Who is the baddest man in the NHL?

[Bounces R Way]

The time of the enforcer might be well in the past but there are still some tough hombres in the league. Who is the toughest?

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[Petey O]

Tom Wilson AINEC

 

[Larry Hanson]

It's like the sleeping bear, he doesn't seem that dangerous. Every now and then someone pokes the bear and gets Lucic pissed off and he proceeds to wreck shit. On a day to day basis I'd pick Reeves but a pissed off Lucic is like a tornado.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It's like the sleeping bear, he doesn't seem that dangerous. Every now and then someone pokes the bear and gets Lucic pissed off and he proceeds to wreck shit. On a day to day basis I'd pick Reeves but a pissed off Lucic is like a tornado.

The guy that quit mid fight with Colton Orr?

 

[Big Empty]

Cole Caufield.

 

[cudi]

Gudbranson is too pretty to be the baddest man

 

[lawrence]

Wth gudbranson??

 

[missionAvs]

I think in today's game, this is Reeves.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Probably Wilson. In addition to being the most physically imposing player, he can play on the top line, so the quantity, quality and frequency of players he can hit/fight is far beyond the rest.

 

[trick9]

Depends how you view it.

If it's only fighting, it's Reaves or Lucic.

If it's the player you'd least like to play against it's Wilson. He can skate and hits to hurt.

 

[newfy]

Reaves/Lucic is the easy answer for winning a fight.

Wilson is the answer for all around combo of badness. He hits harder, can hang with them in a fight and has a serious mean streak in all areas. Lucic actually played in a time with real enforcers in the NHL and held his own, in todays NHL when he wants to he can basically destroy 99% of players fairly easily

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Entire list in invalid without Brad Marchand on it

 

[AvroArrow]

Wilson or Reaves should be the only 2 options tbh.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I’d have Brady Tkachuk on the list before 2/3 the other names.

 

[Buck Naked]

Wilson or Reaves. And we saw what happened when Wilson met Reaves. So Reaves.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Entire list in invalid without Brad Marchand on it

He’d give all these guys a good lickin!

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Micheal Ferland would've been in this conversation if not for the concussions ending his career. Wilson is the clear answer here.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

He’d give all these guys a good lickin!

Dammit, I just laughed out loud at my desk at work, now everyone is looking at me.... Thanks LOL

 

[Volica]

Baddest dude is clearly Tom Wilson.
Not because he's the toughest, or because he's the best fighter; because in both cases he's not. He has that willingness to do illegal things and be so unafraid of the music that follows.

If you're talking baddest dudes in terms of being able to fight and destroy people; it's between Reeves and Lucic.
It's been kind of fun watching Lucic over the past two seasons in Calgary. He doesn't fight much because guys are just out of his weight class and ability class. But man, does he ever pummel guys. I feel bad for guys like Josh Anderson and Darnell Nurse; they're sort of 'tough guys' in the league in modern times, and Lucic smacked both around fairly easily.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Wilson isn't the toughest at all per say.

The toughest combination of strength and willingness to injure opponents yes. Toughest? No. Not even close. His reputation due to his willingness to injure and cheapshot far precedes him.

Reaves or Angry Lucic is my vote.

 

[Boreal01]

Wayne Simmonds

 

[ManofSteel55]

It's like the sleeping bear, he doesn't seem that dangerous. Every now and then someone pokes the bear and gets Lucic pissed off and he proceeds to wreck shit. On a day to day basis I'd pick Reeves but a pissed off Lucic is like a tornado.

Lucic still gets mad on the ice? When he was in Edmonton we only saw him get pouty at fan criticism.

But, if I could be serious for a minute, Lucic is still a nuclear deterrent. Big time. Just not as effective offensively as he was in his prime. Wilson is sort of a present day Lucic. I'd say Reaves should get the nod in this poll, but Lucic still needs to be in the discussion.

 

[TomppaKoo]

A man that tries to kill a fellow player by kneeling on his throat gets my vote as the baddest man. The toughest of present players in the list is Lucic. And it is a no contest. BTW - why is Chara not in the list? He'd get my vote for both baddest and toughest player in NHL atm. And he is the one of the baddest and toughest of all of them all time, too.

 

[Ignite111]

One of these guys has an entire franchise restructuring their team because they are scared of him. I would say it should go to him.

 

[OmniSens]

Evander Kane