Larry Robinson hit

today, hits are harder....and more really more dirty

hockey has gotten better. every generation is gonna have their elite players. hockey has gotten better in that the bottom 15 skaters on teams have gotten alot better. you proved my point. you can look at his stats, as his opposition got better his #'s dropped. after the 80's gretzky never scores 50 goals in a season and only cracks 30 goals 3 times. the players r bigger,faster,stronger and better coached than they were. in 10 years players will b better than they r now.

like i said you cant compare generations. its a stupid argument & i dont want to get involved in it. there's always a what if. hockey players are coached and physically better now than they were. i already know your dumb counter argument oh this guy put up all these #'s. great but that doesn't change the facts. as far as the hit im sure back when you had hair it was the cat's meow. ive just seen harder hits though. put ovechkin back in the 80's & tell me he wouldn't tear it up.

its a hard hit, but not hardest hit ever! dont get me wrong he got him good but ive seen plenty of harder hits than that. just watch a scott stevens highlight reel. kasparitus on lindros, cambell on umberger . its hurts soo much more open ice.

Tottally agree with Lennon4life.Today ppl jump and go 1m away to just get the head.Back then people jumped when they were near the guy to just hit better and to get there position right.Whoever who says assault or charging are all just comparing this to today's hockey.Back then the guys had more respect to eachother.

Lord you can tell the age groups of those who have a problem with this hit. The only reason his skates may not be on the ice is because of how he had to position himself to make the hit. Notice (unlike today) he made no effort at all to go for the head.
Someone said on a vid I watched of Larry tuning Dave Schultz ; Golden Rule #1: NEVER MAKE LARRY MAD!
From a Leaf fan who respects quality players regardless of the uniform they wear

the difference back in those days is that guys didnt go for each other's head. Even though larry jumped, he didnt go for the head.

The players these days have no respect for each other, Today, when a guy jumps, he is usually looking for the head. That's why the ref has to call charging these days.

Also, guys never used to run each other from behind on icing calls back in the 70's.

It was a rough game, but a cleaner game than today.