Disclaimer before we get started, Andrew Peters doesn’t make the list for 2 reasons. First he is on the roster for one reason, to be the enforcer and has no real other tangible hockey skill. Second he doesn’t fight angry, he goes out and does his job, I love the guy for it and understand his place but he doesn’t get on the list.
1.) Adam Mair – Let’s face it… this guy is pretty fucking angry. He has the scariest quality in any real fighter, pure, raw hate. He isn’t the biggest guy and doesn’t even win that many fights but he backs down from no one. I’m fairly sure he’s fight a rodeo bull if he was mad enough, or a great white shark in shallow water if he didn’t like the way it was looking at him.
1.) Paul Gaustad – ALSO coming in at number 1, and it is basically for the same reasons as Adam Mair. I’m not sure if you can distinguish which one is angrier than the other but I DID want to have “Paul Gaustad Hates YOU!!” t-shirts made up sooner or later.
2.) Maxim Afinogenov – I don’t think he has any real fighting skills or size or anything to be traditionally afraid of… but remember the part in Happy Gilmore when he talks about being the only guy to ever take his skate off and try and stab somebody during a game??? If you got into a fight with Max I can’t say for certain he wouldn’t try it. He may not be the most dangerous fighter but if you tangle with the mad Russian you take the chance of beating his ass or getting a career ending injury.
3.) Ryan Miller – Never seen him fight, don’t want to see him fight but he is the craziest mother fucker in the room and I really wouldn’t want to test that kind of rage. Kind of like picking a fight with an Asian guy… might be easy, quick, and painless. OR he is some sort of martial arts genius with retard strength and BAM you’re half a man for the rest of your life.
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I think Lindy Ruff deserves a spot on the list, his tirades have been first rate and an excerpt from his Wikipedia page "Ruff gained a reputation as a player for his toughness, character and hard work on the ice. An illustration of this came in a May 10, 1980 playoff game against the New York Islanders where opposing goaltender Billy Smith struck Ruff with his stick as he passed in front of his net. Ruff got up, skated back to the goaltender and tackled him." Adam Mair sounds like a modern day Lindy Ruff on the ice.
UPDATE:
In the deciding game 6 today, Adam Mair got run into the edge of the Glass where the bench ends. It was a pretty nasty hit by the Ranger who did it, and it made an odd ping type sound which confused the announcers. If the announcers had read Nick's list on 'I Bet I do...Chris' they would have known it was the sound of the Glass getting the worst of the collision with Mair. Adam Mair is made of rocks and hate, which is harder than Glass, and somehow made that odd noise.
Predictably, Ranger fans were seen complaining that it should have been a penalty on Mair, and Sabres fans were seen complaining that the Glass took a dive.
What about Sabretooth, he has some serious fangs. Rob Ray thinks that cat's got game.
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