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ruxpin

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  1. Interesting topic. Keep it the way it is. I suppose I haven't seen a large enough sampling, but I don't recall seeing many concussions that had anything whatsoever to do with stretch passes or a lack of a red line. I see a lot of hits from blind sides in the high slot or elsewhere in one of the defensive zones. There are some in the neutral zone, but again, I don't think very many have anything to do with the lack of a red line. Doom88 and others are correct about better helmets, etc., but I think as they learn more they'll realize this is about the neck and not specifically the head. (obviously, the resulting concussion is in the head, but I'm betting they find that the root cause is from the neck/spinal cord). They need to figure out a way to support the neck better, and I'm not sure how they do that and not restrict peripheral vision (which may actually end up causing more injury.
  2. Just clarify...my slam wasn't on Columbus. Hockey could very well work there. It won't with the current ownership and management of the Blue Jackets. And now the league will try to artificially pump it up rather than making sure the product is good.
  3. And so the league push to try to save a sh!tty organization in Columbus begins. Want to save the franchise? Take it from the owners and sell it.
  4. Tell me you're not serious. If you are, I have only one question: exactly how hard did you hit your head? In a list that includes Jeff Hackett, Leighton is the worst goalie to ever wear a Flyer uniform. I want nothing to do with him.
  5. It's interesting that for always being in our division that the Isles make no one's list. They don't make mine, either. 30 years ago, yeah, but not now. For me: 1. Pittsburgh 2. New York Rangers 3. New Jersey Devils 4. Washington Capitals 5. Boston Bruins It's funny. Without the nonsense on the silly.com board, I wouldn't even think twice about Buffalo or Toronto. Sure, we have (Buffalo) or had (Toronto) some playoff history against both, but I just don't circle the calendar for games with them like I do for the other five. None of the other teams in the league come close to that list for me.
  6. Thanks for the room, Mario. oh, did I get it all?
  7. I would not trade for Staal. The Leafs can have him.
  8. Haven't tried attaching a photo here before directly from my computer, so see how this flies. Flyerrod: Best I could do on short notice.
  9. Okay, I know I'm going from ridiculous to sublime here (and I hate when people do this, but I'm going to do it anyway. Don't worry, this won't become a discussion of the pros and cons of incest): I don't buy the intent thing as the basis of suspension...unless you or someone can say there is an "intent" clause somewhere in the rule book. Say Hartnell deliberately intends to trip Malkin while he's on a breakaway and Malkin, in the act of falling, tears his ACL. There will likely be a penalty shot (although obviously Malkin won't be taking it at this point). Potentially you could have a minor for tripping. But just because Hartnell INTENDED to trip (clearly "against the rules"), the intent doesn't make a suspendable offense (the fact Malkin is a Penguin is what will garner the suspension--kidding). In this case, even if we assume Lucic intended to hit him...and I do think it was at worst a last second decision...I don't think he was intending to hurt him (at least I have no proof or indication). "Intent to injure" yes, then maybe we can talk about a game or two. Intent to hit someone NOT in the head a second after the puck left...that would be a horrible excuse for a suspension. Now if it had been Fleury, he'd probably still be sitting.
  10. I hope he does get traded. He's on my fantasy team and is no-cut. He's worthless to me on the BlueJackets. Come to think of it, the Blue Jackets are worthless on the BlueJackets. You talk about a team that needs to be contracted, moved, or at least sold to an ownership group that has the foggiest idea what they're doing. What a pathetic idea and experiment Columbus has been. As for Carter specifically, he is not the type of player that's going to do a thing for himself or by himself. He can win you draws, but if there's no one else on the ice that can make a play, winning the draw only changes the timing of when the puck is turned over. I don't watch Columbus hockey (no one does) so maybe it's already started, but he will become quickly frustrated and just start shooting from all over. We know he has about a 0.2% shot accuracy from borderline areas, but it's only going to get worse. And that will cause issues the other way. I don't know what Columbus does here because they are not going to get value in the way of a player coming back. They could go for draft picks, but they don't seem to know how to draft. But Carter's career will be **** as long as he's in Ohio (more than if he was elsewhere). He needs a play making winger and possibly some testosterone shots.
  11. I'm on your side of this discussion, but the "not protecting yourself" in order to get a man advantage is common-place, and not just among goalies. Since it has been illegal to hit a guy from behind along the boards, it's quite common to see a player do something they would long have thought twice about: turn your back to the opponent and face the boards from 3 feet away. Utterly stupid and puts yourself in a bad position and risks serious injury. But then that player gets his team a 5 minute major and gets to cry to the media about the atrocity the opponent committed...instead of taking responsibility for acting irresponsibly in terms of his own safety. I don't view what Miller did as any different. I think he made the correct choice going for the puck as he did. The percentages were higher in stopping control and the shot attempt before it happened than in waiting for Lucic to collect the puck and come in with a shot opportunity. I have no problem with that part. He probably assumed the oncoming player would slow or curl. But they DID reach the play in close enough time that it increased the possiblity of getting hit. And he did. For Miller's part, you make a decision, then live with the consequences of it. At the very least, I have no respect for Miller's response to it.
  12. Seriously asking here, not trying to be stupid (see how easily I do it without trying?). I have no idea what a suspension would be based on. Assume for a moment he intentionally hit him. There's a difference between intentionally hitting a goalie and intent to injure. Outside of that, it wasn't against the boards; it wasn't a hit to the head; it wasn't from behind; and we're talking maybe a second late. I guess I understand the charge, although a better argument would have been for interference since the puck WAS gone. But I really don't understand what a suspension would be based on...under the rules. I haven't looked for this specifically so if you or someone knows, that's why I'm asking. I'm just not off-handedly aware of it.
