Stan Mikita or Bobby Clarke

[Wisent]

Stan Mikita by miles.

Bobby Clarke was such a panzy ass.

I really don't like Clarke. I wouldn't want him on my team. Probably one of the most unlikeable players ever, but a wuss, he was not. He was a tough as they come and a great player.
Still, it is Mikita for me as well.

 

[MyDogSparty]

You guys have seen so much video, do you recall the game in Boston when Clarke is in front of the net and he takes a shot off the melon? Everyone is looking for the puck, but it went off Clarke's head and into the crowd. Without taking either hand off his stick, Clarke shakes his head and a couple of seconds later the blood starts streaming down the side of his face. He skates over to the faceoff circle and gets ready to take the draw. One of the linesmen comes over and must have said, "get off the ice, ya nut case". He looks to the bench and skates off, seeming dejected.

Thanks for posting that Dennis. What a great story.

 

[jiggs 10]

Stan Mikita in a cakewalk against the overrated Booby Clarke.

Mikita is one of the very best centers to ever play the game at the NHL level. Clarke is reveired because he was on a team that played a terrible system to perfection, and little Booby got to run around and do anything he wanted to for 3 years. Notice how when the NHL cracked down on these antics, Clarke's effectiveness was much lower? When he had to rely on talent, his numbers went way down?

Stan Mikita. Had he played his entire career in the expansion era, he may have scored 75 more goals than he did anyway. That's how bad the new teams were in the late 1960's. And Clarke would have been very hard-pressed to even MAKE the NHL in the Surviving Six days (1943-1966), let alone be a "star".

 

[warroadlakers]

def Stan Mikita.