I disagree, he's a career ending cheapshot artist who targeted all-stars and rarely dropped the gloves to pay the price.
As hockey fans we should all despise the player he was.
What are the odds that the day after i posted this comment there was a story about Stevens and Domi on TSN, that's funny.
I also watched it and Domi makes it sound nice but i'm sure if we heard Stevens side it would be cleared up. Stevens was the leader and he can't lead in the penalty box, he was actually in the penalty box when
Niedermeyer was destroyed as well which would make one try to avoid the box.
Currently, Evander Kane gets by far the most hate on the Sharks from other fan bases. He probably gets as much hate as Raffi Torres got during his time in SJ.
Doughty seems to be hated everywhere and anywhere.
Toronto’s hate of Daniel Alfredsson was a bit much.
And really was hated for his trash talking. Never had many suspendable antics besides him never shutting up.He was the "heel" character of the NHL
If you ever get the chance watch his interview with Larry King. He doesn't talk about being that role, but he's definitely a complex individual who wasn't just some dumb meathead.
To be fair, he is a very different person now. Many of us have heard stories about the kind of person he was when he played, and we all saw what he was like on the ice. One of my all time favourites, but there were a lot of reasons a person could dislike him back then.Lindros
Refusing to play for Quebec was a dick move, but he was a teenager and was just following the advice of his advisors
Listening to him during interviews the subsequent years, the guy seems incredibly humble and likeable
Whose career did he end with a cheap shot and don't say Willis because he didn't end Willis's career.I disagree, he's a career ending cheapshot artist who targeted all-stars and rarely dropped the gloves to pay the price.
As hockey fans we should all despise the player he was.
Like Tucker or Domi.....He shouldn't have been cheap is his actions.
Lindros
Refusing to play for Quebec was a dick move, but he was a teenager and was just following the advice of his advisors
Listening to him during interviews in the subsequent years, the guy seems incredibly humble and likeable
Biggest head down player,in junior kids would just bounce off him...In the NHL not so muchLindros problem is he did this 3 times.
First when he was a 16 year old kid, he refused to play for Sault Ste Marie, then as an 18 year old refusing to play for Quebec, then sat out an entire year of his prime because he didn't want to play for Philly anymore.
Don't get me wrong, hes a very likeable guy now that hes older but when you refuse to play for a team three times.... the hate is justified.
Phil Esposito owned the Soo Greyhounds at the time, so when he refused to play for an all time great like him, that really pissed off the Old Boys Club.