Ryan Hollweg, the check from behind master, should have made that list in the 10% range.

Posted by Death Metal Nightmare from MKE on 05/05/09 at 02:18 PM ET

Sasquatch’s reputation precedes him.  What an arrogant dick…

Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 05/05/09 at 02:18 PM ET

(he has only six penalty minutes in the 2009 playoffs, for example – none of them against Detroit).

Not for a lack of trying though.

I have said this for several years, I believe pronger commits some sort of penalty (cross-check,elbow,slashing,interference…etc) on every shift he takes. Seriously. I would love NBC to put one of those isolation cameras, which they normally put on ovechkin or crosby,  on pronger. He only gets whistled for every 10th slash or cross-check he commits.

Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 05/05/09 at 02:26 PM ET

He only has 6 minutes because the refs apparently have a special set of rules for Pronger.

Posted by Rachel from San Jose on 05/05/09 at 02:30 PM ET

Ryan Holwegg would have to play in the NHL to make the list (he finished the year with the Leafs AHL affiliate, playing 4th line minutes)

Posted by Karina on 05/05/09 at 03:04 PM ET

I like how he tries to blow off a poll… of his peers.

It’s one thing that we think he’s a dirty scumbag.  It’s another entirely that NHL players he plays with and again think that as well…

Posted by Primis on 05/05/09 at 03:10 PM ET

“Legally? Oh, now we’re going to talk legally? Don’t start with me on legally. You just called me the dirtiest player in the league and now we’re going to talk legally? Legally?

And in addition to being the dirtiest player in the league he sounds like a rocket surgeon!

Posted by shanetx on 05/05/09 at 03:26 PM ET

“There’s always a lot of whining out on the ice,” he said.

Good response.

Except that nobody was whining.  They were ASKED.  Asked specifically who was dirty.

Oh, and it wasn’t “out on the ice.”  Though I don’t know for sure, I think it can be surmised that the SI journos weren’t skating around during the game, asking players.  I tend to think that would have been noticed, and there would have been a lot of bitching about it because that’s just distracting to the players.

Posted by Garth on 05/05/09 at 03:28 PM ET

“That’s their prerogative,”

Whoa, that’s a big word, YES. Quit drummin’ things up for the TV, YES, Pronger.

YES.

Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/05/09 at 03:38 PM ET

non of these players can’t be compared to probert’s and Domi’s of the world.

Posted by FlyersFan on 05/05/09 at 05:17 PM ET

A Sports Illustrated poll of 324 players that is to appear in this week’s issue has Anaheim Ducks defenceman Pronger and Dallas Stars forward Ott in a tie

What? Pronger tied for dirtiest player in the legaue? I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Yah, Chrissy, your fellow competitors put you at the top of the list…and you should have been there alone and by a wide margin. Ott is a pussy(cat) compared to you.

“There’s always a lot of whining out on the ice,” he said.

Whining. Grimacing. Moaning in agony. Stifling cries of pain. All of those things happen after you’re done slashing, cross-checking, high-sticking and blind-siding guys on the ice. But none of that compares to the whining that comes from your cone-head of a coach when things don’t go your team’s way.

But that comes off the ice YES so I guess it doesn’t count.

“Legally? Oh, now we’re going to talk legally? ...with him occupying the goaltender’s attention, sometimes occupying the defenseman, and he’s got a great stick—he knocks down a lot of pucks, tips a lot of pucks, and is able to knock loose pucks to teammates as well for goals.

Hmmm. I don’t see anything mentioned there that is illegal. So, basically, what you’re saying Pinhead is that Homer “occupying the goaltender’s attention, sometimes occupying the defenseman” and knocking down and tipping lots of pucks is tantamount to an elbow to the head? Right. Got it. Let me file that under “whining about being outplayed by a talented person” as well as “I wouldn’t have to cheap-shot people if I wasn’t such a sociopath”.

Thanks for the clarification, Mr #1 Dirty Player in the League.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 05/05/09 at 06:07 PM ET

non of these players can’t be compared to probert’s and Domi’s of the world.

And yet another completely idiotic post from FF.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 05/05/09 at 06:09 PM ET