Just read the post about Gaudreau. Six freaking weeks, while the idiots who call themselves hockey players get off scot-free. I sometimes think Grapes was right about the old days, let the players police themselves, but then the nambypambies would go crying to the refs. Time for our players to step up to the plate and deal with the players involved on December 2nd.
Remember the old days when Bobby Clarke would crosscheck people's teeth? Or messier would elbow players in the head? Yeah, those were the safe days
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From Treliving update on Gaudreau, it's finger on right hand that is broken. Seen shaking left hand early in game, that was a blood blister.
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While I documented 21 slashes with a pretty wide range of severity included, Brad Treliving's slash count on Gaudreau was 11 -- still a lot.
Remember the old days when Bobby Clarke would crosscheck people's teeth? Or messier would elbow players in the head? Yeah, those were the safe days
Street Pharmacist, let's be adult about this, I am not for one minute advocating that kind of butchery, just that the players tune in the malcreants, that is not just affecting our team but the league, and customers who pay good money to watch the best players in the world. Better yet as I stated previously, have the players association speak to the players about mutual respect. You don't have to like someone, but you can respect their abilities. I only hope that the Flames can dig deep like they did when Gio went down and do the same thing.
Street Pharmacist, let's be adult about this, I am not for one minute advocating that kind of butchery, just that the players tune in the malcreants, that is not just affecting our team but the league, and customers who pay good money to watch the best players in the world. Better yet as I stated previously, have the players association speak to the players about mutual respect. You don't have to like someone, but you can respect their abilities. I only hope that the Flames can dig deep like they did when Gio went down and do the same thing.
Street Pharmacist is right though. You can't dream of going back to the players policing themselves, when it was clearly a far more violent game across the board when that was a thing.
I googled 1980's slashing NHL and this it what came up. There are more bad slashes in the first ten seconds of this clip than in the 21 slash salute video.
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Street Pharmacist, let's be adult about this, I am not for one minute advocating that kind of butchery, just that the players tune in the malcreants, that is not just affecting our team but the league, and customers who pay good money to watch the best players in the world. Better yet as I stated previously, have the players association speak to the players about mutual respect. You don't have to like someone, but you can respect their abilities. I only hope that the Flames can dig deep like they did when Gio went down and do the same thing.
I was only disagreeing with the notion that "the good old days" when players policed themselves somehow took care of players. Only it didn't. Players still got hacked and whacked. It wasn't safer back then.
I do agree this is on the league and PA to start taking it more seriously however
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Back in the good old days without the instigator, when star players like Bobby Orr and Mike Bossy weren't targeted and went on to play long, fruitful careers.
The heady days when you couldn't lay a finger (or a crosscheck) on Mario Lemieux's back because of the fear instilled in you by the goons on the opposite bench.
Yes, my friends, those were the days.
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Just because he calls it "keying on," "finishing our checks" and "making it no fun," it doesn't mean he wasn't talking about slashing the hands.
"Johnny Gaudreau faced a few of those hacks tonight. Did you guys take exception to that? Were you disappointed to see it a little bit?" "I mean... whenever you're a great player, you're going to get keyed on. We do it too. We talk about their top players, and making sure we finish our checks. Making sure we make it no fun for them. So, we have to respond and not let that happen. That being said, it is going to happen once in a while, and I do it to other teams' top players too, but we've also got to do a better job of making sure our presence is felt when something like that does happen."
It's all fun and games until someone loses a star player for six weeks. I think it's time we saw a little compassion from the NHL and reffing association... however... I don't know the last time we were in either of their good books so...
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Back in the good old days without the instigator, when star players like Bobby Orr and Mike Bossy weren't targeted and went on to play long, fruitful careers.
The heady days when you couldn't lay a finger (or a crosscheck) on Mario Lemieux's back because of the fear instilled in you by the goons on the opposite bench.
put me in the camp that's disappointed with the way the Flames handled this. I mean I understand, but I just was hoping for public backlash more for something interesting to follow haha
put me in the camp that's disappointed with the way the Flames handled this. I mean I understand, but I just was hoping for public backlash more for something interesting to follow haha
I feel we've never really been whiners or complainers as a franchise.
Maybe hoping taking the high road will pay off.
Soon to be joined by the McOilers no doubt. And the MatthLeafs.
The Flames get no respect from the refs and almost never have. Goes back a long ways. No idea why, but it's not a new thing. Probably because they never complain.
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