01-13-2020, 05:57 PM
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#661
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Colby Armstrong says: “Tkachuk should have just fought him.” ...
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... WHY ON EARTH??
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Yeah, why? So that Kassian wouldn’t have been suspended and the flames wouldn’t have got the game deciding power plays?
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01-13-2020, 05:58 PM
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#662
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Does he mean later in the game? Because as the DOPS said:
"At no point did Tkachuk have the opportunity to square up, drop his gloves or do anything other than attempt to protect himself from the punches being thrown".
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Doesn't matter if he could've fought him or not, it was a clean hit, thus requires no response.
If every time there's a clean hit that upsets a player to go hulk right there and then, and the person making the check HAS to fight, then just take checking out of the game because there's absolutely no point in having it anymore.
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01-13-2020, 05:58 PM
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#663
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Red Deer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Colby Armstrong says: “Tkachuk should have just fought him.” ...
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Georges Laraque said Tkachuk broke the code.
What in the hell are these players talking about? When has the code included clean hits? When did it include responding when someone flat out starts ASSAULTING you?
I get it, Kassian is the same cut as the 'traditional tough guy' and Tkachuk is the same cut as the traditional rat, but you can't just make #### up to justify assaulting another human being.
Get real. Endorsement in any shape or fashion for what Kassian did is reprehensible.
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01-13-2020, 05:59 PM
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#664
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvp2003
Make no mistake DOPS talked to Kassian and know full well his first game back will be against Calgary. All eyes will be on Kassian (especially after his postgame comments) and if he does something offside he’s not going to get the benefit of any doubt.
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Realistically, someone on the Flames is going to have to step up and fight Kassian, and if that's not Tkachuk, he's also going to have to drop his gloves at some stage of the game. If that happens early on, this whole thing should settle into the normal BoA level of hate.
I don't know if Tkachuk just fights Kassian, or if it's Nurse, or whoever it is, but if he doesn't do it, there's just going to be a lot of runs taken by Oiler players at Flames players and there's a real chance it could be an ugly night for all involved.
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01-13-2020, 05:59 PM
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#665
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Norm!
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01-13-2020, 05:59 PM
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#666
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joborule
Doesn't matter if he could've fought him or not, it was a clean hit, thus requires no response.
If every time there's a clean hit that upsets a player to go hulk right there and then, and the person making the check HAS to fight, then just take checking out of the game because there's absolutely no point in having it anymore.
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Oh, sure, but I don’t even know what Armstrong is talking about. Fight him when?
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01-13-2020, 06:01 PM
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#667
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
Kassian is old news. I hope Tkachuk shifts his focus to James Neal the final 3 games.
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It would be funnier if it was Mike Smith. He might be the only one with a worse temper than Kassian.
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01-13-2020, 06:01 PM
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#668
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Sportsnet is infested with Oilers trash. No wonder Leah got fired for calling a spade a spade.
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Must be written in the contract that you have to say only good things about teams from the city of no good. Her take was honest, and next season she's gone.
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01-13-2020, 06:01 PM
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#669
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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Can't get a brain injury without a brain, David
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01-13-2020, 06:01 PM
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#670
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#1 Goaltender
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I guess this means Tkachuk can do this to McDavid next game while Lucic feeds Kassian his remaining 3 teeth.
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01-13-2020, 06:01 PM
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#671
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Realistically, someone on the Flames is going to have to step up and fight Kassian, and if that's not Tkachuk, he's also going to have to drop his gloves at some stage of the game. If that happens early on, this whole thing should settle into the normal BoA level of hate.
I don't know if Tkachuk just fights Kassian, or if it's Nurse, or whoever it is, but if he doesn't do it, there's just going to be a lot of runs taken by Oiler players at Flames players and there's a real chance it could be an ugly night for all involved.
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lol, tkachuk isnt going to fight nurse
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01-13-2020, 06:02 PM
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#672
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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This whole incident has really exposed the fact that "the code" is just a term to throw out there when you want to tip the narrative in your favor even when you don't have a logical argument to stand on. This code business is nonsense and makes no sense in the context of this incident. Completely illogical. I could just as easily say Kassian broke "the code" by punching a defenseless player.
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01-13-2020, 06:03 PM
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#673
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Oh, sure, but I don’t even know what Armstrong is talking about. Fight him when?
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Real hockey players would have flipped over when thrown backwards (headfirst) to the ice and attacked Kassian with multiple blade kicks to the jugular - MMA style.
Anything less is just turtling.....
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01-13-2020, 06:03 PM
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#674
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
lol, tkachuk isnt going to fight nurse
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Well, it's going to have to be someone who's willing to fight, and it's not going to be a depth player, so that doesn't leave many options. Maybe Neal?
It'd be funny if it were McDavid, but that seems less than likely.
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01-13-2020, 06:03 PM
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#675
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Oh, sure, but I don’t even know what Armstrong is talking about. Fight him when?
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No one with a rational view on this whole incident knows what him and others saying Tkachuk should've fought knows what they're talking about.
It really has shown how stupid the hockey world is though. This shouldn't be as hot of a topic as it has been.
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01-13-2020, 06:04 PM
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#676
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Red Deer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Igottago
This whole incident has really exposed the fact that "the code" is just a term to throw out there when you want to tip the narrative in your favor even when you don't have a logical argument to stand on. This code business is nonsense and makes no sense in the context of this incident. Completely illogical. I could just as easily say Kassian broke "the code" by punching a defenseless player.
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If we really want to be as obnoxious as Oiler Nation we could actually say he broke the law.
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"It's a great day for hockey."
-'Badger' Bob Johnson (1931-1991)
"I see as much misery out of them moving to justify theirselves as them that set out to do harm."
-Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran
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01-13-2020, 06:04 PM
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#677
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First Line Centre
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Getting real tired of the Edmonton media already. They've been like 4 years old throwing temper tantrums.
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01-13-2020, 06:05 PM
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#678
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joborule
No one with a rational view on this whole incident knows what him and others saying Tkachuk should've fought knows what they're talking about.
It really has shown how stupid the hockey world is though. This shouldn't be as hot of a topic as it has been.
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Unfortunately the stupidity and hypocrisy has really come out. I've seen all sorts of ridiculous comments like "the hit wasn't illegal, but it was dirty". Just illogical stuff all around. Makes hockey look bad. The sport doesn't understand what it is or isn't half the time.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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01-13-2020, 06:05 PM
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#679
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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I can't believe this person is paid to professionally comment on hockey. What a farce.
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01-13-2020, 06:06 PM
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#680
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Nice to know what the price is for a repeat offender's punishment for an excessive,dangerousnsequence, is after getting knocked down legally three times and embarrassed and bruising said players ego.
RNH better not poke the puck away from Rinaldo three times on Jan 29, or he will get the same treatment, and Rinaldo may not play until Feb 5.
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