The Hall of Fame Career of Chris Pronger
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- By request, here is a career video on one of the all time best defenseman who could work at both ends of the ice.
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Pronger had everything. The offense, the defense, the dirty play, the leadership. What a beast.
Overrated.
A good dude too, always had great comments and comebacks
Big goof
"He said the next time he sees you, he's gonna hit you."
"Where's that, the minors?"
The ownership disaster in St. Louis is why he ended up out of St. Louis in 2005. It’s nice to see that his number will be retired by the team.
Yep. He was willing to take less money to stay in St. Louis for a long-term contract and the ownership said it wouldn't be able to sell with such a contract. This move alone set the Blues back years. Ironically, if you follow the trade tree this move eventually helped the Blues win the Stanley cup in 2019 so there's that.
Wal-Mart heirs (Stan Kroenke and Bill Laurie) are the worst thing to happen to St. Louis sports!!
To be fair, a lot of that isn't just on the owners, it's on Bettman. Blues owners were spending a decent amount, but the year long lockout killed it for them and they demanded out of the league.
The fact they told Pleau not to tender an offer to Pronger, let him walk as a free agent, was just ridiculous though, Thank goodness Pleau talked them into letting him sign Pronger and trade him rather than lose him for nothing. Led to us getting Binnington and the Cup.
Pronger's #44 was the only named jersey I had until I got an O'Rilley after the Cup win. He is my favorite player of all time, and I was PISSED when the Blues traded away Shanahan for him. Thank goodness old Brendan couldn't keep it in his pants.
Nobody talking about how he took a slapshot to the chest and almost died..
I remember watching that game! It was the '98 playoffs against the Red Wings. He took a slap shot to the chest and collapsed. I remember his lips turning purple. Odd thing is that four years later he rips up his knee in a playoff game against the Red Wings
Oh my God that was scary!!!
Brendan Shanahan got traded out of St. Louis for Pronger because he slept with Craig Janney's wife, and the locker room despised him for it. They had to trade him because they couldn't really keep him after that, not because of his salary. This is common knowledge around St. Louis. Fortunately it worked out well for us and we got a HoF player for a HoF player.
When I worked in Edmonton my partner didn't want to live there either. So I traded her to Vancouver for future considerations. End result was two happy people. 😊
Favorite player of all time and favorite Blue of all time. He is the reason i wanted to start playing hockey and did start playing hockey, here in Missouri. He is also the reason I wore Bauer gloves, cause he did, with the Blues. I use to tape Blues games on VHS tapes in those early 2000 seasons, just to watch him and Macinnis and the late great Pavol Demitra.
My favorite memory of Chris Pronger is when he tried to mow down a one-legged Steve Yzerman in the 02 playoffs and ended up getting himself injured.
Pronger is one of the most-beloved players ever amongst Flyers fans. What a sudden and tragic end to such an incredible career.
It's a real shame. If he didn't get hurt, I seriously could have seen him playing another 5 years. He was still an elite defensemen at age 37 when he got hurt in 2011. Even if his offense dropped, you could still count on him to be a physical force and play his position really well. Kind of like what Chara has done as he has gotten older.
@@philly_sports1558 He was so fun to watch on the Flyers, always made his presence felt. Would have loved to see him play out that contract. Completely agree on how he would have aged as a player. Flyers have missed his presence since.
Alexander Grenon As he should be. Pronger was incredible player. As an Edmonton fan, the 2005/2006 finals run was magical and is something I will never forget, and Pronger was the main reason for that run. Edmonton fans were pissed off with Pronger and labeled him enemy number one for a few years after the trade, but today, most Edmonton fans have forgiven him, as they recognise that he was the best defenceman the Oilers have had since Paul coffey in the eighties. Edmonton will never have a D-man like him again. The end to his career? Tragic indeed. But Pronger lived by the sword, and I doubt he would have gone out any other way.
