2010/11 NHL Season, Stanley Cup Playoffs & off-season Thread

[zioxide]

Agreed. Rome was like milliseconds too late on that hit. It was hard to tell, but after watching it a number of times, you can see he was a bit late. At first, I thought it was a clean open ice hit, and I was like "wth is a clean hit these days?"

Its a clean hit if he didn't go for his head. But he did. And he left his feet. That makes it dirty. That bitch better hope he's suspended the next game. Whenever he comes back, he's going to have to deal with Thornton or Lucic.

The refs made the right call.

Players need to keep their head up in a situation like that too. Horton was admiring his pass instead of staying alert.

He kinda has to keep his eye in that direction for the return pass. But it doesn't matter regardless. It looked like Rome was headhunting. That **** is dirty.


Of course after all the talk about the Bruins being dirty, the Canucks have been worse at that so far this series. Damn I hate that ****er lapierre.


TIMMY!!!

 

[lbro]

No, I'm saying that blaming Luongo for that loss is:


It's absolutely embarrassing to lose like that in game 3 of the finals. But to come out and say that the "Canucks need a different goaile" is:


For my purposes, replace the word "we" with "you".

Ah I see... I still think he was part of the reason they lost. A good goalie doesn't let 8 goals in two periods. He was good the first period but in the second and third he was terrible, most of the shots wouldn't have been difficult to stop (EDIT: for the average goalie in the NHL). Both teams shot an equal number of times at the net (41 canucks- 38 bruins). I mean look at Tim Thomas, he had a .976 save %. It's goalies like Thomas who the canucks need. A bad day for Vancouver indeed.

 

[James L]

most of the shots wouldn't have been difficult to stop.

Spend a lot of time as a goal tender playing against the elite of the sport do you?

 

[lbro]

Spend a lot of time as a goal tender playing against the elite of the sport do you?

So we can't criticize others if we aren't as good as them at certain things?? Obviously I'm not as good as Luongo. I don't even know if I'm good in the net or bad; I haven't tried. But goalies in the NHL have to live up to certain standards, especially a vezina trophy finalist and I just don't think he did a very good job.

 

[MooneyFlyer]

Of course after all the talk about the Bruins being dirty, the Canucks have been worse at that so far this series. Damn I hate that ****er lapierre.

No ****. If someone that isn't a bruins fan doesn't stand up and admit that the Canucks are a dirty team then you are living with the bias.

Didn't love the Lucic fingers move but get it. Personally, that's sinking to their level and they are clearly *******s.

Surely - personally I didn't hear the bias for the B's -- just finished watching the whole thing. Like Doc -- dump the rest of the clowns.

 

[Surely]

I think I'm done going back and forth with ibro on Luongo. He clearly needs a single scapegoat.

Surely - personally I didn't hear the bias for the B's -- just finished watching the whole thing. Like Doc -- dump the rest of the clowns.

I heard it, especially during the postgame show. They're too emotionally involved. But yeah, I didn't hear it from Doc.

As you know, I'm only rooting (if you call it that) for the Canucks by default. The truth is I just want to see great hockey.

Both teams played dirty as **** tonight.

Hope your trip is going well, Mooney.

 

[James L]

So we can't criticize others if we aren't as good as them at certain things?? Obviously I'm not as good as Luongo. I don't even know if I'm good in the net or bad; I haven't tried.

You said:

"most of the shots wouldn't have been difficult to stop."

You haven't even tried, yet you say with certainty that those shots wouldn't have been difficult to stop. How do you know that if you haven't played at that level... or any level for that matter?

Luongo has won multiple world championships and Olympic gold. You haven't even tried.

With that in mind how much weight should we give your criticism?



Edit: Please note I'm not trying to be a d*ck or a Luongo defender. There's a lot of validity to the expression "never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes" though.

 

[robo]

Its a clean hit if he didn't go for his head. But he did. And he left his feet. That makes it dirty. That bitch better hope he's suspended the next game. Whenever he comes back, he's going to have to deal with Thornton or Lucic.



He kinda has to keep his eye in that direction for the return pass. But it doesn't matter regardless. It looked like Rome was headhunting. That **** is dirty.


Of course after all the talk about the Bruins being dirty, the Canucks have been worse at that so far this series. Damn I hate that ****er lapierre.


TIMMY!!!
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Granted the hit on Horton was dirty but I don't think it warrants a three game suspension (like some people are saying).One game yes?

