Boston Herald Bad Guys: Top villains in Bruins’ history

[sarge88]

Even better was when Kenny Belanger smeared him into the Meineke Muffler ad, effectively ending his career.



To this day it is the only time I saw a crowd cheer an unconscious player, and then boo him when he gets up.

Man, I loved Belanger when he was here. Very underrated fighter in that era.

 

[jgatie]

So much truth about both, but especially Bikesa. What a fake tough guy, spot picker. Just a complete f***ing p***y.

When I think of fake tough guys, Bieksa is #1 on the list. He was neutered during that SCF; by the time game 7 rolled around, you never even heard his name called, that's how checked-out he was. Every time he was on TV (which wasn't much), he was staring at the ice with a cowering-dog-level fear of catching the eye of Chara, Lucic, McQuaid, or Thornton.

 

[McGarnagle]

When I think of fake tough guys, Bieksa is #1 on the list. He was neutered during that SCF; by the time game 7 rolled around, you never even heard his name called, that's how checked-out he was. Every time he was on TV (which wasn't much), he was staring at the ice with a cowering-dog-level fear of catching the eye of Chara, Lucic, McQuaid, or Thornton.

I'll never forget the end of game 7 when there were 3 seconds on the clock and the Bruins were starting to celebrate already, and dinkwad Bieksa shoots a 120 foot slapshot at Tim Thomas as the clock expired and made him have to drop down for one last save.

 

[jgatie]

I'll never forget the end of game 7 when there were 3 seconds on the clock and the Bruins were starting to celebrate already, and dinkwad Bieksa shoots a 120 foot slapshot at Tim Thomas as the clock expired and made him have to drop down for one last save.

Yeah, that whole team were a bunch of entitled morons. Mark Recchi had to tell Burrows to knock off the shit and "finish this up the right way" in the dying minutes. As the Fat Albert Show once said, that team was like school on Saturday - No class.

 

[DaStinger]

Definately ulf, dirty ****. Mike Ribeiro gets a mention from me, I hated that guy.

 

[aguineapig]

As a lifelong sworn enemy of everything bleu, blanc et rouge I thought surely of them first. But first on my list has to be the 1974 Philadelphia Flyer crime syndicate led by Captain Slash. He would hook, hold ,slash and spear you, then hide behind his goon squad Schultz, Kelly, Saleski, Dupont etc. with his Goldilocks curls and toothless grin. Totally gutless in my book. Bobby Orr would fight his own battles, I always wanted someone to pound his goldilocks ass.

 

[SPB2776]

this right hear.

Domi knocking him out is a great YouTube take...

I'll never forget that night. The Bruins were in Dallas (I'm pretty sure), and Casey gave up like 2 goals in the final minute of the game and they lost. I was in a bar with a bunch of TVs, and just as I looked away, Domi clocked Ulfie and the place went wild.

EDIT: Had to look it up. It was Dallas and it was 3 goals in 50 seconds. Loved the Albanian after that

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

God damn do I ever love a good hate thread.

 

[missingchicklet]

Ulf for sure, with Cooke getting honorable mention. I think that about every opposing fan base hated Ulf with a passion, but of course Boston's has more reason than any to despise that subhuman jackass. I wish him nothing but the worst.

 

[Lobster57]

When I think of fake tough guys, Bieksa is #1 on the list. He was neutered during that SCF; by the time game 7 rolled around, you never even heard his name called, that's how checked-out he was. Every time he was on TV (which wasn't much), he was staring at the ice with a cowering-dog-level fear of catching the eye of Chara, Lucic, McQuaid, or Thornton.

game 1, the scrum in the corner where Ference asks the Sedin if he's okay, you see Looch skate up to Bieksa, Casual Kev can't even make eye contact. All hat, no cattle.

 

[Orr Fourever]

I'll go off the board and say Petr Klima for scoring in overtime in the 1990 SCF's. I'm still bitter about that.

