[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

Blaster...I didn't get to respond before the last thread got locked...in which you implied that, by Keith admiring the pass, Sedin was excused for the actions. DISAGREE TOTALLY...a deliberate head shot is a deliberate head shot, and as Keith was NOT moving, Sedin clearly targeted the head.

Deliberate headshots aren't the problem, blindside shots are. If Keith isn't admiring his pass it isn't a blindside. Keith should learn that even if it's just a Sedin, they can still hit him.

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

If the roles were reversed on that given play, Vancouver fans would certainly have beeen outraged, and given your stated desire for vengeance, in the above quote, then the 'Hawks would have been justified to send a goon out to administer the tit for tat justice that is so unfortunately prevalent in the NHL. In the event, Keith took it into his own hands to administer the payback head shot.

Oh no, I was merely refrencing the frontier justice stated by Transplant. And I wouldn't be outraged, I would have accepted there was no call because the Canuck player was staring at this glorius little chip up the boards. The difference here is, Sedin's hit was clean. Keith's retaliation, because he couldn't watch that magnificent chip pass a little bit longer, was dirtier than than Chicago ghetto Theo talks about in Playing with Fire.

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

Now, I am not excusing Keith, his suspension was deserved,

You are trying to both excuse and justify it over a clean hit.

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

but, I feel that the NHL has let it's players and fans down by having ignored the event that preciptated the whole ugly cycle of retaliation, the Sedin chin shot shoulder in the corner.

See.

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

So, in this last game, we had Hansen, attempting to catch a puck with his elbow, by thrusting it, from behind, through the head of our best player on the ice at the time...again, given the logic which you espouse in your quote, which equivalent player should the Blackhawks send Bollig to cripple in the next meeting? After all, going after Hansen would NOT be equivalent to taking a top scorer off the ice.

Transplant agrees with you, which is why I said what I said. And it wouldn't be equivalent to that, but it would be... say... equivalent to a team's top scorer with a vicious elbow to the jaw.... cause the offending player didn't get to longingly look at the marvelous movement he put on the vulcanized rubber disc a little bit longer.

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

Again, not excusing Keith's actions, but, at least he took personal revenge, and it wasn't some 4th line POS committing the mayhem, as you propose should now occur.

You're totally trying to excuse Keith's actions. Hansen was reaching for the puck, and if Hossa had kept his head up and not let Torres turn his brains to mush, this isn't even 2 minutes. Sadly, staring the wrong direction must be a Blackhawk thing.