To me it looked like the Canucks were a little tired last night. Watching the puck and not the man and not moving their legs resulting in sloppy play in their own zone.Also some of those goals were real softie's

Props to your boyz for bringing it, I was waiting for it to happen

And the Thomas hit on Sedin reminded me of Hexy...

otav89

 

[MooneyFlyer]

Granted the hit on Horton was dirty but I don't think it warrants a three game suspension (like some people are saying).One game yes?

To me it looked like the Canucks were a little tired last night. Watching the puck and not the man and not moving their legs resulting in sloppy play in their own zone.Also some of those goals were real softie's

Props to your boyz for bringing it, I was waiting for it to happen

And the Thomas hit on Sedin reminded me of Hexy...

otav89

I think at least 1 is in order personally. Paille did something extremely similar during the year and got 2 and there were a number of others.


Surely - still alive. Not getting much sleep though because I'm coming back to watch these games late. Last night I finally finished it around midnight PDT... and couldn't sleep past 5:30a

 

[zioxide]

Granted the hit on Horton was dirty but I don't think it warrants a three game suspension (like some people are saying).One game yes?

Paille had a similar hit on Sawada earlier this year. He got 4 games for it.

I think at least 1 is in order personally. Paille did something extremely similar during the year and got 2 and there were a number of others.

Paille's was 4, not 2. This hit was WAY worse than Paille's, not to mention it was in the SCF. Horton is seriously injured and is going to miss the rest of the series. The guy laying the hit should be suspended for the rest also.

The thing that pisses me off most was if that was one of the Sedin's going down in a hit like that, the league would be calling for the guy who hit him's head. The fact that there is even debate over whether there should be a suspension is ridiculous. The Bruins have seen too much of this cheap shotting knocking out top players.. Bergeron, Savard, Krejci, etc. I'm ****ing sick of it. Suspend the clown or Shawn Thornton will take matters in to his own hands, and the NHL probably won't like the result.

Horton thought he was still in Vancouver. He's still hospitalized. That's ****ed up.

 

[runlsd]

Its a clean hit if he didn't go for his head. But he did. And he left his feet. That makes it dirty. That bitch better hope he's suspended the next game. Whenever he comes back, he's going to have to deal with Thornton or Lucic.

He kinda has to keep his eye in that direction for the return pass. But it doesn't matter regardless. It looked like Rome was headhunting. That **** is dirty.

Of course after all the talk about the Bruins being dirty, the Canucks have been worse at that so far this series. Damn I hate that ****er lapierre.

TIMMY!!!
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Its a clean hit if he didn't go for his head. But he did. And he left his feet. That makes it dirty. That bitch better hope he's suspended the next game. Whenever he comes back, he's going to have to deal with Thornton or Lucic.

He kinda has to keep his eye in that direction for the return pass. But it doesn't matter regardless. It looked like Rome was headhunting. That **** is dirty.

Of course after all the talk about the Bruins being dirty, the Canucks have been worse at that so far this series. Damn I hate that ****er lapierre.

Rome's hit was regrettable.

I'm not sure if I'd agree with the Canucks being worse so far this series. See Lucic punching the back of Burrows' head when he wasn't even looking? Two Bruins players dangling their fingers in front of Lapierre after Claude Julien calls out Lapierre and said Bruins players won't ever do things like that? Slash on Bieksa in game 2? Or Lucic and co. acting like a bunch of children after a clean Hamhuis hipcheck? We don't talk about these because we've yet to stop the bleeding on Bergeron's (one of my fav players btw) finger after the Burrows bite.

As fans these days, we have so many angles and reviews to dissect and scrutinize another team or player. It's easy.

May be both teams can focus on playing good, physical, playoff hockey like the majority of the 1st period after the Rome hit.

As a Canucks fan, this is a game we give the Bruins full credit for being the better team in game 3, put it behind us, and move on. As a Bruins fan, may be you should wish for your players to keep their emotions in check rather than wishing Thorton or Lucic for some retaliation or "justice" or whatever you think it is. Vancouver powerplay disappeared but it probably won't stay that way forever. Just a thought.

Hoping for a clean, hard fought game 4.

 

[Surely]

^^^^^well said, runlsd.

Paille had a similar hit on Sawada earlier this year. He got 4 games for it.



Paille's was 4, not 2. This hit was WAY worse than Paille's, not to mention it was in the SCF. Horton is seriously injured and is going to miss the rest of the series. The guy laying the hit should be suspended for the rest also.

