Tough Guy Movement Summer 2010

Ian Laperriere mixes it up with Derek Boogaard

Ian Laperriere will look up at Derek Boogaard six times next season as Boogaard signs with the Philadelphia Flyers’ division rivals, the New York Rangers. AP Photo/Jack Dempsey

Tough Guy Movement Summer 2010

Jul 4, 2010 11:56 AM David M Singer

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This went well last season, so we’ve re-created the player movement table, tracking many of the popular players, some tough guys, and some… well, we’ll just call them popular and leave it at that.

If there's anyone you think should be added, just drop a comment.

The table is sortable, just click on a heading to sort (click on it a second time to reverse order).

Players who changed teams are highlighted.

Players who played on more than one team last season will have the most recent team listed first (after NHL-AHL-ECHL order).

Player	Fights	2009-10 Team	2010-11 Team
Kyle Chipchura	10	Montreal Canadiens Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
Sheldon Brookbank	8	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
Andrew Ladd	2	Chicago Blackhawks	Atlanta Thrashers
Ben Eager	8	Chicago Blackhawks	Atlanta Thrashers
Jim Slater	4	Atlanta Thrashers	Atlanta Thrashers
Johnny Boychuk	2	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
Shawn Thornton	21	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
Cody McCormick	1 NHL 12 AHL	Buffalo Sabres Portland Pirates	Buffalo Sabres
Olli Jokinen	1	Calgary Flames New York Rangers	Calgary Flames
Raitis Ivanans	14	Los Angeles Kings	Calgary Flames
Tim Jackman	10	New York Islanders	Calgary Flames
Jay Harrison	6	Carolina Hurricanes	Carolina Hurricanes
John Scott	6	Minnesota Wild	Chicago Blackhawks
Ethan Moreau	2	Edmonton Oilers	Columbus Blue Jackets
Adam Burish	2	Chicago Blackhawks	Dallas Stars
James Neal	1	Dallas Stars	Dallas Stars
Krys Barch	20	Dallas Stars	Dallas Stars
David Koci	11	Colorado Avalanche	Colorado Avalanche
Colin Fraser	6	Chicago Blackhawks	Edmonton Oilers
Jason Strudwick	6	Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton Oilers
Jean-Francois Jacques	8	Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton Oilers
Steve MacIntyre	4	Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers	Edmonton Oilers
Triston Grant	1 NHL 23 AHL	Nashville Predators Milwaukee Admirals	Florida Panthers
Brad Staubitz	12	San Jose Sharks	Minnesota Wild
Eric Nystrom	6	Calgary Flames	Minnesota Wild
James Sheppard	2	Minnesota Wild	Minnesota Wild
Dustin Boyd	1	Calgary Flames	Montreal Canadiens
David Clarkson	9	New Jersey Devils	New Jersey Devils
Zenon Konopka	33	Tampa Bay Lightning	New York Islanders
Brandon Prust	25	Calgary Flames New York Rangers	New York Rangers
Dane Byers	2 NHL 9 AHL	New York Rangers Hartford Wolf Pack	New York Rangers
Derek Boogaard	9	Minnesota Wild	New York Rangers
Jesse Winchester	2	Ottawa Senators	Ottawa Senators
Jody Shelley	13	San Jose Sharks New York Rangers	Philadelphia Flyers
Sean O'Donnell	4	Los Angeles Kings	Philadelphia Flyers
Derek Morris	2	Phoenix Coyotes	Phoenix Coyotes
Ryan Hollweg	1 NHL 4 AHL	Phoenix Coyotes San Antonio Rampage	Phoenix Coyotes
Taylor Pyatt	1	Phoenix Coyotes	Phoenix Coyotes
Ryan Craig	1 NHL 6 AHL	Tampa Bay Lightning Norfolk Admirals	Pittsburgh Penguins
Matt Cooke	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh Penguins
Deryk Engelland	3 NHL 10 AHL	Pittsburgh Penguins Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins	Pittsburgh Penguins
Brad May	10	Detroit Red Wings	Retired
Daniel Carcillo	17	Philadelphia Flyers	Philadelphia Flyers
Jared Boll	21	Columbus Blue Jackets	Columbus Blue Jackets
Tanner Glass	15	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver Canucks
Martin Hanzal	3	Phoenix Coyotes	RFA
Cam Janssen	19	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Blues
Chris Stewart	7	Colorado Avalanche	RFA / Qualified offer
D.J. King	5	St. Louis Blues	Washington Capitals
Erik Johnson	3	St. Louis Blues	RFA / Qualified offer
Jason Garrison	1 NHL 1 AHL	Florida Panthers Rochester Americans	Florida Panthers
