Kurtis Gabriel fought Hunter Smith last season (March 18). Anyone remember that fight? There is no video on HockeyFights for that one, and no votes.
FWIW, Anthony Peluso beat him up last year. I am not sure what the big names in terms of fighters in the AHL are, but he hasn't fought anyone I recognize from the NHL that is considered a goon. All this means is that (unfortunately) Engelland has to spend 5 minutes in the box for re-arranging this kid's face. Might as well call Bollig up, as I would much rather have him sitting those 5 minutes.
At any rate, I don't think it means much. Engelland is here so I doubt this kid will intimidate much.
Hope the Flames don't do anything cheap or have some 'blatant' intent to injure crap. I just want them to target Staal and Suter (who are the 1st and 3rd leading scorers for the Wild respectively) with clean but HARD hits every chance they get. Finish each check. Just target those two. Make a statement to the Wild - and the rest of the league - that if a team wants to target the Flames' best players, the Flames will do likewise.
I hope they do it clean and don't take a penalty doing so. Just hard but clean hits all game long targeting those two players.
Should be a fun game to watch (and how often do we get to say that about a Wild game?).
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