TheFinalWord
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He got caught, but it wasn't a 'beatdown'. Martin was arguably winning the fight until the end. This fight from last night was more of a beatdown IMO.
Mcquaid TKO's Martin
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He got caught, but it wasn't a 'beatdown'. Martin was arguably winning the fight until the end. This fight from last night was more of a beatdown IMO.
bearcountry17
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Martin gets payed 2.5 million a year to play 8 minutes a night. He should have no problem fighting a guy with a friggin old school cast iron diving mask for that kind of money.
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bb_fan
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Jesus ****ing christ.... 4 pages because some dude not wearing a visor picked a fight with some dude wearing a visor.... and lost.
Doesn't every fan base in this thread have bigger things to worry about?
Doesn't every fan base in this thread have bigger things to worry about?
A throwback fight. Hope Martin is OK. McQuaid had better stamina and Martin's defense went south as the fight progressed. Appreciate Mciuaid not celebrating - Boultonesque.
Baddkarma
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McQuaid is a total warrior/badass/playoff stud. Martin no slouch when it comes to sticking up for his team and is fearless. Two heart and soul pros.
Glad to see there are still glimpses of that part of the game. No one in TD Garden was in their seat for that tilt and tickets will be sold in part because of that great scrap.
Edit: As far as Quaider wearing the visor it is because he took a puck in the eye a few years back. He went without one for years. Any hater that thinks 54 "hides" behind the shield of a visor is no real hockey fan.
Glad to see there are still glimpses of that part of the game. No one in TD Garden was in their seat for that tilt and tickets will be sold in part because of that great scrap.
Edit: As far as Quaider wearing the visor it is because he took a puck in the eye a few years back. He went without one for years. Any hater that thinks 54 "hides" behind the shield of a visor is no real hockey fan.
Disagree. Martin had the score card for most of it, but ate one hell of a right and went down hard.
WreckItRask
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I used to be in the "you're not tough if you have a visor on" camp, but I just don't think it's a valid argument anymore. Once they changed the rules, and a bunch of new tough guys came up through the ranks with visors on because they had to, it sort of became inevitable that more and more guys would put one on. Good on Martin for not wearing one, but I don't think you can crush a guy for fighting with a visor anymore. Not to mention, in this particular scrap, Martin went after McQuaid after the hit on Matthews. He knew the deal.
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Sheppy
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Maybe Martin shouldn't fight a guy who's beat him twice before he got shook up in this one? It's funny how Martin wouldn't fight McQuaid earlier in the game when McQuaid tried to get him to fight, but waits until McQuaid is at the end of his shift and he still got blasted.
Looks like the Leafs big bad Sheriff is 0-2 against the Bruins this year.
Stephen
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Well, Martin jumped McQuaid because McQuaid was taking liberties on Matthews. That's what you do.
In any case, I'll take Martin's losing record against McQuaid if it means it the Leafs come up with a winning record against the Bruins.
Orrfourever
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I dont like the tko in the title, it was a fairly even bout where mcQuaid caught martin at the end. I think marting was doing well up to then.
No doubt mcquaid won but martin got his licks in as well and the visor and end of the shift thing pretty mcuh levels the field.
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Sheppy
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Can you explain to me how McQuaid (who just put a visor on within the last month) is a "visor wearing *****" a "rat" a "little *****" - I'll wait. If you can legitimately provide an example to this, i'll accept it.
Also, i don't disagree with you. If a player took liberties with Pastrnak i would like the Bruins to respond the same way Martin did. That said, how can you possibly call McQuaid these things when a. He was at the end of his shift, b. Isn't allowed to drop the lid, c. Took a fight when challenged unlike Martin earlier in the game.
Lets hear it.
Sheppy
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Martin is a coward. Trying to find McQuaid at the end of his shift because he probably thought "Well, the first two fights i lost, maybe i'll try him when he's tired"
Funny how McQuaid just dropped his gloves just as fast as he dropped Martin. Martin didn't seem so eager earlier this year when Chara came after him, did he?
stranger34
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It would have been a different fight without the visor.
Mcquaid can't even lean on the NHL rules as an excuse. He used to play without the visor.
Fighting with visors is lameeeeooooo
Mcquaid can't even lean on the NHL rules as an excuse. He used to play without the visor.
Fighting with visors is lameeeeooooo
bearcountry17
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Almost as lame as jumping off the bench to fight a guy at the end of his shift and still getting KTFO.
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I think it was the HBO series on the winter classic where some of the B's were mic'd up talking about McQuaid. I think it was ..."Quader hits like a truck" or something along those lines.
He's showing why he had that reputation among his peers.
He's showing why he had that reputation among his peers.
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