Its possible. St.Louis, Anaheim and Los Angeles all rely heavily on speed and skill and rarely play physically.
- sanfordnson

Well our President knows a thing or two about winning....
- sanfordnson

Did that include Semenko and McSorley?

Guys it's pretty clear that the era of the goon is ending and the Leafs need to drop Orr and Macleran right away.
- sanfordnson

yes useless now
put together a 4th line that can grind and eat some time up and not be a liability.. the leafs are dieing in the 3rd..might help if the top 3 lines are resting a bit more

Are you calling Gretzky and Kurri and Mess...uh never mind...and Simpson and Coffey and Anderson goons? haha dummy.
- sanfordnson

clearly you are missing the goons.

Way to know the history of your franchise

i cant stand you, and your homeboy iggybff.

and if dozzer wasnt here, id tell you how i really feel.
- IRON.MAIDEN

son of a.. now i'm curious

and your entitled to your opinion. another fact is that the game, and society in general have evolved since the old way.
- joel878

Not true.
Society is becoming more violent or at least accepting of violence.

I don't care who you drop and who you keep, but one goon in the pressbox until circumstances dictate he dresses.
- 1979AD

Absolutely. Bodie can drop em if need be against the lightweight teams. Even Ashton will take a few punches to the head.

i cant stand you, and your homeboy iggybff.

and if dozzer wasnt here, id tell you how i really feel.
- IRON.MAIDEN

there are definitely some leaf fans who feel the same about you..

i cant stand you, and your homeboy iggybff.

and if dozzer wasnt here, id tell you how i really feel.
- IRON.MAIDEN

easy guy. We're all hockey fans here. Lets talk it out and sort out our feelings.

and your entitled to your opinion. another fact is that the game, and society in general have evolved since the old way.
- joel878

Yeah people are getting soft and pathetic. What a joke.

Did that include Semenko and McSorley?
- jimi james

and leaf it to leaf fan to educate the EDM fan.

(frank) you.
- IRON.MAIDEN

NO (frank) YOU!

Not true.
Society is becoming more violent or at least accepting of violence.
- Fakepartofme

(frank)in right it has.

if someone got shot in a movie it used to be R rated.. now.. its PG-13 if there is gun violence

thats just one example.

Are you calling Gretzky and Kurri and Mess...uh never mind...and Simpson and Coffey and Anderson goons? haha dummy.
- sanfordnson

Ummm but guess who gave them the freedom to their "thing" while being mostly untouched?

Not true.
Society is becoming more violent or at least accepting of violence.
- Fakepartofme

that is a complete load of poop. no one was getting charged with assault from a stick upside the head, or a complete sucker punch, in the 70's.

son of a.. now i'm curious
- Dozzer

it ends in a ban.
so ill just keep on strolling by the troll.

clearly you are missing the goons.

Way to know the history of your franchise
- IRON.MAIDEN

No you don't get...you don't think I....

sigh...

(frank)in right it has.

if someone got shot in a movie it used to be R rated.. now.. its PG-13 if there is gun violence
thats just one example.
- Dozzer

Well now, if no one gets shot in the script....they dont even make the movie!

there are definitely some leaf fans who feel the same about you..
- joel878

no there isnt.

son of a.. now i'm curious
- Dozzer

Give him a free pass on this one. Im curious too.

soccer has the right idea..

no goons.. martial arts experts instead

that is a complete load of poop. no one was getting charged with assault from a stick upside the head, or a complete sucker punch, in the 70's.
- joel878

Not from hockey..yes.
I was referring to society outside of it

Not true.
Society is becoming more violent or at least accepting of violence.
- Fakepartofme

Violent crime pretty closely tied to young males. As percentage of young males has fallen so has violent crime rate in Canada.

Edit - sorry you were talking about acceptance of violence and not violent crime itself. I'd agree with the point you were making.

i cant stand you, and your homeboy iggybff.

and if dozzer wasnt here, id tell you how i really feel.
- IRON.MAIDEN

Is iggybff the GIO trade guy? If so PLEASE PM your feelings on them

Bodie > Clarkson