Imagine being fans to a team where you have to consider the possibility that your team passed on a player like Tkachuk because you don't like his dad. Not like a Hodgson thing, but because you played against him and you didn't like playing against him, which interesting is the kind of thing you would want in a player.
Can you even "
imagine" such a thing
Anyway..
Stetcher IMO is a #4/#5D. His biggest issue is his size. While guys like Tanev make up for their size with IQ and a good stick, Stetcher actually has some physicality in his game to be effective. I think he would do fine against a team like Toronto for example, but would get exposed by the Jets. It's rare for me to have this stance on a player. Size obviously matters in the NHL, but it's more of a general trait that helps you. I don't generally think that some players are more vulnerable to big physical players as to be an effective player in the NHL you have to face them.
Again with a guy like Tanev, he uses his intelligence and stickwork to make up for it. Sedins were like 15 pounds heavier than Pettersson but were some of the best players in the league at protecting the puck regardless of the size of the player they were battling against. It doesn't matter nearly as much if you're outmatched physically if you can get position and have good stick work. Hutton could easily throw more hits than he does, and I hope he starts to, but he's pretty good positionally and with his stick and that's why he comes up with the puck a hell of a lot more than Gudbranson does. Now Tanev is less physical than both and is even more effective.
Stetcher seems to just fall into that zone of making up for some shortcomings in his game by playing real hard. It's interesting that his "hits" stat is so low as to me I notice him making some decent hits, but they're generally just sort of angling someone into the boards and taking them out, maybe those are counted less? Regardless, I do think he actually tries to get some hits and use his body rather than his stick more than other players of his size, but against a big deal he just can't do it and it hurts his effectiveness.
I haven't watched Hamhuis, but I would assume he plays like a #4 maybe #5 guy. The difference would probably be that like most NHL players he won't have the same issue dealing with size like Stetcher does. Stetcher also has to play on a bad team and could possibly be better if he had more scoring up front. From time to time he actually makes a good rush or takes a good shot, and you have to wonder if he could do more in the right situation. He's also played a lot with Pouliot and Del Zotto this year, I have a feeling he may have actually taken a step forward this year but we just haven't been able to see it with Edler out of the mix.
You are entitled to your opinion even though it’s wrong as usual. I understand why you’d want to dismiss opinions you disagree with out of hand because it makes it easier for you to go through life without thinking but a few isolated plays doesn’t make someone a dirty player.
You're right, isolated plays don't make someone a dirty player. Your body of work should determine what kind of player you are, as well as what you've done within a time frame. For example Tanev isn't a dirty player, and if he elbowed someone in the head tonight he wouldn't be a dirty player despite it being a dirty play, but if he started doing it regularly he would become a dirty player.
If Burrows had never done anything borderline before, though I never really thought he was outright dirty rather than walking the line, I wouldn't call him a dirty player cause of that time he was driving his knee into the back of Hall's head and neck. If, on the other hand, he started making dirty plays in the last 2 years of his career it would be reasonable to call him a dirty player, despite unfortunately tarnishing his whole career.
Personally, I think it's lucky he didn't really tarnish his career with that Hall incident. If I were in charge of suspensions Burrows would have effectively been done. He would be too old to come back after I suspended him for a season, and it would have been a damn shame, but that play could very realistically paralyze or kill someone. It was on the level of McSorley hitting Brashear in the head with a stick, which could have been real bad as Brashear's helmet was falling off, but Burrows was actually multiple times as well.
Make no mistake though, the rest of your argument is stupid but you know that. "muh hockey gods". Cooke did win though, Claude Lemieux won, Brown won, Carcillo won, Nolan won etc.