Player Discussion Tom Wilson - Part 2

[CapitalsCupReality]

Lol!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I lean toward Chris Nilan as a guy who was thought of as just a goon but eventually put up some points (not quite the big physical checking presence iirc), and Chris Simon for a few years. But I'm not sure anyone has had quite the total package that TW is starting to show.

He's kind of a mix between Ovie, Hunter, and Simon.

Watch the Nilan documentary if you haven’t.....tragic. The Last Gladiators on Prime.


Such a fun player to watch in his heyday.

 

[g00n]

Watch the Nilan documentary if you haven’t.....tragic. The Last Gladiators on Prime.


Such a fun player to watch in his heyday.

Saw it a while back. Good movie. Probably one reason pure enforcers are gone. Same with Probert.

 

[maacoshark]

I always pegged you as more of a "hide behind the referees and tell everyone else how tough you are" kind of player.

Nope I'm the opposite of that. I'm usually the instigator. I have a very short fuse. And I dont always need a good reason to get in a brawl.
You can kid all you want but seriously if you knew me I'm pretty sure you would be intimidated.
I'm saying this in a bad way about myself. I can be a pretty mean guy. I'm working on it though.

 

[maacoshark]

Why? Who fights in non professional hockey? You fight in a beer league? I played club level hockey in college. No fights.

Ive seen fights in beer league. There isnt supposed to be but it happens. Actually our mens league basketball team was worse. We had a couple bench clearing brawls. Even had a brawl against a team that was made up of guys from the city police. Goods times.

 

[txpd]

Ive seen fights in beer league. There isnt supposed to be but it happens. Actually our mens league basketball team was worse. We had a couple bench clearing brawls. Even had a brawl against a team that was made up of guys from the city police. Goods times.

This is not something I would be proud of. "I am a bar room brawler". Oh wait. And you are the instigator too. You realize this doesn't create cred for you.

If I knew you, I would be intimidated? Stop. You don't know who you are talking to, my friend. You really don't. Facts are that people that brag on themselves like you do are usually all hat and no cattle.

 

[HTFN]

Nope I'm the opposite of that. I'm usually the instigator. I have a very short fuse. And I dont always need a good reason to get in a brawl.
You can kid all you want but seriously if you knew me I'm pretty sure you would be intimidated.
I'm saying this in a bad way about myself. I can be a pretty mean guy. I'm working on it though.

Just as seriously, older men with a bad temper in beer league make me laugh like nobody's business so I can't promise you'd get the reaction you're looking for there. I'll take shots all day to make somebody else look like a baby.

 

[Bananas]

Nope I'm the opposite of that. I'm usually the instigator. I have a very short fuse. And I dont always need a good reason to get in a brawl.
You can kid all you want but seriously if you knew me I'm pretty sure you would be intimidated.
I'm saying this in a bad way about myself. I can be a pretty mean guy. I'm working on it though.

Cringeworthy POTY.

 

[txpd]

Cringeworthy POTY.

I am small. When I played hockey in college my face was elbow high on a lot of guys. To protect myself I would often do something dirty with my stick early in games. Just enough so that they would think twice.

I sure did it, but I would never brag about it.

I would never do it in a pick up game.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Just as seriously, older men with a bad temper in beer league make me laugh like nobody's business so I can't promise you'd get the reaction you're looking for there. I'll take shots all day to make somebody else look like a baby.

Oh yeah. I love f***ing with the Tommy Tough Guys in beer league. Just need to talk a little shit or throw the slightest shoulder check and they go bananas and spend the rest of the game (before they get kicked out for too many penalties or a misconduct) chasing you around the ice.

Also people telling other people over the internet how tough they are... stop. Just, no.

 

[txpd]

Oh yeah. I love ****ing with the Tommy Tough Guys in beer league. Just need to talk a little **** or throw the slightest shoulder check and they go bananas and spend the rest of the game (before they get kicked out for too many penalties or a misconduct) chasing you around the ice.

Also people telling other people over the internet how tough they are... stop. Just, no.

Those that cant talk. Those that can dont

 

[kicksavedave]

 

[um]

What the hell is going on in here... it doesn’t even get this weird in the off-season.

 

[trick9]

We'll be rooting for you. Would be great to not only root for Stanley Cup Champions but champions in boxing and wrestling too, for example.

 

[g00n]

 

[895]

IMO, the Erik Karlsson suspension should disprove any concerns there's a conspiracy against the Caps and Wilson.

The DOPS is just incompetent and has no idea what they are trying to do.

 

[shtorm2005]

IMO, the Erik Karlsson suspension should disprove any concerns there's a conspiracy against the Caps and Wilson.

The DOPS is just incompetent and has no idea what they are trying to do.

No, it just shows that league doesn't think Karlsson is a superstar

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Somehow Alex Ovechkin is no longer the most talked about player on the Washington Capitals.

This piece on the Penguins thinking Garrett Wilson is the answer to countering Tom Wilson is... not good. But, please, tell me more about how Tom Wilson isn't in the brains of all his opponents and how the Penguins aren't concerned with him.

And "Terrible" Tommy Tom Tom made #9 on the list of THN's Top 2018 NHL Stories. Again, please tell me how Tom Wilson isn't a unique, one-of-a-kind force in today's league.

 

[Calicaps]

IMO, the Erik Karlsson suspension should disprove any concerns there's a conspiracy against the Caps and Wilson.

The DOPS is just incompetent and has no idea what they are trying to do.

LOLWUT?

In what universe does a two-game ban for EK say anything about how the league is handling Big Willy?

 

[895]

LOLWUT?

In what universe does a two-game ban for EK say anything about how the league is handling Big Willy?

In this one.

Karlsson getting suspended 2 games for a hit that I don't think was that bad shows that the DOPS is pretty arbitrary about what is a suspendable hit.

From there we can then infer that Wilson getting suspended for his hits but no one getting anything for the Oshie and Kuznetsov concussions might not be a result of an agenda against the Capitals, but rather all around incompetence on the part of the DOPS.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Who in the hell is Garrett Wilson?

*goes to google*

Oh it's some black guy that plays football....That can't be right.

*scrolls way down*

A brolic John Tavares lookalike. 27 year old bust and I just wasted 2 minutes of my life.

 

[g00n]

In this one.

Karlsson getting suspended 2 games for a hit that I don't think was that bad shows that the DOPS is pretty arbitrary about what is a suspendable hit.

From there we can then infer that Wilson getting suspended for his hits but no one getting anything for the Oshie and Kuznetsov concussions might not be a result of an agenda against the Capitals, but rather all around incompetence on the part of the DOPS.

So you're saying because they're bad at their jobs they can't have any biases?

The counter to your argument is if TW made that hit it would be 234123 games

 

[895]

So you're saying because they're bad at their jobs they can't have any biases?

The counter to your argument is if TW made that hit it would be 234123 games

There's no need to assume malice when there's incompetence at play.

How is that a counter? There's not a fact. That's a random guess from you.

 

[Ajax1995]

So you're saying because they're bad at their jobs they can't have any biases?

The counter to your argument is if TW made that hit it would be 234123 games

This was Karlsson’s first career suspension I believe, which I believe makes plenty of sense to treat differently than what would have been Wilson’s 5th in about a year and a half. Others may feel differently though.

 

[g00n]

There's no need to assume malice when there's incompetence at play.

How is that a counter? There's not a fact. That's a random guess from you.

That's a canned answer that's now a trope. Malice, bias, and stupidity often go hand in hand.