The thing that pisses me off most was if that was one of the Sedin's going down in a hit like that, the league would be calling for the guy who hit him's head. The fact that there is even debate over whether there should be a suspension is ridiculous. The Bruins have seen too much of this cheap shotting knocking out top players.. Bergeron, Savard, Krejci, etc. I'm ****ing sick of it. Suspend the clown or Shawn Thornton will take matters in to his own hands, and the NHL probably won't like the result.

Horton thought he was still in Vancouver. He's still hospitalized. That's ****ed up.

I really think that you're letting your emotions cloud your judgement on this. It's understandable though.

Here's a really good and neutral perspective by Bob MacKenzie on the hit and forthcoming suspension:

There's no question in my mind that there will be a suspension for Aaron Rome because his hit on Nathan Horton was late. The National Hockey League has a standard, and that standard is any hit beyond half a second after the player has released the puck leads to an interference penalty. This was almost a full second.

Some may say that the difference isn't all that much, but it is in the eyes of the NHL. The five-minute major was warranted, the game misconduct was warranted, and I'd be shocked if there isn't a one-game suspension at least for Rome in this situation.

There will be others calling for Rome to be suspended for the duration of the series, and it's understandable when you see a player like Nathan Horton go down and suffer the kind of injury that he did suffer.

But, I still believe Aaron Rome was trying to step up on his man, but he shouldn't have been stepping up that late. He made direct contact with the head, although Horton's head also smashed hard off the ice and that may have been a mitigating factor for the league.

We'll see, but I'll be shocked if there is not at least a one-game suspension.

It is definitely not a blindside hit as outlined under Rule 48 for the National Hockey league. He was coming through the neutral zone and had released the puck.

Was he unsuspecting? Absolutely.

Was he vulnerable? Absolutely.

But, was it a blindside, Rule 48 infraction? No, it wasn't.

But, still, there's no doubt in my mind that it was a suspendable hit.


Boston's Reaction

After the incident, the Bruins knew Horton wouldn't return to the game, but the Canucks had a five-minute power play to kill off for that late hit.

You almost got the feeling that this was going to be a big-time negative turning point for the Boston Bruins. But they were still able to maintain their composure, and 11 seconds into the second period, the Bruins were able to capitalize. The early goal by Andrew Ference, followed by Mark Recchi finally getting Boston a power play goal, got Boston on the board.

The big thing about the Bruins in this game was that they did not lose their composure. It definitely could have been devastating for them to lose Horton, miss the five-minute major on Rome, and not have anything to show for it.

They didn't start running around seeking vengeance or justice in the hockey game. They kept their composure and came out and won it in the second period.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=368117

zioxide, both teams have been playing dirty. The Bruins don't have the higher moral ground because of this hit.


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Mooney: Regarding my noticing the Versus announcers being biased......when Thomas made that hit on Sedin, a couple of them were calling for a goaltender interference penalty. That's ridiculous.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Horton is seriously injured and is going to miss the rest of the series. The guy laying the hit should be suspended for the rest also.

I like this approach. Let the punishment fit the crime.

I say crime to distinguish this injury from one that was part of a play for the puck.

 

[robo]

Hey Zioxide
Would you feel the same way if Chara laid out Kessler? Waiting for your passionate response.

otav89

 

[cuestakid]

multiple sources saying Rome gets FOUR GAMES!!!!!!

I think the mere fact that he got suspended is incredible. If you use the playoff game multiplier, this amounts to nearly a 10-12 game suspension (a single playoff game is usually equal to 1 or 2 regular season games)

 

[Surely]

Rome gets a four game suspension.

My view: based on the history of discipline that the NHL has dished out over the past few years, 4 games is too much. I was expecting 1 or maybe 2 games strictly based on their history.

However, this is the first major piece of discipline that doesn't involve Colin Campbell. Maybe this is the new way they'll be punishing players. If that is the case, then good on them. Hopefully going forward we'll see these type of harsher punishments.

 

[cuestakid]

Rome gets a four game suspension.

My view: based on the history of discipline that the NHL has dished out over the past few years, 4 games is too much. I was expecting 1 or maybe 2 games strictly based on their history.

However, this is the first major piece of discipline that doesn't involve Colin Campbell. Maybe this is the new way they'll be punishing players. If that is the case, then good on them. Hopefully going forward we'll see these type of harsher punishments.

