cam neely, wendel clark, rick tocchet. they all fit the bill the best in my eyes. messier was not that great of a fighter, he was a great leader and fought when he needed to but nothing great.
lindros when he first came up was just a monster, he could score, hit and beat the hell out of you. lindros won a lot of fights by tko or ko early on, he beat stevens, had a good fight with daneyko which was either a draw or win eric, beat odelein, boughner2x. i didnt even fully go through the fights i have seen and have on my computer. those were some of the tougher guys in the 90s, his only real big loss was to mcsorely.
shanahan fits the mold well too, consistantly a threat in all three. he has put up the points over the years for what i hope is a hall of fame career, will hit you with a clean body check, and if you want to retaliate for that he will drop the gloves with you. ill always recall when tkachuk gave him a highstick and cut him open, shanny went to the lockerroom and got stitched up. when he returned he came out and pummeled KT. i would put him higher than messier.
i'd really have to go with lindros, clark or neely. i have collected a lot of fights over the years, and them three fit it the best