Justin Abdelkader	1	Detroit Red Wings	Detroit Red Wings
Mark Stuart	6	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
Maxim Lapierre	3	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Canadiens
Mike Duco	2 NHL 9 AHL	Florida Panthers Rochester Americans	Florida Panthers
Richard Clune	5 NHL 20 AHL	Los Angeles Kings Manchester Monarchs	Los Angeles Kings
Steve Downie	8	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Lightning
Theo Peckham	1 NHL 4 AHL	Edmonton Oilers Springfield Falcons	Edmonton Oilers
Tom Sestito	1 NHL 10 AHL	Columbus Blue Jackets Syracuse Crunch	Columbus Blue Jackets
Nate Thompson	6	New York Islanders Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Lightning
Scott Nichol	4	San Jose Sharks	San Jose Sharks
Brad Winchester	10	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Blues
Colby Armstrong	2	Atlanta Thrashers	Toronto Maple Leafs
Adam Mair	3	Buffalo Sabres	UFA
Alex Henry	1 NHL 15 AHL	Montreal Canadiens Hamilton Bulldogs	Montreal Canadiens
Andy Sutton	2	New York Islanders Ottawa Senators	Anaheim Ducks
Arron Asham	14	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins
Bill Guerin	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	UFA
Brian McGrattan	14	Calgary Flames	Boston Bruins
Chris Durno	3	Colorado Avalanche	Tampa Bay Lightning
Craig Conroy	1	Calgary Flames	UFA
Darcy Tucker	3	Colorado Avalanche	UFA
Dave Scatchard	1 NHL 1 AHL	Nashville Predators Milwaukee Admirals	St. Louis Blues
Eric Boulton	13	Atlanta Thrashers	Atlanta Thrashers
Evgeny Artyukhin	2	Anaheim Ducks Atlanta Thrashers	UFA
Garnet Exelby	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	UFA
Georges Laraque	4	Montreal Canadiens	UFA
Ilya Kovalchuk	1	Atlanta Thrashers	New Jersey Devils
Jamal Mayers	15	Toronto Maples Leafs Calgary Flames	San Jose Sharks
James Wisniewski	4	Anaheim Ducks	New York Islanders
Jay McKee	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	UFA
Jed Ortmeyer	1	San Jose Sharks	UFA
Jeff Halpern	1	Los Angeles Kings	UFA
Josh Gratton	3 NHL 8 AHL	Atlanta Thrashers Chicago Wolves	UFA
Mike Weaver	1	St. Louis Blues	UFA
Nathan Smith	5 NHL 3 AHL	Minnesota Wild Houston Aeros	UFA
Nick Boynton	5	Anaheim Ducks Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Blackhawks
Nick Tarnasky	13	Florida Panthers	UFA
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	2 NHL 2 AHL	Philadelphia Flyers Grand Rapids Griffins	UFA
Owen Nolan	2	Minnesota Wild	UFA
Patrick Kaleta	4	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Sabres
Paul Mara	2	Montreal Canadiens	UFA
Ryan Stone	4	Edmonton Oilers	UFA
Scott Walker	2	Carolina Hurricanes Washington Capitals	UFA
Shane Hnidy	4	Minnesota Wild	Phoenix Coyotes
Shaone Morrisonn	1	Washington Capitals	UFA
Shean Donovan	4	Ottawa Senators	UFA
Stephane Veilleux	2	Tampa Bay Lightning	UFA
Steve Begin	3	Boston Bruins	UFA
Steve Goertzen	1 NHL 6 AHL	Carolina Hurricanes Albany River Rats	UFA
Tim Conboy	4	Carolina Hurricanes	Buffalo Sabres
Wade Belak	10	Nashville Predators	Nashville Predators
Wayne Primeau	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	UFA
Willie Mitchell	2	Vancouver Canucks	UFA
Matt Hendricks	10	Colorado Avalanche	Washington Capitals
Donald Brashear	9	New York Rangers	UFA
Aaron Voros	13	New York Rangers	Anaheim Ducks
Andrew Peters	9	New Jersey Devils	Florida Panthers
Todd Fedoruk	4	Tampa Bay Lightning	UFA
Aaron Rome	2	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver Canucks
Alexandre Bolduc	1	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver Canucks
Dan Hamhuis	1	Nashville Predators	Vancouver Canucks
Manny Malhotra	1	San Jose Sharks	Vancouver Canucks
Shane O'Brien	2	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver Canucks
Mitch Fritz	1 NHL 13 AHL	Phoenix Coyotes Norfolk Admirals	Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan McIver	1 NHL 11 AHL	Vancouver Canucks Manitoba Moose	Boston Bruins
Ben Ondrus	2 NHL 1 AHL	Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Marlies	Edmonton Oilers
Matt Walker	10	Tampa Bay Lightning	Philadelphia Flyers

