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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Or it may make Gaudreau an even bigger target. If a guy like Burrows knows that Gaudreau will lose his mind, he will chop Johnny even more to try to goad him into penalties. Burrows will be better at getting away with it than Gaudreau as well because Burrows has been slashing guys his entire life.
The only real answer is for the league to Crack down on it but there doesn't seem to be any interest in it.
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Guys like Burrows are the problem created by the lack of NHL balls to enforce the rules and to take away the ability of self police.
Gutless idiots who have been taught that they can go over the line cheap shot and hide behind the rules and bad officiating.
I tend to think that the first time that his actions and style of play lead to him drinking food through a straw for 6 weeks or watching someone drive his star player through the boards that kind of play would stop.
The best solution would be for the refs to actually call the rules and penalize idiots like him out of the game.
I also tend to think that a system of retroactive penalties using replay might be in order.
How would the Wild feel if they started the game killing 10 minutes of 5-3 at the start of the next game against the Flames because of the slashes from their previous game against the Flames.