y2kcanucks
Le Sex God
It appears that you and a whole lot of the haters don't understand that Benning's signing guys like Guddy only meant that it would be less likely that players would try to take advantage of our young stars. Nobody ever said that there was any sort of GUARANTEE that nobody would ever hit one of them because, of course, such a statement would be bordering on the absurd. Needless to say nobody can tell just how many cheap hits guys like Guddy have prevented because they didn't happen and castigating guys like him for not initiating a Bertuzzi-style retaliation is to show massive ignorance of how pro hockey players think (especially when they don't even know for sure what has happened on the ice). In short to say that Guddy has "failed" because somebody ultimately hit our young superstar (something that was guaranteed to happen someday) is incredibly stupid.
A lot of people don't understand that because it's not true. There is no empirical evidence that supports that claim. Especially in today's game where fighting is a lot less common. We told you the idea was bullshit, the idea was proven to be bullshit, accept it. Jim Benning built part of this team with a faulty idea of what he needed on the team and it's blown up in his face. Accept the fact and accept reality, or not. Either way, can we stop trumpeting this bullshit now? You've been proven wrong. Move on.