Downie was friends with tocchet at the time, the Pens were trying to get more “Gritty” and mistakenly thought that guy was part of the answerHe was good during the 2009 cup run. But after that I didn’t really care much for him.
Downie sucked. I’m surprised the Pens signed him after the fact he almost seriously injured Sid
His antics had so alienated tge refs in years past they just slapped him with a penalty even if he wasn’t doing anything… i think he led the league in pims that season…
The refs just get tired of dealing with the real dicks after a while and just make them lose value as a player due to the shear amount of penalties they give em