I’m just a thick 6” an i still beat it up.... Thx Chris Pronger
I loved seeing Prongs in the orange, I wish they would have sought him out sooner instead of wasting their time going after Daigle
I loved Pronger in philly. He was sooo good. He really turned the blueline from passable to good. The 2010 flyers defense was underrated with pronger, carle, timonen, coburn being a top four. When he caught that stick in the eye it ended his career obviously but it also took the flyers out of being a contender
Loved Pronger. A borderline hard hitter, and not even the dirtiest player in HHOF imo... Playing in the mid and late '90s was absolute brutal: you could drive your opponents head into the boards, leaving him with a bleeding gash on his face and not even get a 2 minute penalty (hint: yes, that and a hit from behind started a big rivalry). Thank god, the rules have changed. Everywhere he got, the team got better. Nice video
Enea T. Completely agree. Pronger isn't even close to the dirtiest HOFers. One commenter already mentioned Eddie shore. Eddie Shore was a psychopath and was probably the dirtiest player ever. Other very dirty HOFers: Gordie "Mr Elbows" Howe, Maurice Richard, Eric Lindros, Scott Stevens...
@@odoaceroftheneoromanempire7178 I agree... Playing in an era where you had, Stevens, Lindros, Claude Lemieux, Churla, McSorley and many more, you can't consider Pronger a dirty player. He dished out many hard hits, but I won't consider him as a dirty player.
@@6BfMV2 You can absolutely consider him a dirty player lmao, just because he played some of his career with the other dirty players you mentioned, doesn't somehow excuse his dirty play. Literally everyone who talks about Pronger acknowledges this, great but dirty player
Here before THG changes the typo
I like the title
What was the typo?
lol @GravGang
Trolling the competition!!!!!!!!!
Wow thank you, you really delivered on my request and made my day. Thank you so much!
Honestly, as a longtime Edmonton fan, there are no more hard feelings with Pronger. A decade of sewer dwelling does that to a fanbase, and the sewer dwelling had less to do with the Pronger trade and more to do with consistenly inept managment. Yes, Edmonton fans were shocked and pissed off with Pronger at first, but I feel it's really died down and pretty much forgotten now. Live and let live. All the fellow Oilers fans I talk to about Pronger admit that Pronger was the best defenceman the Oilers have had since Paul Coffey. I doubt the Oilers will ever get a D-man as mean, talented, and steady as Pronger was again. It's a testament to the leadership of Pronger that right after the season he made the finals with the Oilers, he went on to win the cup with the Ducks.
I will watch any THG career video, even if it's of a player I hated
Namely, anyone who wasn’t a Wing.
You missed Ladislav Smid coming to the Oilers in the Pronger trade!
top 15 D man all time i'd say
Robbed Bure of the Hart in 00, stole the Cup from Ott in 07, wrecked players left and right. He was not my favorite player but sure he was a great D-man looking back. Unfortunate about his eye, who could see that coming?
14:25 - Holmstrom hit was insane and before the game was over I knew the suspension was going to be short. The NHL really seems to favor superstars when handing out suspensions. You can talk about how they threw the book at Todd Burtuzi, but Pronger and Weber have gotten away with so much.
I said for a while. If I had to pick one defenseman to take a team into a single deep playoff run, it would be a healthy prime Chris pronger. Nobody could fuck with pronger when he was on his game.
I'd take Leetch. Most dominating performance ever in 1994.
I can't believe how many people don't know the truth about why his wife wanted out of Edmonton. Pretty much anyone in Edmonton who knew him at the time, or was in the loop, knew that Pronger got caught having an extensive affair with this girl from Edmonton. After that his wife essentially said either we leave this city or I'm leaving you. More than justified I suppose
Is this for sure? I had heard rumors of this, but didn't know how correct they were.
If true that’s interesting because Shanahan was traded for Pronger because Shanahan was having an affair with teammate Craig Janney’s wife.
Ayyy he turned European for a while
Guys!
What happends on the ice, stays on the ice. Groupie love is not like normal love and it stays in the locker room.
Or someone(rat) is going to drop the soap in the shower, in away that isn't pleasent for anyone.
U should be on loop on this one.
@@JustBob-sw4rf WHAT! lol!!
Thanks, he was always one of my favorites.
thanks THG for this tribute video about pronger. i really appreciated that oilers 2006 SCF run and how pronger was a major factor in all of that. kind of sucked he left and the circumstances that made it happen. in all a great career that he had, unfortunate that he had to retire bcuz of injuries.
cheers from southern ontario 🍁
Proger's wife is from STL. That trade request to get out of Edmonton was made earlier that winter by his wife while he was still in Edmonton.
