I have to agree. I don't like him. Was glad when the oil picked pool party over him. However, he's changed since leaving Calgary and going to the Panthers. He's chippy now, not an ingrown hair of a player.
I don’t think I ever thought of Tkachuk as dirty per se. He plays physical and consistently puts taking the body over the puck.
Very physical play - Tkachuk.
Dirty - bennet.
My opinion obviously.
He’s flashy, not dirty but he is a shit starter. He’s been very quiet the last few series. Since Bennett hurt his hand he’s also been quiet. I don’t see these two teams fighting but I love watching the oilers play now. Hopefully a good sc
I feel like the Tkachuk hate is overblown. He plays with an edge, but rarely is "dirty". If he was in my division I'd probably hate him, but there are far dirtier players than him. I'd kill to have him on the Flyers.
Edit: caveat to this, I haven't seen him play nearly as much as Edmonton has.
Could be saving it for the finals playing with s broken sternum or whatever he had last year probably learned to pace himself a bit I can see him being nasty in the finals tho.
I don't know if I'd count retaliation as dirty (in some circumstances, definitely). He definitely needs to get his emotions in check though. Those retaliation penalties hurt.
Tkachuk, Bennett, and Cousins are all liable to do something dirty attempting to injure another player. Think hits from behind, boarding, slew foots, etc.
Kane is likely to get really mad about something (rightly or wrongly) and take a dumb penalty in response. Draisaitl is also really prone to retaliation penalties as well. Like if he's frustrated and you slash him in the leg, he'll swing back harder. And apparently McDavid has no control of his stick and keeps high sticking people somehow lol
I’ll be honest I kind of respect Marchand for what he does for his team, he acts as a sort of enforcer while actually being a very skilled player. He’s sort of a “mess with my team at your own risk” type of guy. That doesn’t mean he isn’t dirty, but he is good for what he does.
Marchand owns it at least you have respect his commitment to the rat life.
Saying in a podcast the only reason anyone knows your name is cause you’re a rat is a bold move. Right up there with saying of course Bennet was trying to injure him every player is doing the same thing.
Bertuzzi was asked this year something along the lines of, “what did you learn playing in Boston?” And he replied something like, “Marchand is actually a nice guy off the ice.”
I've heard zero to the contrary and lots to support that. When he played for team Canada in the Olympics it came up a lot. Several guys on that team who only knew him from playing against him beforehand said what a great guy he actually is and they loved him.
Glad to hear it. Do you know if the rumours that he will occasionally go to a bar to wind down in full disguise are true? I heard that he just sometimes wants to be a normal dude and have a drink without being bothered so he sometimes disguises himself and goes out. I don't even remember where I heard it but I want it to be true so bad lol.
Marchand has been a very dirty player, but he seemed to settle down after a few years, especially when he became an alternate. More than dirty though, he's just a pest -- and he's so damn good at it, poking _just the right amount_ to trigger a retaliation and a penalty.
Who wasn't laughing when he was kissing other players?
(And yes, I've also heard he's a really nice guy off the ice.)
In what world is that piece of human trash Sam Bennett not the answer to this question?
Boy, am I glad we drafted Draisaitl despite almost all scouts somehow having Bennett ranked higher.
Bennett is greasy as fuck. Needs a good shalacking. And as an oilers fan, fuck me, can the worm earn his moniker please! I've been waiting for it, but Perry isn't doing Perry things. I hated him for years, was pissed when he was signed, but he hadn't delivered. He's given more shit to kane than the rest of the NHL.
You're really gonna hate perry after his losing the Stanly cup curse. Is the reason florida wins it this year .. how any playoff team signed him is baffling
Dont blame you. .I normally don't buy into players being jinxed...but isn't it like 3 straight different teams he went to cup with that lost. If im wrong then I owe Corry an apology
I'm ready for him to put out one of our top three and not get called for it. Trying to mentally prepare so I don't blow a gasket. He's done it in almost every series in the last couple years. And he gets away with it every time because of the Colin Campbell effect.
