mr perfect wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:00 am
micky107 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:45 am
First off, Reaves is right wing and has almost zero offensive numbers. Like we're talkin oops, the puck must have deflected off me.
Hey; I love tough ass hockey. A good fight is a good thing. Great to see team-mates stick up for each other and sure; An enforcer type.
Could this be over doing it a bit?
http://www.dropyourgloves.com/Fights/Fi ... px?P=13902
Holy crap!!!! (Derick Dorsette beet him once).
Mick: If you're going to put out a small, fast skating team as it appears JB Elmer is building towards, you have to have a hammer to look after the skilled players. Gubransen isn't enough, especially when he's out injured for one half of the games he's been a Canuck. Have you forgotten the 2011 Stanley Cup final where the style of the refereeing favoured the Bruins? Do you trust Bettman, Campbell and the NHL braintrust? I certainly don't.
You've been around for awhile. You must remember Sam Pollock found out for the Canadiens small forwards like Henri Richard, Cournoyer and Rousseau to be effective, he had to have John Ferguson and Ted Harris to watch out for them. Later he had Pierre Bouchard, Rick Chartraw and Larry Robinson on that late '70s Canadiens dynasty to counter the Broad Street Bullies and the Brawling Bruins. Reaves might not be a scoring forward but he can take a regular shift on the 4th line and not hurt the team. I'd still add Antoine Roussel as well as Reaves, it would give the kids a chance not to have their heads taken off by cheap shots while our esteemed NHL brass rules dirty plays on Canucks players as "hockey hits."
That's real far back, even for me. I remember the 70s Habs, mind you, Pollock could simply do, (and buy), whatever he wanted.
Broad Street bullies would never work today. That whole Philly thing seem to start with Clarke being a diabetic and a real shit at that; but he was always well protected. That team was nuts. Most of it is censored but there are still some clips of the Flyers players climbing up in to the
stands at the Coliseum after Canuck fans,
I do get what your saying and maybe Reaves would work for the Canucks but wouldn't it be tough to line-match, particularly on the road?
I suppose some of what he brings could rub off and I'd be in favor of that.
I like the theory of "team toughness".