sabremike Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Make better rules. Then actually enforce them. You can't take all hitting out of the game so if someone is being targeted with perfectly legal hits what do you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hit them legally back? If it's legal to hit somebody clean and not to the head, why is it such a big deal? Think of all of the damage guys like those two legends I mentioned above had to go through. Do you think Gordie Howe had a personal bodyguard like Gretzky had Semenko? The Sedins take a huge physical toll every game because of their cycle style. They put up with it and score. Why should superstars be these untouchable angels? This isn't the NBA where once you hit a certain level, guys aren't allowed to touch you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Gordie Howe WAS Semenko. Go find the famous photo of that Ranger with his nose hanging by his cheek after messing with Gordie. No less an authority than Don Cherry said he was the second most dangerous fighter in league history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger 8m8 minutes ago Indefinite suspension for Wideman pending post All Star hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Full disclose: I worked for what really was the last old time hockey team in pro hockey, the defunct Danbury Trashers of the equally defunct UHL. Think Slapshot with characters like Frank the animal Bilowas, Brad wingnut Wingfield, Chad Wagner (who received a lifetime ban for bolting out of the penalty box and attacking Crotchbite coach Mark Potvin) and John nasty Mirasty. Fans were just as crazy with the legendary Section 102 and the world's most brutal hecklers. Then you had the owner who was a trash hauling magnate who got busted for mob related activity. They were the single greatest thing ever and I actually miss them as much as the Whalers. Greatest job ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Gordie Howe WAS Semenko. Go find the famous photo of that Ranger with his nose hanging by his cheek after messing with Gordie. No less an authority than Don Cherry said he was the second most dangerous fighter in league history. Exactly. He wasn't protected and he had to take care of himself. It's a physical, hard game. I don't want to see guys like Kariya get crosschecked in the face by that shitbum Suter or drilled into another dimension by Stevens. Neither of those plays would be under the rules of today's league. But clean body checks/shoulder to shoulder hits are part of what makes hockey so exciting. I think they can protect players from headshots by defining and enforcing rules better and giving way, way harsher punishments to players that go out of their way to severely hurt players (regardless of skill). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger 8m8 minutes ago Indefinite suspension for Wideman pending post All Star hearing. If he plays another game this season I'll be shocked. Dale Hunter saw that and said "Man that was fucked up". This just in: The NHL has just traded Wideman to WWE for Nakamura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I still get blown away with the fact that George Parros graduated from Princeton with a degree in economics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 You shouldn't be. A lot of those guys are pretty smart and great guys. They didn't grow up with dreams of being a goon. They loved hockey, they wanted to score goals and be great but this became their path to playing the game they love at a professional level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Make better rules. Then actually enforce them. You can't take all hitting out of the game so if someone is being targeted with perfectly legal hits what do you do?Nothing? If the hits are legal, what's the problem? Tell your star to stop getting hit. Tell him to do like Pavel Datsyuk did against the Sharks one time - he drew a defender into thinking he could get hit, then flattened the defender instead. But this idea that there should be retaliation or protection after legal hits is nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Happy Birthday Sean Burke! One of my all time heroes as a kid, glad he's had success after his career as a goalie coach #LLTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Sean Burke! The first of the tall goalies who didn't suck. A trailblazer, truly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Fell down the Youtube rabbit hole today watching tons of old stuff. I think I found the greatest thing ever and I wish I knew how to post it: The Brass Bonanza Mosh. Basically it's footage of mosh pits from punk/hardcore shows set to the Brass Bonanza. Also of note is the Whalermania video that got featured on Puck Daddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Dylan Larkin - screws up skating, still breaks Mike Gartner's record in the fastest skater competition. Hoo boy is it going to be fun watching him for the next decade. Or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Boy, that John Scott, what an embarassment to the league. Whats he doing getting a standing ovation from the fans and players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 That was a really fun skills comp (which is usually pretty decent). Nice to see the players and the league embrace more really goofy shit like props and letting the kids get involved a bit. Larkin got a running start didn't he? Gartner didn't have that if I remember right. Still, he beat the field comfortably which is something when Taylor Hall is racing Erik Karlsson. GIFs of John Scott laughing at the fans booing Patrick Kane are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Gartner didn't have that if I remember right. Yeah, they started at centre ice with no running start: He was also like 37 or just about at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 How to spot a media asshole: anyone who prefaces ANY mention of John Scott with "slow footed enforcer". This is usually used by league sycophants. Also a memo to Uncle Terry: find a way to bring Scott back to Buffalo. I know it's different positions but he can't be any more useless than Mike Webber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Bettman signs a terrible 7-year deal that finally we can't just blame on the Philadelphia Flyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 You can't stop John Scott, you can only hope to contain him!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Was his goal a work or a shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 This has been way more entertaining than I dared guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I don't think Scott has ever scored as devastating a KO as he did on the mic to JR tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 There needs to be an inspirational Hollywood movie made about an unlikely hero singlehandedly saving the NHL All Star Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 To no ones surprise, Scott not one of the choices for mvp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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