This is so stupid. The press is pushing and pushing for something to happen trying to stir up controversy. Let it die, report on the sport and don't try to influence the sport. This is the exact reason I can't stand Ron MacLean and Kelly Hrudey, neither has ever had an original thought all they try to do is stir up crap and then cry about it when something they pushed for happens.
Do you honestly thing Chucky cares what some cementhead in Edmonton or the press thinks. If Kassian jumps him again he will just not fight him and enrage the Oiler fans and press corp. I have only ever seen one get even build up occur in 50 years of watching the sport and that was when Domi and Probert built up a fight and had it happen. It took 2 years for the Red Wings to go back at Lemieux and that was after the season had been settled and McCarthy went after revenge.
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This is so stupid. The press is pushing and pushing for something to happen trying to stir up controversy. Let it die, report on the sport and don't try to influence the sport. This is the exact reason I can't stand Ron MacLean and Kelly Hrudey, neither has ever had an original thought all they try to do is stir up crap and then cry about it when something they pushed for happens.
Do you honestly thing Chucky cares what some cementhead in Edmonton or the press thinks. If Kassian jumps him again he will just not fight him and enrage the Oiler fans and press corp. I have only ever seen one get even build up occur in 50 years of watching the sport and that was when Domi and Probert built up a fight and had it happen. It took 2 years for the Red Wings to go back at Lemieux and that was after the season had been settled and McCarthy went after revenge.
It is a bit ridiculous. I watched the clip, they didn't say anything that we didn't expect. Not sure why Wills would post something like that, trying to get people to click and check out the sound bite but it was anticlimactic.
Chucky definitely doesn't care, all I know is that the next game he won't be letting up. He may in fact have penalties called for the same hits in these next games for the NHL to stop stuff from happening. Which would really suck if this was the case, how entertaining was that last game? Isn't that what the NHL wants? The Calgary press need to let it go and move on.
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Flames just need to win games...points wise the Oilers are just another team of many in the race. Oilers can act like idiots if they want but it will likely cost them another loss
If I were the Flames I wouldn't take any more questions about a game from almost a week ago...where an OILERS player got suspended
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Any time one of your best 3 players gets rag-dolled by anyone it would be big news with any team.
Yeah he was hurt so badly that he was part of the winning goal on the following power play. If Kassian played for Carolina this story would have died within 24 hours.
threatening a player and saying you would do a suspendable act again
SMRT
Should he do anything its pre-meditated...by 2 weeks
No kidding right?
Imagine going to court and being let off with a stern warning. Then stepping outside the court room and immediately going on national TV to say you're going to commit that crime again as soon as you can.
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This is so stupid. The press is pushing and pushing for something to happen trying to stir up controversy. Let it die, report on the sport and don't try to influence the sport. This is the exact reason I can't stand Ron MacLean and Kelly Hrudey, neither has ever had an original thought all they try to do is stir up crap and then cry about it when something they pushed for happens.
I like both of them, Hrudey has really surprised me over the years as being an excellent media person.
The role of the media is to sell advertising, period. It is certainly not to report on a sport. If it was, you would see equal sections on badminton, ballet and hockey.
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Do you honestly thing Chucky cares what some cementhead in Edmonton or the press thinks. If Kassian jumps him again he will just not fight him and enrage the Oiler fans and press corp. I have only ever seen one get even build up occur in 50 years of watching the sport and that was when Domi and Probert built up a fight and had it happen. It took 2 years for the Red Wings to go back at Lemieux and that was after the season had been settled and McCarthy went after revenge.
Domi and Probert were certainly from the era of big fights, lot's of people miss that. The Draper/Lemiuex incident is certainly similar to current events, except I still don't get how after Kassian attacked Tkachuk, why is Kassian still so angry?
, except I still don't get how after Kassian attacked Tkachuk, why is Kassian still so angry?
Because the press is looking for a response and making him feel good about being the victim. The guy is a full on moron and they are making him out as some saint. All these broadcasters talking about the "code" and "answering the bell" have been former players who never had to do either.
Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out what change to the sequence of events would calm the bloodlust.
If Tkachuk would have fought? Well remove the rage blinders, watch the video again and see that Tkachuk didn't have a chance to square up? But we know that Tkachuk probably wouldn't have fought, he's said as much. So what if he skates a way and one of Rinaldo or Lucic answer for him? They would still call him a coward. But maybe less frothing at the mouth?
If Tkachuk was penalized or suspended?
If Kassian wasn't suspended?
If Tkachuk didn't hit him in the first place? Well okay snowflakes. Those borderline hits happen all the time in the playoffs. Tkachuk himself was leveled by Zadorov, and looked off the rest of the series.
As far as the games go, Tkachuk must laugh himself to sleep every night. He played right into his hands.
As far as the media league wide narrative about Matthew Satan Tkachuk picking on poor innocent Kassian? I'm still perplexed
Speaking of players sticking up for Kassian, that real tough guy Scottie Upshall had 8 fights in over 700 games. He fought Panarin, Tyler Kennedy, Andrew Ference and other notable tough guys. He was one of the worst backstabbers in the NHL and NEVER answered the bell.
Ray Ferraro, nothing needs to be said. The only commentator that gave a decent answer was Mike Johnson on TSN, said why should Tkachuk fight for a clean hit. Also said in response to comments about cementhead and others going after Johnny in response then that is open season on McDavid and German Gretzky so it is stupid to even mention that.
Posting way too much on this but it just pisses me off that people like Wills and the dummies in Edmonton won't let it go.
