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[El Kabong]

Sid The Kid dropping the gloves .....uninspiring

[Beanflicker]

Yeah he's not challenging for the HW title any time soon. To his credit though, Dubinsky is probably the biggest and most experienced guy he's fought so far and he managed to get a right hand in so good for him. Usually he fights other smaller skill guys. At least he's not a Wayne Gretzky or worse, an Alexander Semin

[El Kabong]

Yeah he's not challenging for the HW title any time soon. To his credit though, Dubinsky is probably the biggest and most experienced guy he's fought so far and he managed to get a right hand in so good for him. Usually he fights other smaller skill guys. At least he's not a Wayne Gretzky or worse, an Alexander Semin

I mean props to Sid for dropping the gloves, but Letang is out already, the playoffs are coming up, you can't risk yourself as leader/leading scorer like that. Gretzky never had to fight, he had Semenko, McClelland, and McSorely...but that's when hockey was a far rougher game than it is today.


Ever learn anything about the old timers? Eddie Shore was the Ty Cobb of hockey...tough, gritty, pure hustle the entire time he was on the ice.

[Beanflicker]

Eddie Shore was the Ty Cobb of hockey

I don't know if his hatred of blacks, women, and everyone else could match Cobb's though haha

And yeah Sid shouldn't be fighting, but it's got to be tough on him. When you're the star player for the other team, everyone's going to be taking runs at your and giving you whacks with the stick. It's not like the old days with the enforcers like you said. Sid's dad said once that guys have been taking runs at him since he was a kid playing peewee hockey, because he was always the best player on the ice.

[El Kabong]

Eddie Shore was the Ty Cobb of hockey

I don't know if his hatred of blacks, women, and everyone else could match Cobb's though haha

And yeah Sid shouldn't be fighting, but it's got to be tough on him. When you're the star player for the other team, everyone's going to be taking runs at your and giving you whacks with the stick. It's not like the old days with the enforcers like you said. Sid's dad said once that guys have been taking runs at him since he was a kid playing peewee hockey, because he was always the best player on the ice.

I meant in how he played the game....all hustle no frills, just 100% blood, sweat, and tears.


Crosby should have it out with his enforcers, he shouldn't have to fight at all. Good on him for doing so, but it wasn't pretty.