Saturday, August 28, 2010

Boris Valabik


I love Boris and what's not to love? He's a complete beast on the ice taking anyone and everyone on, including fighting with Chris Thorburn during practice! Off ice is a complete different story, he makes my day whenever he smiles. Boris is a giant but it doesn't seem to intermediate anyone (even me) . Boris is not only huge he is very smart and knows 3 languages (German, Slovakian, and English) . I love watching Boo bear during practice he doesn't smile much but when he does it's a very wonderful moment. Boris is a 6 foot 7 250 pound teddy bear who was born February 14 1986 in Nitra Slovakia. We are literally 10 months and 1 day a part in age and have connections to the same small country!! Boris is very driven and loves his family when he has a summer break he doesn't go on vacation he just goes home and hangs out with his loved ones. I don't blame him, I know if I wasn't home for a while (like when I went off to School) I would just wanna be home. Boris was our draft pick in 2004 (the year before I graduated from high school). He went in the 1st round (10th over all). He is mainly just the enforcer (meaning he's just there to give dirty looks and fight) scoring no goals but getting hurt a lot. I miss him when he's hurt and unable to practice with the team. Boris is the enforcer but he is soo sweet to fans and to his teammates. one day Zach Bogosian asked him what to do for a drill and he explained it to Zach then shoved Zach behind him telling him to watch and observe what to do. I love Boris for that. Going back to the whole enforcer thing, boo-boo hasn't scored any goals with the thrashers but scored a few goals with his AHL team and OHL team and even a few with his Slovakian team! In 2002-2003 he was playing in Juniors in Slovakia making 2 goals and 12 assists! In 2003-2004 he played only for the Kitchner Rangers (OHL) where he scored 3 goals and 13 assists. The 2004-2005 and the 2005-2006 was split between Kitchner and Slovakia. His 2005-2006 Kitchner stats were better than the 2004-2005 stats, in 2004-2005 he only scored 4 assists and in 2005-2006 he scored 1 goal and 9 assists. The Slovakian stats were similar, in 2004-2005 he scored he only scored 1 assist and in 2005-2006 he scored 1 goal and 5 assists. In 2006-2007 he played for the Chicago wolves where he scored 2 goals and 7 assists. The following 2 seasons were split between the Chicago wolves and the thrashers. During the 2007-2008 season he scored no goals or assists with the thrashers but scored 1 goal and 7 assists with the wolves and in the 2008-2009 season he scored 5 assists with the thrashers and 1 goal and 2 assists for the wolves. This past season (2009-2010) he wasn't able to play that often because of his injuries but he did manage to score 2 assists. He made it to the play off in 5 seasons (2003-2004 ,2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008) but only scored 2 assists in the 2005-2006 playoffs for kitchner and 1 assist in 2007-2008 with chicago. He is doing pretty decent but I think he needs to gain more confidence in his scoring abilities, since he's been playing since he was 6 he should be confident enough in his game to be able to score more goals. I do however love his tough hit people ask questions later style of play. The Thrashers GM (Rick Dudley) was quoted as saying that he thinks that Boris would be a big part of the team if he was more comfortable but I think if you're comfortable enough to hit people than you're comfortable enough to score goals. I love Boo-boo and hope he's healthy enough to play a full season this season. Good luck Boo-boo!!

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