  13. Well thanks. And I understand and respect yours as well. Aziz makes good points too. And yeah, I suppose I am talking about what they should be rather than how they are. On the other hand, if the goalies are going to be protected no matter how dumb their decision or no matter where they are on the ice, they ought to save money on the paint or whatever and get rid of the crease. Because if we're not going to have the skate in the crease rule (you know, the one that didn't apply to Brett Hull), then I'm not quite sure I understand the point to the crease if the goalie's being in it or out of it makes no consequential difference. Again, talking "should be" rather than "is," but just saying the "is" doesn't really make much logical sense to me. (ha! ruxpin is talking like he would recognize logic!). So I guess penalty, yeah, but I'm glad they didn't suspend.
  14. He intended to hit him. Good for him. I still say you come all the way out that way, you get hit. A defenseman would. A forward would. Both have far less padding and not quite as nifty a facemask/headgear. I'd say the goalie is already more protected than anyone else on the ice. Between the padding and the nice little crease where no one is supposed to touch him, interfere with him, etc, he's well more protected. Behind the net? Eh, yeah, protect him there if you want. But if you deliberately go out of your way to leave your safe zone and get bit...eh, you get bit. Suck it up, Ryan.
  15. I miss the BSB days and the 80s. The 80s were good because you still had quite a bit of fighting but the game was faster (than the 70s. I think it's faster now). Plus, as a kid I remember Shultz or Dupont or someone dropping their gloves, and especially a line brawl, and my mother or grandmother would squeal, "oooh! they're throwing their mittens!" You really can't make this stuff up. My most memorable Flyers moments, though, weren't games I was at, it was the two Cup Parades I was at. I was too young to drive or drink. I'm really hoping I'm not too OLD to do either by the next time they do.
  16. Two games stand out, but the memory is actually vague. One was actually in Washington. Caps vs. Flyers. It was back in the Broad Street Bullies days because Bernie Wolfe was still the Caps goalie and, being less than 10, I thought they were chanting "Bernie" for Parent and couldn't figure out why. It was memorable for two reasons. 1) I got to meet Gene Hart. I wasn't that impressed. He was extremely rude to my mother. Do what you want, but don't mess with Mom. 2) There was quite a lot of fights in the stands. I vividly remember someone in a Caps' jersey going after someone in a Flyers' jersey with a woman, covered in blood (think "Carrie") between them trying in vain to keep them apart. I guess it was actually more a memorable experience than a memorable game. Second on was in Philly vs. the Pens. It was the first game my brother and I had gone to on our own at the Spectrum. I was 14 or 15 and he was 12 or 13. We sat in the nosebleeds. It was pre-Lemieux and the Penguins were just horrendous. I want to say Ron Stackhouse and (Ron?) Ceiling were still on the Pens. Anyway, the final score was 13-4. It felt almost like a basketball game with the scoring frequency. Fights, too. Great first game without the parental units!
  17. I agree. The call was "charging." It wasn't charging unless it's some magical nonsensical interpretation because it was a goalie. They want to call "interference" because the puck left a split second before? Fine. Still the wrong call, but at least it's borderline justifiable. If Carle, for example, had run out there in front of him and cleared the puck the same way and Lucic hits him, no one's talking about it. If Miller wants to avoid bruised ovaries, he should stay in his crease.
  18. I know this has to be a penalty in the current league, but it shouldn't be. The guy came out to play a puck right in front of a guy that had skated full-speed down the entire ice. Lucic didn't "curl" because of the possibility maybe Miller misplays it. Hi a guy wearing a mask in the shoulder. I actually want to see more of that. Don't want to get hit? Stay in your crease! Want to come out and play the puck, that's fine, but be aware you could possibly get hit. They're wearing more padding than everyone else and a full mask, what is the issue exactly? I mean, what the hell is the crease even for if they're going to be protected from playing hockey everywhere else on the ice as well?
  19. I don't know whether to send Ryan Miller tissues or tampons. I mean, seriously, Ryan, you come out there to play the puck right in front of someone who has flown all the way down the ice to get the puck and want to whine because he hits you? Really? I mean, that's going to be a penalty every time because the "New NHL" wants to protect vaginas like Ryan Miller, but that's a hockey play right there. You don't want to play hockey, Ryan? Fine. Get your tutu and lederhosen out of your closet and put it to good use: take up ice dancing.
  20. I pretty much missed the majority of the third and OT because I got distracted by PSU. But I watched the OT goal on TSN and can't tell who was back on that play and did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I mean, he just backed himself up to the side of the net and let the Tampa player just waltz in there and wait for the pass/rebound almost completely unchecked. That was pathetic. Anyone know who that was?
  21. I posted in the shoutbox earlier, but in case you or anyone didn't see...I get twitter updates from tsn and also from homeice. I'm not sure which one, but one came with it backwards. Interns!!!
  22. Yeah, completely understand the trade from the Pens' side. Actually, understand it from Columbus' side. Just wouldn't want to go to Columbus as a player. I'd rather go to Scranton-WB.
  23. God, what a death sentence for Mark Letestu. Did he beat up a nun or did he go to Penn State? (too soon?) I have no real opinion of him, but poor guy.
  24. Yeah. I just don't think Bartulis is that good. I think they misjudged him.
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