Bruins All-Time All-Nasty team

[bruinsfan1972]

https://youtu.be/eTOfsoJAij4

Can someone embed this for me? Marty says hello.

 

[sarge88]

Off the cuff, in my strong opinion Nevin Markwart needs to be ditched in favor of Al Secord or Stan Jonathan. Nevin was a feisty little guy, but not exactly one to put fear in the hearts of others. Big Al was one of best one punch fighters Bruins ever had and boy could he put the puck in the net. Stan Jonathan was, well ask Pierre Bouchard what Stan Jonathan was!

I'm going spend some time thinking about a replacement for K Crowder. Loved the good old UNH boy, but think there were nastier guys.

Short timers, but Ken Belanger or McSorely both fit the bill.

 

[rickizbruin]

Bruce Shoebottom. Guy only played like 30 games but dam he was tough.
Only man to date smiled as he was being hit.

 

[nmbr_24]

I think Brad Park needs to be mentioned here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_FJQQN-Jc

I tried to embed the video but I am obviously doing something wrong

 

[BostonBob]

Bobby Schmautz was called Captain Hook for a reason.

 

[Pia8988]

I think Brad Park needs to be mentioned here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_FJQQN-Jc

I tried to embed the video but I am obviously doing something wrong

 

[bobbyorr04]

Fully agree - How are Stan Jonathan and John Wensink not in that lineup?

^^^
This.

 

[wintersej]

Janney/Hodge Jr./Eriksson

O'Connell/Gill

I'd put Spooner in over Hodge Jr.

 

[Lobster57]

List needs more TENKRAT

 

[Fenian24]

Difference between nasty and tough. Wayne Cashman , Bobby Schmautz and Ken Linseman were the nastiest, dirtiest Bruins I have ever seen, only Cashman could fight. Derek Sanderson was dirty but didn’t fight a lot and it was more for show than substance. Brad Park before he came to Boston was as tough and dirty as they came, Cherry told him to tone it down because they were tough enough and needed him on the ice. Chris Nilan, even at the end of his career was tough and dirty.

Guys who could fight but weren’t overly dirty, Jay Miller, Lyndon Byers, Stan Jonathan, John Wensink, Shawn Thornton, Glen Featherstone, Jamie Huscroft, Ken Belanger and Ken Baumgartner come to mind right away.

Neely, Lucic and Chara were all very good to great fighter who would only fight if angry, making them a bit more dangerous than guys who fought because it was there job.

O’Reilly is an outlier, a guy who was brought in just to fight who made himself a very good player through hard work and never being satisfied with just being a goon, also had a coach in Cherry who gave him the chance excel as a player.

Orr was Orr, had a vicious temper and could fight very well.

Nevin Markwart will always be one of my favorite Bruins. Tried as hard as anybody but was too small to be a good fighter in the age of Proberts, Coxes, McSorelys, Kordics, etc. Jeff Odgers will also always get credit for answering the bell every time and rarely winning, sometimes losing in spectacular fashion.

Bruce Shoebottom had a chance to be a local hero here, between his unique skating style, voice and willingness to fight anybody.

Mike Milbury was/is terrible at every job he has ever had in hockey so it would make sense he was a terrible fighter to go along with being a terrible player, coach, GM and announcer.

P.J. Stock put on a good show and was entertaining but if you talk to people he fought he was not a hard puncher and very few feared him, still enjoyed his time here.

Players I never got the chance to see but have amazing reputations, you have to start with Eddie Shore who may have been the toughest man to ever play hockey, at the very least he is in the top ten. Fernie Flaman, Orland Kurtenbach, Fleming Mackell, Milt Schmidt, Reggie Fleming and Ted Green all have played rolls in giving the Bruins the Big Bad reputation.

Current Bruins desperately need one or two forwards that would make this list.

 

[Ben Grimm]

...W. Cashman-K. Linseman-T. O'Reilly
J. Miller-D. Sanderson-K. Crowder
M. Lucic-F. MacKell-L. Byers
N. Markwart-PJ Stock-C. Neely

Bourque-Shore
T. Green-Flaman
Orr-Milbury
Dallas Smith

G. Cheevers
A. Moog

Great job. I love The Rat being the #1 C.