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Originally Posted by GlennN
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.
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I too am a longtime Flyer fan (my hockey memory goes back to 1976) and IMO there is absolutely no comparison between Clarke and Cooke...Clarke was the NHL MVP three different times, and averaged over a point per game over his career, played in the All-Star game 8 times, and he's #42 overall in career NHL points...Clarke had so much more to his game than Cooke (so did Linesman!), Clarke was ranked the 24th best player of all time by the Hockey News, and Clarke is in the Hockey Hall of Fame (the only way Cooke gets in is if he buys a ticket!)