When the NBA made it clear that St. Louis wasn't getting a team no matter what, Bill Laurie lost interest in the whole sports thing and wanted to dump the Blues. They decided that getting rid of Pronger's contract would make the team easier to sell. It's like stripping off aluminum siding on a house to make it cheaper to sell.
Great vid Shannon
A puzzling aspect of Pronger's career, he never got suspended nearly enough for his antics.
I think he cracks the top 5 defensemen to ever play.
Orr
Lindstrom
Bourque
Niedermayer
Pronger
Loved this. Thanks
I loved going to the games in St Louis. I would sit close to the ice and watch the boards shake!
I'm still scarred by the sound of Pronger's scream as he left the ice holding his eye...
I was actually going to make ts exact comment. I can still remember watching it live.
I always hate wondering what could have been with players.
Loved Pronger when I watched him in St. Louis but hated him during the '06 playoffs.
Loved Pronger when he was in Philly
Unreal video, would love to see Derian Hatcher
pronger is one of the dirtiest players in the hall of fame
*eddie shore has entered the chat*
oshoxi Lol. Shore isn't the only one either. Shore was a psycho as a player and was an even bigger psycho coaching.
-Gordie "Mr Elbows" Howe - has entered the chat
-MAURICE "Punch a ref in the face and break a stick over a players head" "Rocket" Richard- has entered the chat
@@odoaceroftheneoromanempire7178 the punch in the head was justified 🙂
@@jeremiplourde302 True, true. Richard was being targeted and the refs were not doing anything about it. Richard had to put up with a lot of crap and had to get tough. Still was pretty dirty when he wanted to be though.
Gary was just as bad as far as dirty players go
As a Kings fan Pronger was 1 of 2 ducks I really enjoyed wacthing during his time in ana but that's because i liked them from STL and NJ (S.Niedermier)
Lest we forget, Pronger was on the ice when Marc Bergevin threw the puck into his own net.
as if Turek the Dinosaur Hunter needed any help those playoffs. LGB
One of my favorite all time Blues player
The best thing about Pronger: his media presence. He absolutely dominated a room full of reporters like Torts only wishes he could.
Any soundbite from the 2010 playoffs is amazing
At the time, Blues fans were not happy about trading Shanahan. Worked out okay to me. Still waiting to see another defenseman with an outlet pass like Pronger had.
No one quarterbacked a power play better.
Great video, only thing you failed to mention was that Pronger's career ended from a high stick from Mikhail Grabovski to his eye, it wasn't from concussion issues.
Career video of Jeremy Roenick?
And to think, if not for the Blues signing Shanahan from NJ, Pronger never would be a Blues player and they eventually don't win a cup if you follow the trade tree.
Also, if the fans are allowed back, I would pay great money to watch his retirement ceremony. He was my favorite player to watch and modeled my game after his.
Loved Pronger in Philly, classic "Flyers type". Such a shame with the injury, positive that if he stayed healthy he would have completed that contract.
Flyers fan here, he is LOVED, and missed in Philadelphia.
Can you do a video on reverse sweep playoff rounds?
Would you do a video on Backstrom and his career and just how he lived in the shadows of Ovi
A healthy Pronger was the difference between a bubble team and a playoff team, and a playoff team to a cup contender.
Still waiting on alfrdsson. Sorry IF im complaining 🙂 keep up The awesome work
What about doing a career video on Bob Gainey? I mean, the NHL created the Selke trophy because of him. It could be interesting 🤷♂️.
@9:30 when Brian Burke left that team 2/3 of t he roster was UFA. Left them in a really crapy situation.
Nice to see Ducks Legend Chris Pronger getting a video.
*edit* Luca Sbisa goat
My reaction to Pronger wearing glasses must have been akin to Washington displaying his when talking his staff out of a counter revolution.
He is my all time favourite defensivemen
To be more accurate, the rumour in Edmonton was that he was having an affair with a member of the media. That's why his wife wanted out. I had been attending games since 1984 and that rumour wasn't quickly dismissed...just quieted.
That’s the exact same story we got in St Louis on why he demanded a trade from the Oilers. Pro athletes play by a different set of rules. Like having a girl in every town.
Shannon's not kidding, pronger literally played like 30 minutes a game.
