Kevin Bieksa
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And you need a guy that can skate.
You need a guy who can skate and be physical to get the fight.
If you're old and big, if you're old, big, tough, but can't really play, not a lot of guys are going to say yes to you.
You have to be relevant enough to be a good skater.
And I think you're right.
I think you have to be probably a little bit on the younger side and have something else besides just the fighting to actually get the fights.
Yeah, that's fair to say.
I don't know.
I just think I remember before being, like in 2007 when the Ducks won the Stanley Cup, they were by far the toughest team in the league.
And I remember being scared if we got, not scared, because I'm a warrior, but I remember being concerned for my teammates when we got up 2 or 3-0.
I'm like, oh, boy.
We get up 2 or 3-0, Brad Mays running around, Sean Thornton, Perosh, Sean McDonald.
Travis Moan, like, take your Perosh, like, take your pick.
They're going to run around, Getzey and Perry, and they're going to turn this into a street fight.
That doesn't happen anymore because I don't understand, like I don't think kids understand that that is useful at times, right?
Rather than just going out there and just trying to make plays.
Yeah, we're down 5-1.
So if there's some kids that actually understand, okay, there's a time to run around and be physical when you're down, like that's a commodity for sure.
I said before, Connor did interviews before that series, and he said all the right things.
He's like, we have to respect this Ducks team, and blah, blah, blah.