Well said-the punishment may be stiff but if this is the new standard, then I am all for it-stiffer punishment is the only way to curb the hits.

 

[robo]

Rome gets a four game suspension.

My view: based on the history of discipline that the NHL has dished out over the past few years, 4 games is too much. I was expecting 1 or maybe 2 games strictly based on their history.

However, this is the first major piece of discipline that doesn't involve Colin Campbell. Maybe this is the new way they'll be punishing players. If that is the case, then good on them. Hopefully going forward we'll see these type of harsher punishments.

I agree,that's ******** What if it was a " marquee " player. Would the punishment be the same? **** No...
otav89

 

[Keebler]

Its a clean hit if he didn't go for his head. But he did. And he left his feet. That makes it dirty. That bitch better hope he's suspended the next game. Whenever he comes back, he's going to have to deal with Thornton or Lucic.



He kinda has to keep his eye in that direction for the return pass. But it doesn't matter regardless. It looked like Rome was headhunting. That **** is dirty.


Of course after all the talk about the Bruins being dirty, the Canucks have been worse at that so far this series. Damn I hate that ****er lapierre.


TIMMY!!!
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oh boy...what an idiot Rome is. That hit was complete head hunting. Aside from seriously hurting Horton, that also hurts the Bruins b/c Horton was on fire.

Then again, it's fired up the Bruins.

Losing 8-1 isn't a big deal though. That's the kind of loss you simply erase and get over with more than a close loss. Again, that hit will make the difference and the series may have just shifted tide wise.

Recchi and Lucic are punks though. I don't justify what Burrows did, but grow up and don't try to stick your finger in the mouths of other players. That makes Julien look like he has no control over his team after he apparently told them not to do it.....and they did.....twice.

I agree with your comments about Laperriere - I know some players need to play on that edge, but as a huge Habs fan, I was embarrassed by his actions a number of times and so glad when he left. He can be a valuable forward, but his other antics are just silly. I put him up there on the idiot scale with Sean Avery.

And that hit by Timmy Thomas was just fantastic. Best play I might ever have seen a goalie make. If that doesn't show your team you want to win, I don't know what does!!!!!!

Next game will be interesting. wowsers.

 

[runlsd]

I like this approach. Let the punishment fit the crime.

I say crime to distinguish this injury from one that was part of a play for the puck.

Say Crosby or Ovechkin delivers a hit to a 4th line grinder. The 4th liner gets a concussion but they would keep him out of the line up as long as possible, thus keeping the superstar out of the line up as well... This doesn't work.

I think what they need is a clear definition of what is acceptable and what is not. Some of the questionable hits this season raised my eyebrows a little bit. A hockey player will get hit if he skates through the neutral zone and admires his pass.

A hit to the head to me is something like this. Often times a hard hit from the front will hit a person on the chest and up, and causes a whiplash of the head. Should the hitter lower himself to completely avoid touching the head? Can a taller player ever hit a shorter player that way? Pretty unrealistic in a fast game like hockey. That way everyone will be throwing hipchecks and hipchecks only. If we can't hit "blind side", then a player can skate in nonchalantly through the neutral zone, admiring his pass without worrying about being hit. That changes the complexion of the game.

Anyway. We need a very clear definition of what is permissible and what is not. May be the neutrals can shed some light on what they think.

 

[ttttaylor]

damn, looks like i've missed out on all the discussion on last night's game. what a wild one it was.

my thoughts in point form:
- tim thomas body checking henrik sedin was one my favourite moments of the year. i'm just about sick of hearing the words "daniel," "henrik," "sedin," and "twins," every two goddamn seconds when they've hardly delivered any goods this series.
- the hit on horton was dirty, and there's no changing my mind about that. rome better wear extra padding next time he's on the ice.
- everyone whines about how boston plays rough and dirty and blah blah blah. there's nothing wrong with playing tough rock 'em sock 'em hockey. that's what they're known for. they're not concussing the other teams players with late hits, they're playing the physical game that helped get them this far.
- i watched the CBC broadcast, but from what i've heard the versus broadcast was pretty biased towards the bruins. can't say it bothers me though.

after finding out how much i dislike the lightning, i really wanted to respect the canucks since there's a chance they will take the cup.

 

[iJohnHenry]

multiple sources saying Rome gets FOUR GAMES!!!!!!

