2011 Stanley Cup Finals
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- aldebaran0
I guess it's not surprising to see so many Canucks fans rushing to the defense of Rome. These are fans that still defend Bertuzzi's actions years later.
- I was at that game.ThePublics
- Bertuzzi punched a guy in the back of the head... this was a slightly late hit. Argument invalid.eieio
- JSK0
He game to watch the game
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- eieio0
well I am by no means defending Rome I am just calling it how i see it. You like a lot of other people want to make it into something its not like by claiming he had his elbo up when it was obviously way down. Late hits happen, suspend the guy, he's not playing in the finals anymore right? .4 milleseconds quicker and everyone would be calling the hit of the year and Horton still would have been knocked out and concussed.
- aldebaran0
Congrats to the Bruins, well played. Better team by a mile.
Everyone was joking about a riot after the game mostly cause we didn't think it would happen. I'm really surprised at how fast things got out of hand.
- PonyBoy0
ouch :)
- ThePublics0
Here's the thing:
Hockey players get hurt. It's a fast, violent, dangerous game. Always has been, and that's why it's so exciting. There are plenty of safer games out there for people who get queezy about concussions.
Personally, I've had two major concussions with zero side effects or long term complications. One from skateboarding, one from a street fight.
The difference between myself and a professional hockey player is that I don't get paid millions of dollars for my trouble and no one ever called the waaaambulance over my spilled brain cells.
Hockey players aren't babies, they are gladiators. Let's hope it stays that way and that a creeping false morality doesn't corrupt the game.
- PonyBoy0
ouuuch :)
- aldebaran0
- doesn't get any cheaper than that.aldebaran
- LOL. It not cheap you pussy... its a big hit, why the fuck is Horton looking the other way? because he is a dumbasseieio
- you clearly don't understand how the game is playedaldebaran
- you clearly don't understand that a hockey player ALWAYS have to look where he's going, hockey basics.elektro
- it was late, but still a legal hit since it's with the shoulder and not the elbowelektro
- it was cheap. left his feet too.OP31
- his feet left after the hit, they were both going fast, it's physics in actionelektro
- aldebaran0
CBC is reporting that over 100,000 are people downtown celebrating! Luongo's turn for a shut out :)
- pastpastdue0
This win doesn't bode well for Boston's future, IMHO.
- prophetone0
tonight's win was almost as exciting as learning i can haz cheap nik3 shokz for cheap discounteds pricers.
- pastpastdue0
The hit wasn't malicious. I agree, poor timing, poor result. I think it was suspension worthy.
What you have to consider is the implication: Boston loses its number one right winger to a number five defenseman. The league doesn't want to see the best players in it getting hurt. I don't think it was worth four, but the number makes sense, it removes him for the rest of the series.
Total lip service to the Bruins, who undoubtedly wanted to get Horton's diagnosis out before the review. Murphy hears he won't be returning to the series, looks at the level of players, and says "well, there is no way to compensate. Rome should be out for the rest of the series if Horton doesn't return, which he won't."
- Rome left his feet after the hit. His elbow was down. As a referee, you are taught anything beyond two strides is a late hit.pastpastdue
- ... after dishing the puck off, it's a late hit.pastpastdue
- its a late hit... and thats iteieio
- it's totally normal to lift your feet during or after a hit. it's before that is illegal.Fanco
- PonyBoy0
game 1... really physical so far
- aldebaran0
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Sad but true. I really want a Canadian team to win the cup, but not like this.
- ETM0
^^^
Replace 'Germans' with 'Sedins':
- pastpastdue0
I loved Tim Thomas's hit. Thought it was great and timely. A goalie is allowed to hit, just as any other player is allowed to. You can also hit the goalie should he leave the crease. Technically, you can hit a goalie in the crease should there be some crazy circumstance where he is handling the puck, but you can't hit him if he is trying to make a save, get position, etc. thus, goalie interference.
The crease exists to provide sanctity for a goalie to make saves. It's not like you don't see players chopping at goalies when they are covering the puck. The only thing outlined in any rulebook is using it as an area to define what constitutes as preventing goaltenders from making saves around the net. What I would say is, try to find anything in the NHL rule book that defines what Thomas did as illegal.
It's not interference because Sedin had possession of the puck. He is attempting to handle it. To say he didn't really have possession of the puck is off. He was trying to drop it down to his stick to handle it. You don't have to have the puck to get hit, regardless. How many times in a game do players sacrifice their body to make the right pass? Tons, and usually, when they get hit, it is right after they get rid of the puck.
- C'mon, cut me a break. I'm a hockey nerd and also used to be a referee.pastpastdue
- you can't hit a goalie in the crease OR out.eegrek
- pastpastdue0
"It's not like you don't see players chopping at goalies when they are covering the puck." I guess I could restate this better. You can get a slashing penalty as a goalie when you are in the crease, just as a player can get a penalty for slashing the goalie in the crease, inside or out. Every other rule applies the same, the only difference is that goaltender interference changes the stipulation, because most time, if you hit a goalie, he's trying to make a save. You could also hold a goalie and drag him out of the crease - you wouldn't get a holding penalty, you'd get a goaltender interference penalty.