Tough Guy: The Bob Probert Story

Violence Drugs Passion Hockey.

Interviews of teammates, family, friends, himself, sportscasters. Etc

Film of fights Home clips Hockey games News reports.

I was lucky to have met him a few times. Always gave fans the time of day. Bob... The best there is, the best there was, the best that will ever be... RIP Bob. There will never be another tough guy like you to lace a pair of skates up.

You don't have to like the guy but this is going to give you an unvarnished look at the ups and downs of his life. He had a pretty terrible addiction problem and the results of being a goon affected him pretty badly. You'll get a sense of the man and all of his demons and maybe come away with an opinion on hockey or maybe not. It's well made and has lots of archival footage so if you knew him from his career, this is worth seeing.

Change the demeaning music on this documentary and you have a different story. They demonized the man here people! This is hockey culture and if you don't like it go watch the NBA. Probert was an enforcer and fought for his teammates. This is part of the game no matter how much they try to rid it and it is the reason it has such a hard core following. To deny the violence is to deny our ourselves of our love of competition. Hockey is our last great sophisticated competition. Don't let the media take it away.

I quality of documentary is good. Towards the end they turn it into a sob story though. I don't feel bad for him. He chose a brutal sport that comes with consequences. He made terrible choices over and over again. All of these high ratings seem to be coming from those who love hockey. Get over it.