Jack Edwards rips Chris Stewart’s IQ; Ducks forward hits back (Video)
In the Anaheim Ducks’ 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, forward Chris Stewart and defenseman Torey Krug got into a fight. This was notable because Stewart is a rather sizeable and experienced fighter, and Krug … isn’t.
Bruins play-by-play man Jack Edwards took notice of the disparity as the fight continued, and uncorked another classic rant:
“What a manly thing to do for Chris Stewart, taking on a guy Krug’s size. Stewart’s working him over because Krug is punching uphill. I hope Chris Stewart feels really good about himself. Six-two, 231 [pounds] going after a guy that’s 5-9 and 181. Considering he’s giving up 50 pounds, but he’s also got an advantage of about 50 IQ points, I think you gotta think pretty well of Krug in that exchange.”
Apparently word of Edwards’s intelligence assessment reached Stewart, who tweeted later in the evening:
@RealJackEdwards RealJackEdwards ,,thx for verbally attacking my character live on air tonight #classy https://t.co/mds8yWOqV2
— chris stewart (@Cstew_80) January 27, 2016
And yet the fight, for whatever reason, appeared to serve as the turning point in the game. Even Jack Edwards admitted that Stewart’s domination of Krug shifted the momentum:
No doubt ANA got bigger boost from "bout" w/50-lb discrepancy. Blood's ready to boil. We'll see if Bs turn up heat. pic.twitter.com/5SQZqy1T1s
— Jack Edwards (@RealJackEdwards) January 27, 2016
And ...
Barring a remarkable turnaround, a pivot point in this game was a 231-pound man punching downhill at a 181-pounder, and ANA's subsequent Mo.
— Jack Edwards (@RealJackEdwards) January 27, 2016
In the end, did Edwards truly insult Stewart’s intelligence? Maybe he just considers Krug a genius. We’ll never know.
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