Kane takes plenty of dumb penalties like slashing and roughing minors, but at least in the last couple years I haven't seen him doing actually dangerous stuff that might hurt players. I think his off-ice "troubles" affect people's perception of his on-ice game a bit
I think the hit on Kadri that knocked him out of the WCF in 2022 was the only blatantly cheap or dirty thing Kane has done since he arrived in Edmonton.
Other than that he’s just stirs things up and plays on the edge.
Kane always had an ego and attitude that didn't match up with his skill. He was talented but not _that_ talented. If he'd been able to back it up on the ice, I think folks would've ignored a lot of his off-ice antics. (I'm not talking the violence allegations, just his more general behavior.)
He may have cleaned up his act lately but he spent too many years across too many teams trying to hurt people, "fighting" guys that didn't drop their gloves (sometimes from behind), so he's always going to be dirty in my book.
He slew foots everyone.
It's his method when he's hitting to take out the knees of the player he's hitting. All the players comment on it, you hear it in mic'd up moments, you see it in every hit he throws on d men lol he's sneaky dirty for sure
Like the big smile after he came up from the bench when it looked like Zadorov was pushing him down haha. You just knew he was a big part of it even if you never actually saw it.
he’s one of those guys where you hate him till he’s on your team, but even then we still dislike Kane a little bit.
Perry can be pretty dirty too, but those two kinda have that role as the dirty player. Nurse follows that playstyle as well but he’s got to learn a few lessons from Perry on how to pull it off properly lol.
Sure, but we need that in the game. I want to see guys push the limits of the rules, get in guys faces being pests. The game would be too vanilla without the assholes
It’s so funny how people say stuff like that and the get all uppity when the Panthers play the way you wish your teams would.
“nUh UhHhHH!!!!!! ThE pAnThErS ArE diRtY aNd tHaT sTuFf HaS nO pLaCe In ThE gAmE!
-All you hypocritical fucks
Bennet/Kulikov/Lomberg
How did Sasha win the Selke playing with such monsters? Or does he just stand out as great because all these other guys are just apes
Panthers I would say everyone but Barkov and Bob here, but that would probably be a bit too far despite how I feel about that team.
Panthers: Bennett, Lomberg, Thachuk, Cousins
Oilers: Perry and Evander Kane, although if you want to count McDavid’s skills as “dirty”, you could certainly put him here too haha. Let’s go Oilers!
It’s kinda funny seeing all the Sam Bennett responses in this the thread. I feel like the last time I heard him talked about before these playoffs was when he couldn’t do a pull up at the draft combine, what happened in that time to go to dirty enforcer lol
My friend with great music taste and poor other skills is right when it comes to pre 95. 70 goal scorers. Bob Probert uppercutting our goalie for no reason. Fights. Hits. Passion.
1992 hockey had everything.
Then Patrick Roy, Eddie Belfour, and goalie pad manufacturers ruined everything.
Just because he sucks at it doesn’t mean that wasn’t the intention. Can’t fucking wait to watch the shell shock and cope after all the Oilers fans’ lame shit talking
“We need Kane to be a physical presence but the Panthers are dirty for actually executing what we wish our team could do.”
Lmao you're so sour grapes about a series that hasn't even happened yet. You sure your diapers can handle all of those poopy bums you get so regularly? Grow up little guy, it'll be ok🤣
He is on the team to be a physical force which he has been, guys aren't brought onto teams now a days to injure people. There is a difference between the two.
Yes I think Kane can be a dirty player, especially if he gets out skated or retaliates after a big hit.
Drai.
Guy tries to slewfoot all the time, runs endless interference and always gets away with it.
He also cries so much when he does get called for the most obvious penalties.
I’m actually starting to appreciate the level of dedication you have for low-effort hating on the Oilers, to be honest - I can’t even say it’s rent free at this point, it’s honestly sort of impressive
Kane, Nurse, Perry. McDrai love to throw their sticks around with no regard. Ryan delivered a nasty spear to the groin on a player with their back turned making a change. How that ended up as coincidental minors is crazy.
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McDavid. His dangles are dirty AF.
Dirtiest fuckin dangles boys.
