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[DEBATE] Who is the greatest FIGHTER in Vancouver Canucks history?

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Elias Pettersson

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Who is the greatest FIGHTER in Vancouver Canucks history?  

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IBatch Canucks Hall-of-Famer

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2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

This one was tough, pun intended.  :)

 

But in the end I chose the guy who knocked out one of the greatest fighters in NHL history...

 

 

He also won a fight against in my opinion one of the top 5 heavyweights in NHL history...

 

 

Bingo. 

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2 hours ago, spook007 said:

Pound for pound..... Rypien...

RIP wee man. Heart of a lion...

 

Cheers but don't forget Walker.   Fought in an era with a lot better fighters and won quite a few .. was one of the better middleweights of his era - fun fact beat the tar out of another guy on this list after getting cheap shotted terribly by him in a fight filled affair.   If i knew how to add the video i would (Petit bloodied Walker with three hard punches when his arms were tied behind his back in a scrum)...    But yes he did have lots of heart RYP. 

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We had some tough hombres over the years.   Crowder, when he first came into the league, made mince meat out everyone for months until Berube (one of the fastest punchers i've seen for a heavy spaz) finally got the better of him. 

 

Snepsts beat Delmore - after he left - those two guys were good fighters.   Butcher was a gamer but often took his licks too.   Momesso looked like a guy you'd never want to meet in an alley.    Was pretty good too.  McCallister had his moments, one i watched live fighting Parker (who was supposed to be the next big league bad boy, had his was with the minor leagues) he did great .... Brashear beat up Odjers at the same time lol...COL never intimidated that team.   Bieksa rarely lost but he was also smart to stay in his weight/skill class most of the time.   One punch Fraser... And of course Coxe was part of two total brawls, highest ranked fights all-time with Probert.   Rypien and Walker were great middle weights - as was Mike Keane ; who i believe had a dandy with Walker.    Keane was a feared fighter coming up, nobody wanted a piece of him in his weight class.    

 

Given this is the "greatest fighter " and not the best fighter,  anyone voting for Gino well i totally get it.    Still went with Brashear, because he's considered one of the best all-time too.   And was the best heavyweight for a couple of years playing for the Canucks, and a top five guy after he left too.    Led the league in fighting majors (without looking i think it was 29) which made Gino expendable.   But for awhile anyways, we had both.   Scary.   Those Keenan teams were tough too...was excited to get Ciccone until i watched him play lol.  

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-Brashear was the toughest guy in the league at one point and so I’ll probably have to go with him (although Brash sometimes had a tendency to forget about his role)

 

-Rypien may have been pound for pound.

 

-Odjick probably understood and relished the role of the enforcer better than anyone

 

 

 

 

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rypien. watching the way he protected himself and darted around, it was almost impossible for the other guy to land a punch. like fighting a pit viper. 

 

as an aside, watching these clips and thinking about these goons makes me really glad that this part of the game is dead and gone. hockey is so much better for it. 

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nux_win Canucks Prospect

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Rick, toughest guy pound for pound I have ever seen, Rypien.  RIP.

 

Though he wasn't really a designated fighter, honorable mention to Harold Snepsts for tuning up Dave Schulz when it was much needed and nobody else could (saw that one live and will never forget).  Also honorable mention to Gino Odjick for just being Gino.  

 

Go Canucks Go!

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Awesome topic!!!  

 

Here's my list:

1. Brashear - not particularly likeable but was the best fighter in a Canucks uniform

2. Rypien - best pure fighting skills but not a heavyweight

3. Fraser - didn't start them often but almost always finished them, superb puncher

4. Odjick - best enforcer in Canucks history, hands down, not debatable

5. Kurtenbach - not on the list but was an unbelievable fighter

 

Honourable mentions go to:

Glenn Cochrane - big, mean and nasty...but let off the gas a bit with the Canucks

Craig Coxe - Coxe vs Probert x2 is enough said

Tim Hunter - sneaky and entertaining

Scott Walker - YouTube Walker vs. Keane.  Had many superb battles

Darren Langdon - terrific fighter who sadly played only ~45 games for the Canucks

 

 

 

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Brashear is absolutely the correct answer for this question.  At some point (because I have seen this discussion play out before lol) someone will hop in this thread and start banging the "huggy Brashear" drum.  So before that happens I'll just point out some other fighters who were criticized as being "huggers".  Floyd Mayweather, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Lennox Lewis and Georges St. Pierre.  I don't think I need to explain the point that is being made here.

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Warhippy Canucks Hall-of-Famer

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NOBODY was tougher than Rypien period.  

 

He'd have fought

Brashear

Momesso

Odjick

Snepts

Williams

 

Any of our greatest and come out with a nod or an outright win.

 

But since we have such a short body of work with the gem; it's Brashear.  

 

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