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Originally Posted by strombad
But coming from a player that was known throughout his career as a dirty bully? Rings a little hollow either way.
Roy and Tanguay both liked him, Parker didn't. It's all irrelevant, but if you're going to make one statement relevant you have to take into the account of the others. Parker was always a punk, and would have had no career at all were he not a tough guy. Tanguay however? Neither of those things, and still found a fit with Hartley.
Not that this matters at all, but how do people think Roy talks to his players? or Torts? What do you think will happen if MacT steps behind the bench? We've all heard those guys go off plenty of times, you think they get nicer in the locker room? The way Hartley carries himself is commonplace in the NHL. This is not some shocking revelation, nor should it be treated as such. The locker room is a hard place with unfiltered speech. There have been countless coaches who have an edge to them, but for a player to come out and say he was bullied? Ridiculous.
Just look at the Miami Dolphons situation, with pretty much everyone turning on the guy who came out and said he was bullied. That situation is MUCH worse than this one. This is basic, run of the mill stuff.
If there is one thing we can, for an absolute fact surmise from this article, is that Hartley (at least once) treated a dirty player with an attitude poorly. No other assumptions can or should be made. Hell, he's told Grats, Jackman, and possibly Bouma not to fight. Doesn't really match up with the man Parker makes him out to be.
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I think I made it quite clear why Roy or Tanguay would like Hartley and Parker would not. I don't think Hartley would dare use the same tactics with Roy and Tanguay that he allegedly did with Parker.
What difference does it make if Parker was an enforcer. And there's really no need to call him names. He was a guy like any one else who did something to make a lot of money. Regardless of any of that I think it's common sense to not treat someone like trash because they just so happen to take out your trash for you.