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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:04:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had season tickets during Proberts heyday. It was awesome. MaCarty was solid Joey Kocur was the toughest, IMHO Shanahan was not an enforcer but he could scrap with the best of them Vladimir Konstantinov was as tough as anyone who ever skated Vlad should have won the Conn Smythe in 97. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:08:37 PM EDT
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God Vlady was amazing. Scared the shit out of me as a kid, he was going to have such an incredible career.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1058/4992/products/Konstintinov-Vladinator-T-Shirt-UNISEX_1800x1800.jpg?v=1610582527 I ordered this shirt a few years ago, wear it all the time |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:09:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:17:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probert is the obvious answer. Best pure fighter?...maybe Tony Twist but that’s all he was good for. Probie could actually play the game and did it over a long career. My take on it. IIRC, Probert and Twist went 3 times with Twist taking 2 out of 3. Probert could pretty much skate circles around twist. Probert was my answer when I read the thread title. I'm a 50 year Blues fan who HATED Bob Probert when he played. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:18:54 PM EDT
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Biznasty
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:19:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probert is the obvious answer. Best pure fighter?...maybe Tony Twist but that’s all he was good for. Probie could actually play the game and did it over a long career. This. Probert was a very good player. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:20:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Vlad should have won the Conn Smythe in 97. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I had season tickets during Proberts heyday. It was awesome. MaCarty was solid Joey Kocur was the toughest, IMHO Shanahan was not an enforcer but he could scrap with the best of them Vladimir Konstantinov was as tough as anyone who ever skated Vlad should have won the Conn Smythe in 97. Monica I was at the game where he hip checked Craig Mactavish (last guy to not wear a helmet) and flipped him ... He had such a future. What an awful thing, that damned limo ride. 
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:24:14 PM EDT
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https://youtu.be/1basz-WWITg
Wrong. Zdeno Chara is the correct answer. At 7' tall on skates there weren't too many guys that had much for him. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:25:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:32:23 PM EDT
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Daren Mccarty. Great guy, fuck around with his people and watch out.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:35:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Still is  
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:46:56 PM EDT
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Wendel Clark
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:55:11 PM EDT
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Many years ago when I was of college age, I was preparing to go out and hit the bars when I hear a commotion downstairs. I head down and behold I see my roommate standing up in front of the tv in a boxing stance hootin’ & hollerin’ & carrying on.
He is a huge Red Wings fan and the game was on. Probert had some dude with his jersey over his head and was administering his trademark enforcement. That was the day I was introduced to the ways of Bob Probert. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:58:45 PM EDT
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Bobby Orr, Keith Magnuson, Bobby hull. My dad used to go to the Hawks games and, he would tell stories of the ice covered in blood all the time.
I don't think they wore helmets back then either. They didn't consider it a good game if there wasn't blood. 
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:15:42 PM EDT
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The documentary on Probert was very good.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:22:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wendel Clark Yeah but even at the time everyone said he was “Wendel at home, Wendy on the road” - direct quote, not even kidding. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:23:05 PM EDT
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Keith Magnason from the Chicago Black Hawks back in the 1970s impressed me.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:26:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a Flyers fan I give the nod to Scott Stevens. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but the dude could lay the lumber. Fuck Scott Stevens. Pretty much ended Lindros career with the hit he laid on him  Scott Stevens DESTROYS Eric Lindros - ECF 2000 (Full Incident) |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:31:15 PM EDT
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Of current players, I like Tom Wilson.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:32:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was always a show when Shanny would drop the gloves! Man I miss the 90’s/00’s Wings. Amen! Magical years in Hockeytown, for sure. And speaking of those teams, honorable mention in this thread to Martin LaPointe, who despite being smaller, could make you see stars in short order:  Martin Lapointe knocks out Kris King |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:40:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Amen! Magical years in Hockeytown, for sure. And speaking of those teams, honorable mention in this thread to Martin LaPointe, who despite being smaller, could make you see stars in short order:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJ0R8IjFVEQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It was always a show when Shanny would drop the gloves! Man I miss the 90’s/00’s Wings. Amen! Magical years in Hockeytown, for sure. And speaking of those teams, honorable mention in this thread to Martin LaPointe, who despite being smaller, could make you see stars in short order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJ0R8IjFVEHave you seen Marty lately? Holy crap that dude is a BEAST now. Like a fitness *freak*. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:48:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty much ended Lindros career with the hit he laid on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JC7xyBuHrc.Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As a Flyers fan I give the nod to Scott Stevens. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but the dude could lay the lumber. Fuck Scott Stevens. Pretty much ended Lindros career with the hit he laid on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JC7xyBuHrc.Bebe Lindros. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:48:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Of current players, I like Tom Wilson. Ugh I fuckin hate Wilson
