Best Skilled fighter?

[taigyr 0]

I am just wondering since the NHL is slowly removing designated fighters out of the game...who do you think is a player, past or present, who can contribute on a NHL team and still drop them?

Jarome Iginla

Rick Tocchet

Zdeno Chara

Wendall Clark

...?

[Eazy_b97 1]

Lindros comes to mind, but this will be a huge list.

[RadioGaGa 162]

If you mean the most skilled player (who will also fight)...I'd say Iginla

If you mean the fighter with the most skill...I dunno...got think about it more.

[hip check 0]

Leo Boivin, hands down... but only the really old guys will remember him. How about Gordie Howe? He was probably the best. Cam Neely (Ponty...?) should be on the list, as should Shanahan in his prime.

As for guys that were primarily fighters... Probert, he'd be my first choice.

[jbyun04 7]

define "skill"

[taigyr 0]

Just to clairify...a player who can fight but can play a regular shift...

Chris Neil for example started as a fighter but changed his game so that he can now play a regular shift...Ian Lapierre also is a player who sticks up for his teammates but isn't a benchwarmer...

[Oberon 0]

Al Secord. Granted, he wouldn't have scored 50 goals if he wasn't on a line with Savard and Larmer, but in his prime he was a great mix of scoring and toughness.

[Alias81 0]

If you mean the most skilled player (who will also fight)...I'd say Iginla

If you mean the fighter with the most skill...I dunno...got think about it more.

Exactley, alot of skilled players can handle themselves in the NHL these days but also alot of "Fighters" can handle themselves in the offensive/defensive aspect of the game aswell because they have to.

[kosydar 0]

Chadds gonna agree with me on this one- Probert.

[Alias81 0]

IMO You could just as easliy argue McSorley or "Tiger" Williams with Probert...

[Perry94 0]

as of now from what I've seen of him (not very much) I'd say Laraque...

[RadioGaGa 162]

as of now from what I've seen of him (not very much) I'd say Laraque...

Did you see the video on TSN...Laraque and Raitis Ivanans (LA)... before a face off...

Laroque goes..."Wanna square off"

Raitis: "Okay..."

Laroque: "Alright...good luck then..."

Puck drops...gloves drop...fight!

Pretty funny.

[nspeen 0]

shannahan

[swede 49]

for the moment i don't know, but i'm sure that Johnny Oduya (Devils)will grow in to a defensive giant in a few years.. And this guy can fight too.. He's allmost as good fighting as his older brother (Fredrik Oduya), but a much better hockey player.

[marc_9 0]

as of now from what I've seen of him (not very much) I'd say Laraque...

Did you see the video on TSN...Laraque and Raitis Ivanans (LA)... before a face off...

Laroque goes..."Wanna square off"

Raitis: "Okay..."

Laroque: "Alright...good luck then..."

Puck drops...gloves drop...fight!

Pretty funny.

yeah that was funny. My choices would probably be iginla and Chris Neil at the moment

[fedorov#91 0]

for the moment i don't know, but i'm sure that Johnny Oduya (Devils)will grow in to a defensive giant in a few years.. And this guy can fight too.. He's allmost as good fighting as his older brother (Fredrik Oduya), but a much better hockey player.

Fredrik Oduya, a good fighter? HA!

[Alias81 0]

Thats what I was thinking!

[Chadd 916]

Chadds gonna agree with me on this one- Probert.

29g 33a 398PIM in one season followed by 8g 13a 51PIM in 16 playoff games. It's never going to happen again.

[JR Boucicaut 3797]

for the moment i don't know, but i'm sure that Johnny Oduya (Devils)will grow in to a defensive giant in a few years.. And this guy can fight too.. He's allmost as good fighting as his older brother (Fredrik Oduya), but a much better hockey player.

Fredrik Oduya, a good fighter? HA!

Oduya wanna go...remember they had those shirts made up when he played in Orlando.

[GoalMaster 0]

Derrick " BOOGYMAN" Boogard

[rwshockey55 0]

vincent lecavalier, is not known for a fighter but he can throw them as well as contribute

[Edge 0]

Laraque. Guy has a hell of a set of hands which suprised me.

[thereeldeel7 0]

I have to go with Cam Jaansen for the Devils. He fights for a living. Anyone agree?

[SR27 0]

Probert hand down...but check this out as well:

Kevin Evans as an IHL Rookie in 1986/87

Season

Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM

Kalamazoo Wings IHL 73 19 31 50 648

Playoffs

GP G A Pts PIM

3 1 0 1 24

[Booth 0]

Probert probably put up the best numbers...the guy was also the best fighter in NHL history...in his prime...So the argument for "who was the best skilled fighter" cant really be made against him in the fighting department...because he was clear cut the best.

But if your talking like, top notch players, i think wendal clark, howe, shanahan, lindros and tochet deserve to be mentioned.

Iginlia, isnt a very good fighter...he is willing, but he isnt gonna fair to well against the heavyweights...the above guys were heavyweights, and every bit as good a player at the same time, some were better.

The true power foward tough guy dies out when shanahan leaves the game...while he isnt dropping the gloves anymore, he is pretty much the last guy who was tough enough to fight the top fighters in the league and score more goals than anyone.

Makes me laugh when people call joe thornton a power foward...clearly the definition of power foward changed and someone forgot to tell me.