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Originally Posted by Psytic
This is why i'm starting to prefer NFL to NHL. taking all the physicality out with cheap retaliations every time there is any big hit has ruined the game. I miss guys like Stevens and Regher. I barely even cheer at hockey games now, there isnt really anything to get excited about just watching players cycle endlessly with no hits and just possession play. its like soccer on ice.
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Stevens and Regehr are completely different. Stevens was predatory and hit to injure. Regehr was great and using angles and the boards to lay hits but it was never predatory or designed to injure. It was all about separating player from puck. In my mind Regehr is the model of what physical play in the NHL should be all about while Stevens represents what it shouldn't be