Oil_slick9416 said:
gretzky went overboard with his us against the world speech. but it woke the team the up. but that isn't the topic o this thread.
Actually, if memory serves me correct, the team didn't hear his rant until a few days later and after their turn around. They had isolated themselves from the media, and had pretty much blocked out the outside World. Most of the guys on the team (Sakic, Yzerman, Blake) said the turn around was duty to the leadership their captain provided.
As for the topic this thread is about. I just saw the replay, and there is no way in the world Nash should have got off scott free. At minimum, that is a fine. But in reality, it's atleast a 1 or 2 game suspension. He not only hooked the ref twice, but he punched/pushed the linesman.
I know Canada gets the shaft on calls in these events, but they got away with one there. That was a classless act.