-AJ- Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I just watched an old TSN video about the top 10 agitators in NHL history and it made me wonder who the best agitator in Canucks history would be. Just wanna make this clear: this is not necessarily the toughest player in Canucks history. It is the player who was best at getting under the other team's skin. I came up with a list of several players who could be considered. Edit: Added Esa Tikkanen. It's tough for me. I'd say the top two are Lapierre and Ruutu, but I'll go with Jarkko Ruutu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtpasc Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I voted cooke, but it would be so close between him, burrows, and ruutu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AriGold Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 When i saw the title the first name that came to mind is Jaarko Ruutu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I went with Gino, he was extremely good at getting players off of there game, not only did he have pretty good wheels for an enforcer he was tough as nails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Esa Tikkanen. Probably best to ever play. 100 regular season games, and 6 playoff games in a Canuck uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubrick Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Burrows is a canucks legend in many ways....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Gotta go with the NHL's all time leader in penalty minutes, Dave "the Tiger" Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Tiger Williams got under everybodys skin including his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Bure#10 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuttuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binderdonedat Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 For getting under the other teams skin it's a toss up between Ruutu and Burrows. Gino had his moments though, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tm085 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I went with Gino, he was extremely good at getting players off of there game, not only did he have pretty good wheels for an enforcer he was tough as nails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheels22 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Jarkko Ruutu for sure... Matt Cooke was up there but not as bad, probably the dirtiest though Gino Odjick was definetly the scariest and most intimidating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I don't think Bieksa is an agitator at all. He doesn't start sh**, he finished sh** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 The man I voted for "has a smile like poison come to dinner". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Tiger...........he did it in a time you had to back it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo1970 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 What about Esa Tikkanan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowtownCanuck Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Missing from the list... Tim Hunter Two of the moments I remember he once bit off Ti Domi's glove to draw a fighting major in a scrum against the Jets, in another game he took a faceoff staring at the opposing player and never at the puck or linesman. Esa Tikkanen definately all time pest if you look at the non-Canucks play, Tim as a Canuck as a pure agitator. Ruutu from the list (something about the Fins). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igorwasgreat Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuttuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Tiger. Not a good fight, but he got under the skin of Cam Neely. One thing to note - even back then the stupid Bruins resorted to putting their gloves in the oppositions faces.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEq97KQAiJU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durl Dixsun Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 The Sedin's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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