Krys Barch on the Flames' commitment to truculence:
Bollig, Bouma, McGrattan. Good luck NHL fourth lines!!!! My advice to them is target the Stars!!!
https://twitter.com/krysbarch/status/519561275987095554
Yeesh.
Combine this sort of sentiment with Hartley's fighting practices in camp and opening line brawls, and what do you have?
Is it really Flames hockey?
And if that is your brand of hockey and you cheer on a McGrattan when he ends the career of an Andrew Alberts (and let's face it, many did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UisbX...layer_embedded), are you really entitled to outraged indigation when a Bennett or Johnny Hockey's career get's cut short by a similarly targeted injury.
What goes around invariably comes around, and I'm not sure I'm drinking this particular kool aid.
(I'd also suspect that the Sedins score in about 30 seconds if matched against Bollig, Bouma and McGrattan.)