Huge thanks to Josh Kidd for helping fill this in.

Comments

Philly is a bunch of Cunts. Toughest team in the league? Get outta here...Carcillo is a punk, Asham is okay, Shelly is weak too. I'll tell you, there are a bunch of teams I would put above them in toughness...Leafs, Isles, B's, Habs, Pens, caps, thats only the east too...
Posted by SgtKenney on 2010-10-21 10:13:23 Philthydelphia? Carcilo looks like a garbage pail kid and Asham looks like his chunky brother. Pronger looks like he could fill in as their illegitimate father. Those idiots don't fight, they just throw their arms in the air like morons. Give me a break, thoughest team my nut sack...
Posted by D-Hoit on 2010-10-10 19:32:34 Kaleta is back with the Sabres.
Posted by TheTickSP on 2010-10-08 09:27:53 bruins got the best fighter there is now luicic can play more hockey yahoo
Posted by harry_w on 2010-10-05 12:54:25 Great list. You need to changed the last one -- Matt Walker was on Tampa last year, not Chicago (he was there the year before). He's a decent defenseman and a terrific character guy.
Posted by Mitch on 2010-10-04 19:30:30 Brian McGrattan to Bruins ...YES!!!!
Posted by Lucif_Power on 2010-09-30 23:59:28 Im pretty sure jamal mayers signed with the sharks...
Posted by chris on 2010-09-25 15:07:35 Hey davey, once fighting is completely gone then so am I. As it stands I refuse to support the pussified league with it's feminine stance on fighting. I loved the 80's but with that fag bettmen we will never see it again.
Posted by hoss on 2010-08-10 02:03:31 wow i can't wait to see the boogey vs godard and boogey vs orr fights this year... nothing like that fight when Godard did the mortal combat kill shot on boogeyman... there are going to be more heavyweights getting KO'd this year than we have seen the last 5-7 years combined... Skilled proven heavies playing at least 4 games a year against each other...
Posted by davike1 on 2010-07-28 00:35:32 Philthy? The toughest team in the league? Moronic statement, no doubt!
Posted by FP on 2010-07-14 15:42:31 "Last season Philly was the un-official toughest team in the NHL." Oh really? What I remember most from the Flyers last season was how they hid when the Leafs came to town.
Posted by Sam on 2010-07-14 13:43:57 Davey,Davey,Davey...Tv ratings during playoff hockey were highest from 1983 - 1987 -- the days before the instigator penalty. Since then, ratings have become lower than bowling. Back then the NHL was the only professional playoff system to give the final four in college basketball a run for it's money ratings-wise. Today, Players want the instigator penalty removed because they feel there's no "respect" on the ice, and with the money players make today, suspensions and fines are meaningless. Why dosen't anyone in the media ever bring that up?
Posted by shawn on 2010-07-13 19:43:16 the kings have Westgarth
Posted by db460 on 2010-07-11 14:15:05 Sure hope the Kings find someone to fill the tough guy role now that O'Donnell and Ivanans are both gone.
Posted by Rob on 2010-07-07 18:26:57 Christian, Get real about your Flyers. Shelly will probably have his grizzled face bashed in by Boogey, and the rest of the Philly "tough guys" will likely run away from Boogey like rats (Lappy is especially experienced at that). Except maybe scrambled eggs-for-brains Cote.
Posted by rex on 2010-07-06 20:41:14 Sad day for the Wild and it's skill players to be without the best protector ever. Probert may have been the best fighter, but for sheer intimidation, Boogey's the King. Good for the Rangers...nobody will mess with them with the Boogeyman there!
Posted by rex on 2010-07-06 20:35:02 NHL will lose popularity if they take fighting out of hockey. fighting will always be part of hockey.
Posted by afghanistanvet on 2010-07-05 23:20:20 you can't forget about hordichuk. he won't back down from anyone. tougher and most of the guys on that list. hands down.
