[News] Gaudreau will have surgery to repair fractured finger (out ~6 weeks)

[ToraToraTora]

Originally Posted by Benched

NSFW!

[robbie111]

The league has no pressure to enforce slashing rules. Season is probably done for the Flames. You know opposition teams are going to continue when Johnny gets back so if I were in charge of the Flames I would try to take out every teams star player with a two handed slash till the league starts enforcing the slashing rule. If the league tries to crack down on you tell them it's just part of the game that stars have to deal with.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I would be ok with a coach that shot his players for insubordination.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

I would be ok with a coach that shot his players for insubordination.

Or just let people think that he shot them for insubordination.

[Weitz]

If you can't get GM's to want to ban blind side hits, do you honestly think they will ban a little bit of slashing that doesn't injure in 99% of the time?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

And the thing about slashing is it adds nothing to the game. It's not a like a big hit, or a scrum in the corner. There's no passion or intensity that gets fans amped up. It's just a meaningless cheap play that can break bones. Why hasn't it been cracked down on with the same deliberate consistency as hooking and holding?

This is really the key for me. We're talking about an entertainment business. There's a risk to your star players who are among those most important to making you money in this business. There is no upside to allowing the risk to continue. There's no need to make a new rule to address the problem. What are they waiting for?

[TheoFleury]

Oilers fans playing devil's advocate in this thread are annoying. They would be up in arms if their precious McDavid had his finger broken on a cheap shot. Let Flames fans vent ffs.

[Jetfire]

Originally Posted by Flames89

We were spoiled with the Iggy years. Slash his knuckles one too many times and you will end up eating them.

This was one of the things about Iginla that made me a Flames fan. It was a death wish for any opponent who managed to actually make Iginla truly angry, it wasn't easy to get him that angry though. When I was a kid watching the games with my dad and someone would cheap shot Iginla or do something to irritate him we'd go "uh oh they made Iginla mad, bad move" and he'd very rarely disappoint, going out and dominating most times.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by tremorchrist

It should be like the NFL where the Ref's are publicly held accountable. I'm sure they'd watch like a f'n hawk for that kind of garbage.

Honestly, it pisses me off more when the NFL comes out and says my team got screwed. Nothing comes from it.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

So someone should have offered the wild cigarettes?

[kukkudo]

Haha if this was McDavid every damn website would have this on the front page blasted across social media etc.

[tremorchrist]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Honestly, it pisses me off more when the NFL comes out and says my team got screwed. Nothing comes from it.

Guess it depends on the person...actually makes me feel my frustration with the matter has merit and I take it as a direct apology to me, the fan. It curbs my anger, somewhat. Also, I would bet you'd have far more instances of being "pissed" if the threat of public shaming wasn't there. I just really believe it cuts down, even if only a little, on the kind of instances we're discussing.

[Table 5]

The only thing I've been convinced off so far in this thread is that it's probably not a bad time to re-watch Band of Brothers.

[flamesfever]

In reading through this thread, there's one thing which I think our team needs a lot more of, and that's for the players to stick up for one another. I sense that this is one element that is sadly lacking.

For some of the smaller players I can see where it's awfully difficult to stand up to the bullies in hockey. I take my hat off to players like Fleury and Byron that showed no hesitation in showing physical aggressiveness in their game.

However, I think Johnny, because of his exceptional talent at a young age, never did add the aggressive physical side to his game. Thinking back, that could probably also be said of Gretzky. So it's super imperative that these players be protected by their team mates

[IgiTang]

Originally Posted by V

Ew. Hero worship gets really gross when the 'hero' feels entitled to the worship.

Really?

I am far from a hero. My friend I burried this August who I fought beside for 6 years and he finally gets his release, died on the way home 1 day after his release, is a hero. Let's smarten the eff up with the wise cracks when you don't have a god damn clue what you're talking about.

I'm not looking for any credit. I made a statement that was true. YOU'RE welcome, as well.

The last intention I had for my note to the ref association was to be about me and more about the fact that real people, who don't have tons of money, give it to them to watch a product and that the association is taking that for granted.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

So you want John Tortorella as your head coach? You want Gulutzan to throw stuff on the ice or break sticks so the video can be shown over and over on some top 10 coach meltdown segments of Sportscenter? It's been a miserable season for the Flames but it's possible this forum has been worse. We have seen complaining that Treliving took Feaster's small, fast, skilled team and made it big and slow over the weeks and then a star player gets injured and fans are blasting Treliving for having a soft team despite the fact he's added bigger and stronger players. Fans here criticize Torts all the time for being a loose cannon but because Johnny got hurt they are pining for the Flames coach to make an idiot of himself?

Talk about overreaction all around. This place is borderline nuts right now.

Who said anything about Tortorella? I would not have minded at all seeing GG completely lose it when JG got hurt after all of the nice chats that had occurred with the officials regarding the constant slashing prior to the one that broke the hand of our star player. NHL officiating is a total joke. With apologies to Lindy Ruff.

[cannon7]

Assuming Burke/Treliving decide to go out and acquire a bruiser or two, who's available?

[MarkGio]

This is what happens when fighting is taken out of the game. Every player will always look for an edge, that's what makes them such competitors to begin with. Of course they will hack and slash to win a game

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Assuming Burke/Treliving decide to go out and acquire a bruiser or two, who's available?

A "bruiser" won't help anyone except the other team while he's on the ice. Seriously... there are 19 guys on your side of the ice with razor blades attached to their feet and wooden scythe's in their hands. Filling up the roster with a ####ty player that won't do anything except punch another ####ty player won't help.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

I would be ok with a coach that shot his players for insubordination.

Spoiler alert for World War II