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Originally Posted by stang
What Morris did had nothing to do with Yakupov. Why is this difficult to comprehend? Morris punched WHITNEY because he was battling WHITNEY in front of the net, then when they scored, WHITNEY chirped him, and he lost his temper at WHITNEY.
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It's really not that simple actually. I've watched the video posted in this thread a couple of times. What you are suggesting is possible, but in my estimation not likely based on what I saw.
- Morris doesn't seem to be at all concerned with the battle in front of the net and actually turns away from Whitney after the goal goes in.
- He does so to complain to the ref about a hand pass.
- He then turns around and appears to be drawn to the Edmonton celebration for some reason (I belive Yaks celebration, based on what he does later). Whitney isn't even in the celebration at that time.
- Whitney sees Morris' attention and likely Morris' coments towards the celebration, and chirps him (as you put it) and gets between Morris and the rest of the Oilers.
- Morris throws down and feeds Whitney
- Yak and the rest of the Oil stand aroun watching
- Refs begin to push Morris away, as this is happenning Morris is clearly still looking back at the Oil, yappying, then he immitates the hand jesture Yak was doing.
Nothing is conclusive either way, but based on the above, I'd bet good money Yak's celebration is what set Morris off (right or wrong), and it's certainly not as simple as you claim it is.