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Man Grape's got a memory like a steel trap!
Lindros was a machine. Was a dirty hit i think from Stevens. Lindros would dominate even more in today's soft league.
The Leafs could use a defenseman of Scott Stevens ilk.
Steven's was a beast.
$50 says Georges Laraque could still K.O. Stevens in a real fight (without pads) in under 90 seconds.
That story with his wife says it all. Stevens is a shit player that went out there to injure players not to play hockey. His goal was not to hit a guy to get the puck back by to wait for the guy to not be looking so he could injure them.
I feel sorry for Eric , good guy outside the ring . Met him at the parking lot when he became Leaf , talk to my son , signed his hat . Gave us lots of his time . Great player , similar thing happened to my son early in AAA , it didn't show at first but in Junior hockey caught up to him . Too many " leagal" hits to the head .
Great player. But Stevens only crushed guys with dirty dirty late hits.
That hit was the beginning of the end of Flyers hockey for me. After that hit, we never had a marquee player with the same pedigree as Lindros again!
For us French Canadians Cherry is a buffoon.
For that time period, that was a "he should have kept his head up" hit.
Just look at the picture Scott attach his head cheap shot
Scott Stevens was the best shutdown defenseman of that era. I don’t give a turkey what you say.
A cheap shot artist like Stevens being celebrated. Shame. He can only be tough against defensless players and the bush league nhl allowed it.
Stevens wife was in the nose bleeds because rumor has it her and Eric got a little to close! Which explains why he took Eric out and maybe the other players Stevens has creamed said something about that to get under his skin….lol
Love how Flyers fans whine about the hit on cheap shot artist Lindros, while their ‘Broad Street Bullies’ were the dirtiest team of all time.
That's the way she goes!
sorry but Stevens is the best Lindros always had a coming. Some bullies need to be put in their place.
Stevens, I hope you have it back now later in your life, such a nasty hit to a player in a vulnerable position, nothing good about that hit, or the one on Karyia
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Playoffs then were hockey wars. Like Brad May puts it….most players would fight their mother to win the cup.
Another epic Grapes story and clip.
cherry was always right he should of just stayed home for a season instead of immediately rushing into games after he would get crushed over and over again
Stevens is a coward. He would rather hit you dirty then try to square up with you
Stevens was a head hunter.
Don said "are you crazy? Scott Stevens is out there. He's an animal!"
Scott Steven’s is a masterful hitter. He learned to hit people at the right place at the right time. Catch players when they aren’t paying attention. When players aren’t expecting the hit all seems right on the ice. He also never elbowed players or clothes lined them with his arm. Those type of hits often got penalized. it was always with his shoulders or torso which are cleaner hits and often times looks like two players colliding.He had a menacing presence on the ice, a scary looking guy from every angle and moment on the ice. Whether it was the playoff goatee or a seasonal clean shave you couldn’t get past his beatey eyes or his tense scowl. If his wife couldn’t bare to watch him up close during the game, that fact alone proves how good he was at being a menace on the Ice.
Saw Lindros practice with the Leafs in Muskoka, it was near the end of his career, he was done, no way he should have played, they had him at centre ice just taking passes which he struggled with while the rest of the team did drills, Erik the poor guy had a far away look, doctors should be in jail for letting this guy play…Glad there is concussion protocol now! 🏒🏒🏒
Lindros was leaning so far forward with his head there was no way to avoid making contact with it.
So pre med head hunting?. Ruin a persons career let alone life playing hockey. POS
Lindros developed a BAD habit of skating with his head down since youth hockey. He was always the biggest and strongest on the ice no one could take him..until the NHL..
A lot of the time Neidermeyer would bait players into crossing into Stevens, which is exactly what happened with Lindros.
Grapes knows his stuff about the inside game of hockey. He's a pretty old man now in 2024 but I'd like to see him show up on the TNT studio board a few times if he's up for it.
The correct response from the Flyers should have been for Craig Berube to elbow Patrik Elias in the face as a payback…. of course it never happened… : (
While some people come to see fights and hits, the amazing skills of guys like Lindros or Crosby make the game. Fans pay to see a Gretzky. Not average players hitting cheap shots. So it made sense to eventually protect skilled players from being crushed. It makes zero business sense to have a premiere player taken out for 40 games with a concussion, and some mid-level player gets a game suspension.
Well had they let the players police themselves like the old days this might happen once and then there would be pay back But the instigator rule changed everything and then the stickwork and head shot became the norm. Ended a few super stars career early. Really sad.
Most of Stevens' hits were on players not carrying the puck. It was cheap and dangerous.
Cherry – aside his shtick and controversy – is actually a very astute hockey observer and commentator
Looking back obviously Lindros playing as a man among boys developed the bad habit of keeping his head down. But he was getting protected once in the NHL. In Nov. 1995 Marty McSorley picked a fight with him and as usual tires out his opponent. Marty starts pounding Lindros and the officials immediately jump in to stop it. Why? They didn't jump in with McSorley-Langdon, McSorley-Probert, or any fights that went over the 1 minute mark when both guys were on their feet in the mid 90s. Just this one. McSorley was disgusted with it. Certainly Lindros was going to go down, but 2 inches taller and 25 pounds heavier than McSorley, why was he being protected? I asked that question then and I guess it became apparent a few years later.
Captain Scotty 3 Cups. Smoked Lindros CLEAN. Many NHL players loved that hit . Lindros was hated
Stevens, ppl should talk about why he was allowed to walk into FA as a young star. Washington Capitals lawsuit.
Lindros was too tall and lanky to be a hockey player… and a puck hog to boot.
Maybe keep your head up and don’t skate over the middle. Lindros was also a predator, live by the sword, die by the sword.
Don knew more about what's happening on the ice before it happened than the combined group on hnic now! Miss you grapes.
End of the day the hits Steven’s would throw would never be tolerated today. Whether or not Ljndros had his head down, Steven’s signature move was shoulder or elbow to the head as point of contact. He was a cheap player. Not unlike Claude Lemieux
Stevens was a dirty player.
Vicious hit by a vicious player. Stevens was a great player, but vicious.
dont even show the clip in the video that's all about it….. how effing stupid is that?! thumbs down
Scott Stevens is a psychopath. Period.
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