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Tales of the Tape: Toronto Maple Leaves 12-20-08, Ruslan Fedotenko vs. Andre Deveaux

The Maple Leafs game was not pretty, that's for sure.  If you're looking for any kind of closure, this fight is not the place to find it...but let's take a look anyway.

When Fedotenko instigated the fight, Deveaux seemed actually surprised, as Fedotenko had already cracked him in the face twice before he got to it.  Of, course, from there it wasn't pretty, as Deveaux got some wicked shots off on his opponent.  Fedotenko actually got back in it a bit before Deveaux resumed his beating and took Fedotenko down to the ice.  I'm notching it as a loss for Fedotenko.

Of course, you may notice that Fedotenko's not a player you see dropping the gloves very often.  This is actually his fourth NHL fight, and the first since October 13, 2001.  For his first fight in seven years, Fedotenko didn't too that bad, especially against a guy who has had, going into this one, 9 fights this year alone (3 in the NHL, 6 in the AHL) and 49 since Fedotenko's last one.  Got to give it to Ruslan for courage.

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Who won the fight?
Ruslan Fedotenko
7 votes
Andre Deveaux
9 votes
Draw
9 votes

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F Deveaux. He wouldn’t fight Godard and instead opted to draw a penalty when up four goals? Leafs fans say it was a smart play but any hockey fan knows he backed down from an open challenge.

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by FrankD on Dec 21, 2008 11:32 AM EST reply actions  

I still feel as though last night was a dream and that it really didn’t happen, was it a full moon? I remeber thinkin’, my eyes must be deceiving me, Fedetenko??uhn? The whole game really was me rubbing my eyes thinkin’ that I had finally lost my mind and the universe as I see it is upside down and backwards. Just to double check my mental status I jumped over to Pension Plan Puppets, it was a really bad idea because I think that aside from the fact that most of them were several cases of beer ahead of me, they seemed like a bunch of savage beasts who had just conquered the world and now needed more beer, pizza and a woman for hire. Seriously it was that kind of game on their open thread.

by AngelaMc on Dec 21, 2008 1:12 PM EST reply actions  

You have to remember that Maple Leafs fans have spent the past 41 years drinking heavily. Did you expect anything else? ;-)

Sorry it was so quiet around these parts that you had to subject yourself to Leafs fans. I’m to blame for that one.

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by FrankD on Dec 21, 2008 3:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m not sure if that was a loss for Fedo. I don’t think Dev really got any clean hits in on him. I voted it as a draw since neither one of them really did any damage.

by JDMaker1 on Dec 21, 2008 3:24 PM EST reply actions  

Deveaux, what a pussy move for not going with Godard. Props to Tank like you said, but it shouldn’t come down to one of our top LWs. There were too many times that I saw my favorite enforcer with one glove off being whisked away by a linesmen.

by Lori on Dec 21, 2008 4:25 PM EST reply actions  

I knew you’d have something to say. ;-)

I think Dev should man up in the next meeting on Jan 31. I don’t care if he’s a rookie. Show up, win, lose (likely) or draw (doubtful).

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by FrankD on Dec 21, 2008 5:38 PM EST up reply actions  

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