Tony K. That’s why when your 155 pounds you keep your damn head up and you don’t cut to the middle with Scott Stevens on the ice.

Tony K. Patrick Kane almost never gets injured because he knows how to play smart and protect himself. It’s something me and all other small hockey players learn early on in order tos urvive in the sport of hockey. He should’ve learned how to protect himself. His fault

Rainbow_waif Did you just mention yourself and Patrick Kane in the same sentence. Stop comparing what you do in your beer league to what world class talents like Kane and Kariya do or did in the NHL. That was a late hit and you going around and commenting on everyone posts blaming Kariya shows you wouldn’t have to balls or the integrity to be the type of player Kane and Kariya are and were.

Ms A B lol it’s kariya fault what do u want me to say. Now he’s just an average guy bitching about other players years into his retirement. Kariya is a whiner and that doesn’t belong in hockey.

He had a hockey career - a very good one - one that earned him a place in the HHOF - and you are an average guy who sits on a computer and have done nothing productive in hockey and is bitching about players. Laughable. Kariya was there - he has every right to talk about his actual experiences. You calling someone else a whiner is hilarious.

He was one of the greatest hockey players ever.

I loved watching him play! He was my favorite non Rangers player! I really wanted him to win a Cup in Anaheim! I was pissed the Devils beat them

I hate to see Stevens with that phony smile. What a pig he was 🐷

He was one of the greatest

He is one of the greatest ever

Pioneers what are you talking about he was a small forward who is able to score goals and when he got hit he got broken

Well said, couldn’t agree more

Love seeing the PK jersey in your IG videos!

Yeah his head was up....looking at where his pass was going, not keeping an eye on the biggest hitter in sports. Smh

@@spicoli3357 You realize today that's a blindside hit for a reason right? And it was also very late. They made that rule because those hits are cheap. Nothing wrong with looking where you pass if you actually watch hockey. Yes, you want to be aware of your surroundings, but the blindside hit rule was implemented because it's a dangerous hit where the puck carrier cant really see them coming. It was unfortunate Kariya played in an era where that wasn't a rule yet.

As good or better than Gretzky + Kurri? Note their nationality. Kariya is also Canadian like Wayne, Kurri is Finnish like Selanne.

They were awesome to watch man

Total bust in Colorado, though

And Steve centering them? What a line that was

@@GrassValleyGreg Selannes knee was busted at that time

He sure didn't do the Brett Hull post retirement diet!

PK was a beast!!!

6 concussions is hard to come back from. He can be a coach or something though.

No he isn't. His brain is messed up

The problem is that his brain is fried. Too many head blows.

The scary part is that he’s allowed to continue to play now he would be out for a month no questions asked

do you think he saw the light?

@@memoranda1 It's likely he did. As someone who play's hockey actively and has taken some very very hard hits. One's like the Stevens hit, you see the light in most cases. I play Goalie so it's less often guy's like me get his, but I've had a few bull rushes on net that ended with my head getting bounced off the ice and I've also been knee'd in the head as well as taken shoulders to the head. It's never fun and sometimes it's very very bad.

Will never forget that shot

What caused the breath of air and foggy visor? I’m not well versed in these sort of situations in hockey

It's sad that Kariya doesn't remember it

one of the lamest calls ever

Perfect timing on the quote

They had awful sticks back then too. He was a sniper

Arnar Agustsson End what way? You act like the guy is crippled. He's in amazing shape and has a great life. He left hockey because he couldn't handle getting smoked all the time.

@@chaosloc forget the part where he has permanent brain damage and can't remember things?

@@chaosloc Yeah just like ERIC LINDROSS, IDIOT.

@@montanakid So what. He earned it. Is money supposed to heal his brain?

That's not the look of someone whose "glad to see him back on the ice" like he claims

@@goodyearwrangler4728 the shot of Stevens on the bench looks like he’s trying to hide a smile that he knocked Paul unconscious,

@@goodyearwrangler4728 Yeah, I agree. It almost looks as if he's thinking, "s*it, I guess I didn't hit him hard enough."

Vladimir Tarasenkshow me too, Doc Emerick is good, but Gary Thorne is something different

Thorne's call of the NHL was beyond underrated. It's near criminal.

Wish we could get him to be MLB's #1 announcer. 10 times the announcer than Joe Buck will ever be.

Metallica Land I was just thinking the same thing. The voice of God man

He was great as a broadcaster for the New York Mets, a team that has always had some of the best broadcasting teams.

Surprised nobody answered for Karya

They never talked tho before and after

Stevens was dirty. He blind sided people a lot, and you don’t have to be big, tough, or skilled to do that. There’s a BIG difference between hitting a player who’s prepared and braced and one who’s not. But I guess if you suck and want to play with people who don’t that’s what you have to do.

@@strategic1710 you can argue the hit all you want but bad players don't score 900 points as a defenseman, have their number retired or get enshrined in the hof. Stevens was a great player that also happened to enjoy hurting people.

