enforcer/agrivators prospects that have skill?

[BuddehJuS]

Cormier is pure enforcer, he has very little or if any upside at the NHL level.

 

[FTowwn]

Dan Carcillio
Steve Downie
Josh Beauliu
Milan Lucic
Danny Bois
Nick Foligno

 

[CharlieGirl]

David Clarkson

Good choice -- and one of my favourite players from junior.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Is Cally causing **** in the A? He was always fiesty but I'm not sure I'd call him an agitator (and certainly not an enforcer ).

Definitely. He's constantly hitting, slashing, whacking, etc. I love his play.

He's also absolutely lighting the league up. His offense is far more than any of us expected!

 

[Feed Me A Stray Cat]

Good choice -- and one of my favourite players from junior.

I absolutely loved his game last year with Albany. Can skate, not a terrible stick handler, and good at stashing pucks in around the net. A very hard hitter and good fighter too. Always yapping and gets under the opponents skin.

 

[CharlieGirl]

I absolutely loved his game last year with Albany. Can skate, not a terrible stick handler, and good at stashing pucks in around the net. A very hard hitter and good fighter too. Always yapping and gets under the opponents skin.

Sounds like his game hasn't changed from junior -- if a player was talking to the ref/opposing players/fans/anyone, you didn't have to check the number on the back of the jersey to know who it was. He also took a ton of abuse in front of the net, and didn't let it phase him a bit.

 

[Dig Out Your Soul]

Definitely. He's constantly hitting, slashing, whacking, etc. I love his play.

He's also absolutely lighting the league up. His offense is far more than any of us expected!

Really great to hear (I knew about his goal scoring).

 

[Boomhower]

Dan Carcillio
Steve Downie
Josh Beauliu
Milan Lucic

Bealieu has mellowed since he was drafted. As a 17 year old he took on everyone, but in the last couple years he's been a passive physical player. In interviews he says he's trying to concentrate on his goal scoring and he's going to let other guys on the team handle 'that stuff'. Unfortunately he hasn't done much scoring and while he fights every once in a while, he no longer plays on the edge.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Lucic can play and fight, but damn he's got some bad posture.

 

[Roger's Pancreas*]

Bealieu has mellowed since he was drafted. As a 17 year old he took on everyone, but in the last couple years he's been a passive physical player. In interviews he says he's trying to concentrate on his goal scoring and he's going to let other guys on the team handle 'that stuff'. Unfortunately he hasn't done much scoring and while he fights every once in a while, he no longer plays on the edge.

His NHL career is over before it even started, if that's the case.

 

[nuckfan insk]

Ryan Callahan and Dane Byers for the Rangers.

Brandon Dubinsky can be quite a pest and will never duck a fight, either.

dane byers for sure.he has improved soo much in the last 2 seasons. really wishing he was in the nucks system

 

[Skyblaze]

I think Downie is the one that has the most potential.

New names to the thread, Alexei Emelin (if he ever decides to come over from Russia) has quite the nasty streak while being a possibly good stay-at-home defenseman.

The Gatineau Olympiques' Keven Petit fits the bill, but he's unlikely to make it to the NHL.

 

[teddygmr]

my vote would go to Milan Lucic.....Ryan Stone will be an NHLer and can play tough and with skill; far better and bigger than former teammate Carcillo, who takes a lot of stupid penalties which hurt his team.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Danny Bertram is a pesky speedster with some offensive talent.

 

[MXD]

I don't know what Maxim Lapierre is doing in this thread... He an agitator, but no enforcer, and he's more of a two-way/checking forward who happens to be an agitator than an agitator who happens to be a two-way forward.

Think Bobby Holik with downgraded offensive flair...

 

[FTowwn]

i almost forgot about :
Alexei Emelin
Dan Bertram

 

[billbillbill]

Brandon Prust.

 

[FTowwn]

yupp. Brandon Prust is another good example.

 

[Pizza]

Brodie Dupont.

 

[________]

Agitators maybe Richard Clune?

 

[BelovedIsles]

Sean Bergenheim.

Yeah, his fighting prowess doesn't jump out at ya. But he's a speedy, annoying, agitator type who will drop the gloves if need be. Just a real pain in the ass, in your face mucker who will score his goals driving the net.