Comments on: Some Love for the Guy Oft Accused of Hugging Too Much

By: Racki

Racki — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:39:54 +0000

Horpensky: Yah seriously, it’s a whole year later, and I can say I still haven’t recovered from the loss of Glencross. Horrible decision. Again a case of the Oil brass putting all their eggs in one basket and not looking after the little things.

Hockey Noob: Yah honestly, I have huge respect for Georges as a fighter and as a person. But as an enforcer, very little. I’m sure he does scare most people… not many would want to fight him. However I think most know he’s a very gentlemanly player and won’t drop the gloves unless you’re willing (in a large majority of cases, anyways). Actually, I had lost a lot of respect for the enforcer in general on that night. But thankfully MacIntyre also had given me a lot to respect when he laid a beating on Vandermeer

By: Hockey Noob

Hockey Noob — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:25:33 +0000

I have to admit that part of me misses big George. He’s a class act through and through–even considering the recent incident of avoiding the instigator that you wrote about recently, Racki. Great of George to vocalize his respect for Stortiini….

I still remember Laraque as an Oiler tying up the puck in the offensive corners shift after shift if not producing much if any offense, at least, maintaining the puck in the offensive zone.

By: Horpensky

Horpensky — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:27:08 +0000

Yep he’s a great agitator. Like when he got Regehr to purposely kick his winger off the draw just to fight Stortini. And when Regehr is off the ice for 5 minutes that’s a good thing, it gives Hemsky a little more breathing room.

I know I keep looking in the past, but Glencross, Brodziak, and Stortini would have made one hell of a 3rd line today, but it’s too bad we already had contracts for the third line at the time. At least we were able to keep one of the three. Like Racki said, a JFJ, Brule, Stortini line might be able to replicate something like that.

By: chucker

chucker — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:32:14 +0000

I think people expect Storts to be an agitator and a heavy weight fighter. I always expected him to be an agitator of the same ilk as Barnaby. A guy who can skate, hit and will drop ‘em but isn’t the team’s tough guy. I think he’s great at his role.

He leads the league in fighting majors (always a good pool pick up for the minutes BTW) and always brings off a better player or a distracting player with him. He has the ability to yap and it’s so effective the other team is running around focusing on him instead of their roles. He’s great. The hugging styel I think is by design to frustrate. Having said that, he’s shown he will throw them and go for the win when he knows he can. I think we have one of the most effective pests in the game who is pure class off ice. He’s a keeper. MacI can drop the nukes when needed.

By: Racki

Racki — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:06:18 +0000

Ya Tyler, he is a brute in front of the net. So it won’t go in all pretty like, but it might go in. But he DID score 21 one year in Sudbury. Not too shab. If we see a JFJ Brule Stortini line this year, things might be pretty interesting. Those guys all play an energetic, crash & bang style. I’m really looking forward to seeing that.