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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
No, not what I meant at all, and 'taken out' in soccer is a lot different from 'taken out' in hockey, you get a bruised ankle or scraped knees at worst.
I was wondering though if Smyth was immeasurably better than the other players he was playing against, whether him being on the team makes that team 'unstoppable' because if that is the case while it doesn't excuse the hit it makes the frustrations that lead up to this kind of goonery more likely,
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IIRC Fleury played at this level fairly soon after he left the NHL.