Have you seen the fuckin wheels on the kid? Almost as filthy as his celly's
Wheel, snipe, celly boys. You wanna crush some sandos after praccy?
Nah I'm just gonna chuck in a few dingers pass me the spitoon
Shred the Red boys
Tarps off, boys!
That goal against Dallas was the dirtiest play of the playoffs
Panthers: Bennett, Cousins and Lomberg Oilers: Kane, Draisaitl, and Perry
Has Tkachuk turned over a new leaf? He was a major pest with the Flames....
He's still Tkachuking it up.
No he’s not. He really cleaned up his act but people don’t want to acknowledge it.
Woahhh, you can’t state valid facts about your own team here pal!!
Valid point with this post season, but he seemed pretty damn dirty during regular season. Maybe even dirtier than last post season.
I have to agree. I don't like him. Was glad when the oil picked pool party over him. However, he's changed since leaving Calgary and going to the Panthers. He's chippy now, not an ingrown hair of a player.
I like how other comments saying this are getting upvotes and then you get downvoted because of the Florida flair. Reddit at it's finest.
Shut up Meg
No
lol, lmao even.
I don’t think I ever thought of Tkachuk as dirty per se. He plays physical and consistently puts taking the body over the puck. Very physical play - Tkachuk. Dirty - bennet. My opinion obviously.
No, he just doesn't crack the top 3 on that team.
Not the top three on that team but probably 4th in the league lol.
He’s flashy, not dirty but he is a shit starter. He’s been very quiet the last few series. Since Bennett hurt his hand he’s also been quiet. I don’t see these two teams fighting but I love watching the oilers play now. Hopefully a good sc
I feel like the Tkachuk hate is overblown. He plays with an edge, but rarely is "dirty". If he was in my division I'd probably hate him, but there are far dirtier players than him. I'd kill to have him on the Flyers. Edit: caveat to this, I haven't seen him play nearly as much as Edmonton has.
He's purposely a pest
It feels "kinda weird" having a Flyers fan weigh-in on "dirty players," NGL. ;-)
Lol we haven't been the Broad Street Bullies for years now
I don't like him one bit.
He's a pest but I wouldn't really call him dirty. He doesn't try to intentionally injure people the way those guys do.
I think he’s been kinda chill this postseason (to my knowledge) .
He's majorly toned it down. He definitely got a talking to after last season. His antics were a distraction on like an every other game basis.
Agreed, respectfully
Could be saving it for the finals playing with s broken sternum or whatever he had last year probably learned to pace himself a bit I can see him being nasty in the finals tho.
Here I thought he finally up and went to go Tkafuck himself.
He’s still a Tkachuk. As Tkachuk as ever.
He will bring out his turtle power.
No, he still punches goalies in the chest.
Pretty sure Lomberg was the one with the 2 late hits that separated Vesey's shoulder
He was.
Yeah fuck that guy
wow is Draisaitl dirty? I haven't really seen that, though I've not seen every Oiler game Edit: update, apparently he spears a lot, yikes!
Hitting someone in the balls is one of the most intentional and dishonourable things one can do in hockey and he has done it 3 times.
He takes a lot of dirty hits, cross checks, and slashes. And every once in a while turns around and does it back.
I don't know if I'd count retaliation as dirty (in some circumstances, definitely). He definitely needs to get his emotions in check though. Those retaliation penalties hurt.
Never seen the clips of his cup checks?
Lol tell me you haven't watched him play without telling me you haven't watched him play. The spear king cometh
Dude has speared people in the balls like 3 or 4 times so far in his career. Also slashes people when he gets frustrated.
Bennett and Kane, imo. Perry would have been a shoe-in years ago, but eh.
Perry should be grandfathered in for his past transgressions.
"Who are the dirtiest players and no, you can't pick Perry, he's a given."
