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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Mar 30, 2009 11:49:25 GMT -5
Well, this was rather interesting. Now, there's absolutely no reason for Byfuglien to do what he did to Luongo. I'm still surprised no one went after him.
I'm posting this mainly to laugh at Alex Burrows. I respect him a great deal as a player, and he's having a tremendous season...but come on. You are seriously going to pull Duncan Keith's hair during a scrap? HAHAHA.
I guess the 4-0 score and domination of the play is causing Vancouver to LOL at Chicago though.
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Post by Detroit Cherni on Mar 30, 2009 12:42:08 GMT -5
I'm a big Alex Burrows fan. When I covered the Canucks, he was my "insider". But I had a good laugh when I saw that. I didn't see it the first time around as the cameras were panned on Eager and Bieksa. But that was interesting to say the least. Sometimes his "french" background comes out.
Either way, it's funny though. Here's the thing I don't get though. When the camera panned to the crowd during the line brawl, there wasn't one person sitting down or "booing". So why try to eliminate this entertainment from the game when the American fans love it? I don't get it! I can also tell you that from personal experience, I've been a few brawls back in the day. And they are fun. The players love them. Coaches love them. And the all out melee is a blast.
Dammit, I miss playing sometimes!
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Post by Elite Sim News (ESN) on Mar 30, 2009 12:52:21 GMT -5
I did enjoy this as well. I think, and I could be wrong here, that the NHL cares a little too much about the public perception of certain aspects of the game. By that I mean they seem to care more about the public outcry over things like fighting, when for the most part it's coming from people who really don't care about the game.
Instead of even thinking about eliminating fighting from the game, why not just get rid of the instigator penalty? This way you don't have to have the staged fights anymore, and we can go back to players "policing" themselves.
One thing I do want to say about the current NHL is this nonsense about having to fight after a clean check. Why can't there just be a big, clean check in hockey anymore?
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Post by Carolina GM on Mar 30, 2009 13:11:13 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, not overly concerned about the Byfuglien cheap shot though. Obviously he should have been taken to task and hopefully he will .. maybe he'll fight Demitra and then all things are settled.  |
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Post by ex-BluesGM on Mar 30, 2009 13:36:13 GMT -5
Ron good point! Thanks for the post Rog.
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