Speculation: Darcy tucker. Never happen again but hilarious. I miss real nasty hockey some days .

[ChurchOfMatthews]

Tucker was fun to watch in the beginning. The fact he stood toe to toe with Jansen tells you the type of warrior he was. No fear.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Tucker and Domi were crazy but super entertaining.

Nothing like it in the modern NHL.

 

[LMFAO]

He wasn't in the lineup that night. Neither was Belak.

He was, he was ejecting out of the game when the incident happened

 

[MJ65]

The player that really impressed me in that era was Gary Roberts despite being seriously injured (career threating neck injury), he was still so tough and still a pretty useful player and a goal scorer

Hats of to Roberts

 

[TimPeel]

The guy is a real warrior. He would be looked down upon in this feminized league.

 

[MJ65]

Tucker and Domi were crazy but super entertaining.

Nothing like it in the modern NHL.

Tucker was not only a tough guy but was also a scoring threat and Domi would provide you the necessary toughness that was needed in that era (the enforcer) and yet he would give you some needed goals as well (approx. 8 - 10 goals a season).

 

[therealkoho]

That blow hard Burke preaches that our Leafs need proper levels of pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence. Then, he goes and trades for Phil Kessel!

Our Leafs could use a Darcy Tucker type player right now IMHO. Darcy could play some hockey by scoring goals, hitting and throwing punches when necessary. That's something we could use on Matthews wing.

totally disingenuous inre your statement about Burkie

he had Primeau, Mayers, Orr, Rosehill, Exelby, Deveaux all in the system, he didn't need more muscle, he needed scoring

 

[DoobieDubas]

Hope this links for me.

Lets pay some homage to some of our nasty Scrappers of the past since we might never ser it again. Watch tucks clean Chara out lol. )

Lots of Boston beating ha. Add some favorites of your own since it's completely not our identity again for about ever

That chara hit brings back nostalgia

 

[therealkoho]

Doesn't exist, IMO.

there's a guy in Boston who would beg to differ, not only a disturber but loads of skill and he drops em when the time is right

and yes I'd love him in a Leafs uni

 

[Muston Atthews]

A guy who could handle the puck, score, intimidate, threw the body and the mitts? Leafs could use a few of those guys

 

[Coachcorner]

Favorite players of all time. We need that type of sucka dirt back there. Kadri's aaight, but Tucker, Corson, Roberts Domi etc were some real fools in this dirt. They ride that dirt to the fullest. To the bloody end. We needs that there if want to succeed and lift that cup. Did that and do it. Get some.

 

[MJ65]

Favorite players of all time. We need that type of sucka dirt back there. Kadri's aaight, but Tucker, Corson, Roberts Domi etc were some real fools in this dirt. They ride that dirt to the fullest. To the bloody end. We needs that there if want to succeed and lift that cup. Did that and do it. Get some.

Coach where have you been - when you are going to start a new thread

 

[Coachcorner]

Coach where have you been - when you are going to start a new thread

I'm bout my money mayne. But I'm bout to start some real cool action jackson soon enough holmes. We gon see to it and get it done. Our Toronto Maple Leafs and Tucker deserve it. In the mean while, invest to the maple leafs organisation and make them even more rich and powerful. We have it all now mayne. The money, the power and the personel.

 

[8816 others]

My favourite player since his Kamloops Blazer days. My coach did their radio coverage so he would often have various players attend our practices. He and Tyson Nash seemed to enjoy it the most. He gave me a little lesson on lifting the puck up infront of the net. When he started scoring at will with his JVR-like net front presense later in his Leafs career, I would think back to that memory. I was sad to see him end up on the Habs, but jumping up and down when he was traded from the Lightning. I loved his nastyness with scoring touch. Ashame he didn't get to retire a Leaf.

 

[frog]

I would say Tucker was very similar to Kadri.. Although Tucker was meaner and tougher and more of a shit disturber. Kadri plays like Tucker when he gets mad, Tucker always played like Tucker and would fight Patrick Eaves randomly or throw body check after body check after body check just for the sake of it. Kadri is usually pretty tame in comparison... Until he gets mad

 

[pcruz]

How is it possible that having Tucker on the team didn’t prevent this from happening? Isn’t that the point of having someone like him?

Possibly the same way that the penal system is designed to help reduce the frequency that people break the law.
It’s not going to stop people from ever breaking the law, but for the most part, when people are contemplating whether to do something stupid or not, the 5-25 year sentence in jail is something they weigh.

 

[93WrapAround]

Not sure how Tucker “represents an era of mediocrity” when Sundin was there for that exact same era from ‘99-‘00 onwards. Including the ‘02 conference final. Shouldn’t the buck stop with Sundin or can he do no wrong ?

Are we comparing Sundin to Tucker? I'm saying the love Tucker got from Leafs fans (arguably more love than Sundin, who wasn't unanimously loved) was not comperable to the value the player provided. Hence, I think he was one of the most overrated Leafs of that generation. He was a good player but highly replaceable, but that wasn't really reflected in the love he received. I think there were similarly a bunch of good/mediocre players in that era that Leaf fans simply unanimously loved unconditionallly. I don't mean to say Tucker was the only one, just that he is one of those guys that represents the love affair Toronto has with those types of players - unfairly I would add.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Not sure how Tucker “represents an era of mediocrity” when Sundin was there for that exact same era from ‘99-‘00 onwards. Including the ‘02 conference final. Shouldn’t the buck stop with Sundin or can he do no wrong ?

It was a very successful pat Quinn era actually so I don't get that very much also

 

[Pookie]

This was one of the hardest hits not thrown by Wendel Clark that I have seen in my history of following the Leafs:

 

[Wafflewhipper]

That chara hit brings back nostalgia

Chara was scared of Domi actually lol

 

[Pookie]

 

[Pookie]

This was memorable too... if only because I took a client to the game who turned out to be an obnoxious Sens fan (should have known). Score was 5-1 Sens (regular season of course) and this was about the only highlight of the game:



He seemed to find a way to get away from the tie downs by getting his right arm free in most fights.

 

[pcruz]

there's a guy in Boston who would beg to differ, not only a disturber but loads of skill and he drops em when the time is right

and yes I'd love him in a Leafs uni

Ratface is a rich man's Tucker

 

[Kiwi]

That is without doubt one of the most insane things I've seen in sports, skating over so you can fight everybody on the opposition bench takes a special type of crazy

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Possibly the same way that the penal system is designed to help reduce the frequency that people break the law.
It’s not going to stop people from ever breaking the law, but for the most part, when people are contemplating whether to do something stupid or not, the 5-25 year sentence in jail is something they weigh.

Except no correlation between having an enforcer and getting hit less or less injuries has ever been determined. In fact studies show that it’s mostly random.