Eric Lindros vs Derian Hatcher

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[FlyersFan17]

To the ref: FUCK YOU DUDE. Let the 2 monsters go at it.

[thaboysarebackintown]

Just because he didn't score 40 goals a season, doesn't mean he sucked. He was good at what he was supposed to do. A Defensive D-man.

[snarfizzle]

@UncleSlam81

this speaks volumes to the guys intelligence. if he played smarter, he wouldnt have had to take those thousand hits to the head. ape of a hockey player is derp. dont defend him.

[MrJuha82]

Not much going on here, DRAW. Lindros got locked out Hatcher but didnt throw a shots at him thougfh.

[tjcurrie]

@vvbn7890 Since when is being one of the league's premier shut down defensemen considered a goon ? The guy was nominated for a Norris Trophy and was a 2nd Team All-Star. It's not very often that a purely defensive defenseman gets that credit. We'll have to go back to 1983 and 1984 when Rod Langway won back to back Norris trophies. He was strictly a defensive defenseman, his numbers those years were the same as Hatcher's and that was in the high scoring 80s. Was Langway a goon ?

[UncleSlam81]

@thaboysarebackintown Yeah keep in mind that Lindros took about 1,000 more blows to the head than Fleury ever did. You tend to become a bit "brittle" over time when every game you play you're either getting punched, elbowed or taking a stick to the head or face. You think you'd hold up as well as Lindros did when pretty much every hockey goon in the league is taking cheap shots at you on a nightly basis? Lindros took on the league every night; Fleury's altercations were few and far between.

[vvbn7890]

@thaboysarebackintown Dude we are saying the same thing but from a different perspective have you not caught on yet?

Hatcher WAS used to shut down opposing players

Hatcher WAS played with the best on his team

The dif. lies in WHY he was used for those. I am saying, he was used for those purposes because he was a goon - he was good at fighting and pushing players around, NOT SCORING/PASSING/SHOOTING ETC

And Lindros' fragility is not at question, I'm referring to when he WAS healthy

[thaboysarebackintown]

@vvbn7890 Bullshit, he was out there to shut down the opposing players best lines. Don't forget Lindros was about as brittle players as there was in the NHL. Hell Theoren Fleury played in 9 80 game seasons in the NHL, while Lindros only played in 1 and he out weighed Fleury by 60 lbs and was almost a foot taller than him as well.

[vvbn7890]

@thaboysarebackintown Of course he was put on the #1 lines. He was there to be a goon and protect the good players. Hitchcock wasnt going to play his best players w/o some protection in *that* NHL. Hatcher is not a skilled hockey player. He is a skilled fighter and goon - neither of which hold much weight in todays NHL.

Despite Lindros' problems in character, you cannot deny is dominance in being able to pretty much do it all from scoring to hitting to fighting.

[thaboysarebackintown]

@vvbn7890 Bullshit. He was put out against the opponents' top line for a reason. Who's career did he end? J You just need to take of your homer glasses. Why the fuck would Hitchcock, a stern strong willed coach, put Hatcher on his number 1 line with Matvichuk, if Hatcher was awful? You cheer for a cancer like Lindros but scold Hatcher who was a team player.

[vvbn7890]

@thaboysarebackintown Hatcher got his ring riding off the backs of guys like Modano, Hull and Belfour. He was BARELY a good defenseman, because back then the NHL allowed the bullshit him and other dirty players did with cheap shots and career ending hits with no consequences. In the new NHL where its more about player skill and less about meat, Hatcher is shit, was shit, and never will be anything better. Hatcher was a good goon. He was NOT a good hockey player by any stretch.