Purinton was a puke, but he inflicted pain on every player that wronged the Rangers during those 4 years pre-lockout, haha. Sometimes that wasn't possible within the guidelines of acceptable hockey player conduct, so he made due outside of it.
Langdon also went into fights with the general strategy of letting his opponent tire themselves out in the first half of a scrap and then he would come on for the second half. He was smart in knowing how to be effective.
Mallette. I liked him too. Him and King. They both came up around the same time. That's a great call. Would have been cool if a few more guys from that crew could have stayed for the Cup run. It would have been very cool if James Patrick and Mike Gartner stayed somehow. Maybe there was another way to acquire Larmer. Anyhow, I digress.
Mark Jannsens as well....he could also fight very well and was a big boy .
Also, some great examples of Dumb Hockey Nicknames: Kinger, Janner, Garts... Though Jeep is a *bit* better. I wonder what they called Mallette? Probably "Troy-y".
With everything that has gone on in the world, I can't see them doing him dirty now. I don't know, just a weird feeling they'll move Smith or Staal somehow. Would they eat half and move Lundqvist? Probably more likely than a buyout, in my opinion. With a flat cap looking likely, this is going to be an insane offseason, especially with it being at a weird part of the year like November-ish.
