Vox Populi 2013

[Coup Verville]

Although I respect your opinion on many things, including this topic, I have to say that the late 80's Red Wings would have mopped the floor with them. Probert and Kocur were the two baddest MF's to ever lace em up.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Coup Verville

Although I respect your opinion on many things, including this topic, I have to say that the late 80's Red Wings would have mopped the floor with them. Probert and Kocur were the two baddest MF's to ever lace em up.

I'm old enough to remember Probert and Kocur and they were both way better fighters than anyone the Sabres had.

However, those Ted Nolan teams with the Sabres had some flat out goons and dirty, cheap, cheap players who always instigated stuff.

You couldn't watch a Sabres game without seeing shenanigans at some point in the game. They're the only team I can ever remember from growing up, who could put 5 legit goons on the ice at the same time if they wanted to.

[Revidere]

Originally Posted by Coup Verville

Although I respect your opinion on many things, including this topic, I have to say that the late 80's Red Wings would have mopped the floor with them. Probert and Kocur were the two baddest MF's to ever lace em up.

Probert and Kocur were so tough, that after a while, no one bothered to challenge them.

Except Tie Domi!

[Coup Verville]

...and Troy Crowder. I remember growing up and watching those games. It actually got to the point in Detroit where you would look at the schedule to see who the Wings were playing and thinking "great, that means Probie is going to fight _____, or Kocur is going to fight ____." And, if somebody like Domi or Crowder would get the upper hand on one of them, there was a re-match that was talked about until the next time they played.

For Bob Probert to lose a fight was the end of the world.

[Coup Verville]

The Domi fight was great. I have never seen anyone smile while fighting.

[Immanuel Kant]

I am a bit (cough, cough) older so I'd like to bring to your attention the name engraved on the Lady Byng trophy as recipient two years running...Stan Mikita(66-67. 67-68)

On his wikipedia page I found the following:

In his early years, Mikita was among the most penalized players in the league, but he then decided to play a cleaner game and went on to win the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanlike conduct twice. Mikita's drastic change in behavior came after he returned home from a road trip. His wife told him that while their daughter, Meg, was watching the Black Hawks' last road game on television, she turned and said, "Mommy, why does Daddy spend so much time sitting down?" The camera had just shown Mikita in the penalty box again (from Mikita's autobiography "I Play to Win.")

What the page does not say is that Stan announced to the press at training camp that he was going to 'clean up his play" and then proceeded to play exactly as he had before....chippy, elbows first, etc, etc. but because he had told the press he was 'clean", the refs stopped looking at him.

ps....the Broad Street Bullies were pretty tough

[Gate Dancer]

Give me the cast of characters that played against the Hanson brothers in the final game of Slapshot..................

[Coup Verville]

It begins and ends with Oggie Oglethorpe