Chicago at Vancouver 11/22/09

[Isles4life]

Not much of a fight between Eager and Rypien. I'd give Eager the edge for activity even though not many of his punches really landed cleanly.

[peacemaker]

This fight is just a sampling of what could happen to Rypien when bigger guys use their strength to make him fight their fight.

Hopefully this kills all the stupid talk about the "Rypien Flu" (f'in embarrassing).

That said, I think Rypien landed the only real punch of the fight, and this should be a KD win.

I didn't bother to watch it in slo-mo so I could be wrong, but it looked like Rypiens punch put him down, no?

[BrianTheAdsFan]

Rypien/Eager: Win Eager.

Looked more like Eager was backing away from the punch mentioned and got his weight off his skates and fell backward.

[2,5,10GameMatch]

The only punch that landed in that whole fight was the last punch thrown by Rypien, it wasnt much of a fight but to give Eager the win when it looked like he went down from the only telling blow and landed nothing of his own?? is just stupid and those who gave Eager the win obviosly have a problem with Rypien.

draw/edge Rypien.

[Philly Fan 27]

draw. if an edge goes either way id give it to rypien for the last punch that put glass jaw on his knees

[Rynryn]

a tired fight, but Gentle Ben gets an edge in this one. Surprisingly.

[Banky]

Everybody is saying Rypien is overrated, and Eager won this. I don't see it as a win for Eager. He didn't land anything except 4 shots to the back of the helmet. Rypien threw 2 , a right that connected and a left as Eager fell down. If Eager could have stayed up, Rypien would have made hamburger outta his face.

[Word]

Originally Posted by Banky

Everybody is saying Rypien is overrated, and Eager won this. I don't see it as a win for Eager. He didn't land anything except 4 shots to the back of the helmet. Rypien threw 2 , a right that connected and a left as Eager fell down. If Eager could have stayed up, Rypien would have made hamburger outta his face.

Yes. No doubt. And in a 10 series fight against Kocur, Rypien would be 43wins, -19 losses and 2 draws.

Edge Eager.

[OLLBLUEEYZ]

I saw this one as a solid Draw.
Eager did better than expected, but still suffers from horrible balance during the later portions of his fights.
I dont remember the last time he was on his feet to end a fight.

[Ciccarelli]

Originally Posted by tyler1

That fight was like watching old people fuk

How do you know how it looks when old people fuk?

[Juha82]

Originally Posted by 2,5,10GameMatch

The only punch that landed in that whole fight was the last punch thrown by Rypien, it wasnt much of a fight but to give Eager the win when it looked like he went down from the only telling blow and landed nothing of his own?? is just stupid and those who gave Eager the win obviosly have a problem with Rypien.

draw/edge Rypien.

I disagree with you.
I haven't any problems with Rypien.
This is close fight, either draw or edge Eager.
Hands down.

[canuckfan]

I'm also wondering about that last punch thrown by Rypien - to me, that looks to have landed hard enough to put Eager off balance and put him down to the ice. I dunno if anyone has seen a slow-mo of this fight, but after Eager controlled the first half, Rypien came back with a decent right, then the left that ended the scrap.

If that punch landed, which I think did, I'd say win Rypien. If not, then a draw, edge to Eager. I would've loved to have seen these guys go at it fresh off the bench though.

[rondo]

Pretty sure that last left thrown by Rypien hits nothing but the left shoulder pad of Eager. Eagers head snaps back a little when Rypien lands a short right but no head movement whatsoever when that last left is thrown . Which leads me to believe it did not land on anything but shoulder pad............

[Tucker_316]

Yeah, I think people can stop rubbing Rypiens balls by now. Really good fighter for his size that can sometimes beat on ****ty HW's like Stortini, but if he cant take care of business with a guy like Eager those threads about him facing off with Domi, Mirasty and the jokes about guys having the Rypien flu are a bit much.

[Knucklechucker]

Originally Posted by 2,5,10GameMatch

The only punch that landed in that whole fight was the last punch thrown by Rypien, it wasnt much of a fight but to give Eager the win when it looked like he went down from the only telling blow and landed nothing of his own?? is just stupid and those who gave Eager the win obviosly have a problem with Rypien.

draw/edge Rypien.

I agree it was a **** fight, but the left didn't drop Eager, it may have contributed too him going off balance, but that doesn't mean anything..

And nah man, I don't have any problem with Rypien, I think he's over rated, but thats the fans not him.

Either way, Draw/Edge Eager.