Stevens' hits were clean, but he did play to injure other players.
I couldn't believe in one interview where he said "I don't know when guys are skating with their head down". Anybody who's played hockey knows when somebody is skating with their head down.
@SoloAxe I see you are attempting to change your tune to a degree however, in the end you cant help yourself. Steven was known as an open-ice body checker. He was not known as a head-shot player. All one has to do is watch video. As stated, Lindors compilation video shows a player deliberately trying to hurt people, especially with the boards and ice. Try as you might, you somply cant win because you deny the facts.
@bbmtge The only two hits from Stevens I can think of are the Lindros and Kariya hits and both would definitively be deemed hits to the head by today's standards and the Kariya one was way late too. If you don't think so your confused as to what the are calling in the game today. Bottom line the NHL wants to stop people from permanently injuring guys with head shots, which is what Stevens was known for.
@SoloAxe Let's see if you can qualify your coment. Who, and how, is the NHL TRYING to get rid of certain players? Desperately, too. As always, you make no sense. Merely more crap rhetoric.
Clean hit?
You must be fucking joke.
MrFabregas1987 1 day ago
Stevens' hits were clean, but he did play to injure other players.
I couldn't believe in one interview where he said "I don't know when guys are skating with their head down". Anybody who's played hockey knows when somebody is skating with their head down.
77HeIix 1 week ago
this is a blatant elbow,his shoulder wasnt tucked....it was a full on intent to hurt...plain and simple...
BLSDisciple666 1 week ago
@SoloAxe I see you are attempting to change your tune to a degree however, in the end you cant help yourself. Steven was known as an open-ice body checker. He was not known as a head-shot player. All one has to do is watch video. As stated, Lindors compilation video shows a player deliberately trying to hurt people, especially with the boards and ice. Try as you might, you somply cant win because you deny the facts.
bbmtge 1 week ago
I remember reading that Stevens was devasteded after this hit,and that he isn't proud of these hits,but they are clean hits.
OKRpepsi 1 week ago
@bbmtge The only two hits from Stevens I can think of are the Lindros and Kariya hits and both would definitively be deemed hits to the head by today's standards and the Kariya one was way late too. If you don't think so your confused as to what the are calling in the game today. Bottom line the NHL wants to stop people from permanently injuring guys with head shots, which is what Stevens was known for.
SoloAxe 2 weeks ago
@bbmtge Interesting how you are reduced to a repetition of facts in that you cannot address them as such. congrats.
bbmtge 2 weeks ago
@SoloAxe Let's see if you can qualify your coment. Who, and how, is the NHL TRYING to get rid of certain players? Desperately, too. As always, you make no sense. Merely more crap rhetoric.
bbmtge 2 weeks ago
@IntoDust24 More inane crap from someone who cant address the issue.
bbmtge 2 weeks ago
@Donlondo20 No elbow at all. Open ice body checks. Only the losers try to play this game about Stevens.
bbmtge 2 weeks ago