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Originally Posted by sketchyt
Maybe not the BEST, but one of the most memorable players I've ever watched in person is Dustin Byfuglien.
It's really something watching a monster that size skate like the wind, shrug off checks from grown ass hockey players like it's mosquitoes being a bit of a bother, and then being able to turn on a dime to cleanly demolish guys (but still getting called penalties for basically hitting too hard).
It's like a tank having a baby with a ballerina.
Yeah, he wasn't the most defensively sound player but my god was he ever noticeable always.
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I feel the same way about Matt Martin with the Isles. Isles are my favorite Eastern team so I've been to every Flames vs Isles game since '06. By and large, even with Tavares on the team, nobody stood out to me more then Matt frickin' Martin. Almost every shift he made something happen. Getting into fights. Roughing it up after every play. Got into some epic battles with Engelland when he was here. Flames players always knew when he was on the ice. Me and my buddy had a running gag at how this 4th line guy, year after year, was the most noticeable player every year we'd come see the Isles play.
Of course he's not the best player I ever saw play. But he's right up there as one of the most
noticeable I've seen play live.