Billy Smith Slashes Gretzky - '83 Cup Finals

[nahpoli]

All because number 99 was the biggest pussy ever..........

[mustangGT500302]

la hache a frappée... Ce sera pour l'an prochain Wayne!!

[xDANCINRICKx]

Meh....Wayne's a faggot

[leverwork1]

Wayne took a major dive, he was frustrated for the way the Islanders played against him, he got hit, and he never liked being hit. I would have loved to see him play in the 70's LOL!

[bruizer1100]

nystrom looks like a crackhead

[bruizer1100]

glad i grew up watching this hockey instead of the stuff today that lacks emotion and story lines

[craigandjolene]

Yeah, Gretz dove....but he stood right in front of Billy and challenged him...why didn't Smith drop his gloves ( or Gretz, for that matter? )

Shows me neither man really had as much balls as they claimed to have had.

[skyroe2]

@craigandjolene really. smith no balls??? thats funny. smith had brass ones.

[craigandjolene]

@skyroe2 I always thought so too, really, I always liked Battlin' Billy/Smitty partly 'cause I thought he was tough - he & Dryden were my favorite goalies - so, seriously, why didn't he drop his gloves and put his hands up this time - to avoid a penalty? They had it won so who would have given a shit? That's the only part I don't get here....I'd be willing to bet that if he had, Gretzky would have skated away. (although, Semenko probably would have come running !) Just strikes me odd.

[skyroe2]

@craigandjolene smitty my idol growing up. if u look he really didnt fight in postseason cause he knew hurt team he was just so focused on winning that why he greatest playoff goalie ever

[craigandjolene]

@skyroe2 ...Probably Smitty being smart, yeah...him or Roy would be the 2 greatest playoff money goalies ever, either could be #1 or 2, and although Dryden would be close, look at the team he had in front of him....can't forget Bernie Parent, either.

[skyroe2]

@craigandjolene as great as smitty and dryden where if they played in todays era there gaa would b around 5.00 lol goalies today are so much better

[craigandjolene]

@skyroe2 Well, consider how much the game overall has since evolved,, too, and yes you're right, the goalies are better - as are the shooters, forwards and defensemen - their composite sticks vs. the wood sticks Dryden and Smitty had to face were comparably hard for that time, too - they'd have to be at least 50% faster and more agile - the game is incredibly fast now compared to back then, too, so... so are the goalies.

[jkappianaq]

I always hate Billy Smith but I love they way he plays :)

[tommyhendo]

Take that Wayne...I don't care how great you were...You were the Islander's b*tch in '83

[craigandjolene]

@tommyhendo Yep, LOL, the entire Islanders team pwned all the Oilers, it's true, it's DAMN true; the Isles dominated like no-one's business in those days...different story a year later, though...

[leverwork1]

@craigandjolene

Edmonton got lucky, wimpy division playoffs and the Islanders got old, its to bad as Islanders where the last true Dynasty in hockey history, do your math!

[craigandjolene]

@leverwork1 Oh, I know the math and I know the Isles were the last dynasty, but like you said yourself: they were just a little too old , and so - a year later, it was over.

[leverwork1]

@craigandjolene

What a great run it was, you will never see a team like that again

[cjf7991]

Bily Smith just standing ther while the whole Edmonton team is screaming at him lmao love it ..And yeah just another dive by Wayne

[leafyutube]

Classic moment.

[jazzguitar2010]

Awesome. 

[skyroe2]

you dnt tug on supermans cape u dnt spit into the wind and u dnt mess around with BATTLIN BILLY

[thezoan]

Did Gretzky really just dive on a slash????? C'mon.

[lakeerie90s]

@thezoan dave sememko in his book noted that gretz was a diver, he wrote: "the swans have nothing on gretzky"

[craigandjolene]

@lakeerie90s oh, you're one of the 17 people who would have bought Semenko's book....how was it?

[lakeerie90s]

@craigandjolene I didn't actually buy it, I read about 20 pages of it in a book store when it first came out. Besides gretz, I saw his comments on scraps with Tim Hunter, Playfair and later on how he was treated like shit by John Brophy in Toronto. I do own a copy of the Islanders book "countdown to a dynasty" which covers their glory years.

[craigandjolene]

@lakeerie90s Interesting....The Isles were a force back then! I was joking ,, just ribbing ya about Semenko's book, though....no way that thing sold any more than 2 copies, maybe 3 if he had any siblings....who could even read!