Rocko604
Sports will break your heart.
Well, I guess we know what team the CEO of Air Canada Likes
Well, the CEO/President of Air Canada, Calin Rovinescu, is from Montreal.
Well, I guess we know what team the CEO of Air Canada Likes
The league had no problem surviving when it was .70 on the US Dollar. Do not confuse the current strength of the Canadian dollar with the Canadian teams(or one Canadian team in particular) being able to dictate the rules of the game on the rest of the league.
The league had no problem surviving when it was .70 on the US Dollar. Do not confuse the current strength of the Canadian dollar with the Canadian teams(or one Canadian team in particular) being able to dictate the rules of the game on the rest of the league.
And kids get severely injured in the juniors, in NCAA hockey, in the NHL as well.
It is a violent game.
Let me ask you this, if Hal Gill puts the exact same hit on Patrice Bergeron....and Bergeron has the exact same injuries.....Air Canada doesn't do a darn thing..do they?
This has nothing to do with hockey, it has to do with Montreal fans feeling wronged. And it is hilarious that the people running a major airline are running their business based on that.
You mean games played in the Air Canada Centre? haha
I wont be holding my breath, neither should you.
This could just be the final straw. Just because they didn't come out with a statement before this doesn't necessarily mean they weren't concerned beforehand.
Go watch the Youtube video posted on page 1. There are a ton of turnbuckle hits in there, and nobody was whining and crying foul then. Suddenly there's an injury and Montreal is involved and it's the worst thing to happen to hockey since one of the most blatant cheap shots in recent memory?
No.
It is not like the league specifically put in rules banning direct shots to the head this year, right?
The idea that the league is doing nothing about headshots is absurd. This was a normal hit made at the worst possible place it could have happened on the ice, what do you want to do? Ban any kind of checks within 10 feet of the stantions? Ban checking?
A childhood friend of mine who's a pilot for Air Canada told me last summer that the company was getting concerned regarding the increasing number of serious injuries in the NHL (his wife works for one of AC's top guy, couldn't say which dept. though). So it's probably a case of them being concerned over those "hockey play" being associated with their name. Last night was obviously the last straw for them. Will they benefit from it? Absolutely. But at least someone is doing something about it.
If a major sponsor of the NHL withdraws, who do you see stepping up in this economic climate?
If Air Canada pulls out, you can say goodbye to atleast one failing American franchise. They put ALOT of money into the NHL.
If Air Canada pulls out, you can say goodbye to atleast one failing American franchise. They put ALOT of money into the NHL.
A failing American franchise moving to Canada =/= ruining anything.Then let it happen and Habs fans can be responsible for ruining the game even more than they are right now.
Go watch the Youtube video posted on page 1. There are a ton of turnbuckle hits in there, and nobody was whining and crying foul then. Suddenly there's an injury and Montreal is involved and it's the worst thing to happen to hockey since one of the most blatant cheap shots in recent memory?
No.
Then let it happen and Habs fans can be responsible for ruining the game even more than they are right now.
Any airline that wants to make major inroads in Canada against a competitor.
And what does the NHL gain from bowing to a corporate sponser? The get the headline of "Top 4 major league submits to corporate sponser" label. That's it. If Air Canada was serious they would have broached this subject incidents ago. The league handed down their ruling they aren't going to cater to a sponser last minute.
Yes it is, BTW who said that?
Yup, pretty normal, pushing, guiding (or directing or whatever you want to call it) a player's head into the stanchion.
I don't want to turn this into a "Chara hit on Pacioretty" thread, there's one of those already.