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Yep, if Dats was Canadian, you'd see people walking around Toronto with tatoos of his deke on Turco. esteef

because he's not Canadian. esteef

Start a new thread ya Goof!

Goons don't play in the playoffs because teams don't want to risk PP opportunities as much with more riding on the game itself. There are still altercations in the playoffs though, just not ones with the likes of the Boogaards, or Parros's of the league. And Again, a certain amount of cheap shots will still exist with even with fighters, but not as many. Players get intimidated, do they admit it in the media? Maybe not. But I can tell you Hudler does not go into the corners to dig pucks out against bigger opposing players. Why? I see Wings players (not named Datsyuk, Hossa or Zetterberg) pull up all the time to avoid being roughed up in the corners digging the puck out, and ultimately they lose the puck a lot of those times. Fighters of all types basically have free reign over star players with regard to toughness in the reg/ season and playoffs. You won't see Laraque challenge a star player, but you'll damed sure see him knock the s*** out of them every chance he gets, sometimes late after the whistle, sometimes a little from behind, whatever. Who's gonna do something about it? No one. Intimidation is alive and well in all sports, I don't care what Borje says. esteef

Or how about asking players who barely speak English big long drawn out questions? The players are like WTF?!! John Keating = esteef

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Disagree. I think if there were absolutely no tough guys, you would see a lot more of those "shenanigans" than you do now. Does fighting absolutely stop all cheap shots? No. Does it deter some of it? In my opinion yes. Also, there's the intimidation factor that tough guys provide, much like smoking guys that come across the middle with their head down. It makes a difference. esteef

The NBA licks balls. esteef

Of course, when he knows he won't be "held accountable". esteef

More of this please! Cheers! esteef

The most noticeable thing missing from this year compared to those replays so far is Kronwall's devastating hits. Hopefully those will pick up again come playoff time this year. esteef

All while being booed. esteef

Well it certainly won't be evil Lidstrom with his spolied brat, elitist, too good for the ASG, vacation taking ass! esteef edit: forgot "evil"

Hold up. The Wings totally DOMINATE the Pens 3-0, completely shutting Crosby and Malkin down on national tv. The announcers finally throw in a few "Mr. Illitch is great", "The Wings have good scouts", blah blah in between their normal knob-slobbing of Crosby (who was invisible in this game mind you) and we're supposed to feel all warm and fuzzy? What would've happened if the game was close? Would the SC Champ Wings have gotten their ass-kissing then? I bet not. They only said "nice" things during the game because the score dictated it. No soup for them! esteef

Bravo!

f*** You Dallas!

Helm > Kopecky. Proven. esteef

I can vouche for that! Those tricky b*tches! esteef

They should do them like those ***** slap contests you see on the Internet. Take turns smacking the s*** out of each other until someone yields. esteef

No s***! Put THAT in a commercial! I'm actually surprised Chelios wasn't on there more for whining as much as Nashville carries on about him. esteef

It doesn't mean diddley here, same as when players speak out in support of fighting/tough guys, it falls on deaf ears. People have their opinions and that's that. esteef

Sounds like a lot of folks on this board. esteef