You can bet if we play the Ducks they will target Gio. Frankly, it looked totally accidental. But the craptastic Ducks will use it for motivation to try and take him out. That is when we turn the other cheek and not get pulled into their game. The Ritchie sucker punch just shows how the Ducks think they can win. The big barnyard bully beating up on the little kids and crying foul when something bad happens to them. Sorry for Fowler but not one iota sorry for the team he plays for.
The latest one looked much cleaner than the Ryan knee.
that one looked much worse that the Fowler one... where gio came in from the side...didn't seem to be intentional, whereas the one above you could make that argument
in watching gio all these years, i wouldn't call him a dirty player at all... hell, i don't even think i'd say he's a guy that plays "with an edge"...
This is a shame as a great player got hurt. The heart and soul of their blue line.
If the Flames do end up playing the Ducks I would have liked to see the Flames beat their best.
By no means is Gio a dirty player. I'll give their GM a pass on this one, as he is likely frustrated and feeling some pressure for his teams failures in the playoffs.
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that one looked much worse that the Fowler one... where gio came in from the side...didn't seem to be intentional, whereas the one above you could make that argument
in watching gio all these years, i wouldn't call him a dirty player at all... hell, i don't even think i'd say he's a guy that plays "with an edge"...
Yeah he's not, but every player who is a little physical is going to have a couple of iffy moments in his career.
But the fact that he did something to a Ducks player before has him immortalized in Anaheim as a dirty SOB. That's just how sports works.
Look, I feel bad for Fowler, but I keep watching the video and it wasn't like Gio was going for a dirty knee on knee, he basically pivoted into that hit.
As far as Murray goes, he can bleat all he wants, but the bottom line is that he's built one of the dirtier teams in the league, so frankly as the old saying goes, live by the sword and hopefully you die by the sword.
Yes!!!!!
Someone make 20,000 red T-shirts that say this, it can be the first round slogan!!
It can even have a duck on a spit or something. The spit is a sword. With a flaming C as the fire underneath!