By now you've seen the
scary-dirty hit Pronger and Niedermayer layed on Red Wing playoff paladin Tomas Holmstrom Tuesday night. Impressed with Homer's third-period return to the ice (and his production that night, and his seemingly endless tolerance for physical punishment throughout the post-season), NHL.com has
an article comparing Holmstrom to some tough customers of Hollywood fiction.
"He’s looking more and more like Bruce Willis’ character in the
Die Hard movies," staff writer Evan Grossman says. "Like The Terminator, he just keeps coming back for more."
The weird thing about this line of schtick is that Holmstrom already has a cheesy action movie nickname — has for years, and it isn't either of these. It's "Demolition Man." This goes unmentioned in the NHL.com piece.