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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
There are a lot of ex-Flames that are disliked by Flames fans because they were dirty and of not good character. Guys like Bryan Marchment, Sasha Lakovic, Paul Baxter, Willie Plett, Denis Gauthier, Chris Simon to name a few. Like any place, you will get varying opinions, but I am not proud that any of them wore Flames sweaters. Even though Ville Neiminen became a valuable player during a playoff run, I didn't like him much. And as far as I know, none of those guys crossed the line like Burrows did by making it personal.
I get that it is reasonable to separate the on-ice stuff from the off-ice stuff. I am sure guys like Gauthier and Marchment don't go around Walmart taking out people's knees, but when a player purposely brings personal off-ice stuff to the ice, it shows another part of their character that isn't simply erased because they do something good.
A lot of bad people do stuff for the community, but it doesn't make them good people. Ted Bundy was suicide councilor, and apparently a good one. Even Hitler saw beauty in the sunset (that's right, Godwinned!).
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I think Sasha Lakovic, Paul Baxter, Willie Plett, Denis Gauthier, and Chris Simon played with a mean streak, and sometimes had some “dirty” hits, but they were not afraid to answer for it when when challenged. Unlike weasels like Burrows or Linseman.