Is Tom Wilson currently the best fighter in the NHL or.........
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He had draws with Laraque and never fought the other guys so that proves nothing. He beat Cairns, Koci and Ivanens. He obviously wasn't an enforcer in those days because he was too good of a player. He has 3 fights this year which in today's nhl makes him a fighter.
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Wilson has never been a particularly great fighter, but the league is not as tough as it used to be, so Terrific Tommy stands out.
It were mostly balance issues, but Chara lost to Neil 2 times and arguably lost to Artyukhin. It's also true that he avoided trading puches with real enforcers (not that there's anything wrong with that, of course).
Beef Invictus
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Didn't Wilson lose a fight to B. Schenn? Nobody who loses to Schenn can be considered for best fighter in the league.
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I think it is Reaves, but Max Domi for someone who is 5'9" I have seen him hit someone much bigger in the face and they go down quick.
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Max has got good genes.
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Yes he does in father Tie. I never really got to see him until the tail end of his career play live when I was a kid, but on video he could also lay down a nasty punch.
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Chara lost some fights, when he was younger, to the old true enforcers, others might just call goons. Specifically, I remember Worrell dusting him years ago. I used to have the final blows as a profile pic on here.
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Worrell was a beast, I remember him destroying our own Rob Ray - who lost some fights, but not like he did to Worrell....
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I would put money on Reaves over Chara.
Last time Chara fought a heavy weight he was 30 years old.
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Reaves is #1. Lucic, Peluso (he count?), Haley, Engelland could give him a go... can't think of anyone else in this class. Wilson is a tier below.
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That's not true. He hasn't fought one in 6-7 years but there's also hardly been any heavyweights in the league during that time. He's fought guys like Shelley, Neil and Rupp in the past 10 years.
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Sheppy
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Engelland hasn’t fought since 1847.
It’s Ryan Reaves & Milan Lucic right now at the top.
It’s Ryan Reaves & Milan Lucic right now at the top.
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Chara is such a goddamn freak of nature. An experienced NHL fighter trying to scrap with him is like a middle schooler going after a grown man. Chara just stands there and coolly throws punches at his face like it's a warmup activity.
May as well challenge him to a dunk contest while you're at it.
Then gives the guy a tap on the back and sends him on his way.
It’s not even fair.
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Yeah I dont know why Engelland doesn't fight anymore his only fight with Vegas is a pre season scrap with Kyle Clifford.
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I think it is Reaves as well.
A couple of Max's fights are garbage though where he jumps players (Ekblad/Garbutt). I did enjoy what he did to Kesler but he also got schooled by Nick Foligno. He just hung on for dear life with this head tucked at his knees and Hathaway pounded him out (the best part about that one was that domi had his gloves off and throwing before Hathaway even got up off the ice from a domi hit when he didn't even have the puck ) so its tough to have him in the category of best fighter in the league imo.
