An ex-NHLer I'm close with played through multiple deep cup runs in the 80's. One of those they faced the Canadiens with a young puke named Claude Lemieux. He used to wait after warmups and shoot a shot into the opposing team's net as they left the ice. One-time the backup goalie (legend Chico Resh) stayed on the ice and kept stopping the pucks until it infuriated Lemieux. THAT is how you respond to a troll. With more hilarious trollery.*
*This incident also erupted into a full team-on-team brawl before the game even started with multiple players on the ice half-dressed, barefoot, sandals, etc..
** This team also employed the one and only Ron Hextall in his playing prime, which was also his point of highest lunacy. Google that guy and its basically 50/50 highlight reel saves mixed with him chasing players in a rage. Dude was a genuine nut.
Not sure what the point is. I personally think what Rielly did was stupid, but I also think watching Hextall chase down a guy after scoring on him is hilarious and awesome. So maybe some hypocrisy or just laughing at the old ways while knowing it should be different. But it's also all entertaining. And I'm not the one who got cross-checked in the face so meh.
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