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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
that's just you being a mindless oiler hater. Smyth wasn't a dirty rat by any means.
besides, this isn't the place for the comment, as you look like you're making a case why the cheap shot was "deserved".
what makes the elbow even worse is that it's after a goal.
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Oh come on, he was proudly sneaky and dirty. It was a huge part of his game.
Not dirty in the sense of injuring guys and dishing out cheap shots, but he used all sorts of tricks to mess with goalies in particular because he lived in the crease.
"Dirty" might be overstating it, because he wasn't a vicious player, but he definitely skirted the rules, and that's dirty. Good for him though, now that he's gone. I wouldn't complain if a Flame was innocently tripping up a goalie or knocking his stick out of his hand and gaining a reputation as a national team stalwart at the same time.