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<blockquote data-quote="torontoeers" data-source="post: 129336860" data-attributes="member: 1621210">Like you I really can't disagree with him on the whole...if we are talking about the quintessential 'cement head' over the leagues history I could really do without them altogether. The Cryers had their heyday in the seventies and those lugheads could actually play /skate in between cracking skulls...imo it all started with the Gretzky/Semenko combo, which then morphed into McSorley and on we went to the detriment of the league.If two fellas that can actually play the game , turn around get angry and drop the gloves so be it....the 'enforcers' in today's game are really a nuisance for me, and I think if you have enough bigger skilled players on your roster there is no need for one...The names that Wilson drops in that article certainly aren't a list of choirboys are they? He's right ...this PTO will likely do nothing whether he makes the team or not...however I'm growing weary of seeing our big guns get pushed around...the ilk of player we actually need (sadly) are the ones that play just over the edge of dirty, Doan, Lucic, Staal...Pronger when he was active, Keith in Chicago...they play dirty (often real dirty) and get away with it...at most a 2-3 game suspension and then back for the season.And yep we sure are deeper up front! Kessel is a potentially huge add, and Fehr makes up for the loss of Sutter nicely imo...110? If the cards fall where they should and we avoid the injury bug, perhaps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="torontoeers, post: 129336860, member: 1621210"] Like you I really can't disagree with him on the whole...if we are talking about the quintessential 'cement head' over the leagues history I could really do without them altogether. The Cryers had their heyday in the seventies and those lugheads could actually play /skate in between cracking skulls...imo it all started with the Gretzky/Semenko combo, which then morphed into McSorley and on we went to the detriment of the league. If two fellas that can actually play the game , turn around get angry and drop the gloves so be it....the 'enforcers' in today's game are really a nuisance for me, and I think if you have enough bigger skilled players on your roster there is no need for one... The names that Wilson drops in that article certainly aren't a list of choirboys are they? He's right ...this PTO will likely do nothing whether he makes the team or not...however I'm growing weary of seeing our big guns get pushed around...the ilk of player we actually need (sadly) are the ones that play just over the edge of dirty, Doan, Lucic, Staal...Pronger when he was active, Keith in Chicago...they play dirty (often real dirty) and get away with it...at most a 2-3 game suspension and then back for the season. And yep we sure are deeper up front! Kessel is a potentially huge add, and Fehr makes up for the loss of Sutter nicely imo...110? If the cards fall where they should and we avoid the injury bug, perhaps! [/QUOTE]

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