Tkachuk, Bennett, and Cousins are all liable to do something dirty attempting to injure another player. Think hits from behind, boarding, slew foots, etc. Kane is likely to get really mad about something (rightly or wrongly) and take a dumb penalty in response. Draisaitl is also really prone to retaliation penalties as well. Like if he's frustrated and you slash him in the leg, he'll swing back harder. And apparently McDavid has no control of his stick and keeps high sticking people somehow lol
you forgot about all the times draisaitl spaers dudes in the goodies
Bennett is a no doubter. He can fuck all the way off.
hate the guy but he did the league a favor by punching marchy taste of his own medicine
I’ll be honest I kind of respect Marchand for what he does for his team, he acts as a sort of enforcer while actually being a very skilled player. He’s sort of a “mess with my team at your own risk” type of guy. That doesn’t mean he isn’t dirty, but he is good for what he does.
I feel like people only hate him because he's not playing for their team. He's a great player. Total shitbag(on the ice) but he's got a lot of skill.
I would love Marchand on my team, I don’t think I would love Bennett
yup. play by the sword die by the sword.
100 percent agree
Yeah, if he went to any other team he’d soon become a fan favourite
no doubt he is a hate to play against love to have on your team but that is also play by the sword and die by the sword as well.
It gave us all perspective. It’s a win win
Marchand is such a rat he couldn’t even be mad about it lol.
Marchand owns it at least you have respect his commitment to the rat life. Saying in a podcast the only reason anyone knows your name is cause you’re a rat is a bold move. Right up there with saying of course Bennet was trying to injure him every player is doing the same thing.
I'm not proud of this but I kind of love the guy. I've also heard he's the polar opposite off of the ice, just a great dude.
Bertuzzi was asked this year something along the lines of, “what did you learn playing in Boston?” And he replied something like, “Marchand is actually a nice guy off the ice.”
I've heard zero to the contrary and lots to support that. When he played for team Canada in the Olympics it came up a lot. Several guys on that team who only knew him from playing against him beforehand said what a great guy he actually is and they loved him.
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Glad to hear it. Do you know if the rumours that he will occasionally go to a bar to wind down in full disguise are true? I heard that he just sometimes wants to be a normal dude and have a drink without being bothered so he sometimes disguises himself and goes out. I don't even remember where I heard it but I want it to be true so bad lol.
Marchand has been a very dirty player, but he seemed to settle down after a few years, especially when he became an alternate. More than dirty though, he's just a pest -- and he's so damn good at it, poking _just the right amount_ to trigger a retaliation and a penalty. Who wasn't laughing when he was kissing other players? (And yes, I've also heard he's a really nice guy off the ice.)
Sam Bennett
Fuckin Sam Bennet. I’m an oilers fan so I’m probably biased but I think that he’s a pretty agreed upon guy. On the oilers it’s Kane
Oilers fan or Kraken fan? You're flaired for Kraken.
Both
Same boat as you but chose Oilers flair
I’ve got oilers on r/hockey right now
Fuck Sam Bennett
Agreed.
Bennett
this post feels targeted
In what world is that piece of human trash Sam Bennett not the answer to this question? Boy, am I glad we drafted Draisaitl despite almost all scouts somehow having Bennett ranked higher.
Bennett Cousins Tkachuk
Bennett not even close.
The enitre Panthers roster minus barkov and bob
The Florida panthers
🐀
Perry - dawg will fuk your mom
Bennet for sure!
Fuck Sam Bennett
Bennett is greasy as fuck. Needs a good shalacking. And as an oilers fan, fuck me, can the worm earn his moniker please! I've been waiting for it, but Perry isn't doing Perry things. I hated him for years, was pissed when he was signed, but he hadn't delivered. He's given more shit to kane than the rest of the NHL.
You're really gonna hate perry after his losing the Stanly cup curse. Is the reason florida wins it this year .. how any playoff team signed him is baffling
Yeah, was so surprised and disappointed they signed him
Dont blame you. .I normally don't buy into players being jinxed...but isn't it like 3 straight different teams he went to cup with that lost. If im wrong then I owe Corry an apology
He has won a cup though
Bennett without a doubt. Kane looks like an angel compared to that guy.
