Who are the strongest players in the NHL

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

McD back.

 

[Sheppy]

Zadorov

He’s gotta be up there

 

[McJedi]

Valeri Nichushkin is one of them. Certainly in the lower body seeing how elite a skater he is for a man that size. If he's not one of the strongest, he's top 5 for best athlete. Even the best players like Quinn Hughes can't skate away from him.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Nick Paul is one of the strongest players I've ever seen

6'4, 230lbs and is extremely strong on his feet

Shame he doesn't have more of a mean streak. Could be one of the more imposing players in the league if he did.

 

[Craig Ludwig]

I'd like to see even half of the players do the stuff Letang does in his training.

Maybe this is why Letang is injured EVERY year. Subban was the same, too much off ice workouts.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Drai or Bark as far as stars go. MacKinnon as well. Sure I'm missing a few others.

Maybe this is why Letang is injured EVERY year. Subban was the same, too much off ice workouts.

I guarantee you it is. Well that and a few other things.

 

[swiftwin]

The vid shows him get pushed around easily by Weber before the fight.

Tkachuk is a courageous dude I give you that and he indeed fights Weber in the video (after somehow jumping him though). But he was usually fairly quiet when Weber was around.

Xhekaj has the same effect on him nowadays.

No shame on him, I don’t expect my young talented captain to be able to scrap with the toughest dudes in the league. But the thread title is strongest player

Hilarious.

This is Xhekaj's stats against the Senators:

Tkachuk has 3 goals and 2 assists in those 5 games.

Also, who can forget Tkachuk scoring the GWG with a minute left in the game with Xhekaj on the ice, and Tkachuk celebrating with the heavyweight belt celebration??

Or Xhekaj getting thrown to the ice when trying to throw a reverse hit on Tkachuk?


Or Tkachuk throwing Xhekaj around like a ragdoll when he tried to decapitate Stutzle.


Listen, I know you're upset the Habs took Kotkaniemi instead of Tkachuk, but it's best if you just take the L and move on already. Xhekaj is no substitute for Tkachuk.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Hilarious.

This is Xhekaj's stats against the Senators:
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Tkachuk has 3 goals and 2 assists in those 5 games.

Also, who can forget Tkachuk scoring the GWG with a minute left in the game with Xhekaj on the ice, and Tkachuk celebrating with the heavyweight belt celebration??
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Or Xhekaj getting thrown to the ice when trying to throw a reverse hit on Tkachuk?


Or Tkachuk throwing Xhekaj around like a ragdoll when he tried to decapitate Stutzle.


Listen, I know you're upset the Habs took Kotkaniemi instead of Tkachuk, but it's best if you just take the L and move on already. Xhekaj is no substitute for Tkachuk.

It's pretty hilarious that Habs fans legitimately think Xhekaj is stronger than Tkachuk or that Tkachuk is afraid of him or something lol. Xhekaj is the one who turtled when he had a chance to fight Tkachuk, if anything he's afraid of Brady, he knows he'd be out muscled.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Buff was a legit specimen I don't think we'll ever see anything like him again. Guy would just go into the wilderness for three months in the offseason slamming bear + elk meat and I have to assume approximately 500 beers and would come back at 20% body fat absolutely flying out there.

Xhekaj I think would be up there for current players

 

[Kegs]

It's pretty hilarious that Habs fans legitimately think Xhekaj is stronger than Tkachuk or that Tkachuk is afraid of him or something lol.

Brady is a bad mofo. He is the best power forward in the league.


Zadorov is a monster

 

[loadie]

Apparently Struble was very good at all of the strength tests during the pre-draft testing. Some guys do mature physically before others, so maybe he isn’t so jacked as when Bergevin called him a Greek God or something at the time

 

[Zilo44]

It's pretty hilarious that Habs fans legitimately think Xhekaj is stronger than Tkachuk or that Tkachuk is afraid of him or something lol. Xhekaj is the one who turtled when he had a chance to fight Tkachuk, if anything he's afraid of Brady, he knows he'd be out muscled.

I would love to have Tkachuk on the Habs. Don’t get me wrong. The dude is a true powerforward.

But xhekaj is basically an old school enforcer. The dude is not scared to fight anyone in the league and he would kill Tkachuk in a staged fight.

Xhekaj fights guys like Reaves, DLo, Olivier who are the toughest around the league.