Player Discussion Tom Wilson, NHL All-Star (Part 3)

[txpd]

Forget about OV catching Gretzky, I wonder if Tom Wilson will eclipse Claude Lemieux as the greatest NHL villain of all time.

Nah. Not close and Claude was not the greatest villian. I can think of several greater. One of which has his number hanging in Washington

 

[txpd]

Interesting take.

I would guess they didn't expect this much but I doubt they were clueless about it either. Wasn't it Pierre McGuire commenting at the draft that he would have been the prototypical Flyer? The team that picked immediately after the CAPS that draft?

McGuire did say that. After that he would also say when Willy was playing 4th line stuff and fighting a lot that he was a legit scorer too. I just remember the way McPhee seemed to prioritize Wilson over Forsberg.

 

[Silky mitts]

I think in between the Dumoulin hit and the ZAR hit in 2018 they’ve given Wilson 3x the games they’d give a first time offender, that’s the most consistent thing, but then they can never suspend him 1 or 2 games like maybe they could have done for the Buch hit

 

[sycamore]

Claude was not the greatest villian.

He was, by far and away. He made guys like Matt Cooke and Sean Avery look like total amateurs.

 

[Empty Goal Net]

I still believe Tom should have appealed it. Anything that 'sticks' at this point, is just more 'poo on the wall that is Tom Wilson, unfortunately. Even this week's $5K fine will be remembered as being the "maximum allowable" in any future "totality" analysis by DOPS. And I'm pretty sure there will be another...

I guess not appealing was based in part on being told (sotto voce) that Bettman was behind the 7-game decision.

Unfortunately, there's the possibility that the haters will say Parros did the equivalent of a make-up call in not suspending Willie for Monday's event(s).

 

[txpd]

Appears now that NHL fans would support contract hits on any Caps player they can get to

 

[Tweedsuitcase]

The mains are *this* close to getting it that every GM that comes in contact with us wants a Wilson or answer to him, but there aren’t any.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Rangers fire a whole bunch of people. It might have been in the making but Willy pushed them over the edge. Lol.

 

[Calicaps]

Haven't seen this posted here yet but wow:

Report: George Parros Didn't Want To Suspend Tom Wilson For Brandon Carlo Hit

“Parros, we’ve heard, didn’t even want to suspend Wilson for the brain-damaging assault on Boston’s Brandon Carlo, who suffered mood changes and blurry vision from his concussion after being hospitalized by Wilson in March,” The Athletic’s Rick Carpiniello reported.

According to Carpiniello, it was NHL commissioner Gary Bettman who overruled Parros on the decision to suspend Wilson.

“Bettman didn’t like the optics and ordered a suspension. So Wilson got seven games,” Carpiniello wrote. “Before that, he wasn’t even considered a repeat offender, because the CBA erases priors after a certain period of time transpires.”

Because of course.

Also, "brain-damaging assault." More ridiculous hyperbole.

 

[RandyHolt]

Only player I have seen neutralize Tom?

Ryan F'in Reeves

And it was for 1 game. I stick to my guns and say it was a mistake for Vegas to bench him especially after scoring and winning. Instead, we ran roughshod and physically destroyed Vegas, starting with Willy demolishing (and I contend injuring) Karlsson.

 

[Langway]

Appears now that NHL fans would support contract hits on any Caps player they can get to

Wilson Derangement Syndrome.

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[max21]

Only player I have seen neutralize Tom?

Ryan F'in Reeves

And it was for 1 game. I stick to my guns and say it was a mistake for Vegas to bench him especially after scoring and winning. Instead, we ran roughshod and physically destroyed Vegas, starting with Willy demolishing (and I contend injuring) Karlsson.

I’m pretty sure Reaves and Wilson have squashed their beef now. I said this in another thread, not that it really matters tho I guess.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

He was, by far and away. He made guys like Matt Cooke and Sean Avery look like total amateurs.

Ken Linseman?

Those guys are 1\2 IMO in terms of pests.

 

[txpd]

Ken Linseman?

Those guys are 1\2 IMO in terms of pests.

The Rat!

 

[txpd]

Just saw my new favorite post on the mains. Wilson can be liked and respected by his teammates and still be a scumbag because Chris Pronger was loved by his mates and was a dirty scumbag. Being told you are like Chris Pronger is bad? Where?

 

[sycamore]

And Lemieux was doing this kind of thing on a weekly basis.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

And Lemieux was doing this kind of thing on a weekly basis.

Love tap….making sure he didn’t hit his chin on the bench!

 

[Silky mitts]

Only player I have seen neutralize Tom?

Ryan F'in Reeves

And it was for 1 game. I stick to my guns and say it was a mistake for Vegas to bench him especially after scoring and winning. Instead, we ran roughshod and physically destroyed Vegas, starting with Willy demolishing (and I contend injuring) Karlsson.

Chara too

It’s like Wilson is the Marchand deterrent and Chara was the Wilson deterrent

 

[txpd]

Tie Domi

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Ken Linseman?

Those guys are 1\2 IMO in terms of pests.

A real pest lol. He was gold standard.

 

[PSUhockey34]

Those Tom Wilson threads on the main board are saaaalty.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Those Tom Wilson threads on the main board are saaaalty.

they are sooooooo bitter.

I want Willy to play a crazy clean game at least for a while and just score to infuriate them more.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I want Tommy Tommy Wilson to come out for every game like Ross “Mad Dog” Madison.



Or they could introduce him like they do Ogie... “Ohhh this young man has had a very trying 8th professional season. What with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country’s refusal to accept him.... wellll, I guess that’s probably more than most 27 year olds could handle. Tommy. Wilson!”