@@strategic1710 who sucked?! 😂😂😂😂

it was a clean hit

the hit itself was clean, but it was late. if he had still had the puck then yes, good hit. But as i said, it was clearly late, therefore it is a dirty hit.

No elbow, but it was late as hell, and it was predatory. As a Devils fan this and the 2000 Lindros hit...they're hard to watch.

@@kidpoker9408 definitely late. Not late on Lindros though. And Lindros had done plenty of dirty plays before... so in his case, I was glad.

@@enriquebenedicto9429 you’re glad someone receives a life threatening career ending injury. You sick bastard.

@kingwoods Woods it was exactly one second after he passed it and stevens was already in motion of making the hit. Feet on ice, shoulder down, elbow tucked in, followed through with the shoulder. Sorry I know people love Paul but it's a legal check by the book. 90% of that hit was shoulder to chest before anyone screams head contact. If that was at the head Kariyas face would be split wide open

@@mr.devil9577 what’s interesting is that at the time Kariya said the hit was legit. Seems like Kariya is lying, either then or now.

The hit was legit

Steven's was one of those guys that was always looking to blindside someone, he was looking to hurt people

Stevens blind sided a lot, and there’s a massive difference between hitting someone who’s prepared and one who’s not. Stevens played dirty because he sucked and wanted to stay in the league.

And the DIRTY HIT by Patrick Kaleta that ended his career.

He's in the hall of fame. He won the Conn Smythe. 3-time champion. He's known by people who know hockey. You obviously don't.

the guy still did that all on purpose and that goes to far@@mr.brenman2132

And the exact hit to Slava Koslov of the Red Wings too. Stevens was a demon on the ice. It’s a shame Kariya never won a Stanley Cup

Selanne wasn't on that team. If he was they would've been higher than a 7 seed and probably win the Cup. Trading Selanne in 2001 was a huge mistake.

sandis ozolinsh 🐐🔥

The vast majority of his hits were clean in the rules of the time. The hit on kariya was a a rare exception where he should have been penalized and fined. This coming from a hard core devils fan

Agreed, that is a stain on Scott, dirty and should have been hit hard with a long suspension.

From some random guy stain thats funny. Be made a career of trying g to hurt star players. Many of his so called great hits were set up.by his teammates funneling a player right to him. So his mates were dicyks too. Watch him.smile when he was laying on the ice

played within the rules buddy

Paul was always undersized. He won player of the year in college at 155lbs. It was like a boxer hitting someone well under this weight class.

What do you want to be persuaded of? Who are you to hand out or take a pass from anyone? That's a hit you saw all the time in Hockey back then. You still see big hits occasionally. Hockey is a violent contact sport and it always will be. That's the game everybody knows they are playing. You have to know where guys are at all times. Stevens is right. He could of ended Paul's career right there if he would have hit him full force. Stevens was a beast and a hall of famer.

Well said--and it's the truth about Stevens...

AtrHoliday Crosby doesn’t remember game 7 after his concussion in cup finals.

Probably makes sense why the Ducks were so flat in Game 7. Their captain had no idea where he was.

That has occured in recent years in Finnish league, where young talents get hunted for no reason

LOVE THAT ERA HOPE IT COMES BACK

@@lemonking5463 That wasn't hockey, that was a game of, let's see who's career I can end to make me look tough. The skill and speed game is my way to play the game...in my opinion. If you want to see big hits by big men, may I suggest Rugby, great sport.

@@ag6424 BRO BIG HITS ARE HOCKEY

@@lemonking5463 Hitting is part of hockey and I like good clean, non blind side hits that don't end careers. Passing, shooting and scoring by swift skaters with a good strategy and execution is what hockey is all about.

AtrHoliday How does it have anything to do with hurting someone? They get knocked down. The crowd goes nuts. Play continues.

Jules Santana It boosts his ego, and makes real players afraid of him, in his eyes.

Stevens was a bully, no doubt... He said it himself, a big hit could intimidate your opponent and fire up your teammates. He used his size and strength to shorten other people's careers and benefit his own. It is what it is.

Yes. Ive been concussed a couple times, your vision is impaired, and the nausea developes over the next couple days, you feel like you have a server case of the flu. But i also remember those instances where i was knocked out, remember before and after, never had lost my memory.

Sportsnet > TSN

Andalus101 TSN aired this on Sept 27.

ThrawnTheater SN May have a better KZfaq channel, but over all, TSN is way better.

Andalus101 you just got trolled. Problem?

Eric Crozier kariya ended his own career. First he cuts to the middle with Scott Stevens on the ice, and on top of that he completely admired his own pass. Jeez it’s like he wants to get flattened. He should’ve learned how to protect himself like other small players do (Kane, geaudreu, Gallagher)

There is no Stevens out on the ice these days, they would not do half of what they to today in that game.

