Ruutuhan on nimenomaan agitaattori, ei niinkään perinteinen pf, eikä todellakaan mikään "poliisi". Harvinainen pelaajatyyppi SM-liigaan, eikä pelityyliä oikein ymmärrettä. Ruutun rooli on nimenomaan hankkia vastustajalle jäähyjä ja aiheuttaa vastustajan riveissä sekasortoa. Oli huvittavaa katso miten kokeneidenkin NHL-miesten peli sekoaa Ruutun onnistuessa. Helsingin pelissä ehdottomasti Hifkin paras ja tärkein pelaaja. Jäi jäähyissä selkeästi plussalle. Raumalla meni sitten yritys yli, mikä onkin Ruutun suurin heikkous. Ailahtelee roolissaan liikaa.
Canuckscentral.com:
Background: Ruutu, the infamous "dirtiest player in Europe" and former Helsinki captain, earned one-way deal in Vancouver after stepping into prime time during the injury-ravaged home stretch of the 2000-2001 season. He showed that he could be an above-average agitator -- as long as no one assassinates him first.
Assets:
• Excellent physical presence
• Good all-around skills (for an agitator)
Flaws:
• Poor discipline
Ja mitä tulee Ruutun arvostukseen agitaattorina niin hakekaapa esim. Googlesta sanoilla agitator ja NHL niin Ruutun nimi putkahtelee esiin aina ensimmäisten joukossa.
Ja mitä tulee Ruutun pelityyliin NHL:ssä ja täällä, niin ei ne juurikaan eroa. Samanlainen "idiootti" se on sielläkin. Omat rakastaa ja vastustajat vihaa. Tässä kommentteja rapakon toiselta puolelta:
"Nash, Avery, J. Ruutu are exactly what is wrong with the league."
"Get rid of the Ruutu, Cooke, Nash, Tootoo, Tucker type players. I would much rather see the heavies go toe to toe then watch Ruutu or Tootoo slice and dice guys with their sticks or run them from behind."
"Jarkko Ruutu never seemed to stop yapping at Wild players or referees."
"I see Darcy on equal grounds with Sean Avery, Jarko Ruutu or Jordin Tootoo (though Tootoo and Ruutu have more skill potential). He's a pest and a decent one at that. All three of those guys take dumb penalties on occasion, but they also pester the hell out of the opposition, draw penalties, and get both the crowd and their teammates geeked up with a hit, or a fight, or a facewash in a scrum."
"View Poll Results: Rate your personal Ruutolerance
Wild enthusiam. 44.44%
Grudging admiration. 28.40%
Disgruntled tolerance. 11.11%
A yark of what? 2.47%
Mild dislike. 4.94%
Severe irritation. 3.70%
Irrational hatred. 4.94%"
"Ruutu's brand of pestiness is just to facewash opposing defenders and hope they punch him back, or to take Olympic-class dives to draw penalties, or just to stick his tongue out and act like an idiot. I don't think opposing guys are really that aggravated by him ... I just think they think he's a knob. He's almost in the Barnaby class of on-ice clown."
"there was no stopping Gaborik in the series, until they put Ruutu out against him to shadow him. then he failed to get back on the scoresheet. he was invaluable against the Wild"
"being a pest isn't just about drawing penalties (although Ruutu does do a lot of that). it's about getting other guys off their game. and if you noticed for example last season when everybody said Forsberg couldn't be contained, and nobody could stop him. then when the Avs took on the Canucks, Ruutu again shadowed Forsberg, and shut up the Avs fans as the only column that Forsberg ended up on the scoresheet was the PIMS section."
"who are the top three agitators who can fight?:
1. JARKKO RUUTU - can throw the punches when the opportunity comes
2. Jordin Tootoo - can fight with ANYONE..but needs to clean up his act (will come with time!)
3. Matthew Barnaby - does what he has to, to care of any "funny" business!
Ja sit kysymykseen et onko Ruutu kova pelaaja vai rotta? Mielestäni kovaa pelaava rotta eli agitaattori. Tätä pelaajatyyppiä kuuluukin vihata, se tarkoittaa vain sitä että on onnistunut roolissaan.