Tonight, Seeler and the Flyers were losing 5-1 to the Detroit Red Wings when in the 2nd period things were quite heated.
The play began when Travis Sanheim threw Moritz Seider into the boards where he laid crumpled on the ice. Fischer took exception to that and hooked Seeler to the ice to which Seeler fought back. This led to both men dropping their gloves and throwing several good punches on one another.
As both players waited for the verdict, Fischer only received a two minute for hooking where Seeler received 2 minutes for instigating, 5 minutes for fighting and a 10 misconduct. Seeler went into a tirade in the box and dropped several F bombs another terrible language. He continued to go ballistic and was escorted off the ice by the linesman to keep him away from the referees.
Seeler certainly has been getting attention this year as he is an unrestricted free agent and could be available for trade at the trade deadline or sooner. Players like him who have a $775,000 salary would be very appealing to teams looking to upgrade their defence for a playoff push.
This kind of player would certainly help the Edmonton Oilers as they are looking to improve their defence and would give them a defenseman who has fire in his belly.
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22 DECEMBRE | 250 ANSWERS Flyers defenseman erupts on officials after a brutal call. Would you trade for Nick Seeler to help the Oilers defence? | ||
Yes, he has passion and very physical | 127 | 50.8 % |
No, the team has a good bottom 3 D. | 123 | 49.2 % |
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