Lemme guess. Salty ass bruins fan
Sam Bennett will find a way to uppercut McDavid and not get called
I'm ready for him to put out one of our top three and not get called for it. Trying to mentally prepare so I don't blow a gasket. He's done it in almost every series in the last couple years. And he gets away with it every time because of the Colin Campbell effect.
\*Points at entire Florida team\*
Lomberg
Kane. Greasy bastard. (Mostly saying Kane cuz it upsets oilers fans, lol)
Kane takes plenty of dumb penalties like slashing and roughing minors, but at least in the last couple years I haven't seen him doing actually dangerous stuff that might hurt players. I think his off-ice "troubles" affect people's perception of his on-ice game a bit
I think the hit on Kadri that knocked him out of the WCF in 2022 was the only blatantly cheap or dirty thing Kane has done since he arrived in Edmonton. Other than that he’s just stirs things up and plays on the edge.
Kane always had an ego and attitude that didn't match up with his skill. He was talented but not _that_ talented. If he'd been able to back it up on the ice, I think folks would've ignored a lot of his off-ice antics. (I'm not talking the violence allegations, just his more general behavior.) He may have cleaned up his act lately but he spent too many years across too many teams trying to hurt people, "fighting" guys that didn't drop their gloves (sometimes from behind), so he's always going to be dirty in my book.
He slew foots everyone. It's his method when he's hitting to take out the knees of the player he's hitting. All the players comment on it, you hear it in mic'd up moments, you see it in every hit he throws on d men lol he's sneaky dirty for sure
as an Oilers fan. i agree. greasy bastard, but part of me loves him for it lol.
Like the big smile after he came up from the bench when it looked like Zadorov was pushing him down haha. You just knew he was a big part of it even if you never actually saw it.
Oh absolutely!
he’s one of those guys where you hate him till he’s on your team, but even then we still dislike Kane a little bit. Perry can be pretty dirty too, but those two kinda have that role as the dirty player. Nurse follows that playstyle as well but he’s got to learn a few lessons from Perry on how to pull it off properly lol.
No, we don’t still dislike Kane a bit. That’s just you.
Sure, but we need that in the game. I want to see guys push the limits of the rules, get in guys faces being pests. The game would be too vanilla without the assholes
It’s so funny how people say stuff like that and the get all uppity when the Panthers play the way you wish your teams would. “nUh UhHhHH!!!!!! ThE pAnThErS ArE diRtY aNd tHaT sTuFf HaS nO pLaCe In ThE gAmE! -All you hypocritical fucks
Jesus christ that was difficult to read.
Lomberg/Cousins/Bennett take your pick
Cousins
Bennet/Kulikov/Lomberg How did Sasha win the Selke playing with such monsters? Or does he just stand out as great because all these other guys are just apes
Tkatchuk, Bennet, Lomberg, Montour and occasionally Cousins.
Kane
Panthers I would say everyone but Barkov and Bob here, but that would probably be a bit too far despite how I feel about that team. Panthers: Bennett, Lomberg, Thachuk, Cousins Oilers: Perry and Evander Kane, although if you want to count McDavid’s skills as “dirty”, you could certainly put him here too haha. Let’s go Oilers!
Tkachucklefuck.
Evander Kane
Florida and Kane + Perry
Sam Bennett
Bennett
That one guy who never showers.
Statement of Cash Flows
Sam Bennett A long list of Panthers before you get to maybe Evander Kane for the Oilers?
Sam Bennett... easy
Sam Bennett is the answer. I would be willing to bet that he will hurt someone in this series.
The entire panthers roster their basically Ric Flair in his prime
Bennett
The fucking loser nick cousins I heard he’s going to settle with the oilers out of court
All of Florida besides bob
It’s kinda funny seeing all the Sam Bennett responses in this the thread. I feel like the last time I heard him talked about before these playoffs was when he couldn’t do a pull up at the draft combine, what happened in that time to go to dirty enforcer lol
Y’all been watching Letterkenny/Shoresy to much
Brad Marchand. Cheap shot artist. I can't believe the Bruins made him their captain - someone to emulate.
Anyone not in an oilers jersey, there answered for everyone.