Eric Crozier he ended no ones career

Stephen send it nobody’s career what in gods name are you talking about

"he ended no ones career" He certainly ended Shane Willis career.

Clean hit.

Peter Montagnon would you use “well that’s the way he played!!!” to describe Matt Cooke too?

When Stevens was on the ice you best pay attention

You are a fukin donkey, if we didn’t have players like Stevens these skilled guys would of had longer careers. He’s a fukin hack

Hockey Dan maybe on Sunday for hockey hall of fame night???? 😃😃

wait? they haven't done that yet? I would have thought,his would have been the first of the ducks to have had that honor.

I was 100% sure they had already !

Well, as of today they have... well deserved

Today :)

Incredible athlete.

Is he better than Crosby

watch 5:23 again. Quote "I never wanted to hurt anyone", ... seriously?

Cody Jarret #4 has been up in the rafters for 12 years now! Hmmmmm

Cody Jarret 8, 9, and 27 are all retired now. 35 should be next.

He wanted the cup, he did anything he could I guess. Still, I don't approve.

How is it hard to justify? Even Kariya said it was legit 20 years ago. He seems to have changed his tune to go with the times, but that isn’t much of an honest opinion then. Here is the thing I don’t get about people commenting about this hit: it was either an illegal hit by infracting the style of play or it was late, right? In terms of style of play the hit was completely legal. There was no elbow, Stevens didn’t leave the ice, etc. So that isn’t an issue. That leaves it being a late hit. I could see this maybe, but you’re cutting a VERY fine line. Stevens hit Kariya 1-2.5 seconds after releasing the puck. I’ve been meaning to time this for years and the KZfaq timer isn’t accurate enough to say for sure. If it is a second or so then there really isn’t an argument. Now at 2 or 2.5 seconds you have a point, but even there it becomes subjective at best. So could it have been a late hit? Okay, maybe. But it is much more likely somewhere between a case of a totally clean hit or maybe pushing the limits between legit and late. But people make Stevens out to be like Tie Domi! That’s just craziness talking. Stevens was a very big, very strong, exceptionally well built guy, and he knew how to use his weight to devastating effect. That doesn’t make him dirty, that makes him good. It would be like people complaining that Chara is dirty because he can outreach everyone else. Well he can because he it built that way. If what Stevens was doing was merely dirty playing then other would have copied the style to the same effect. There are some great hitters, but no one has equaled Stevens because they can’t. That speaks to his build and ability.... you can’t copy that.

Brandon Faun yes sir. Just couldn't hang with the West coast teams and the physical style they play. Lots of role players along with the few skill guys we had. Spent a lot of time at Centennial Sportsplex watching them practice. I've got sticks from Weber, Zidlicky, Adam Hall, Arnott, Smithson, possibly a Kariya Easton shaft, and Mark Eaton. Good times. I was the skate of the union a few years ago and a guy picked up Kariyas helmet he used in Colorado for $20. I about fell over. Lol

1shotlegend Yeah especially today's game more speed younger guys no red line Stevens would of taken someone's head off into the crowd..

Would love to see that.

You know how to avoid it? Keep your head up like you were taught your first year in the ice

Matt Cooke...

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Too many of the ol boys club in prominent positions. The game is shifting, the quicker we can get rid of these old school coaches, GMS, execs, the better off the NHL will be. IMO 15 years away at least until these bumbs are out of the game and the league is influenced as it should be

KHL guy yea let’s just take all forms of checking, any shots off the ice, and the sticks out of hockey. Can’t wait for 15 years when they are playing with pool noodles. This is hockey leave it alone.

Spect Ator tell kariya to stop admiring his own passes and get his damn head up!

John M irregardless, if Byfuglien is on the ice, everyone knows it. When Scott Stevens is out there, kariya should know and he should then know not to cut to the middle without looking. That’s suicide.

But Stevens was on of the best defensemen to ever play, even without the hitting.

lol He will be remembered as a great Captain who won a Conn Smythe and three cups... Kariya will be remembered as guy who never won anything.

Spect Ator Scotty is in the Hall of Fame period.

Because everything about and around the Stevens hit was more dramatic: the long time Paul was flat on the ice without moving, the moment his visor fogged up and everyone watching let out a sigh of relief, him coming back on the ice to play... and that goal. The goal makes it all the more memorable.

6th game of the championship series... maybe? LOL.

Gunkey O'Stanky OK. So a cheap shot in the regular season doesn’t matter as much as one in the playoffs. Thanks for the clarification.

Mike Stanton so you're just going to ignore the 100% right comment right above that?

I mean... those are exactly the reasons why it gets more attention. Nowhere in his reply did he say it was "right", that Suter's crosscheck doesn't get talked about.

Toughest players of all time are you a hockey fan I can think of 10 players who have longer harder careers he might be one of the smartest players to leave the game for toughest he’s too smart for that