Posted by afghanistanvet on 2010-07-05 23:15:46 Hockey is NOT about fighting! Bettman told our fanclub that fighting was on the decline and would probably be banned. No more goons. Fighting is being phased out. He knows this is what keeps the sports from being accepted Hockey is about action and athletes. Championships are won with skill. Not with ugly thugs who can't play!
Posted by Davey on 2010-07-05 19:46:55 Brad May has said if he doesn't play in Toronto, he's done on the ice. If he signs with the Leafs or Marlies, we'll update.
Posted by David M Singer on 2010-07-05 19:21:18 As of right now, it's unknown if Brad May has officially retired. Premature to assume he has.
Posted by colt seavers on 2010-07-05 19:10:47 wow! the atlantic division is gonna be awesome! pens,flyers,rangers,islanders gonna be like the old days! cant wait..all got 1 good heavy and 1 good middle..
Posted by augie on 2010-07-05 16:43:53 The Atlantic is the toughest division on all fronts this coming year. Pens and Flyers will be awesome this year and now with the Rangers getting Boogaard you won't want to miss any Pens/Rangers or Pens/Flyers or Rangers/Flyers games. Boogaard v Godard, Godard v Shelly Boogaard v Shelley not to mention Rupp is in there and Lappierre. So many possibilities. As far as skill goes, Pens are too good for any of them. Philly slowed down on D and added about 250 more PIM's while the Pens got a faster couple of defenders that play D and move the puck. This will be one hell of a season regardless. As much as I hate Philly, they can hang in there as they proved last year. Can't wait for October 7th Pens/Flyers at the Consol Energy Center opener. I'm there.
Posted by Roughntumble on 2010-07-05 16:19:14 how about Mitch Fritz who resigned with Tampa
Posted by jrf1301 on 2010-07-04 23:10:01 Circle Nov 1, 2010 on your calendar because this is when Chicago plays the NYR. It will be the first time seeing Boogaard and Scott on opposite sides so hopefully we'll see a behemoth scrap assuming that Scott doesn't get sent down.
Posted by wifferste on 2010-07-04 20:43:34 Brad May retired?
Posted by matt on 2010-07-04 17:18:24 douche, on a list that obviously has non-toughguys who play 'physical', buf makes the list. did you even read the list ? buf should be on there over plenty of guys. jeff halpern ? idiot, i was sticking to the format..kovalchuk gets into one fight a year and he makes the list, likewise for colby armstrong, and jesus..maxi-pad lapierre is on there, how can you denounce buf? faggot.
Posted by fart on 2010-07-04 14:07:01 Last season Philly was the un-official toughest team in the NHL. Now with the signing of Jody Shelley they are officially the toughest team in hockey. Even with Derek Boogaard going to NYC the Flyers will be the team to beat both physically and as far as skill. Looks like Arron Asham will find another home which is ashame because he's tough and is good for 15-20 points. Not sure what will become of Riley Cote again this year. To be shafted last year was a slap to his face. He's under guarenteed contract this year as well. If the Flyers have any respect for him they will trade him to a team that needs a banger. And here's hoping that somebody signs Todd Fedoruk. He's a great guy. He's arguably one of the toughest and has no fear. His face is busted and he's now having to reinvent his game which for a fighter takes time. Come on you blind suits of the NHL. Get Todd Fedoruk back in there. This isn't how a career that he's had is supposed to end. Hey and lets not forget Donald Brashear, Georges Laraque and Aaron Downey. Stop spitting in the face of these true gladiators and let them do what they do best. Throw down and beat the hell out of the opposing team.
Posted by Christian on 2010-07-04 14:05:43 BOOGARD IS A STRONG CATCH FOR THE RANGERS. BYFUGLIEN IS NOT A TOUGH GUY AT ALL, JUST OVERWEIGHT AND LIKES TO GET PEOPLE FROM BEHIND AND WRESTLE.
Posted by EDDUBBS on 2010-07-04 13:25:35 byfuglien as well. atl did a good job in gettin chi-town's toughness and grit.
Posted by fart on 2010-07-04 12:58:38

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