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:50:39 PM EDT
[#24]
Probert
Rob Ray wasn't too shabby |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:56:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.cnyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ogie.jpg Not NHL but still the best of all time! Ogeltorp? No, Ogelthorp... |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 2:57:09 PM EDT
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Amazingly no mention of Gordie Howe.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:01:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Amazingly no mention of Gordie Howe. Definitely in the mix of power forward though. He was not just one thing. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:04:10 PM EDT
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You have to be an old fan to remember Dave Schultz. His nickname was "The Hammer". He was one tough dude and afraid of no one.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:13:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude Mac was my boy in the early days. He stepped in to take the load off Probie and fought guys WAY above his class and did fairly decent against them. I have a ton of his fights on DVD somewhere, he was nuts back in the day. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Agreed Probert it is. Darren Mccarty was also up there as well. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/162439/mccarty-lemieuxjpg-e7e9aa472f3c83f2_jpg-1791295.JPG Looked like this.. ----> Dude Mac was my boy in the early days. He stepped in to take the load off Probie and fought guys WAY above his class and did fairly decent against them. I have a ton of his fights on DVD somewhere, he was nuts back in the day. He's a really cool guy as well! He was pretty messed up on hard drugs and hung with the wrong people that screwed his life up, but is better now. His body is destroyed now (his words) but he's betting his shit together. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:16:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh and Probert was clean and sober as a judge right?  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Lol. I think you mean Tony Twist. Here's Bob Probert not wanting any. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmTj0OpMh7U Yeah, getting popped with insane amounts of coke while drunk as shit trying to cross the Ambassador bridge into CA. I guess Customs didn't appreciate that
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:21:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a Flyers fan I give the nod to Scott Stevens. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but the dude could lay the lumber. Fuck Scott Stevens. Stevens hit like a truck but I'm not sure he was an enforcer |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:25:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINYQ4zYNzIThat time when Darren McCarty coldcocked Claude Lemieux’s punk ass for the dirty hit on Kris Draper was one of the greatest punches thrown in hockey history. And then it descended into Peter Forsberg getting a whoopin, Brendan Shanahan beating Patrick Roy’s ass and Mike Vernon leaving the crease to get some. I used to LOVE hockey and those Wings teams were the reason why. I don't watch anymore because the game of hockey will NEVER be better than that. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:29:03 PM EDT
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My favorite
 Maybe not the best but one of the last. League tried to keep him down but he still became the All Star Game MVP. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:39:08 PM EDT
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Gino Odjick.
Really though Probert and kocur as the bruise bros. might have been the toughest duo on the ice ever. There's been a lot of great ice cops and I haven't read the whole thread, so here's a few in no order Darren Langdon could throw, twist juiced up and became a monster. Cement head The grim reaper was badass and he had a few good fights with Probie. Chris Nilan Marty mcChicken Tie dummie was fun to watch For little guys though I gotta go with Rick Rypien Too bad those days are long gone. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:46:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:48:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He wasn’t an enforcer though. That was pure hitting and straight-up mean. I remember a story with his wife when the Debils were in the Finals once. His wife said he gave her front row tickets but he was so different on the ice that she moved back so she didn’t have to see that mean-streak side of him. Whether true or not, I don’t know, but it was her in the interview. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As a Flyers fan I give the nod to Scott Stevens. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but the dude could lay the lumber. Fuck Scott Stevens. He wasn’t an enforcer though. That was pure hitting and straight-up mean. I remember a story with his wife when the Debils were in the Finals once. His wife said he gave her front row tickets but he was so different on the ice that she moved back so she didn’t have to see that mean-streak side of him. Whether true or not, I don’t know, but it was her in the interview. You did not want to skate through center ice with your head down when Scott Stevens was on the ice. He would make you regret that decision for a couple of days. Lol |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 3:58:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 90s had that time though where they dicked up the offsides rule so nobody could “tag up”. Those games were brutal. Combine that with the Trap system and some games were just horrible to watch. The 80s style tag-up/run and gun style is more my style. It’s a good mix now though, that they semi-reinstituted a tag up rule. The flow is back, just not as much as the 80s. You could have 4 guys offside so long as they tagged up... probably a nightmare for the linesmen to track but oh well. Yeah, the game also became a lot more fluid once they ditched that 2-line pass whistle stoppage nonsense. In my inline league (well, before the Covid fvcked everything up) I can cross the blue line before the puck carrier, he just can't pass it to me until he's over. Also, we play 4 on 4. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:01:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINYQ4zYNzIThat time when Darren McCarty coldcocked Claude Lemieux’s punk ass for the dirty hit on Kris Draper was one of the greatest punches thrown in hockey history. And then it descended into Peter Forsberg getting a whoopin, Brendan Shanahan beating Patrick Roy’s ass and Mike Vernon leaving the crease to get some. Ahhhhh the good ole days! |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:14:04 PM EDT
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Terry O'Reilly. Honorable mention to Peter McNab.
 Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers - Fight In The Stands |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:18:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite https://nhl.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/02/scott-ride-e1454347460447.jpg Maybe not the best but one of the last. League tried to keep him down but he still became the All Star Game MVP. I absolutely love this guy’s story. You’re right, the League ran him out of town but he ends up being MVP. I loved that. I don’t really watch All Star games but I watched this one. From goon to winner, it was a really heartwarming story. The kind of thing that would make Don Cherry choke up. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:19:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From the way back machine; Dave "The Hammer" Shultz. I can't believe it took that long for someone to speak the TRUTH !! |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:23:40 PM EDT
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Not an NHL guy but one of the meanest sob's I ever saw play was Dennis Sicard. Didn't wear shoulder pads because they hampered his fighting. Rumor has it that he bit off the finger of a guy he was fighting. He played here locally one year and I was able to ask him about it but all he did was smile.
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:27:37 PM EDT
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Like some others have said, Dave "The Hammer" Schultz. I have seen him live in action.
Actually the whole team earned their nickname "The Broad Street Bullies." The greatest game in all of hockey was when the Flyers beat the Russian Army team in 1976. I missed the first half because I was outside the Spectrum as part of an anti-Soviet group picketing the event. Went home after it started and caught the second half. Someone commented "The Red Army hadn't taken that bad a beating since 1941." Another one said that was the era of no helmets and no teeth.  THE FLYERS RED ARMY GAME, THE ROUGHEST, MOST BIZARRE HOCKEY GAME EVER |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:36:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gino Odjick. Really though Probert and kocur as the bruise bros. might have been the toughest duo on the ice ever. There's been a lot of great ice cops and I haven't read the whole thread, so here's a few in no order Darren Langdon could throw, twist juiced up and became a monster. Cement head The grim reaper was badass and he had a few good fights with Probie. Chris Nilan Marty mcChicken Tie dummie was fun to watch For little guys though I gotta go with Rick Rypien Too bad those days are long gone. I had a Langdon game worn jersey. Or should I say “game-thrashed”. It was exactly what game worn jersey collectors love: a story. Every tear and repair and stain has a story behind it. Most wrecked I’ve ever seen was a McCarty jersey though. The sleeves had so many repairs they were crazy stiff. |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:47:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not an NHL guy but one of the meanest sob's I ever saw play was Dennis Sicard. Didn't wear shoulder pads because they hampered his fighting. Rumor has it that he bit off the finger of a guy he was fighting. He played here locally one year and I was able to ask him about it but all he did was smile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZOZ6PYeycI |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:52:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was thinking Probert when I opened the thread! First name that came to mind when I saw the title. 
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:54:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had a Langdon game worn jersey. Or should I say “game-thrashed”. It was exactly what game worn jersey collectors love: a story. Every tear and repair and stain has a story behind it. Most wrecked I’ve ever seen was a McCarty jersey though. The sleeves had so many repairs they were crazy stiff. That's pretty awesome.. one of the best toe to toes i remember was Langdon and Brett lindros. For years I used to tape every game that was on and then transfer just the fights from one vcr to another. Nowhere near the quality of the guy who used to sell them out of the back of the hockey news, but were still great to put on and watch. I've got days worth of fights. I've got an old Odjick skate logo jersey with the tie down, but not game worn |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 4:59:08 PM EDT
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God I love these threads. Tons of great candidates, but the OG is still the best.
Schultzie  |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 5:12:48 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty much ended Lindros career with the hit he laid on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JC7xyBuHrc.Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As a Flyers fan I give the nod to Scott Stevens. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but the dude could lay the lumber. Fuck Scott Stevens. Pretty much ended Lindros career with the hit he laid on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JC7xyBuHrc.Lindros fucked him up years earlier.  Eric Lindros vs Scott Stevens |
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Posted: 1/22/2021 5:18:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a Flyers fan I give the nod to Scott Stevens. Maybe not the greatest fighter, but the dude could lay the lumber. Fuck Scott Stevens. True story when I was a kid a bunch of us went to a Devils game and hung out in tree parking lot and waited for thee players to come out and go to their cars. We asked them for autographs and everyone except Scott Stevens was friendly and accommodating and would talk to is and Joe with us. Scott Stevens told us to fuck off. We ended up chasing him to his car making fun of him. I'm sure if he wanted to be could've kicked all of our asses. |
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