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Guest9847
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 Posted - 01/28/2009 : 05:28:40
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Poll Question:
Who is the best hitter in NHL history?
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Edited by - willus3 on 01/28/2009 11:50:07
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Guest9618
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 11:36:07
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| no contest its stevens fo sho |
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willus3
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 11:49:01
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Hitting and checking are not one and the same.
From the looks of things you are looking for the best hitter.
You could add a few guys to the list.
Park and Potvin were great at the hip check.
Robinson could lay out bone rattling hits.
Pronovost and Horton.
Neely.
Lindros.
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DangleFest89
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 13:47:22
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| Cam Neely |
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Beans15
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 20:36:49
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You know one guy that was a beast??? Clark Gillis. You could tell that it didn't matter if he was trying to hurt the guy or not, the person Gillis hit always felt every bit of it.
Messier could to mind to. More from the Elbows that anything else, but he is still here.
Gordie Howe was also supposidly a punisher, but I never watched enough to know.
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hanley6
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 20:41:58
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| Cam Neely and Wendel Clark |
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Posted - 01/29/2009 : 05:25:28
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Robinson, Wendel Clark come to mind . . . Gilles is a good pick too.
But I have to go with Scott Stevens. He was awesome, and his legendary checks ended more than just Lindros' career, although that was obviously the most famous one, probably ever. The thing is, you watch the utube relpays of all of his big hits, and they don't have that spectacular look to them of a guy like Phaneuf nowadays - no flying bodies, they just stop you, dead, in your tracks. And almost all involve actually playing defence, not taking a good run at a guy at full speed - if you were coming over the blue line into the NJ zone, you had to keep your wits about you. Impeccable timing, and from where I sat, usually it was a very legal hit as well.
For all you young'uns out there - do yourself a favour and look at a bunch of utube clips of Scott Stevens laying out pain. I did it a couple of weeks ago, and heck - I must just have to go rewatch a few again.
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Matt_Roberts85
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Posted - 01/29/2009 : 06:20:25
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Stevens is #1, Wendal Clark is #2 in my books. Watch the Clark tribute on YouTube, he absolutley destroys people in it.
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Guest9254
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Posted - 01/29/2009 : 09:47:22
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| Vlad Kontaninov.....that guy was vicious |
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Guest6192
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Posted - 01/31/2009 : 20:34:11
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| STEVENS |
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Lunchbox
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Posted - 01/31/2009 : 22:36:50
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| I'd go with stevens as well, not just for the most punishing hits, but "best" because he hit smart...almost never took himself out of position to line up a guy...and I'm pretty sure he stopped kariya's heart for a good five seconds once. Classic. |
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Best Checker ever 
