Sure, just when I need a good action shot from the game, they don't have any. So imagine it's the LA Kings uniform instead of Minnesota because this picture explains the great body checks.
Just exactly who was that playing in the No. 23 jersey for the Canucks last night? Could it have been Kevin Bieksa filtered into Alex Edler’s jersey?
This guy played defensive positional hockey like Nick Lidstrom and had the meanness of Chris Pronger.
After ripping No. 23 for the Canucks, hereafter know as Alex Edler, since he arrived on the scene, I did a double-take last night as I watched him lay on the body and by the six minute mark of the first period, had already registered four solid body checks.
I’m not talking about the kind where he rubs someone out along the boards as in past games. No, these were rock’em-sock’em-type hits.
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