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Originally Posted by GlennN
Gotta disagree with you. I am a longtime Flyers fan, and the Matt Cooke-type player has been around for decades. He has not only been tolerated, he has been successful. Bobby Clarke would actually be a prime example of a pest from the past. Another classic example who wore a Flyers' sweater was The Rat, Kenny Linesman. Yeah, it definately was a different game years ago, but pests were around both then and now.
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There is a HUGE difference between what Clarke and Linseman did than what the Cookes of today do. Clarke would swat at your ankles and trip you up, Linseman would spit at you and yap like crazy, no way would they try to headhunt you. You simply cant compare pests with headhunters. IMHO the onset of headhunting occurred with players like Kasparaitus and Dale Hunter, players who intentionally tried to hospitalize other players.