R2 - Series Thread - Lightning (A1) vs Bruins (A2)

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Good. Screw you Marchand you loser.

[AC]

Girardi ends it.

Tampa with the stranglehold on the series.

I was cheering for Boston coming into this series, but I'm sick of Marchand and have no problem with them losing now.

[timbit]

Man, What a pickup Mcdonogh was....

[Drake]

Refs go up 3-1...

[Red]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I sure as hell am not complaining about a dive, because McAvoy DID NOT dive.

I will let you and everyone else be their own judges, but I think a case can be made that he went down rather easily.

This is why I think it's a damn if you do and damn if you dont situation for the refs. There is no an in between call such as a centre ice faceoff. It was either a penalty or they had to let it play out.

The goal is what made this a really questionable call. No goal and most people would say it was a 50-50 call.

[Boo Radley]

Lick it Marchand!

[browna]

Originally Posted by nik-

It's a little much, but it's not that far of a stretch. He's doing it to evoke an reaction from an uncomfortable intimate act. Probably trying to bait a little homophobic reaction too.
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It’s a big stretch.
It barely fits the broad definition of assault, assuming we are in the real world, and not part of a game where guys are whacking others with sticks.

As for Marchand, while it’s a bit of a screw lose, and it’s of course a odd way to get under the skin of an opponent, but it’s more of a convienence and a stealth thing...in tight like that you can get arms up so he tries something else.

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by Drake

Refs go up 3-1...

Look I found a Bruins fan! Guess how I know! This fanbase complains about Reffing Apollo much!

The one game the Bruins had 6 powerplays their fans were complaining about faceoffs

[Huntingwhale]

Stupid Tampa

[Luder]

Cam Neely needs to beat the crap out of Marchand, how he stands for this crap is beyond me


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[Galakanokis]

Marchand is a massive loser. Just an embarrassment. Even more embarrassing on the NHL and the refs to say they didn't see it when the ref is literally two feet away talking to the players. Is that suspension worthy? The low bridge should be. Dirty, cheap disgusting play and he should sit a game.

And I'm sorry, I didn't see a penalty on the Krug injury or McAvoy on the Stamkos goal. McAvoy could have easily skated out of that and chose to flop, he was barely touched. Krug lost his balance on the wide stance with minor contact. The non call on Backes last game was way worse. No sympathy for Bruins fans, this is what they want when it is their team doing it so I have no problem with what is happening. Refs have let a lot worse go this series so no reason to fix things now.

[Strange Brew]

Spitting on a player would get you a penalty, maybe a misconduct, and generally beat up. And you would be a total pariah.

This is no different. His own locker room should absolutely take care of this.

[savemedrzaius]

I know you guys will say Oh poor you...

But I find it funny how Marchand was doing this exact same stuff to the Leafs and you guys and TSN thought it was great. Everyone was laughing. But now for some reason there is outrage.

[mivdo]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Spitting on a player would get you a penalty, maybe a misconduct, and generally beat up. And you would be a total pariah.

This is no different. His own locker room should absolutely take care of this.

Apparently he did this in the first round as well. It may already have been brought up or nobody wants to cause locker room issues during the playoffs.

[chockfullofgoodness]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Spitting on a player would get you a penalty, maybe a misconduct, and generally beat up. And you would be a total pariah.

This is no different. His own locker room should absolutely take care of this.

I'd be willing to bet money that spitting on an opponent would be worthy of a suspension. Licking an opponent should be treated no differently.

[chockfullofgoodness]

Originally Posted by mivdo

Apparently he did this in the first round as well. It may already have been brought up or nobody wants to cause locker room issues during the playoffs.

He licked another guy in the first round?

[Galakanokis]

Originally Posted by savemedrzaius

I know you guys will say Oh poor you...

But I find it funny how Marchand was doing this exact same stuff to the Leafs and you guys and TSN thought it was great. Everyone was laughing. But now for some reason there is outrage.

I didn't watch much of the Leafs-Bruins series but if he did do that my reaction would be the exact same. It is an embarrassment and should have been treated no differently than spitting. I hope he or the Bruins were warned about the behaviour and they deal with the repeat seriously.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Galakanokis

I hope he or the Bruins were warned about the behaviour and they deal with the repeat seriously.

Yeah, they were. If they don't suspend him this time he should atleast be getting a fine.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by OmegaV4

Why does Marchand keep licking people? Makes no sense.

Because Marchand enjoys assaulting people in whatever way he can. Guy is seriously ####ed up and needs professional help, no joke.

[nik-]

And how many people has he low bridged so far in these playoffs?