Lou Dobbs, is that you?

Seriously, though, I'm with you on two things: losing conference seeding and the two-ref system. I AM in favor of eliminating hits to the head (Marc Savard and Patrice Bergeron would agree). I'd also like to see the NHL get rid of that stupid trapezoid behind the goalie. If Martin Brodeur wants to play the puck in the corners, let him.

Shields are a good thing. I don't want blindings to become some sort of badge of honor. And besides, they come right off when it's time for a fight.

Finally ... dude. Are you going to make me choose only two of the following for the Bruins: David Krejci, Zdeno Chara, Marco Sturm and Tuukka Rask? And what of your beloved Vladimir Sobotka?


PS: I love that the rest of America got to experience the beauty and general un-glued-ness of Mike Milbury.

PPS: Lose the following 6 teams: Phoenix, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Florida, and Atlanta (sorry Matt).

awwww, its just like old times...

the thing i love about sobtka is i honestly don't think he is aware there is a puck on the ice and if he is aware of this, he sees the puck more as an ends to a means- like whoever has it gets hit.

i usually jest when i say there are too many europeans in the nhl but i really do believe they have altered the game just as much, if not more, than expansion. they just play a vastly different game than the north americans and i really believe the league would be better off with a limited number of them. guys like sobtka, peter forsberg, darius kasparitis etc. are so few and far between. krejci at least played a lot of canaden junior hockey so he is a bit more north american in terms of style than the usual easern european player...
ugh, i don't know. shed 8 teams, put a cap on he number of euros and the nhl would vastly improve.

and what the **** is wrong with the bruins?!? there is no shame in losing in a fight to colton orr. he is devastating. but lucic did quit. while don cherry went a bit too far in hi comments, he was right with his overall point- a point that was proven a day or so later when marc savard had his clock cleaned while the rest of the bruins stood and watched. it is too bad. i truly feel like julien has to go- he is a man i respect and has done some really admirable things with the B's but that reaction was inexcusable and hard to stomach.

i also agree with you nick about goalies handling te puck. i say let them but if theyare going to stick handle or dabble with it too much they are the free to take a hit.

and as far as helmets nd face-shields go, it just seems the more these guys wear on their heads, the more head injuries seem to follow. surely the reverse would work as the proper way to throw a body-check and the respect the players would then have for the delicacy of their own heads would greatly improve.


dtrain, out

Nick wrote:

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... You want to fire Claude Julien because they did the right thing and tried to win the game rather than have someone get the instigator penalty, put Pittsburgh back on the power play and virtually guarantee them a win.

I'm just typing that out so you can read it.

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yes!!!! phew, we finally agree!

defending a teammate after a cheap-shot is the right thing. they didn't, still didn't get the two points, and are the laughing stock team in new england. f'-instigator penalties, f'-the two points- your best player is knocked unconscious by a guy with a reputation for doing this exact thing and the rest of the team does absolutely nothing?

and then julien says "eh, we'll let the league handle this..." that is just so wrong, so against a definate and important segment of hockey, against what being a team is all about, and against what being a boston bruin used to be about.

if cam neely happens to die soon- which i hope does not happen- he will surely think of that sunday afternoon in pittsburgh and then roll over in his grave. something tells me the two points they did not get would never have as big as the team-building that would accompany answering what cooke did to savard.

even typing the last few paragraphs i still cannot believe the image of people in bruins shirts, on the ice, leaning on their sticks while their teammate is unconscious because of a cheap-shot and then doing nothing about it.  

Me, Cee, Matt, dtrain who I thought had a clue about hockey but obviously doesn't, and now you! Welcome back!

-- Edited by Nick on Friday 12th of March 2010 08:30:38 AM