Toronto at Ottawa 1/1/11

[Philly Fan 27]

Originally Posted by Blasphemer

Hey it's not like he hasn't avoided Orr before. Neil likes to pick his spots. He only fought because Orr gave him no choice.

neil has fought tougher dudes that orr though.

[suckerpunch]

Originally Posted by yatyas

Wow how witty....

18-22 seconds Neil lands 3 rights in a row after taking maybe 1-2 from Orr. Turn down your volume, Neil gave as much as he recieved along the boards until the very end. I would say Neil early and Orr late. Just because it's Orr doesn't mean he wins and just because he's throwing bombs doesn't mean they land. Turn the man crush goggles off for a minute,but I don't see this as a dominant win for Orr or even an "edge" which I hate when people call them edges. It's Win, Lose or Draw that's it.

Oh and it's 59% of the voters that voted for Orr, You'll rarely get 99% on this site as you have homers such as yourself voting.

I'd like to thank Chris Neil I needed the PIM's!

Can't argue with Clarky.
He wears Tap-Out Yoga pants

[Sputnik]

Orr vs Carkner: no contest.
Neil vs Orr: Win Orr.

[Beaton]

Originally Posted by lilburtis9363

He is tough, but he pu$$ied out against Orr and then was throwing around some non-fighter on the leafs bc he knew Orr wasn't on the ice. If Neil's gonna be doing sh1t like that, he's gotta answer the bell and not be such a pu$$y.

That's a pretty stupid quote for someone thats been around as long as you..Saying Neil is a ***** is ****ing absurd..Come on man WTF

[DaveBrown69]

Colton Orr vs Matt Carkner-Draw.

Colton Orr vs Chris Neil-Win Orr.

[Swiftwin]

Originally Posted by clarky1717

And if you knew anything about Chris Neil you'd also know he picks fights with non-fighters while turning down enforcers - regularly. All the while he's also face washing people on whistles, running and bumping goalies, and mouthing off and intimidating non-fighters. If you're going to play that way, a team's enforcer is going to come looking for you, that's their job. He turns most of those requests down and that's what people don't like. Colton Orr was doing his job, Chris Neil was picking fights with everyone but Colton Orr and ducking him as usual (this goes back to Ranger blue days). Chris Neil is a good fighter with a great chin, but too often he's running around like a punk and not answering the bell.

That's Neil's job.

Earlier in his career, Neil was a pure enforcer and threw then with anybody in the league, and at time lead the league in FM's.

Since the sens got McGrattan and now Carkner, he's taken on more of an agitator/enforcer role who fights his own battles (relatively speaking compared to other agitators). I think that transition has really extended his career and made him into a more effective 3rd line player. He loves delivering crushing hits, then fighting anybody who has a problem with it. He doesn't do the "staged fights" against the HWs anymore. But if he does, he won't turle and he'll hold his own with his cement block of a head.

EDIT:
Many of Neil's "so-called" spot picking fights are usually the result of a huge hit by Neil followed up by someone trying to fight him for him, which Neil responds with a proper fight (instead of a turtle or a big scrum like other agitators).