Hello all,
Are you saying Don Cherry is wrong? Well then, you should call CBC and ask to talk to Don, express your wisdom on him, but i doubt he would take your call. No, i will go with Don`s opinon on this one, but thanks. :thumb:
hmmmmm disagreeing with DC... are you sure your not a habs fan?
Unlike you, I don`t automatically agree with someone who is connected to or associated with my team. You seem to think if anyone in any way associated with the Yankees or the Leafs says something he must be right, and so you repeat it. I look at the situation and make my own opinion...right or wrong. I don`t mimic anyone.
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Hello JHF,
Second, let`s have it your way and say Chara is a repetitive thug, and have it Techman`s way by saying it was no accident. We`re all agreed? Good. So what the hell is the NHL thinking. Savard got brutalized and nothing happened. Pacioretty got brutalized and nothing happened. Then I`m sure there have dozens and dozens, if not hundreds of incidents just like these. So why isn`t the NHL doing something? Is the league just run by unsympathetic brutes? Are they pandering to the fans who love and continually encourage more hard play? The NHL has consistently failed in so many cases like this, so are you two saying there`s a policy problem in the NHL, or is this just partisan bias against something done to YOUR player?
Remember I`m the one who doesn`t like a pitcher throwing at the head for any reason, whether it`s traditionally accepted as a tactic or not. And I certainly haven`t followed hockey much because of the rougher style and concurrent the lack of disciplinary actions regarding medically verified concussions and other serious injuries. The thing that kills me is that the current majority of NHL fans love hard play and promote it, but whine when it happens to their players. The majority of fans are happy with hard play, but don`t seem be able to connect their preferred style of play with consequences like these. Then the same kind of fans who ransack and torch sections of their own city cry over lack of penalties for serious injuries. Give ME a break!!!
I think the penalty in this case and many other cases should have been severe, regardless of intent by the player.
Merlot
Guess Chara`s hit on Max Pac was dirty also, now....right? As far as the rest of your rant about the "dirty" Canucks goes.... maybe we were watching a different game last night, but i swear i saw numerous taunting from the bruins... plus Lucic punching Burrows in the back of the head, (classy) directly in front of the ref and even after the whistle was blown, then taunting him by sticking his fingers into the face/mouth area of Burrows, (again, classy) not to mention Chara slashing over and over again at one of the twins (sedins), not to mention Tim Thomas nailing a Sedin in front of the crease. (still not sure how that one was legal but then again, the refs were letting them play) .... as a bruins fan, you calling another team "dirty" is laughable and borderline insane, as the bruins are clearly the dirtiest team in the league, bar none. Dont believe me? Ask a habs fan.
That was very foolish to imply I was being hypocritical by calling the Canucks and Rome dirty. They are. I also did not say anything about the Bruins not being dirty. They are. But I also stood by the same principles in the Chara/Pacioretty incident calling for a severe penalty, and I made several posts related to that incident accusing the NHL and serious hockey fans of not doing all they could in the past to make sure such incidents received the SEVERE punishment they deserved. I`ve also said any pitcher (like Beckett) who throws at heads should be punished. So my position is
absolutely consistent.
You see Iggy buddy, all you need to do is stick to your principles consistently when you write here and you won`t be a hypocrite. Try it some time instead of just backing whatever your team does.
The Bruins and Canucks are playing dirty in this series thanks in large part to the decision by Bettman to do nothing about the biting incident, a decision which set the standard for allowances. However, the brutal hit on Horton was way beyond the idiotic trash stuff, just like the hit on Pacioretty, and the hit on Savard and many others. It`s the league and you faithful hockey fans who buy tickets that has failed to make punishments against brutality mandatory. If you want to accuse anyone....look in the mirror.
Next time know what you are talking about.
"Ask a habs fan" :lol:...the same people you treat like total idiots every year in thousands of posts...:lol::lol:...YOU, the one Habs fans have treated like the biggest joke on the planet wants me to "ask a habs fan". That`s not borderline insane...it`s CERTIFIABLY NUTS!
:nod:
Here`s a complete unbiased point of view from a Habs Fan :
Yep Bruins are dirty but that`s how we like them.
At least they`re not hypocrite about it.
Only when they are whining about one of them being hit.
That`s why Bruins Fan hate anyone like PK Subban.
But hey ! I`d rather see Bruins out there instead of many teams who clearly shouldn`t be in NHL.
At least we can have an uncivilized argument with a Bruins Fan !
Which is what Hockey is all about !
Okay, you`re cute.
Cheers,
Merlot
