No Claude Lemieux? He was as dirty as they come.
Joke of a list if he isn’t included, especially if Ott is because Ott has come nowhere near the level of Lemieux.

I do not think “Steve Ott” when I think “dirty.”

Hell, I don’t even associate “Sean Avery” with “dirty”. He’s in the pest zone too…but toes the line more than Otter.

Steve Ott is a pesty, adorable, slightly evil teddy bear.

You want dirty? Try Matt Cooke and Jordin Tootoo among others.

I am happy to see mushy rank so high on this list. worthless effing piece of crap

“Dirty” is Roenick knocking out Modano, or Pronger stepping on someone with his skates, or Messier hitting Trevor Linden when he’s already down on the ice, or Scott Stevens’ elbows, or even Hatcher plastering Roenick against the glass and breaking his jaw.

The only thing remotely like that that Ott’s done is the alleged eye gouge, and even if he did inadvertently do that, it was understandable, since he had about four Ducks whaling on him at the time.

So he’s an agitator and a pest; big deal. He doesn’t actually generally hurt anyone, or physically impede them, and that’s what it takes, in my book, to really qualify as “dirty” — much less one of the dirtiest players of all time.