He was correct on going man-to-man on Ovechkin on the 5-4. Obviously couldn't do it on 4-3, and it showed.Dim13 said:I hope Babcock does well with Team Canada because he's having a hell of a time with the Wings.
Dim13 said:I hope Babcock does well with Team Canada because he's having a hell of a time with the Wings.
mikeford said:The fact that Pete DeBoer still has a job proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that Lou Lamoriello has gone completely senile.
I agree. He really can't do anything well. I have no idea why he was on the ice tonight. DeBoer and Lou have lost it.mikeford said:If they waived Harrold I guarantee absolutely no one would pick him up on waivers. He's the worst defenseman in the NHL.
MoGator71 said:
Speaking of Vancouver, they really might miss the playoffs. That's pretty funny.
Greg29fan said:Pacioretty went hard into the goal post during the first period against Carolina and needed help getting off the ice. Could be a late change for Team USA.
You give Berube too little credit, or too much to Torts. It could be that Berube understands that a line including Westgarth and McGrattan isn't going to start a game by initiating fights with Giroux and Voracek. I don't think he would have had anything to gain my countering with Rosehill and Newbury if they had not been scratched and in the AHL, respectively. Let's reiterate the obvious: Fonzie's reaction to Hartley starting his fourth line was Bush League (and presumptive; it's not uncommon for fourth lines to start a game to set the tempo just by banging bodies on the forecheck).MoGator71 said:Flyers win again, 2-1 over the suddenly hot Calgary Flames. Also Calgary started their tough guys but nothing came of it, possibly because Craig Berube lacks the personnel to counter with his douche line, unlike Vancouver.
Moreover, it just doesn't happen like that, right? The McGrattans of the NHL have a code. They don't start fights with guys that don't fight, and you'd hardly ever find them initiating with someone not in their class. Everyone here knows this. Enough non-game thread talk from me.PedroSpecialK said:Guys (especially those who make <$1m/year) aren't going to jump the Sedins when it could cost them 40% of their income.
This is where the league has to review this tape and fine the crap out of Emelin. Shit has to stop.Greg29fan said:Hit yourself in the face, get the guy on the other team kicked out of game
Ed Hillel said:I think a system similar to the NBA and NCAA basketball's newly adopted reviews for match penalties (and maybe major penalties) would work. Some of these hits are just at such high speeds that the refs are just left guessing. They don't happen often enough that it would slow the game too much, so I think it would work out just fine. Let the on-ice refs take a look and make a decision from there.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think that hurt at all. He's wearing a visor I believe, and I think his stick glanced off his visor with very little force and then he sold the shit out of it. Hate it.The Four Peters said:Honestly, I don't think Emelin did much wrong. That looked like an accident and I bet it hurt like hell. He got smoked in the face by a stick....it just happened to be his own. That shit hurts. He might have sold it a bit but it's not like nothing happened to him.
Just a crappy call that I'm sure at full speed looked a hell of a lot worse than it actually was.
Getting hit anywhere in the head with a stick with any velocity is very painful.catomatic said:Maybe it's just me, but I don't think that hurt at all. He's wearing a visor I believe, and I think his stick glanced off his visor with very little force and then he sold the shit out of it. Hate it.