For some reason, the look on Gelinas' face reminds me of one of the closing scenes in Office Space where Milton Waddams is just sort of standing around watching as Initech burns to the ground before taking off undetected.
I thought he looked like Jean Claude Van Damme in the second's expendables movie.
I wanted this scene with Gelly playing the Villian
Gelly: [after kicking Torts down] Over so soon? I want my money's worth! Come on! Get up! Torts: Coming right up.
[Torts attempts to rise, but Gelly kicks him down again] Gelly: Going back down.
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At the conclusion of the most tumultuous -- and arguably entertaining -- period in recent Calgary Flames history Saturday, Clint Malarchuk strolled into the coaches office to see something strange.
"I looked up at the TV and saw on the monitor what was going on in the hall a few feet away and I heard yelling," said the Flames' colourful goaltending coach.
Having been part of one the NHL's most famous brawls, the 52-year-old Malarchuk raced to the scene where he quickly entered the picture for millions of Hockey Night in Canada viewers to see. Upon his hasty arrival at the head of the confrontation, he realized the man he was trying to get at was none other than his longtime pal, John Tortorella, who had foolishly waded into the Flames dressing room hallway with guns ablazin' and fingers pointing.
"I know Torts from Buffalo -- he was an assistant there when I was playing (from 1989-'92)," Malarchuk said Sunday.
"We got along well -- I consider him a friend. He'd be disappointed in me if I didn't show up and match his intensity."
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Would the Vancouver Canucks head coach have been disappointed or surprised if Malarchuk had punched him in the face as the majority of viewers hoped he would?
That's exactly what Malarchuk would've done had Flames enforcer Brian McGrattan not calmly intervened with a handful of straight-arms.
"I'm sure I would have if I could have gotten to him," Malarchuk said.
"I wasn't going to kiss him.
"He's a very intense, emotional guy, and I can relate to that. I know when I get into that area in my mind I'm on a different planet. There is no talking me down."
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"That's our turf and emotions take over," Malarchuk said as the Flames boarded a morning bus to the Vancouver airport for a flight to San Jose where they'll play Monday.
"There was too much noise. I didn't say anything. All (McGrattan) said to me was, 'don't do anything, the cameras are on.'
"The big man was right there and he probably diffused it. It could have gotten out of control."
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I don't know, hard to say -- he didn't punch anybody," Malarchuk said when asked if he thought the league would hand down harsh penalties stemming from the incident.
"I don't think it's bad for the game, but I'm kind of a lone wolf on these things. The problem is on ESPN hockey becomes a headline. They don't show the pretty goals, they just show that incident. That hurts the game, I guess. But for real hockey fans, no."
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"I think our team spirit after the game was pretty good -- guys were jacked," he said.
"For a loss, guys were pretty encouraged. Those things can help a team. Guys start talking and telling stories."
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I hope Torts is sending Brian McGrattan something nice for his birthday because Grats saved his life at least twice that night. At the very least Grats saved Torts from having his ass handed to him by Clint 'Raging Bull' Malarchuk who was clearly not in a merciful mood.
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Those gifs are great, but part of me wonders if Hartley truly lost his team last night. He had a chance to stand up for them and was a coward. Not the man I would want to lead my team into battle.
Clint showed exactly what to do.
Disagree completely, what Hartley did was get his team to stand up for each other and stand together.
Why do you want guys wanting their coach to always stick up for them? Hartley manipulated Torts into creating a situation that got his players to come together as a team and thats brilliant.
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