Killion
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Mats Sundin is Sweden's most manly man. Solemn confidence extra ordinaire, who took his manly responsibilities when the herd called upon him.
.... my vote goes to Borje Salming DY. The King.

Mats Sundin is Sweden's most manly man. Solemn confidence extra ordinaire, who took his manly responsibilities when the herd called upon him.
Mats Sundin is Sweden's most manly man. Solemn confidence extra ordinaire, who took his manly responsibilities when the herd called upon him.
Mats Sundin is Sweden's most manly man. Solemn confidence extra ordinaire, who took his manly responsibilities when the herd called upon him.
Gimme a break. He mixed it up with Larry Robinson when he was like, 20, battled Trottier into submission, knocked down Potvin in '84 (major inspiration to the young Oilers who then won), fought Roberts a few times, fought McSorley twice, and generally was a fierce presence. Yeah, he flipped the switch a few times and laid some elbows into helpless opponents, but let's not pretend he was Claude Lemieux.Mark Messier-"Manly" men don't sucker punch or always take liberties with smaller opponents![]()
Messier did stuff like that his entire career...he was just lucky nothing ever snowballed into a Steve Moore like incident. It certainly could have with some of the crazy elbows and stick attacks to the head he would launch. If the Modano dropped stretcher hit happened today Messier would catch a lot of hell.
There were so many incidents far far worse than Steve Moore with guys really trying to mess somebody up in the 70's and 80's. It wasn't as well publicized though because there was no social media
.... my vote goes to Borje Salming DY. The King.![]()
Gimme a break. He mixed it up with Larry Robinson when he was like, 20, battled Trottier into submission, knocked down Potvin in '84 (major inspiration to the young Oilers who then won), fought Roberts a few times, fought McSorley twice, and generally was a fierce presence. Yeah, he flipped the switch a few times and laid some elbows into helpless opponents, but let's not pretend he was Claude Lemieux.
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doesn't get much manlier than sporting a skullet.
Okay, a player who is a man's man. Who is he? The John Wayne of hockey. The Clint Eastwood, the Chuck Norris type. You tell me. I'll start it off.
Gordie Howe - You have to think of him right off the bat. Not an ounce of femininity in the man yet he was a class act off the ice, a true gentleman. Played until he was 52, owned the ice when he was on it and once fought a black bear with his bare hands. Okay I made the last part up...........I think.
Bobby Hull - Built like a greek god. The things his ex-wife said about him weren't good and I am not getting into that but the stories of Hull from players are staggering sometimes. The speed of his shot for instance, his brute strength, that topless picture of him bailing hay, etc. I'll let it slide that he lost a fight badly to John Ferguson once as this is something Howe doesn't have the history of. But as close to a cartoonish Hulk as they come.
Mark Messier - Never dove, never lay on the ice like he was hurt and here is a testament to him, the man is a self-admitted emotional wreck at ceremonies. He'll openly admit to crying and we see that all the time with Mess. But no one will ever poke fun at him for it, now that is a man's man for you. It's like seeing Chuck Norris cry, you figure that if he can do it so can I. Brute strength as well, for whatever reason, like Howe, he wouldn't get challenged even after cheap shots.
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Looked much more manlier with the helmet:
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sidney crosby because he succeeds at sport and sport is manly for some reason
OMG... there are dozens of pre-NHLers and early era NHLers more manly than any from the O6 era onward.Joe Hall, Cyclone Taylor, Newsy Lalonde....
... No. By that reasoning, 8-time gold medalist figure skater Kurt Browning would be one of the most "manly" players in sport history; Crosby in that pink jersey Sid wore fits aptly.
Did you mention Gill specifically because he beat the **** out of Otto?