Scott Stevens on Lindros Hit

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[toekneeeyeoweme]

Stevens = Warrior

[varsume]

@toekneeeyeoweme He hit players when they weren't looking and most vulnerable and caused some brain injuries I'm sure. Should he be envied for ending careers? Is this what hockey is about? Trying to cause the greatest injuries? After their careers these players have to live with brains injuries for the rest of their lives. People here worship this guy for inflicting these injuries? There are some very sick individuals here.

[gadeela]

@lkadubic dude shut the fuck up, i dont hate the player, he is a good player, but some of his hits (i.e. kariya and lindros) were complete bullshit, characters in the bible would be charged? what the hell are you talking about regardless you can argue all you want but when the human head is the first thing to move on a late hit, it is not clean.

[lkadubic]

@gadeela "this guy is not a hero kids u see what players get suspended and fines for nowadays?" REALLY? That's like saying many great heads of state, military heroes of world history and characters in the bible would be charged, indicted and possibly executed for what they did. You can't blame an individual for the era that they lived. "Hate the game, don't hate tha playa!" :-)

[gadeela]

this guy is not a hero kids u see what players get suspended and fines for nowadays? this dude would have got ejected from the nhl for both the kariya and lindros hits (blatant headshots dont even fucken think about arguing cause ive seen it a million times so dont tell me im blind this n that blah blah) bottom line is he wasnt always clean with his hits love how he doesnt say i never meant to end his career or apoligize "its a great game" right beside that cunt messier.

[toekneeeyeoweme]

@pavyowns7 No, he was whiny...he cried about everything beginning with the team that drafted him. I'm sure he was frustrated but hey, that's life sometimes...As for being a better player, he was certainly gifted but lacked the heart and chin for the era he played in. His teammates didn't respect him. Stevens was a man who will be forever remembered for his heart and Lindros will be merely an afterthought.

[pavyowns7]

@toekneeeyeoweme he wasn't whiny about it maybe he was just frustrated for getting like his 5th serious concussion he was a way better hockey player than Stevens also.

[unklelemmy]

@varsume So if a player isn't looking they get a free pass to the net? Should defenders stop defending because another player is playing stupid hockey?

[toekneeeyeoweme]

@pavyowns7 It's ok to knock any player out as long as it's done cleanly, which is what Stevens did. The fact that Lindros was a whiny primadonna only made it more satisfying...

[pavyowns7]

@toekneeeyeoweme well ok since Lindros was whiny it's ok to knock him out? This is hockey not streetball.

[toekneeeyeoweme]

@varsume That was a different era. Of course we know much more about head injuries now than we do now but that's irrelevant. He played the game cleanly. He took very, very few elbowing penalties and earned mythical, legendary status for ending that whiny coward of a player Lindros.