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McG · 03-13-2017, 02:11 PM

if you ever saw smyth play, you would know exactly what "dirty", sneaky, rat, etc means. to clarify, I don't think I ever saw or heard of an attempt to injure by ryan smyth. that wasn't his game, but skirting the rules certainly was. I guess it all depends upon your definition of the words and how they are attributed to a hockey game.

yeah, he broke the rules and he got away with it a lot. how many times can one player be "pushed" into the goalie butt first before it stops being an accident? exactly.

having said all of that, he played the way that he did and he got away with it and he retired and good luck to him. but let's not get all revisionist history here.

he is also a man with a family and a life, and likely always has been since I became aware of him.

hope that the incident is dealt with appropriately by the league.

03-13-2017, 02:11 PM	#32
McG Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rebiggling, Alberta Exp:	if you ever saw smyth play, you would know exactly what "dirty", sneaky, rat, etc means. to clarify, I don't think I ever saw or heard of an attempt to injure by ryan smyth. that wasn't his game, but skirting the rules certainly was. I guess it all depends upon your definition of the words and how they are attributed to a hockey game. yeah, he broke the rules and he got away with it a lot. how many times can one player be "pushed" into the goalie butt first before it stops being an accident? exactly. having said all of that, he played the way that he did and he got away with it and he retired and good luck to him. but let's not get all revisionist history here. he is also a man with a family and a life, and likely always has been since I became aware of him. hope that the incident is dealt with appropriately by the league. __________________ Franchise > Team > Player Future historians will celebrate June 24, 2024 as the date when the timeline corrected itself. Last edited by McG; 03-13-2017 at 02:13 PM.