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I used to hate this idea as a fan of Hockey before the old instigator rule, but I am kind of falling into this mindset now. Fighting no longer serves the purpose it once did, and is in fact usually a sideshow with enforcers fighting enforcers for no reason other than to fire the team up, or the targetting of star players by goons to get them off the ice.

heh. I have liked what i have seen so far. Hertl being on that line is going to improve it as well. Hertl has been playing very well so far

2 goals and an assist for hertl in the first 2 games!!

The Sharks seem to have similar problems

Tmac for SJ if they get off to a bad start

Hertl or Nieti will be candidates for rookie of the year

The code does not exist anymore. It did long ago, but the instigator and the upbringing of players really made it go away. Back in the day, an enforcer would go after a guy for intentionally spearing Yzerman, or slashing Gretzky, etc, and often you would see the other team get the message and back off when they saw probert or Semenko skating on the ice with that look. It often opened up a lot of space for the superstars. But few are afraid of a little scrap these days. Mind you, a goon like that has no business targetting a tiny skill player unless Kessel did something I did not see.

In the case of grabs, I think they had a point. This contract works. Short term, let's see if he can bring it

Agreed. Usually it becomes a battle between fanbases. Thornton's suspension over his hit on perron a few years ago made me wonder why this is even a contact sport anymore. He never really laid into him or put his weight behind the hit, but he was tall so boom, headshot. Perron was skating right at him, but looking for that suicide pass.

haha. Well, I was a fan of a lot of players when i was younger. Particularly Neely and Bourque. So I naturally followed the bruins. but I always have followed players more than teams. But things got tricky for a fan around the time Bourque retired. But still I cheered. But since around 1996, anytime a player on the team got, well, good, if his name was not Ray Bourque the Bruins management would trade the player because he wanted money. It was almost impossible to have favorite players. Saw so many players leave just because management wanted to have the second lowest budget in the league..... No fan should have to put up with that for 10 years. When they traded Thornton, it was kind of the last straw for me. All my favorites had retired or been traded and now the team was trading the only guy doing anything on the team. I decided to follow Thornton to the 2nd last place Sharks out of principle. I still cheered for certain bruins players like Bergeron and watched the games, but hated management. The Sharks went on a meteoric climb after the trade, while the Bruins plummeted to nearly worst in the league for 3 years. Seeing Sinden's face during the awards ceremony when Thornton was awarded the Hart trophy is still one of my favorite LOL moments of all time. I cheered for the Bruins when they won the cup, but I still cheer for the sharks more and have gotten to know and love their players.

Sure Remember I am a sharks fan now

All talk from the sharks indicate Hertl will play on the team. The question is in what capacity. Sheltered minutes or will he crack the top 6 as a winger? Pavelki often switches to wing.

He will get plenty of practice for Golf come playoff time if he stays with the Habs Uh oh. now I did it In 3.....2.....1...

I invited you to our group PM so you would get to say hi to everyone

It is hard to pick goalies because they have such hit and miss seasons lol.

@Habsterix Hey JL Good to see you

See, when I heard he was suspended by nashville for a game in the playoffs, I figured it was something major. By the version I heard, him and Kos were only at the bar because the only places to eat were on the other side of town, the whole team went there and that he was only 15 minutes late for curfew. http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/07/22/ex-predators-winger-alexander-radulov-opens-up-about-night-out-in-phoenix http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1198348/

Thornton was also absent but as a new parent, I completely understand since his kid is in the hospital

Hahaha. Once a loafer always a loafer. Getting rich is a true character and discipline test. One a lot of guys fail

Doug Murray was a Shark I loved. Takes no prisoners in front of the net, works hard and can outmuscle anyone. He also has rarely lost a real fight that iI have seen. Blocks shots great and is great in the PK. Worst skater in the NHL on the other hands. Speedy guys can make him look like a pylon. He has good positioning, but you can tell from 30 feet away if he is going to get beat when a guy accelerates on him. Will be great as a PK specialist and bottom 6 guy

Hmmm. I can agree mostly

Can't really argue that. But god I loved him as a player and hated him at the same time

I actually agree. Not to get into politics here, but when it is a "no chance this is an error" kinda case with Bernardo, and his videos he kept of himself raping innocent 13-14 year old girls and then murdering them...... I don't want my tax dollars paying a guy to watch him in prison, I want him dead. I honestly feel like the penalty for Rape and child molestation(Without murder) should be castration. The laws we have are really not harsh enough to be a deterent. We see serial rapists who raped 10 people get out in 3-4 years. Christ, they should do 3-4 years per person with no chance of parole.

Been checking that site for years Love it, although i often disagree with some descriptions and reviews of a fight

Just thought of one. Spacek Hated playing against him, but loved his work ethic