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Originally Posted by Sandman
I agree with this, except for one thing- I don't think Gilly was overmatched. He's fought the likes of Landeskog, Kolesar, Simmonds, MacEwen, Bastian, Hayden, and Givani Smith, and did just fine. He's game, and he's usually the first to throw off the gloves. Any fight can result in one of the combatants getting caught with a solid punch, and/or getting hurt. You're right though- the coach already knows he will come to the aid of his teammates, he should win a job based on how he plays, not fights.
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This is true on the overmatched part. He was well within his pugilist and fighting skills level with Jonah Gadjovich. They both do quite well within the fisticuff realms on the ice. Gadjovich and Gilbert are both just a level below upper tier fighters in the league (Lucic, Gudbrandson,
Reaves, Johnston, Macdermid etc, not many left). The only upper tier fighter Gadjovich has fought was Deslauriers, but for the most part it’s been against guys just a step below the nuclear deterrents.
I’d say Gadjovich fight card and results are slightly better than Gilbert, but not by enough to be considered outmatched. Gilbert just caught one at the end. It happens to the best of them. Both are tough hombres.