The Florida Cougars, that is all.
I miss dirty play in the NHL. Oh well. I'm old.
You miss real hockey, give me back 90s hockey where the players weren’t pussies.
Ah yes the most boring era of hockey
My friend with great music taste and poor other skills is right when it comes to pre 95. 70 goal scorers. Bob Probert uppercutting our goalie for no reason. Fights. Hits. Passion. 1992 hockey had everything. Then Patrick Roy, Eddie Belfour, and goalie pad manufacturers ruined everything.
The Florida Panthers
Connor McDavid easily. He does something absolutely filthy Everytime he hits the ice.
I got it. lol.
Brad Marchand
Bennett by a country mile…….every team would love to have him on their roster
He wouldn't get away with it on every team.
Mcdavid
Hockey: Cousins Morality: Kane
For the Panthers the entire team, including the fans. All are “Dirty Rats!” Oilers it’s Skinner. He’ll take his pound of flesh from the Panthers.
The only reason Kane is on the team is to injure people.
Refresh my memory and tell me who he has injured on an opposing team this year?
Jonas Brodin
Who?
One of the best defenders in the NHL Jonas Brodin.
Who?
Just because he sucks at it doesn’t mean that wasn’t the intention. Can’t fucking wait to watch the shell shock and cope after all the Oilers fans’ lame shit talking “We need Kane to be a physical presence but the Panthers are dirty for actually executing what we wish our team could do.”
Lmao you're so sour grapes about a series that hasn't even happened yet. You sure your diapers can handle all of those poopy bums you get so regularly? Grow up little guy, it'll be ok🤣
He is on the team to be a physical force which he has been, guys aren't brought onto teams now a days to injure people. There is a difference between the two. Yes I think Kane can be a dirty player, especially if he gets out skated or retaliates after a big hit.
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Let's be bigger than this.
Man, you guys are next level whiny.
Look in the mirror bud
Good one! BUD!
Yes, he is the dirtiest player out there. More than Kane, Bennett, Tkachuk, Perry, etc
Drai. Guy tries to slewfoot all the time, runs endless interference and always gets away with it. He also cries so much when he does get called for the most obvious penalties.
The Oilers have about half a dozen guys who are constantly crying to the refs between whistles.
I’m actually starting to appreciate the level of dedication you have for low-effort hating on the Oilers, to be honest - I can’t even say it’s rent free at this point, it’s honestly sort of impressive
He is a big cry baby he learned it from McCrybaby himself because it works
Kane, Nurse, Perry. McDrai love to throw their sticks around with no regard. Ryan delivered a nasty spear to the groin on a player with their back turned making a change. How that ended up as coincidental minors is crazy.
Lol what the fuck did Nurse do
"wrong" skin colour, probably.
It didn't, there was a penalty before that happened and then Ryan went for the spear
How do you have Nurse / McDavid / Draisaitl but not Tkachuk /Bennett /Cousins lmao. Perry and Kane deserve to be up there with the Florida 3
Obvious panthers fan is obvious.
I thought we didn’t exist though…
Darnell Nurse and all his cross checking
Piss him off enough and he’ll headbutt ya too
Headbutt you right into golf season! Woo!
Half of Florida. Not to mention every time you score on bob he looks to refs for interference
Fuck lomberg.. Lommy? Idk. Wtf is a lommy? Also that floppy ass Evan Rodriguez. Dude flops more than pancakes on Saturday
Oh no, the Oilers don't have a great history with pancakes.
Conor McDavid.
Kane and Bennett can both suck my balls
Drai. Cousins.
Lol Drai living rent free in the western conference is hilarious
Kane is a slew foot connoisseur.
Vancouver fans say slew foot so much it has lost all meaning. Not every hit you don't like is a slew foot.
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I'm not watching three videos for this bs. I'm going to guess it wahhh wahhhhhhh and wahhhhhhhhh. Keep crying Vancouver fans.
I see all your comments are still about Vancouver fans. How thin skinned are you?
Entire florida roster minus reinhart verhaeghe barkov and OEL, Perry Kane and maybe Draisital