30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The New York Islanders Chris Simon has all the history to be the Islanders dirtiest player. Over the course of his 15 year career, he has been suspended 8 times for a total of 65 games. That's almost an entire season spent under suspension. His suspensions have been for a wide range of offences including slashing, crosschecking, kneeing, suckerpunching, elbowing and using racial slurs. (Wikipedia) In 1997, during a game against the Edmonton Oilers, Simon allegedly called Edmonton forward Mike Grier a [racial slur]. Although the spoken words were never confirmed, he was suspended three games as a result of the incident. 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The New York Rangers Why do people hate Sean Avery? Sean Avery is not known for his reckless checking, his cheap stickwork or suckerpunches. In fact, out of all the players covered in my "30 Dirty Players in 30 Days" feature, he probably has the cleanest track record when it comes to injuries inflicted to opponents. So what is so dirty about Sean Avery?His mouth. Sean Avery is the rudest player in the NHL. He shows no respect to the game, his opponents, or his teammates with his outrageous diatribe. 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The Ottawa Senators Well I am truly sorry Ottawa. Whatever he does for you, he'll be forever known as your dirtiest player. How do I know this? Because I am a Canucks fan and I watched him play for 5 seasons.Ruutu is not known for his big violent hits that come with big penalty minutes. Over 497 career games, he has just 860 penalty minutes - not a low number, but nothing extraordinary for a 4th line grinder. What sets Ruutu apart from his peers is his ability to get on the nerves of his opponents and draw penalties. What makes him a dirty player is his disregard for any amount sportsmanship while doing so. 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The Pittsburgh Penguins In just over 1000 NHL games, Ulf Samuelsson was able to accumulate 2453 penalty minutes - a respectable 25th on the NHL's all time penalty minutes. Not known as a fighter, Samuelsson gathered his penalty minutes with dirty checks and cheapshots. He had a reputation for hitting opponents with dangerous knee-on-knee hits. This reputation was mostly attributed to the fact that he regularly did hit his opponents with dangerous knee-on-knee hits.30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The Phoenix Coyotes It is fitting that Phoenix - a team perpetually stuck in the bottom of the standings and mired in underachievement - would not be able to produce a quality dirty player. Tyson Nash played 7 seasons in the NHL and collected 673 penalty minutes. He wasn't an exceptionally violent player, I could only find one instance of a suspension over his career and there are no famous stories of cheap hits. He wasn't known as a fighter. In fact he had a reputation for being good at avoiding fights. His Wikipedia entry is so empty that you don't have to scroll to see it in it's entirety. According to his website, a major highlight in 2005 was having "abdominal surgery by Dr. William Myers in Philadelphia". So what the hell did he do? 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The Philadelphia Flyers Since the days of the Broad Street Bullies, the Philadelphia Flyers have always had the reputation of being a dirty team. 1n the 1970's, they slashed, hacked and punched their way to back-to back-Stanley Cups. Their captain, Bobby Clarke, was the epitome of the team - tough, skilled and not afraid to bend the rules to win. Clarke is, without a doubt, Philadephia's all-time dirtiest player.Darcy Tucker retires Darcy Tucker announced his retirement yesterday.“It’s been in the works the past couple of weeks,†Tucker said. “I wouldn’t say it was overly difficult, every player has to go throuWhatever Tucker. No one cares. Just please shut the door on the way out. 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The Tampa Bay Lightning To be considered for the 30 Dirty Players feature, players are usually required to have played in the league for many years because it takes many seasons to establish yourself as a truly dirty player.Steve Downie of the Tampa Bay Lightning is the exception to the rule. 30 Dirty Players in 30 Days. The St Louis Blues With 182 penalty minutes in his first 87 NHL games, Mike Danton's role in the NHL seemed to be heading towards that of a 4th line checker or an enforcer. It is possible that he would have become a player dirty enough to be featured in my 30 Dirty Players feature. However, we'll never know. We won't know because Danton's NHL career was ambushed by a player far dirtier than he will ever be. His agent, David Frost. |
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