draper? he aint a scrapper...gilmour yes, conroy yes but not draper....roenick doesnt take cheap shots and i dont know were u get he's not a fighter...this season he got into some fights he got into a big fight with tucker during the regular season he lost but he made sure he did his own dirty work.....and not this year but last year when tucker laid his ass on that questionable hit in the playoffs he didnt take any cheap shots on tucker or hit him from behind at all he did was tell tucker were gonna finnish this another time and thats why they got into that fight this season
draper is not a scrapper....when claude lemiux did that cheap ass chicken sh*t hit on him in 96 the next year draper had MCcarty do his dirty worker thats not a scrapper.....he goes away from "questionable" hits coz he still wants to get in the play and score or get back on defense..i've seen tucker do that too......hell i've even seen gilmour do that...scappers who can score goals get alot of there goals that way coz when they take player out and can lead to rush and instead of waiting to see if the guy wants to drop his gloves they try and get in on they rush
Draper was alot scrappier than he is now--someplayers DO evlove. When I was 13 years old, I saw my first NJ Devils game--it was Brendan Shanahan's rookie year, and I fell in love right away. Being that young, and a girl to boot, I was more enamored of the fighting and offense--and Shanahan had about 10 times as many penalty minutes as he had points. Over the years, it has gone the other way, and with age Shanahan realizes he can make a bigger contribution if he's actively on the ice and not in the penalty box. And with my own age, I've also learned the value of great goaltending and defense, though it's not as flashy--fighting's nice, but it's only a very small part of the game. It has gotten brutal out there, and I wonder why the players are injuring each other so much more--the injuiries are intentional, too, not the sort of incidental contacts that would knock a guy out and give hima concussion, but a ton more of cheap shots--these guys should realize that they're being reorded, and they're not gonna get away with that sh*t--and Bettman, the NHL comissioner really needs to take a stand against it. By God, it IS entertaining, though isn't it?
hockey can be fun to watch but it can also be boring to watch if you watch...i love watching the leafs play coz players like tucker and roberts bring it on every shift but i dont like watching teams like the devils play coz there so defensevly minded....i think hockey needs to get rid of the two line pass and have the refs call no touch iceing it would speed the game up and there would be less injuries