Hi HB!! Being a fan of both, I think the best hits of both leagues are comparable. Hockey has the benefit of higher speeds because, well...they wear ice skates and are on ice...that's the biggest difference. Remember Elway getting pinwheeled in the SB?? Remember Eric Dickerson getting knocked flat on his as# by Singletary?? Remember the hit on Joe Theisman?? There's much better than those but you get the point. What the NHL has is plain old violence that doesn't even come from hits, but maybe a cut throat from a skate blade or a smashed mouth from a puck...those can't be included (nor can the ones where the sticks were used). I think they're both violent contact sports, but the speed in hockey is the difference. I'll put the hits in those two sports up against boxing any day!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:38:18 PM)| |  | Head banger wrote: | | come on. the best hits in hockey far and away destroy the best NFL hits. more hitting, less fighting would make the NHL better. go on youtube, look up scott stevens.
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | lol! Yeah I hear ya,nothing wrong with watching somebody get the crap beat out of them eh? lol! Well people do not watch NFL football to see somebody get hurt,the sport is too interesting ask just about anybody who likes the NFL and they will tell you the same,if anything we want to see huge hits ect..but without the player getting injured because losing one guy could sink your favorite team,in Hockey 99.9% of people who watch this sport only watches it for the fights that break out(TRUE) ask just about anybody and thats what they will tell you,if you took the "fights" out of Hockey,NOBODY WOULD EVEN BOTHER TO WATCH IT (TRUE). With the NFL,the drama is very exciting to the point that you don't need fights and shit like that to get into it,its rather hard to explain ....ask Ron,he should tell you the same..lol!
| | | jimmyjames wrote: | | And by the way. Hits in rugby and rugby league are not unintentional. If you have the opportunity to smash someone into the middle of next week you take it. Thats what it's all about, going around smashing people. That's the reason people really watch it, despite what they say.
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | 
JACK LAMBERT
LOL! HAHA yeah I don't know why they call it football but it just is,hows that? lol! I used to argue with a guy from Australia with him calling NFL "weak" because they wear gear and helmets ect.... above is a picture of Jack Lambert from the old Pittsburgh Steelers...can you imagine getting hit full speed from a guy like Jack Lambert with no gear on? HAHAHA! That guy from Australia wouldn't last a second! lol! Rugby is tough,very tough but they hit unintentionally,with NFL football that is what you are supposed to do is crush somebody!!!! lol! You Europeaners are probably right as the states probably ripped off the name "football" for the NFL I don't really know but the NFL here in the USA is the best sport there is in my opinion,I've been a fan since 1976 when I was 6 years old. Hail to the NFL!! lol Jimmy!!
| | | jimmyjames wrote: | | Thats the stupid thing about NFL. What do they call it football for? You don't use your feet at all unless your kicking off or converting a touchdown. You guys might as well call basketball football as well. I thought the game was called gridiron but it seems as though everyone calls it football for some reason.
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | LOL! A game of football(its only soccer to us Americans haha!)? Maiden would win that one,they are "football" veterans.Its so hard for me to call it "football" because of NFL football over here, I know it offends europeans when we refer to it as "soccer"!!! lol!
| | | jimmyjames wrote: | | That may be so Ron, but the question remains, who would win in a game of football? Priest or Maiden.
| | | ron h wrote: | | | I find it funny that while Priest were beating the tour trail, the boys in Maiden were still cutting teeth...how can one compare them to the trailblazers or even think they're comparable is beyond belief. Obviously, those that do were not around back in the day when Priest were known and Maiden were...well...unheard of!!!! |
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