I think the mere fact that he got suspended is incredible. If you use the playoff game multiplier, this amounts to nearly a 10-12 game suspension (a single playoff game is usually equal to 1 or 2 regular season games)

I don't think Nathan Horton would see any logic in that, at all.

 

[zioxide]

Rome's hit was regrettable.

I'm not sure if I'd agree with the Canucks being worse so far this series. See Lucic punching the back of Burrows' head when he wasn't even looking? Two Bruins players dangling their fingers in front of Lapierre after Claude Julien calls out Lapierre and said Bruins players won't ever do things like that? Slash on Bieksa in game 2? Or Lucic and co. acting like a bunch of children after a clean Hamhuis hipcheck? We don't talk about these because we've yet to stop the bleeding on Bergeron's (one of my fav players btw) finger after the Burrows bite.

Lucic punching Burrows in the back of the head was retaliation for Burrows being a little biting bitch. Maybe he should have sticked to playing hockey in game 1 instead of biting Bergy and then looch wouldn't have knocked him in the back of the head. Regardless, they both got game misconducts for that incident, so I'd say that was fairly even.

As a Bruins fan, may be you should wish for your players to keep their emotions in check rather than wishing Thorton or Lucic for some retaliation or "justice" or whatever you think it is. Vancouver powerplay disappeared but it probably won't stay that way forever. Just a thought.

Hoping for a clean, hard fought game 4.

Sorry, but after watching Bergy, Savvy, and now Horton go down in cheap shot fashion like this makes me so ****ing mad. I have NEVER gotten to see my team win ANYTHING, and now that we finally are close, some ****ing clown as fourth liner with no hockey skill has to head hunt and SERIOUSLY injure our best goal scorer. I really feel for Horton, who spent 7 years in miserable Florida, finally comes to a place where he makes it in to the playoffs, and he has it ripped away by some ****ing coward who doesn't even deserve to play in the NHL. So **** him. At this point I just hope Horton is ready to go in October.

I really think that you're letting your emotions cloud your judgement on this. It's understandable though.

Maybe, but you can see my reasoning above.

Mooney: Regarding my noticing the Versus announcers being biased......when Thomas made that hit on Sedin, a couple of them were calling for a goaltender interference penalty. That's ridiculous.

Anyone who even mentioned that being "interference" should be fired from their job immediately because it proves they DON'T KNOW **** ABOUT THE SPORT.

Interference is when a player INTERFERES (checks, impedes, etc) a player WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE PUCK. Sedin had the ****ing puck. That's a textbook check. There's no rule saying goalies can't check anyone. It's no different than if a defenseman checked a guy with the puck going towards the goal. If he DIDN'T have the puck, then it could be classified as interference (if Sedin wasn't in the blue), but he did, so its a moot point. Anyone who argues otherwise should get off the bandwagon because they don't know **** about hockey.

That check was the hit of the series so far. loved it.

Hey Zioxide
Would you feel the same way if Chara laid out Kessler? Waiting for your passionate response.

If Chara specifically went for hunting for Kesler's head and seriously concussed him enough to knock him out of the series, then it would be fair. I'd be more pissed at Chara making the hit (especially after being on the team with Bergy, Savvy, etc). Regardless, I haven't seen any Bruins players trying to go out and seriously injure anyone. Sure, there have been some questionable punches and antics, but that's playoff hockey. That Rome hit has NO PLACE in the game. He's a ****ing goon on par with Cooke as far as I'm concerned now.

Losing 8-1 isn't a big deal though. That's the kind of loss you simply erase and get over with more than a close loss. Again, that hit will make the difference and the series may have just shifted tide wise.

I don't know, with a goalie like Luongo, who has had his confidence shaken in the past, it could be more than you think. I can only hope.

Recchi and Lucic are punks though. I don't justify what Burrows did, but grow up and don't try to stick your finger in the mouths of other players. That makes Julien look like he has no control over his team after he apparently told them not to do it.....and they did.....twice.

Recchi's a punk? uh huh. Dudes been in the league 23 years and that's the first time I've heard that. Julien chewed both of them out after the game. **** like that is just stuff that happens in the heat of the moment, especially in an 8-1 blowout. Burrows is a little bitch and his and Lapierre's antics regarding the biting really pissed off the Bruins. You kind of expected something to happen after that.

I agree with your comments about Laperriere - I know some players need to play on that edge, but as a huge Habs fan, I was embarrassed by his actions a number of times and so glad when he left. He can be a valuable forward, but his other antics are just silly. I put him up there on the idiot scale with Sean Avery.

