Jarkko Ruutu vs Steve Downie

Draw, next!

Ruutu asked Downie to go before they actually fought, and he’s like ‘no, no’ then (Downie) jumps him,” said Neil.

The gutless wonder actually continues to amaze me.

What a crappy fight. Nothing of significance landed, Downie threw more but whatever. Ruutu is a puke, punk, piece of shyt and justice wasn't served here. He and Neil probably blow each other on the team bus, two peas in a pod.

it would be nice to see mother****er Ruutu asskicked. But Downie is not good enough to do it.

Draw... I'm a Lightning fan, and I lost some respect for Downie after watching this. Three things happened. 1) Downie jumped Ruutu and got in a bunch of good licks. 2) Downie couldn't get Ruutu's lid off, and Ruutu capitalized by fighting back to the point of him taking over. 3) Downie acted winded and called the refs... I don't know what started it. I mean, they were chippy the whole game. But, if you're going to jump someone, then KICK THIER ASS... Don't do a little then turtle when the tides turn.

I'd heard bad stuff about Downie, but always dismissed it. Now I'm becoming a believer.

Edge to Downie, my hatred for Ruutu will never end. There was probably no reason for him to go after Ruutu so late in the game except that Ruutu is such an A-hole.

draw

Classic rutuu, scrap someone younger, smaller and probably weaker than him. good for Downie, hes a good kid got the slight edge, hope he has a good career

Would have been nice to see both guys get k.o.'d..
Both are brutal and dirty

I give a slight edge to Ruutu only because of all of the equipment grabbing Downie started doing toward the end of the fight when Ruutu finally was in position to start throwin' blows.

Downie jumped Ruutu and when Ruutu got the upper hand he turtled and called the refs, what a bitch. Draw/Slight Win Ruutu.

Obviously there is a lot of Ruutu-haters on this site, because I can't see how anyone - except perhaps Downie himself - can vote for Downie.
The guy is a total joke, jumps Ruutu from behind, and when his tactics fail he prays for the linesmen to step in. The "please help me" look on his face at 0:51 is hilarious :D

I give a nod to Ruutu due to Downie thinking he could punch punch punch and then, once tired, try and take down Ruutu. Ruutu didn't go down so Downie mostly covered up until the refs moved in. BUT....it's still a draw.

Downie early....but quit. Ruutu...looked awful early, but then found his groove when he realized Downie was looking for the refs for help.

Downie went after him from behind , then was lookin to the linesmen to stop it at the end .
Win for Ruutu on Downie's quit