Make a team with players 6'4" and over
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The 5'9 team takes a lap at warm-ups and promptly heads to the dressing rooms intimidated.
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BenchBrawl
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Because its too much fun to put Chara and Pronger together!
Robinson was scarier than Pronger IMO.At least he was a feared fighter.
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All of the names I posted were at least 6'4" on hockeyreference.com. Sort of forgot about Shea Weber. Not a bad choice. I've got Burns and Hedman though, so not much difference.
Lucic is 6'3" from what I have seen. Beliveau too. Carey Price as well.
Lucic is 6'3" from what I have seen. Beliveau too. Carey Price as well.
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HAHAHA. Hockey History 101. You ain't intimidating these guys:
Ted Lindsay - Howie Morenz - Boom Boom Geoffrion
Aurel Joliat - Henri Richard - Theo Fleury
BENCH: Cy Denneny, Dave Keon, Newsy Lalonde
King Clancy - Eddie Gerard
Carl Brewer - Buck Boucher
Turk Broda
Frank Brimsek
Notes: Terrible Ted? Joliat pummelled the opposition with fists when they dared to knock his cap off his head. And he challenged all comers to try it again. Lalonde had some epic fights, literally down streets across town with opposing players. Gerard was considered one of the toughest players during a very violent era.
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Another interesting thing, for how much goalies are getting bigger and bigger, there haven't been too many superstar goalies 6'4 and up. Rinne is probably best of the last decade then you have some guys like Martin Jones, Frederik Andersen, Devan Dubnyk and maybe Lehtonen.
But maybe guys like Jon Gillies, Matt Murray, Connor Hellebuyck will change that.
But maybe guys like Jon Gillies, Matt Murray, Connor Hellebuyck will change that.
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Sorry, gotta disagree
With all due respect to those players who starred when broadcasts were in black and white, I don't think they're beating a defense corps with the likes of Pronger, Chara, Larry Robinson, Hedman, etc. and Lemieux and Lindros leading the forward group
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Chara is one of the most feared fighters ever? That's news to me.
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shame on all of you. the checking line center is obviously joel otto.
Kopitar is listed as 6'3 but I somehow doubt that. I saw him play live and I have a hard time believing he's not 6'4. Same with Malkin.
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Erich Kühnhackl (about 6'5").
His level of greatness remains a bit of mystery, but I think he could have been a star outside (West) Germany and non-best on best international tournaments too.
His level of greatness remains a bit of mystery, but I think he could have been a star outside (West) Germany and non-best on best international tournaments too.
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If I were to make a list of the fifty most feared fighters ever, Zdeno Chara doesn't crack it.
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What I dislike about Chara's fighting is how he resorts to wrestling too often. Sure that's a part of it but as a pure puncher I don't think he's all that impressive.
Chara is almost never going to fight somebody his size, but he fought Scott Parker who was 6'5 and Parker knocked him out
He also lost to Artyukhin. When Chara can't bully someone he is not all the impressive
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They are both listed as 6'3 anywhere you look. There would be no benefit listing them as being shorter.
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4-time Hart trophy winner Eddie Shore would fight all comers, except big, strong, silent HHOFer Earl Seibert, because his size and strength were such that Shore said if Seibert got angry, he would kill them all.
Similarly, Gordie Howe had a long career as Mr. Elbows and few gave as good as they got because they saw what happened to the nose of a goon who got into a fight with Gordie. Howe's mom was worried about her son playing such a violent game as hockey. Why? Because she thought he would kill someone someday.
The most feared fighters are those NOBODY in their right mind wants to fight but are ready to fight if needed.
That means Seibert, Howe, Semenko and maybe Chara. NOT Tiger Williams, Bob Probert or the like.
Similarly, Gordie Howe had a long career as Mr. Elbows and few gave as good as they got because they saw what happened to the nose of a goon who got into a fight with Gordie. Howe's mom was worried about her son playing such a violent game as hockey. Why? Because she thought he would kill someone someday.
The most feared fighters are those NOBODY in their right mind wants to fight but are ready to fight if needed.
That means Seibert, Howe, Semenko and maybe Chara. NOT Tiger Williams, Bob Probert or the like.
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And Seibert was 6'2 200 which must've been big in his time. He also looked like a tax attorney but still had the reputation of being fierce
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Well, he killed Howie Morenz.
At least he felt guilty and thought he did. It was Seibert's hard check that resulted in Morenz's leg breaking in four places, an injury that put Howie in the hospital and not long after his death bed.
Pronger/Lindros/Hatcher would literally kill most of those guys. As in actually kill them.
Only survivors would be the Pocket Rocket, Terrible Ted and Mikita.
Probably Dionne aswell but I'm pretty sure he was almost as heavy as pronger, dude was built like a fire hydrant.
Edit- Keon would survive too, forgot he was only 5,7 on the list
He was mediocre at best. Not bad by any means but there have been plenty of much better big d men.
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