2006-07: Worst Enforcing Team

[Merlin401]

Nominees

Boston Bruins
29 fights; ditched their heavyweight (Wade Brookbank) and went without a fighter until recalling middlweight Jeremy Reich after falling mostly out of contention.

Carolina Hurricanes
25 fights; setting the example of winning a Stanley Cup enforcerless (though where did that get them this year?).

Colorado Avalanche
20 fights; most by middlweight Ian Laperriere who was left out to dry defending a team full of non-fighters.

Detroit Red Wings
10 fights; half by minor leaguers long gone (Brad Norton, Darryl Bootland). No regular fighter present through virtually all of the season.

Montreal Canadiens
17 fights; slowly weeded out the fighters from their lineup including Aaron Downey, Garth Murray and Craig Rivet.

My Pick

Detroit with the three-peat. They have set the bar impossibly low going long stretches without anyone in the lineup that would even conceivably drop the gloves.

Previous Winners

2003-04: Detroit Red Wings
2005-06: Detroit Red Wings

[Mr. Pink]

Detroit will run away with this one.

[Isles4life]

Maybe it's time to re-name the award?

[jkidd]

I'd like to write in and say the Minnesota Wild...

But, to pick from the teams up there, there is no doubt in my mind that its the Detroit Red Wings.

Carolina is very close IMO though.

[skacore]

Detroit Red Wings hands down... it would be interesting to see how long Brad Norton would have stayed in the line up if he didn't have that shoulder injury so early in the season, and I was really looking forward to watching Tomas Kopecky's physical play and getting a chance to see him fight live this year but that was spoiled when he broke his collarbone

[Kingdog819]

Originally Posted by jkidd

I'd like to write in and say the Minnesota Wild...

But, to pick from the teams up there, there is no doubt in my mind that its the Detroit Red Wings.

Carolina is very close IMO though.

I agree, I think that Minnesota should be on here...when Boogaard was out of the lineup, they had nobody

[Baronking]

This can just be renamed the Detroit Red Wings Award

[stevecanuck16]

Kocur and Probert must be shaking their heads.

[Kikuchiyo]

Detroit takes this trophy hands down, but we're being too kind to the Isles. They deserve a dishonorable mention here, for lack of enforcing.

[Isles4life]

Originally Posted by Kikuchiyo

Detroit takes this trophy hands down, but we're being too kind to the Isles. They deserve a dishonorable mention here, for lack of enforcing.

Yeah, I was surprised we didn't crack the list. I guess just too many disappointing teams to be runner-up to Detroit.

[Snipes19]

It's easily Detroit. They are a weak team filled with a bunch of wussies.

They make me sick. They need to get a real enforcer, because they always get pushed around, but they deserve it. What a pansy team.

Haha, three-peat for Detroit. I like how they already have 40 votes and a few other teams only have 1. This is a no-brainer.

[BloodontheTrack]

Sorry, hockeytown. This is all you win in '07.

[Blues 34]

Hands down this is the Wings, for a team that was once the toughest in hockey to fall to this is a shame. As a fight fan I hope they loose as quickly as possible in the playoffs.

[Rugged]

Originally Posted by Blues 34

Hands down this is the Wings, for a team that was once the toughest in hockey to fall to this is a shame. As a fight fan I hope they loose as quickly as possible in the playoffs.

Trust me, somewhere, Probert and Kocur are disgusted and ashamed.

[dtdc2k3]

i voted for the boreacanes simply because they never even thought of calling up a fighter the wings at least had norton up for a few games