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Originally Posted by Rikster
You're starting to ramble which is another way of saying that you are trying to swim uphill against the masses ...
Which is understandable given your position that every hockey fan has a bias, in your case and the few others who are arguing with you it's a bias that gets you in a tither when its the other teams players who are doing it but contort themselves defending their player whose doing it...
While I agree with Paul Stewarts blog on the incident, https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Paul...ule/196/103704, what bothers me the most about the incident is the cowardly nature of the hit followed by the turtle... |
Let's stop appealing to a higher authority. A handful of people does not equate to "the masses". Further, the governing body for this sport ruled in the exact opposite of the position you claim is beyond reproach.
Two things happened here.
1. The Oilers lost in an embarassing fashion with a player totally losing his mind on the ice. This was the second loss in a row to their rival and further demonstrates they don't have the depth to win consistently. Instead of taking a look in the mirror they revved up their well practiced media spin machine to create a narrative where they are the honourable victims, where they can't catch a break, and if only the league was fair they would be a dynasty with multiple cups. This is to distract from the fact they have built a horrible team, and McDavid is nowhere near the player they need him to be.
2. A segment of ex players saw this spin about "the code" and took up the call to arms to explain why "in their day" this would never happen. How they played in the golden era of hockey and the league today is a shadow of its former self. The very fact they have hitched their wagon to Kassian as a defender if honour and the code shows how willing abandon reality they are.
Clean hits are clean. You don't need to fight, ever. Lucic got rocked last night, and he took it like an adult and skated to the bench. He didn't throw a hissy fit and start throwing punches.