Color me wrong, just watched Hamilton Bulldogs 6'7" Jarred Tinordi (son of Mark) flatten Ice Caps Machacek with a hard hit! He wasn't taking numbers, just saw a chance to take a clean hard hit at a forward not looking up and took it, Great hit! I wasn't a "fan" of the hit, being a Jets fan, but it is what it is...Can't see how he is not in the Habs lineup very soon if they ever get playing again. Speaking of big D-men, the Jets have a future one of their own in 9th pick Jacob Trouba, who admittedly loves to hit, what would be the point of drafting a big body if he didn't?
Every team wants one of these beasts and with the ever evolving athleticism and skating ability of big men, get used to these kind of hits to guys who don't have the Great on ice awareness of the Sakic's, Gretzky's, Briere's and so on...Ii is the gutless cowards like Cooke and Torres who target someone and take a long run, leave their feet and explode into a players head that make me sick.