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.