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Maple Leafs' Wayne Simmonds will punch your head off and thank you later
12 days ago - By Sportsnet
“I can play the game, but at the same time I can punch your head off.” - Wayne Simmonds , on his first day as a Maple Leaf
TORONTO - In an alternate universe, the fans might have blown the roof off the barn when he dropped the gloves.
Wayne Simmonds, that proud son of Scarborough, waited all of one period during life as a Toronto Maple Leaf to fling the mitts, roll up his sleeves and start ripping rights at the head of a Montreal Canadien.
It would be a stretch to say Simmonds punched Ben Chiarot's head off, but he chucked 'em hard enough to smack a sponsor decal off his helmet.
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