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Originally Posted by opendoor
There's a very large gulf between attacking them and doing nothing. There are a lot of ways the Sedins could've gotten roughed up that don't involve fighting. Bottom line is you don't send out your 1st line where your center has a rib injury and your winger is in his first game back from a broken jaw up against a 4th line who is out there to set a tone and fire up their team.
And I suppose Dave Tippett must be a dirty coach as well as he seems to agree with Tortorella's reticence to send out his skill players against that line:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=441708 |
Don't the Canucks have a 2nd or a 3rd line?
In most circumstances, coaches jump at the chance to have a line mis-match.
Poor little victims.