If a 3rd round pick turns into a 100 point player who is in the top 5 of scoring over the last 3 years while driving opponents nuts you’d be insane to not want that. That’s like finding a unicorn inside of your sock drawer.
If the Bruins offered to trade us Marchand for free (and we can't then proceed to trade him ourselves, if we take him he's a wing for life), I would say no. I'd rather not have him. I find Bertuzzi tolerable because he flashes enough IQ and has cleaned up his game some. Hopefully Grewe does the same, but I don't like dirty players no matter how they're acquired. It's more like finding the world's best vibrator in your sock drawer, great luck for many, but others would rather not touch it
Like it or not, dirty players are pretty much the foundation of this franchise. Howe was legendary for his dirty elbows. Lindsay was probably the dirtiest player to ever play the game and the league had to create new penalties just to stop his antics. Bob Probert was a great fighter but pretty damn dirty too, as was Joe Kocur. The entire Grind Line (Maltby, McCarty, Draper) made a habit of doing things that would be illegal under the modern rules. Konstantinov delivered more than just clean hits, he rang a few bells with headshots. In more modern times we’ve cheered on teams with all-time dirt bags like Chris Chelios and Todd Bertuzzi. Kronwall is no saint. We even signed Jordin Tootoo. I can keep listing MANY guys who have been on this team who are as dirty or dirtier than Marchand. Every Cup this team has ever won is tainted with dirty players on the roster. Are you ashamed to celebrate the teams heritage knowing it’s covered in dirt? Are you embarrassed that we won Cups with dirtbags? Do you stop cheering for the team whenever they add guys who cross the line? Maybe so you do. Maybe not. All I know is like it or not this franchise has embraced over-the-line players throughout its history and will continue to do so if that’s what helps us win. The red in Red Wings is tainted with lots of blood.
Licks people?
I’m just expecting a 3rd line agitator , and now I gotta hope someone like a sniper puistola ends up being a bust or we’re gonna look like absolute f***en morons
oh sorry i mis heard hakan and thought he meant trex . twas a weird interveiw with hsj as hakan seemed distracted / not listening , maybe on purpose lol . but johanson growing bigger is better than trex so thats good to hear .
And if svech can ever get it going. We could have a really unlikable team in a good way.