There's a difference between playing on edge, and playing like a whiney little diving bitch like Lapierre does. Guess he just can't shake his antics from his days with the montreal diving team.

Say Crosby or Ovechkin delivers a hit to a 4th line grinder. The 4th liner gets a concussion but they would keep him out of the line up as long as possible, thus keeping the superstar out of the line up as well... This doesn't work.

Yeah, but it's ok for a team to have their 4th line scrub knock out another team's top line winger. Could you imagine if a clown like Ott knocked Crosby out of a cup final? He would be banned from the league permanently. It's a double-edged sword.

I think what they need is a clear definition of what is acceptable and what is not. Some of the questionable hits this season raised my eyebrows a little bit. A hockey player will get hit if he skates through the neutral zone and admires his pass.

They do need a clear definition. But I don't get the "admiring his pass" statement. Horton has to look at the puck.. how else is he going to make a play on it if Lucic decides to pass it back to him, shoots it and gets a rebound, etc? You need to keep your eye on the puck in order to play the game. Players shouldn't have to worry about some goon stepping up and clocking them in the head just because they aren't looking.

damn, looks like i've missed out on all the discussion on last night's game. what a wild one it was.

my thoughts in point form:
- tim thomas body checking henrik sedin was one my favourite moments of the year. i'm just about sick of hearing the words "daniel," "henrik," "sedin," and "twins," every two goddamn seconds when they've hardly delivered any goods this series.

best statement in the thread, and perfectly sums up my feelings.

- the hit on horton was dirty, and there's no changing my mind about that. rome better wear extra padding next time he's on the ice.

luckily for him that wont be until next season.

- everyone whines about how boston plays rough and dirty and blah blah blah. there's nothing wrong with playing tough rock 'em sock 'em hockey. that's what they're known for. they're not concussing the other teams players with late hits, they're playing the physical game that helped get them this far.

That's how you play hockey. Nobody on the Bruins have gone around in this series biting opposing players or head hunting. Yeah, there have been incidents after the whistles in some places, but that's hockey too. 99% of the time that's because one guy said something he shouldn't have, so he gets a little face wash or a punch. If they don't even get a roughing penalty for it, then I'd say its pretty minor.

- i watched the CBC broadcast, but from what i've heard the versus broadcast was pretty biased towards the bruins. can't say it bothers me though.

it seems to me like they are biased towards the home team in every game (not just this series). but versus is just plain **** anyways. what a piss poor excuse for a network.

 

[jbennardo]

Rome gets a four game suspension.

My view: based on the history of discipline that the NHL has dished out over the past few years, 4 games is too much. I was expecting 1 or maybe 2 games strictly based on their history.

However, this is the first major piece of discipline that doesn't involve Colin Campbell. Maybe this is the new way they'll be punishing players. If that is the case, then good on them. Hopefully going forward we'll see these type of harsher punishments.

Agree. My problem with this suspension is the general inconsistency of discipline. There just seems to be no rhyme or reason. Punishment based on severity of inujury? Marquee player? Who knows?

 

[zioxide]

Agree. My problem with this suspension is the general inconsistency of discipline. There just seems to be no rhyme or reason. Punishment based on severity of inujury? Marquee player? Who knows?

You're telling me. Cooke KO's Savard for his career and gets NOTHING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ggHK-FDRY

There's the Paille hit on Sawada which was similiar, but less severe (as far as the injury caused anyways). He got 4 games. In that respect, it seems consistent.

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The Canucks response is even more pathetic.

“We disagree with the decision, and it was a clean hit,” Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin said. “Talking to Aaron was extremely emotional. When you get to this point in the playoffs, you want to be a part of it on the ice, and Romer didn’t deserve what he got.”

Hey you ****ing five-headed prick, how about talking to Horton and asking him how he feels? OH WAIT, HE'S STILL IN THE ****ING HOSPITAL. Rome wasn't the one who had his first ever playoff and stanley cup finals ripped from his hands from some cheap shotting mother ****er. Rome dug his own grave on this one.

“We’re losing a guy who has played in a lot of situations for us, so it’s tough.” “I feel for Aaron right now,” said Sedin. “

Yup and we lost a guy who scored a double-overtime game winner, and two game 7 overtime winners for us.


The Sedin sisters are now on my **** list. I wonder how Henrik would feel if his sister Danielle was the one who got knocked out?