You forgot to mention it was trade and sign with with oilers . He was going to be a free agent. Oil signed Him to 5 year deal and that the oilers were going to build around him for the next 5 years ....and then 6 days after game 7 he want s out. Heartbreaking
+thehockeyguy Shannon can you do a career video on Dave Taylor and add him into the THG hall of fame or Neal broten do a video on him and add him to the THG hall of fame.
Can you do Daniel Alfredsson
You need a Sen in the career video list besides Matt duchene
I loved pronger
If you want to expand the content of your channel try do Trade Tree (Steve Dangle) and What ever happen to?
When’s hockey starting up damn!!!
The league's response to Chris Pronger stomping showed that there was a bias between stars and all-so-rand types. I agree.
All so rand?
He was sure a dirty player lol. But that one season with the Oilers was AMAZING. He was an absolute stud that year. As well as the next with Anaheim.
Maybe career of Iginla next? Greetings from finland :p
Can you do a video on Keith Ballard?
I always wonder if Chris Pronger getting drafted by Ottawa would've made a big difference in the end.
I think Shannon was throwing some trolling in the vid
Are there videos of Pronger's suspensions on Peake in 1995, and Roenick in 1998? I can't find them on CZcams
Favorite moment of his career was when he tried to cheap shot Yzerman
As an Edmonton Oilers fan I was outraged when Pronger requested a trade. We knew about the rumors about his wife not liking it here but rumors also got out that he had an affair & while I wouldn't condone that, I think most oilers fans were more upset because before even the 2005 /06 season started he signed a 5 year contract with us.
Have you done Lecavalier video?
I wish the Blues never lost Pronger, was one of my favs on the team.
As a Red Wings-fan I have very few positive things to say about Progner. So I'll stop there.
Do a video on kris Draper
I remember the trade....Shanahan for Pronger. Talk about some enraged Blues fans!! My uncle taught me some 4-letter words that day!! Lemme tell you!! Holy smokes. ...
....But ironically enough, it was Pronger's hitting and defense that made him a fan favorite quickly in STL. All his points were a bonus.
Title had me confused for a sec lol
Just listen to the podcast on spittin chiclets. Interesting guy. Talks about his whole career. He didn’t want to go to Edmonton the first place.
+/- would be a nice addition. For some of us we really care if a D man was +2 or +32. A good D man on a bad team who has a +17 needs to be acknowledged.
plus/minus is a team stat basically. It has little to do with the individual player himself.
no mention of the career-ending stick to the eye?
His wife moved away from edmonton In like January as per Burke's book
Oilers legend
Does anyone here know how to get non-knockoff jerseys from allsvenskan, want to buy one for my friend for Christmas, but I can’t seem to find a good seller in North America
I thought Smid was a part of the deal from Anaheim.
Alexei Kovalev career video could be interesting
You missed Selänne being the center in the ducks in 2016. Other than that great.
Are some of those old time Dirty Players that were inferred to Sprague Cleghorn or Eddie Shore?
oh u taking requests ? i want Theo Fleury please :)
I couldn’t stand him for a long time. Then he joined my team and we won the cup. Soften my opinion on him pretty quickly.
There's was so many times last season that players would bump into Binnington or crash his net and I would just think, "That likely doesn't happen if Pronger is out there." He might be known as a dirty player, but I'm sure his goaltenders didn't mind.
Concussions discussion what's you're function?
Why do players make trade requests public? Are they made privately and somebody in the organization leaks them, do they make them privately at first and then publicly because nothing gets done, or are they made public so their new team is that much better?
In any case, Sakic handled the Duschene (sp?) trade right. Held out until he got what he wanted.
I'm double dipping, but I predicted a Blues v Caps final repeatedly on the late 90s. I failed.
+thehockeyguy pronger should’ve won the conn smythe in 2007 suspension or not.
👍 5th in Norris 2010
All rookie team 1994
He could have won Conn Smythe 2006, 2007, 2010.
I wouldn't wish harm on any human and I'll never forget the agonizing scream I heard when he got his eye slashed but if anyone had to have that injury, he made the case it should be him throughout his career. Recklessly disregarded other professionals and he got what was due to him
The league has been better without him
Eddie Shore, great talent best D'Man of his era but read about his exploits
I hope the blues do the number retiring when fans can be in attendance. It would be a shame not to celebrate that properly