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Originally Posted by troutman
Ott and Backes came to mind, and I'm not wrong about Backes. He is a back stabbing coward.
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I don't want to derail this thread, but I disagree with your assessment of Backes. He tends to dominate a lot of players with his size, yet isn't very tough in the fighting department ... and rarely does, hence I can see how you'd see him as a coward.
As for a punk, he isn't some little trash talking d### and he doesn't use his stick on guys ... he doesn't generally run guys and I'd say he plays a heavy, clean game.
The only d-bag stuff I can recall was prior to the Olympics when he fought a few Canadian players in leading up NHL games. One example was his fighting Toews. I'm combining this incident with your inaccurate portrayal of the Blues and theorize you like the Hawks. I know you're obviously a Flames fan, and I usually agree with your comments and find many of them hilarious, but here I feel your post was simply wrong. St. Louis doesn't have a bunch of punks and that's why I'm cheering for them in the playoffs this year.
Edit: Having watched your compilation page, I stand by my opinion. Two of the four incidents sited were simply a matter his being bigger than his opponent (McGinn and international one). The cross check on Holmstrom seemed pretty weak, you'd see that happen at least a dozen times any game. As for Stajan, I agree that was bad, but I'm sure you recognize Backes isn't known for such maneuvers. I somewhat equate him to Regher. Was he a punk?