Círyatan wrote:
Jesus, Danny, I know you're joking, but come on... What a comment to make. Who's got enough balls for you? Lucic, suckerpunching Burrows in game 3? Or maybe Marchand repeatedly punching Daniel Sedin in the face with his glove? Some manliness, that is. Guess you learn something new every day.
hey batdad made the comment about biting first. It was just a tap in for me, he did all the dirty work to set that goal up
I agree that Marchand is a dirty rat. I disagree strongly that players should let up or not bully the Sedins just because they're superstars. Maybe if Bieksa and some other Canuck weren't busy beating up a 19 year old kid behind the net they could've stepped in and stopped Marchand from doing what he did. Tim Thomas is at least as big a superstar, didn't stop Burrows from slashing him for no reason. Except that Thomas retaliated. And except that you didn't have a problem with that.
Seguin being punched down by two bigger Canucks = no problem, but 5'2 120 lbs rookie Marchand punching a much bigger and stronger Canuck = deserves a beating. Right.
Dressing Rypien wouldn't change a thing, Marchand would take a beating to put his team on a lenghty powerplay, he'd probably just hug him or something. That's the same thing as if I've said Thornton should beat the rubbish out of Bieksa for bullying Seguin. Goes both ways.
And if Cooke was punching Ovenchicken then Ovenchicken would just snap and punch back.
I have said multiple times that I've embraced the goon label certain people put on the Bruins, because it's pointless to argue. People see what they wanna see, it's human nature. Especially in the NHL, once you are labelled clutch, choker, goon or diver you will hardly ever lose that label no matter what you do. It goes both ways, if a Bruin and a Canuck dive it's a one time incident for the Bruin and a "proof" of how the Canucks are a bunch of divers. With that being said of course a label doesn't come from nowhere initially.
batdad, you should really watch a game or two on NBC. No, you really should, they do a fine broadcast. And I don't mind homerism, I've made that clear, I'm a fan of Jack Edwards, does that ring a bell ?
I just found certain things to be stunning, I usually never watch CBC and was expecting more, seeing as how it's Canada's game and people hate on NBC/VS for catering to the casual fan instead of the hardcore fan and I see Canadian fans in awe about their broadcast quality compared to American stations.
Milbury is what he is, trying to be the new Don Cherry. He's on NESN regularly and he usually rips them to shreds, just for the sake of it. I like McGuire, he's a fool but he's quite the character, he's been critical of both teams during the finals to the same extent, so I don't know where you get the impression of him being a Nuck hater from. Again, not about homerism, but it's unprofessional to hope for an injury to a Bruins key player or advise "your" team to run the other teams goalie just because your goalie is already out of the game so the Bruins won't be able to retaliate, Healy (or maybe it was Simpson) made it perfectly clear they'd be willing to "sacrifice" Schneider to take the retaliation. Or how during the Habs series they were making stuff up ("that's a clear high stick on Wiz there") when the NESN reverse angle camera that CBC didn't have showed there was no contact at all. Given how Canadian fans (not all of course) think CBC is so superior to NBC/VS that just doesn't fit. That is all. It's not about Hughson cheering for the Canucks... but he can still choke on his pompons
Bob Cole has great comedic value, but he should have retired 10 years ago. When Krejci and Cammalleri fought earlier this season he was saying "now the Bruins send their tough guy after a star player". Probably got him mixed up with David Koci.
Needless to say cement head Healy agreed.
I'm a huge fan of the twins but also a fan of Kesler. Luongo, mehhhhhh.
