The guy has a history of cheap shots, it was only a matter of time before he became the victim of one.
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Oh Boston tied it up!
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that".
Bill Shankly
"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month".
Herb Brooks
Habs win again. Quite a run for le bleu, blanc, et rouge. Now to finish the Leafs/Sens or switch over to Bruins/Pens to see what might happen next O.o
And Boston in the lead.
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that".
Bill Shankly
"You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month".
Herb Brooks
Geez Fleury. Two goals in just over a minute to lose. That's tough.
Stajan is actually playing some really damn good hockey right now but he's getting top line minutes, if we were to trade him I don't think he'd be playing the same role on a different team. He'd slot in on the 3rd line I'd think and I'm not sure he'd be as effective but you never know. He's been real solid on faceoffs for us too which is a breath of fresh air. I hated the contract early but these last 2 years I think ole Ragin Stajan has played to around the 3.5m cap hit. He plays a lot vs the best players on other teams and is -7 which sucks but is expected when you look at the quality of our team / uncertainty in net. Killin penalties, winning faceoffs, scoring pts lately. A
Geez CBC is really giving up since the big Rogers contract signing huh? Cassie Campbell, Kevin Weekes and PJ Stock on their desk. Wow lol. My god they aren't even talking about the game going on in this current intermission. I've been at the bar every other Saturday so I haven't kept up on HNIC but this is awful why even have this late game? You put the C broadcast crew and no one on the station even cares about the game going on.
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I hate to tell you but this has been happening on HNIC for a while now...at least we didn't have to listen to Glen Healy all game. Even Craig Simpson and Kelly Hrudey were mailing it in during the broadcast...but I don't mind Hrudey since I see him almost every weekend at the shops and he seems like a nice dude. If they're not showing the Leafs or Habs, HNIC just doesn't give a shit at all. Or Mark Lee getting excited because he's dreaming about a spitroast with the Sedins.
I am less and less excited about Rogers taking over lol...Charlie Simmer is losing his goddamn mind...every time he talks he's got the names wrong or something.
But yes, yay Flames...fuck Oilers!
Remember when Boston does something its brave and "good enforcing" but when a penguin does something its cheap and pussylike
Man, I thought it was obvious HNIC gave up trying when they handed their theme music over to TSN and adopted the Scottish Bagpipe Hour instead.
I'd be seriously shocked if anything came of the Thornton incident, though. The NHL has way too large of a hard-on for Boston to bother disciplining someone for a punch to the face.
Who is saying it was brave and good enforcing?
We can say that Thornton's stunt was a suspension-worthy dick move AND acknowledge that the Penguins are generally cheap and pussylike at the same time.
They may have a Bruins boner but the Crosbyburgh Crosbys were Bettman's handpicked CrosbySweepstakes winner afterall. Something's gotta give here.
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The way I see it... Rinaldo is looking at 5-10.
Orpik SHOULD be looking at 3-5, but won't get anything more than likely.
Neal is looking at probably 3 (but should get 5).
Thornton is looking at probably 15 but they should chuck him for the season. I don't care how apologetic he was after the game, he goes out, slewfoots Orpik to get him on his back and then starts pummeling... after the whistle... after he already had gone after him earlier in the game. That's intent to injure and he'll be lucky if the league are the only people who try to punish him.
What a sad day for hockey... just fucking pathetic.
Nah.. Neal has a phone hearing as well, and I don't know his suspension history... I agree, it should be more than he'll get, whatever he gets, though. There's just no respect on the ice these days... I get that Marchand is a bit of a cunt and they have history, but there's no excuse. Don't lower yourself to the guy's level... he can't even spell champion.
I was tired of people getting hit in the head intentionally 5 years ago.
Boston seems like they have a pretty easy schedule for the next little while, injuries/suspensions might not affect them too much in the standings.
Except the way the Rangers play completely changes with Talbot in goal, and he has shown he can come up with the big saves when necessary. If I were a team like the Flyers or the Panthers, I would be jumping for Talbot to start in the next year or two. He'll, even teams like Edmonton should be looking at him since Dubnyk has been shakey and they went and got Byrz of all people.
Gonna be a tough game tonight against Toronto, I think Boston is as injured as Toronto is, if not worse. Kelly, McQuaid, Boychuck and Eriksson are all out and Thornton is waiting on a hearing so he can't play. Toronto is missing Bozak, Lupul and Bolland right now so it's time for our other forwards to step it up and start scoring. With a Boston missing some key guys, there is no excuse for the Leafs not to win tonight. They need to play a full 60 minute game and try to pin Boston in their own zone, especially against their young guys.
Marchand might be out as well after the knee to the head, but I still expect Boston to have the upper hand against us and the next few games all seem to be Buffalo, Calgary, and Edmonton. If there was an ideal time for them to have to lose half their team, this would be it.