I like some dirty players. I LOVE Ovechkin. I like Boogard. I like Avery (BOMBS AWAY).

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So wait, why did we sign Conboy? JK JK...

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and more power to you for admitting it. nothing wrong with that.

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I like some questionable players, Kaleta, Carcillo...

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For some reason I hate Carcillo... he seems like my kind of guy, but eh... I think it's his mustache.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_d ... nhl-205329



I think a lot of people outside of the 716 area code feel that Kaleta is a dirty player.

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I've stated my case many times here. He is a dirty player, and irony is dead on. In another jersey, most of his biggest fans here would hate him.

A dirty player INTENDS to INJURE. Neil, Ruutu, those kinds of guys.

But, you say people would hate him if he was on another team, but like I said I like Avery, Ovechkin, and Boogard. Kaleta is going to have a few controversial hits, but that's the risk you take when you decide to play the role of the hitter on the team. He isn't "dirty". He has a borderline hit from time to time but the word dirty should be saved for the scum of the league.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

look, these guys are professional athletes. i dont think they go into a hit thinking "man, i hope i break his arm!"

almost every hit has the same mindframe: im going to hit him hard, so he will think twice the next time he has the puck. and maybe hell rush a play and make a bad decision.

on occasion, a player might have the opportunity to line up an opponent that they hate, and yeah, they may want to send a big message. but really, i think the number of players running around with hate and malice running through their bodies that indicate intent to injure is extremely rare.

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While I agree with this, I still think Neil intends to injure.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

A mustache either makes or breaks a player for me.

Carcillo's mustache makes him look like a mangy motherfucker and he plays just like that.

Ian White, on the other hand, was THE MAN when he had that mustache with the Maple Laughs, but since he shaved it he has fallen off my favorite players list for some reason. Its probably just because I don't see his games in Calgary, but I'm totally blaming the mustache's sudden disappearance lol.

Yes Patty is dirty.
But what is dirty hockey? To me its blatant elbows, knee on knee's, blatant hit from behinds. Everything else is just hockey imo.

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Eh

Thank you.

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Eh

He does that?!?!?

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Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

I would argue that you're not the authority on mind reading. You're welcomes to interpret what you see however you choose, of course. But it's not up to you to decide if a player is planning to hurt somebody for days on end.

It's my belief that they are pretty much all guilty by association. Because the more you hit, the greater the odds that one or more of your hits will appear dirty if in fact it isn't intended to be.

So if you really want to get technical, the TRULY dirty players are the ones who have the highest percentage of dirty hits. And my guess, is that would make Colby Armstrong is the dirtiest player in hockey.

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Here's a great write-up on Kaleta from the Montreal blog "Behind The Net". Kaleta is a favorite topic of theirs of late, as they've been analyzing his production like crazy.

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mechaphil

Fair analysis. I think he can add some more goals to the board, too.

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i dont. most of his goals are already "right place! right time" kinda opportunity goals. he doesnt possess those skills, i dont think.

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The second goal disagrees with you.

Honestly, I almost shit myself after seeing him snipe Lunds like that.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

hes a professional, he has SOME skill. more then some who play his roll. but i dont think hes going to be a 15 goal guy ever. could be wrong. but yeah, hes a fourth liner.

but that was a hell of a shot.

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