I'm finally gonna kick Steve Yzerman's ass...

[CT III]

...because Probie's not around to watch his back anymore.

http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/Former+enforcer+Probert+dies/3238238/story.html

[Slaky]

He lived hard and died in a boat. Yep.

[Brownie]

Did he have more or less cocaine in his system than Darrell Porter did when he died?

[Chuck to Chuck]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

[Bonk]

I thought cocaine would do him in, but instead it was Windsor and water.

[CT III]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

I don't think he did.  Unless it was on a short term basis when someone else was injured.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

I don't think he did.  Unless it was on a short term basis when someone else was injured.

Appears to be sometime in 2000-2001...

[CT III]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

I don't think he did.  Unless it was on a short term basis when someone else was injured.

Appears to be sometime in 2000-2001...

God dammit Tank, I thought it was made clear that we are never to discuss the 2000-01 team again.

They.

Never.

Happened.

Zhamnov missed about 20 games with what was probably a bad case of Suhonenitis that year.  Maybe Probert wore the "A" during that time?

[Quality Start Machine]

Maybe it was because they couldn't put "AA" on his sweater.

[Gilgamesh]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

I don't think he did.  Unless it was on a short term basis when someone else was injured.

Appears to be sometime in 2000-2001...

God dammit Tank, I thought it was made clear that we are never to discuss the 2000-01 team again.

They.

Never.

Happened.

Zhamnov missed about 20 games with what was probably a bad case of Suhonenitis that year.  Maybe Probert wore the "A" during that time?

I think this photo reinforces why I liked the CCM sweaters better than the Reebok jerseys they have now.

Also, you want to talk about bad Hawks' teams?  I have a stick in my apartment signed by the members of the 1998-1999 squad.  Talk about gutless slapdicks.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Maybe it was because they couldn't put "AA" on his sweater.

Fine.

I laughed.

[Slaky]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

I don't think he did.  Unless it was on a short term basis when someone else was injured.

Appears to be sometime in 2000-2001...

God dammit Tank, I thought it was made clear that we are never to discuss the 2000-01 team again.

They.

Never.

Happened.

Zhamnov missed about 20 games with what was probably a bad case of Suhonenitis that year.  Maybe Probert wore the "A" during that time?

I think this photo reinforces why I liked the CCM sweaters better than the Reebok jerseys they have now.

Also, you want to talk about bad Hawks' teams?  I have a stick in my apartment signed by the members of the 1998-1999 squad.  Talk about gutless slapdicks.

The CCM/KOHO sweaters kick the shit out of Reebok 8 days a week.

[Quality Start Machine]

How the fuck did he get an "A" while he was a Hawk?

I don't think he did.  Unless it was on a short term basis when someone else was injured.

Appears to be sometime in 2000-2001...

God dammit Tank, I thought it was made clear that we are never to discuss the 2000-01 team again.

They.

Never.

Happened.

Zhamnov missed about 20 games with what was probably a bad case of Suhonenitis that year.  Maybe Probert wore the "A" during that time?

I think this photo reinforces why I liked the CCM sweaters better than the Reebok jerseys they have now.

Also, you want to talk about bad Hawks' teams?  I have a stick in my apartment signed by the members of the 1998-1999 squad.  Talk about gutless slapdicks.

The CCM/KOHO sweaters kick the shit out of Reebok 8 days a week.

I still think there's nothing more badass than a white CCM Hawks sweater. Preferably with #28 on it.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/sports/hockey/03fighter.html

But the legacy of Probert, who died last July of heart failure at 45, could soon be rooted as much in his head as his hands. After examining Probert's brain tissue, researchers at Boston University said this week that they found the same degenerative disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, whose presence in more than 20 deceased professional football players has prompted the National Football League to change some rules and policies in an effort to limit dangerous head impacts.

...

Probert drank heavily beginning in his youth in Windsor, Ontario, and he used cocaine to the point that he served 90 days in a Minnesota prison and was suspended by the N.H.L. multiple times, including for the entire 1994-95 season. His police record included driving citations, bar fights and assaults on police officers. While boating last July 5 on Lake St. Clair, near his home in Tecumseh, Probert collapsed and died of heart failure, including an 80 percent blockage of the left coronary artery.

Many athletes later found with C.T.E. — whose test for abnormal protein deposits in brain tissue can be administered only after death — presented symptoms like drug abuse, impulse control and impaired memory only in the years before they died, suggesting that the disease contributed to it.

Probert's case is considerably more difficult to interpret, Cantu said, because of his history. Cantu and other Boston University researchers declined to discuss any further specifics regarding Probert before publication in an academic journal.

Probert's widow, Dani, said in an interview at their home on Tuesday that the B.U. group had said that her husband's C.T.E. was less developed than that found in most football players of similar age. She added that in his final few years, Probert exhibited some behavior uncharacteristic to him, especially memory loss and a tendency to lose his temper while driving.

Cantu, while not speaking about Probert's substance abuse specifically, also emphasized that "as of now, the medical community is not aware that any drug abuse, including alcohol, leads to" chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

...

Chris Nowinski, a co-director of the Boston University research group, said that 10 other professional hockey players, almost all of whom played in the N.H.L., had pledged to donate their brains upon death. More than 100 professional football players have done the same, including Dave Duerson, the former Chicago Bears star and players union official who committed suicide two weeks ago.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/sports/hockey/03fighter.html

But the legacy of Probert, who died last July of heart failure at 45, could soon be rooted as much in his head as his hands. After examining Probert's brain tissue, researchers at Boston University said this week that they found the same degenerative disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, whose presence in more than 20 deceased professional football players has prompted the National Football League to change some rules and policies in an effort to limit dangerous head impacts.

...

Probert drank heavily beginning in his youth in Windsor, Ontario, and he used cocaine to the point that he served 90 days in a Minnesota prison and was suspended by the N.H.L. multiple times, including for the entire 1994-95 season. His police record included driving citations, bar fights and assaults on police officers. While boating last July 5 on Lake St. Clair, near his home in Tecumseh, Probert collapsed and died of heart failure, including an 80 percent blockage of the left coronary artery.

Many athletes later found with C.T.E. — whose test for abnormal protein deposits in brain tissue can be administered only after death — presented symptoms like drug abuse, impulse control and impaired memory only in the years before they died, suggesting that the disease contributed to it.

Probert's case is considerably more difficult to interpret, Cantu said, because of his history. Cantu and other Boston University researchers declined to discuss any further specifics regarding Probert before publication in an academic journal.

Probert's widow, Dani, said in an interview at their home on Tuesday that the B.U. group had said that her husband's C.T.E. was less developed than that found in most football players of similar age. She added that in his final few years, Probert exhibited some behavior uncharacteristic to him, especially memory loss and a tendency to lose his temper while driving.

Cantu, while not speaking about Probert's substance abuse specifically, also emphasized that "as of now, the medical community is not aware that any drug abuse, including alcohol, leads to" chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

...

Chris Nowinski, a co-director of the Boston University research group, said that 10 other professional hockey players, almost all of whom played in the N.H.L., had pledged to donate their brains upon death. More than 100 professional football players have done the same, including Dave Duerson, the former Chicago Bears star and players union official who committed suicide two weeks ago.

They keep a copy of the Times laying around the break room here and this article has a picture of Proby's wife.  She's quite a looker.  That is all.