Which club has the most grit?

[adubs 8]

Philly tries to be gritty but it backfires on them in the form of playoff eliminations. They try way too hard to be like the broad street bullies and as a result they haven't done anything in the playoffs despite having great teams.

[Stiffy 0]

Philly tries to be gritty but it backfires on them in the form of playoff eliminations. They try way too hard to be like the broad street bullies and as a result they haven't done anything in the playoffs despite having great teams.

It's true. They take it to a level where it is just dumb. However, I kind of respect them for it. Nobody pushes them around, that's for sure.

[clutchngrab 12]

that's Brett "I low-checked a guy's knees and he still kicked my ass" Lebda

No, that's Brett "I broke our leading goal-scorer's foot in practice with my awesome slapper" Lebda. Slapshot ACTIVATE!

[newfy 695]

Except for you right?

Maybe the disagreement comes from the fluidity of the term grit. I say it is an example of grit on the part of the Red Wings to play tough against a team like the Ducks. That the Wings prevail given their natural disadvantage exhibits a greater amount of grit than it takes for the Ducks to exert their physical giftedness on their opponents.

Grit is fighting through the obstacles and opponents, not necessarily limited to the occasional fight with the opponent. May, Eaves, Janik, and Ericsson are (I believe) the only Wings to have fought this season, but they aren't the only gritty Wings.

The Ducks are not incapable of finesse either.

The thing is though that the ducks play that style of gritty play against the wings against EVERY team. The wings for the most part play a soft style of game with a few fairly gritty guys. The ducks night in and night out put their bodies and the other teams bodies on the line. Throwing big hits and scrumming it up. Sure the wings can step up and play like that when they have to but teams like the ducks do it all the time.

The fact that the ducks make other teams like the wings have to step up their play physically so much every game shows how gritty they really play. The wings don't back down and have gotten grittier lately but still, to say the wings are as gritty as the ducks is just ridiculous and to say it you must have your red wing goggles on.

[Chunkylover 26]

The thing is though that the ducks play that style of gritty play against the wings against EVERY team. The wings for the most part play a soft style of game with a few fairly gritty guys. The ducks night in and night out put their bodies and the other teams bodies on the line. Throwing big hits and scrumming it up. Sure the wings can step up and play like that when they have to but teams like the ducks do it all the time.

I guess I don't consider the bolded stuff as gritty play. When I think of grit I think of board battles for the puck. Stuff that Leino couldn't do, but Filppula is actually surprisingly good at. I'll bring up Holmstrom again. That kind of punishment reflects his grittiness.

What you've mentioned is certainly physical play, but you don't need to be hard-working (I think a good synonym for grit) to hit somebody are stick your glove in his face after the game has officially stopped being played.

The fact that the ducks make other teams like the wings have to step up their play physically so much every game shows how gritty they really play. The wings don't back down and have gotten grittier lately but still, to say the wings are as gritty as the ducks is just ridiculous and to say it you must have your red wing goggles on.

Now see, that's just not necessary. Or am I just not gritty enough to hang on the Euro-wuss Red Wings boards?

[newfy 695]

I guess I don't consider the bolded stuff as gritty play. When I think of grit I think of board battles for the puck. Stuff that Leino couldn't do, but Filppula is actually surprisingly good at. I'll bring up Holmstrom again. That kind of punishment reflects his grittiness.

What you've mentioned is certainly physical play, but you don't need to be hard-working (I think a good synonym for grit) to hit somebody are stick your glove in his face after the game has officially stopped being played.

Now see, that's just not necessary. Or am I just not gritty enough to hang on the Euro-wuss Red Wings boards?

Youre right board battles for the puck definitely adds to grit but ehres the thing. Flip and alot of our other guys are great on board battles and are for sure gritty. However teams like Anaheim and Calgary have offenses designed aronud getting the puck deep, hammering the D and creating turnovers while battling along the boards.

If you can hit, fight and battle along the boards like pretty much all of Calgarys players can then youre a grittier player then someone who just battles along the boards. I'm not saying that the wings severely lack grit because they don't anymore but they're not near the top of the league like some ppl here think.