this vid for years

[@dmac26official]

I'm still waiting on a Career of Ryan Smyth video! 🙂🙃 Keep it up, buddy! 6 more days!

[@Whisky_4_1]

"Kick hisass Seabass!"

[@jessiegandhi4340]

I can’t believe you didn’t do Cam Neely... I know hes the reason you also loves the Bruins

[@bryanbrazeau6742]

You should do a vid on the new rule changes as a refresher, thanks!

[@jasongraham1651]

I remember that trade ...it was a good one at the time!

I recently scored a 1983 Neely Canucks sweater. The debut of the skate.

[@shootermcgavin18]

thats a amazing jersey

[@mmmbopgirl21]

Cam Neely and Craig Janney ! The BEST.

[@jordannovak2268]

Great video! Can you do one on Justin Williams or Jordan Staal, thanks!

[@joehung1552]

Staal is easy. Set a record for the Penguins, won a cup, got stepped on by a Canadian then went downhill after.

[@ricklepick8789]

"Kick His Ass Seabass!"

[@mkailov13]

Ulf Samuelsson has entered the chat

[@johnrickmann5430]

Would love to see one on Alexander Mogilny.

[@reflected4644]

Look up this Yotube Video Scot Kleinendorst TKO's Cam Neely & the revenge Savage player, I grew up in Boston An Irish kid, hits like a freight train.....scores, and will throw hands with even people like Tocchet, Brashear, McSorley? He is still loved and talked about to this day.

[@christopherrobinson767]

The best 200' player to ever play the game.

[@joehung1552]

I sadly only remember Cam from NHL Sega games since I was 10 when he retired. I knew he was good and I hate that one of my favorite players at the time took him out. Don't hate me that as a 5-10 year old I didn't know he was dirty, the only dirty players to me were Graves and Claude Lemieux.

[@bbb462cid]

As long as you hated Claude Lemieux, that's fine

[@jakedoe275]

Turtle neck looks good Shannon👍

[@Svarthok]

Thanks :)

[@parkjoe1]

amen sir!

[@Drew-vn8rx]

my favorite player

[@timw4369]

As someone who played minor hockey with Cam he made the most of his talent. Not the most talented player but grit and intensity and some good luck he became a hall if famer

[@bbb462cid]

Winterhawks!

[@johnbrowne3950]

Look up "power forward" in the dictionary and there's a picture of Neely.

[@saltywingsandavsfan]

I saw that cameo from a Bardown quiz

[@Zamppa86]

Bossy, Neely, Bure...Their knees cut their careers short but if they didn't that whole trio would have scored 700+ regular season goals.

[@bbb462cid]

Bossy was back problems

[@hirundine44]

Was wondering about the player, too...? Thanks!

[@hirundine44]

They were bad because they made trades like this... duh

[@KevinJL]

Should've worn the hat he had on in the movie Wine Em' Dine Em' lol

[@TheGamerApocalypse]

Hey Hockey guy. I have a 1993-1994 sherwood hockey stick with the entire teams signature on it. Supposedly this was Ray Bourques game stick and I’m trying to get someone to confirm this. Do you know who can help? Love the video and thanks .

[@davecalvo6418]

Great insight on the career of such a talented hockey player who never got to achieve his full potential because of that dirty player ulf samulelson Cam will always be my favorite all time hockey player and I'm so happy for both his induction into the hall of fame and his Stanley cup win as a president in 2010/11 ( I saw that as it happened) Kudos to you Cam!!🤟

[@sematic1]

[@christopherfritts4914]

i love salt shakers

[@cameron81anderson]

my dad named me after him!!

[@buckminsterfullerene2149]

Never saw him lose a fight while playing from '86-'90(and he fought in every game I watched). Also, he would frequent The Brother's 4 in my hometown on Cape Cod. My sisters were 6&7 years older than me and would tell me about him beating the crap out of a few dudes every time he was there partying. Prime Neely would beat prime Lucic in fistacuffs

[@yashamaga1319]

I have a floor tile from his house that a friend of mine gave me when her uncle did work on Cam's house lol green tile

[@ConRob734]

Ryan Smyth next please and thank you!!!!

[@VGCAlex]

being a fan of a team in each division doesnt seem so out of place for me im from montreal and ive been a habs fan my entire life and i will be til the day i die but when vegas entered the league i jumped on that bandwagon and i never left. i cheer more for montreal than i do vegas but vegas is still my team

[@brandonrichards4729]

Can you do the career of rod langway and why we need a langway award.

[@cameron8523]

My parents named me after him

[@viff_aventure]

That full circle... when is Vancouver’s turn to be in favour of full circle... sigh

[@bishop529]

Would Cam Neely be considered a player much like Debrincat and Caufeild??; Small frame/ big shot. He was a smaller individual weight wise 185lbs at but of middling height at 6' 1"

[@bbb462cid]

Wasn't a small frame circa 1988

[@kosmicwizard]

Moog video next?

[@bbb462cid]

I have read some things, not necessarily here, about how Gordie Howe did all these things before Neely, and better. He was the 'power forward' Neely later fit the type for, etc. Well firstly, Howe did most things before most living hockey players and did them insanely better. When Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky both say the best player ever was Gordie Howe, well, that is saying a lot. But second and most important, Howe was a physical freak. His body was a thing that seemed custom made to play ice hockey. To do what Howe did you first had to have that strange leg to trunk ratio and _then_ have his skills and toughness and vision and hands. So he can't be a 'prototype' power forward. He was, is. and always will be a player not repeated, that why he is a hockey God. Neely's combination of size strength vision and hands proved the _formula_ for his style of play was correct and very effective and that all teams should strive to have that kind of player.

[@Bruins_fan_1924]

I have a Ray Bourque 1990s Stanley Cup finals jersey

[@vank3780]

SeaBass!!!!!

[@doaftheloaf]

the trade tree is ridiculously long. more so on the pederson side, actually. luongo's in it, so vancouver fans can be happy. i always hated neely, but i'm a habs fan. for some reason, he always had roy's number, and it irritated the shit out of me.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

For Some Reason???.... Neely's a H.O.F'er?!?! He SMOKED Roy, Roy admits it too.

[@doaftheloaf]

@@jasonsabourin2275 yes, but roy is a HOFer as well, and he had the number of more than a few others. neely always got him, though.