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Originally Posted by Poe969
An agitator who backs up his words and fights is a goon. A real agitator is someone who throws the other team off their game and hurts them on the scoreboard. As long as he isn't crossing the line and turning into a Cooke then I'm ok with it. Ott is the kind of player that comes to mind here or a Marchand kind of player. If he can put up some points and drive the other team crazy and not have to fight then it'll probably lead to more PP's for us.
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A good agitator will fight actually.
However, he won't fight people who don't mean anything. i.e If he can make another teams best player get so annoyed they want to square off, then he's won by all means. Him sitting for 5 minutes, means nothing; however, a star player sitting for 5 minutes does hurt.
I think Calgary's been missing a real agitator for a while now. I like the guys who play on the edge, because they change the dynamic of the game. As long, as you said, he's not Cooke-ing anyone; I'd be more than happy to have this guy in the AHL.