Which "soft" skill player could you most easily see throwing a HUGE hip check? Choose 5.

[Devilsfan2326]

Some games turn into a very aggressive and physical endeavor. Which "soft" skill player decides he's had enough and would like to throw some big hits too, rather than just try to dodge the other team's hits? Who has that hip check inside of them waiting for the right moment to come out?

Choose 5 players that you could most see responding with that kind of fierce physicality if push came to shove. Poll selections came from a list of thirty players with around 50 or less (small or big) hits last year.

I saw Panarin, who only had 14 hits last year, threw a solid hipcheck yesterday. So that brings on this poll, but with some different guys of all ages and ability, but similar aversion to hitting. As far as I know - correct anything in the comments.

I'll probably take the guys with the lowest amount of votes to start a new poll with just them.

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[ijuka]

Pretty interesting to group Roope Hintz with most of those guys. 6'3 212 lbs and not a perimeter player.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Pretty interesting to group Roope Hintz with most of those guys. 6'3 212 lbs and not a perimeter player.

Only 32 hits last year... less than 50ish and they get on the list If he gets a lot of votes I won't include him next poll.

 

[DitchMarner]

Point is a soft player?

I don't really think of Giroux as soft, either.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Point is a soft player?

I don't really think of Giroux as soft, either.

Word used loosely! More about hits since Point had 16 and Giroux had 35. Stuff like slashing wrists at faceoffs not included Pass 'em a vote!

 

[Albatros]

A lot of players that definitely aren't soft.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Some of these players aren’t soft

 

[BlueDream]

Easily Buchnevich since he plays a gritty game, not a soft one.

That’s the case for a few others as well.

 

[Panthaz89]

I honestly can't remember Jeff Skinner delivering a single hit in his entire time with the Sabres.

 

[ijuka]

Only 32 hits last year... less than 50ish and they get on the list If he gets a lot of votes I won't include him next poll.

Soft players I see as perimeter players avoiding contact and contested areas of the ice.

 

[Hisch13r]

A lot of those guys don’t even fit the mold so I’ll exclude them. Out of the guys I do think fit the mold I went with Bratt, Zucc, Barzal, Zegras, and Eklund

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I honestly can't remember Jeff Skinner delivering a single hit in his entire time with the Sabres.

He hit Pasta one time and hurt himself. Seriously, looked like an AC joint or somethin, like dude’s shoulders crumple in a mid-speed collision.

 

[Z-Diddy]

I honestly can't remember Jeff Skinner delivering a single hit in his entire time with the Sabres.

fits right in with the Oilers then, 31st in the league for hits

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Soft players I see as perimeter players avoiding contact and contested areas of the ice.

Suggest some players who you'd be at least moderately surprised to see a hip check from! The next poll will probably be 10 or so players, the ones not voted for in this one, but try to make a list of 30.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Guys with 3 votes or less include: Marner, Skinner, Huberdeau, Keller, Caufield, Barzal, Boldy, Strome, Nyquist, Duchene, Eklund, Drouin, Stephenson, Kuzmenko, Kane, Novak, Perfetti, Atkinson, Kyrou. If everything remains similar to how the poll is going now.

So after eliminating the "harder" guys, a poll will be made with 10 or so of these, plus any suggestions. Big guys shouldn't be totally excluded.

 

[Golden_Jet]

There is only a few players that even throw hip checks in the NHL, let alone a huge one.

 

[Evergreen]

Giroux for sure

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Giroux, Point, Boldy, Hintz are my picks

 

[The Macho King]

Forwards are rarely in a good position to hip check anyway. More of a blue line (or just inside it) move.

 

[CaptainShark]

Eklund is really feisty, I wouldn’t rule it out