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Like an NHLer...

Maple Demon
in Melbourne Demons

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Week in and week out there are some of our players that display a tough and dogged attitude that makes me think they'd make a good NHL player. N Jones and Viney are the two that leap to mind.

Outside of the Demons I'd say J Brown.

Thoughts on players past or present that would belong on the list?

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    Week in and week out there are some of our players that display a tough and dogged attitude that makes me think they'd make a good NHL player. N Jones and Viney are the two that leap to mind.

    Outside of the Demons I'd say J Brown.

    Thoughts on players past or present that would belong on the list?

    Dustin Martin, Gary Ablett snr, Leigh Matthews, Gary Ayers, John Fidge, Ted Fidge, D Millane, G Yeates, Rod Grinter, would be some that come to mind MapleD.

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    Hmmm not sure who could skate round and round in circles whilst the puck flies around aimlessly.

    So I'd probably take Campbell Brown and Barry Hall so I'd go ok in the fights.

    It seems to me the most vital player in the NHL is the goalie. In that regard I'd want a nice squat guy (although average height is over 6 ft) and with incredibly fast reflexes. With courage.

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    Hmmm not sure who could skate round and round in circles whilst the puck flies around aimlessly.

    So I'd probably take Campbell Brown and Barry Hall so I'd go ok in the fights.

    It seems to me the most vital player in the NHL is the goalie. In that regard I'd want a nice squat guy (although average height is over 6 ft) and with incredibly fast reflexes. With courage.

    As they say, you go to a fight and a hockey game breaks out.

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    who the puck cares :wacko:

    Daisycutter, there are some players that could take a lesson in toughness from the NHL.

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    Daisycutter, there are some players that could take a lesson in toughness from the NHL.

    was a joke joyce, but now you raise it the same could be said about cage fighting, so why nhl? :)

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    The team angle. The toughness of some inspires teamates. That and the similarity of get ball / get puck, sometimes without thought to one's own welfare.

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    The team angle. The toughness of some inspires teamates. That and the similarity of get ball / get puck, sometimes without thought to one's own welfare.

    ok i see where you're coming from

    nhl guys are obviously tough and courageous if not crazy

    but i just see much more differences than similarities between the two codes

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    Have there been any fights in the VFL/AFL that have gone as far as this hockey game?

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    From last nights game, I reckon Libba might go alright.

    I doubt if you could hang on to opponents with those huge gloves on.

    Rick Charlesworth?

    It is ICE hockey.....how would the $10m new guy at Sydney go?

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    Daisycutter, there are some players that could take a lesson in toughness from the NHL.

    Same could be said for NHLers. I can think of some very soft players that I have seen in recent years: Ribeiro, Kovalev, the Sedins...I could go on.

    I'm a big fan of both sports, but I fail to see many similarities between the two. I would, however, like to see Zdeno Chara have a go at getting a spot on the Dees' rookie list as a ruckman.

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    Same could be said for NHLers. I can think of some very soft players that I have seen in recent years: Ribeiro, Kovalev, the Sedins...I could go on.

    I'm a big fan of both sports, but I fail to see many similarities between the two. I would, however, like to see Zdeno Chara have a go at getting a spot on the Dees' rookie list as a ruckman.

    True, there are those that shirk their roles in any sport. The comparison I was making wasn't in game style/play, but in the tougjmess and determination required by both sports to be amongst the truly elite.

    I went to high school with a player who went on to play in the NHL and represent Canada at the Olympics. As a jumior player he had to live several hours away during the junior hockey season in pursuit of his dream.

    It is that dedication to the sport and team that was intended. Essentially, I see it as a compliment to both sports.

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    Nathan Carroll.

    He definitely had a strange hockey-hair like hairstyle going on for a time.

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    Daisycutter, there are some players that could take a lesson in toughness from the NHL.

    And full body armour including helmets and face guards

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    Volleyball.. Maia Westrupp (well that's were they snapped him up from apparently).

    Alistair Nicholson was a field hockey player

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