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Inconsistent is the operative word. I saw Wisniewski's reaction on SportsCentre this morning. He seems to be genuinely contrite, and I tend to be sympathetic to him. But 8 games for that compared to 2 games for Ovie? give me a break. the rationale was that Seabrook didn't have the puck. But watching the replay, and taking into consideration the speed of events, ya, it looked like the puck was coming to him. I would have given Ovechkin 4 games, and matched Wisniewski to that. Just to demonstrate that Ovie's hit was fairly reckless and Wisniewski's was over-zealous and therefore reckless as well. I certainly don't think he was being malicious.
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The puck was coming to him yes, or going around the half boards and up the wing, but that isn't the point, the player has to have the puck before contact can be initiated, and just watch Wisniewski on the replay, he was coming from about the face offf dot, which is a charge, left his feet as well, and the hands were up in his face when contact was made. See I'm the opposite, I would have hit Ovie with 8 as well, 2 games for a hit from behind just doesn't seem enough to me, especially for a repeat offender.
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On another note, yes the Bruins look pretty pathetic last night while the Leafs looked tremendous. Why do they do this every year? A season ending run that make the team look like play-off contenders but without enoug racetrack to finish the run????? Must be the loosey-goosey feel they get when the pressure is off. I'm getting tired of saying 'wait until next year'.
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Oh man, so tired of saying wait to next year, so, so tired of it. They did look impressive last night though, I'm hopeful they can aquire a big centerman in the off season, to add some size up the middle, Khadri will be there next year, my opinion is that kid should have been in the AHL this year, he has all the OHL experience he needs, he needs to be playing against men now, not other kids.
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The NESN crew (Bruins tv station) actually did an interview with Campbell in the pre show and all I can say is wow...He shifted in his seat, stuttered, contradicted himself and generally sounded like he had no idea what he was talking about. I can't believe this guy still has a job...man if I were that bad at what I do I'd resign just to save what little dignity I have left.
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Campbell should retire, all the fans know he's a buffaoon, all the players must know with these recent calls that he has no respect for their safety. They need wholesale changes in the NHL front office and quickly, before these idiots kill our game.
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This interview may wind up on you tube but I don't see it there and I can't seem to link the video from the NESN website but if you're interested just go to NESN.com and it should be on the main page...I don't know I'm a little disappointed in Mad Mike for lobbing such softball questions though I was hoping for a little bit more.
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Of course I was interested haha, went to NESN and checked it out, and your not alone in being disappointed with Milbury, that was pathetic, I wanted to see him nail Campbell's balls to the wall, but he didn't, totally left him off the hook. Didn't even think it was the same Milbury who I see on the Satelite Hotstove on CBC being boisterous, controversial, and just all around cool.
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Worse still Claude Julien then makes this statement after the game "well I guess the fans got what they wanted". Yes Claude, we wanted to get shut out 3-0 and watch Cooke skate off the ice smiling and high fiving his team mates. He's completely lost the team, has no idea how to adapt to adversity as a coach, once again his "system" is falling apart after a single year and apparently has no idea what the fans want either. He needs to go an NOW, he's ruining this team in my opinion.
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Yeah, once the coach loses the team it's time to go for sure, look at Pat Quinn when he was in Toronto. Can't believe the Bruins would come out that flat against the Pens and the guy who put their player o nthe shelf for the rest of the year. I did dig that Rupp fight though, fuckin hate Chara with a passion, he'd be fun to fight for sure, just got to plant the feet right from the start so he can't ragdoll you haha. Still can't believe that useless bastard won the Norris, what an embarassment to the greats who have won it.
On an unrelated note, can't believe Canada lost to Japan in sledge hockey at the Paralympics, what an upset for the Japanese. Really been enjoying watching sledge hockey, some great players in the tournament.
Forgot about this old video, shows the great shit talking that goes on between players, so hilarious, although if someone did this today they'd be suspended for something stupid.