 

[rfournier103]

As a lifelong sworn enemy of everything bleu, blanc et rouge I thought surely of them first. But first on my list has to be the 1974 Philadelphia Flyer crime syndicate led by Captain Slash. He would hook, hold ,slash and spear you, then hide behind his goon squad Schultz, Kelly, Saleski, Dupont etc. with his Goldilocks curls and toothless grin. Totally gutless in my book. Bobby Orr would fight his own battles, I always wanted someone to pound his goldilocks ass.

“Captain Slash!” LOL! I love it.

I was still gestating when this series happened, so I don’t remember it, and I don’t care to watch it. But I can say that Bobby Clarke definitely seems like the kind of guy who will injure you when you’re not looking and chortle about it all the way back to the bench.

I have watched video of him slashing Valeri Kharlamov In the Summit Series. I might have done the same thing myself in that series under those circumstances - but we’re not talking about me.

 

[LSCII]

Not that he was a particularly over the top villain or anything, but I always hated Larry Robinson and his dumb ass Brady bunch reject perm, especially when he had that terrible mustache to go along with it. So bad. Always made me want to smash his face in every time I saw it...

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Not that he was a particularly over the top villain or anything, but I always hated Larry Robinson and his dumb ass Brady bunch reject perm, especially when he had that terrible mustache to go along with it. So bad. Always made me want to smash his face in every time I saw it...

You mean like John Wensink?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

As a lifelong sworn enemy of everything bleu, blanc et rouge I thought surely of them first. But first on my list has to be the 1974 Philadelphia Flyer crime syndicate led by Captain Slash. He would hook, hold ,slash and spear you, then hide behind his goon squad Schultz, Kelly, Saleski, Dupont etc. with his Goldilocks curls and toothless grin. Totally gutless in my book. Bobby Orr would fight his own battles, I always wanted someone to pound his goldilocks ass.

Yes, Clarke was a dirty little shit, but he was tough as nails.

Hockey Fights site lists him with 36 fights in his career.

 

[BruinDust]

The rivalry between Lucic and Komisarek was a entertaining one for it's time.

Another name I toss out there is Phil Kessel. Not so much between him and the Bruins players but the fans in those early years following his trade to TO.

 

[BlackFrancis]

I really wouldn't shed a tear if Chris Nilan was caught sneaking in someone's window in the night and got mauled by pitbulls.

I'd save a pitbull for Harry for signing Nilan after what he did to Nifty.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

I really wouldn't shed a tear if Chris Nilan was caught sneaking in someone's window in the night and got mauled by pitbulls.

I'd save a pitbull for Harry for signing Nilan after what he did to Nifty.

Milbury put him on the all-star team.

 

[BlackFrancis]

Milbury put him on the all-star team.

I'd obviously chosen to forget that part, so thanks for dredging up that trauma.

 

[RoccoF14]

....I'm sorry, but any hate-poll that does not include Matthew Barnaby is invalid.

I used to love watching that guy get speed-bagged.

 

[Friar85]

I am going to commit absolute heresy. I am a die hard Bs fan but I coached one of Ulf’s kids for two years and my son played with one of Ulf’s older kids for two years. They were absolutely the nicest family you could imagine. The perfect hockey parents. I didn’t have similar experiences with a couple of other former NHL dads. Will never have a bad word to say about Ulf or his family.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Could Joe Thornton be considered a villain his attitude in Boston was not the best and he was a poor leader and captain.

 

[BMC]

....I'm sorry, but any hate-poll that does not include Matthew Barnaby is invalid.

I used to love watching that guy get speed-bagged.

OMG I can't believe I forgot about him. My bad, definitely my bad.

 

[BMC]

Could Joe Thornton be considered a villain his attitude in Boston was not the best and he was a poor leader and captain.

To me he was more a disappointment than a villain.

 

[LSCII]

Could Joe Thornton be considered a villain his attitude in Boston was not the best and he was a poor leader and captain.

Whose fault was it that he was appointed as a captain at such a young age, before he was really ready for it though? I see the former players as villains as a huge stretch, tbh. I get why some fans want to demonize ex players, but other than simply being involved in a controversially bad trade, Thornton didn't really have anything to do with how his exit from Boston went down.