Fear and Loathing In Donald Brashear

On July 1st 2009 the Rangers signed probably the most loathed individual in this Ranger fans recent memory since probably when the Blue Shirts inked Bryan Trottier as a coach back in 2002. This happened when Glen Sather signed Donald Brashear one of the most unpredictable and feared enforcers in hockey to a two year 2.8 million dollar contract. The only hitch about the acquisition is that Ranger fans are having a hard time forgiving “The Don” for his sucker job on Blair Betts during the playoffs last season , when Donald was a member of the Capitals. The Mouth once again finds himself in the minority as he welcomes “The Big Rig” Donald Brashear with open “Huggy Bear” arms. Even at the somewhat geriatric age of 37 Brashear is a seasoned policeman who throws the body. The latter of which his Ranger punching predecessor Colton Orr couldn’t do consistently on a nightly basis. But don’t worry about Colton he will be fine in Toronto and will quickly become a fan favorite. The Mouth treats us to video of fight that took place on February 11th 2009 between Orr and Brashear in their six tussle in total as part of his eleventh installment of the Ranger Crisis.com only GigantORR Series. Then the Big man gives the Ranger faithful a sneak peak of what kind of pugilistic prowess the reluctant Broadway Blue fan can look forward to when they finally come around to cheering for this Punch your lights out first, ask questions later intimidator. Two Brashear fights are shown one against Jody Shelley of the Sharks and another which is of Brashear’s absolute emulsification of Riley “No Way” Cote