I watched a ton when I was younger but man Martin Lapointe had some brutal checks. Konstantinov (My favorite player), Kronwall and Lapointe all over this video.
I miss physical hockey. Rarely does anyone even try to lay someone out now. Its f'n lame. Vlady on Hawerchuck is #1. Center ice difficulty and absolutely perfect.
there are a couple other teams who might have reels like this but damn... the wings have had some absolutely punishing checkers the last 25 years. crazy because almost all of them were talented too.
It’s sad how like 95% of the hits are from many years ago, shows how unphysical the NHL has gotten. Real shame as required a lot of skill and timing just like doing fancy stuff with the puck