NyQuil
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or taken swan dives all over the ice.
Umm, Corey Perry anyone?
or taken swan dives all over the ice.
Brian Burke may be a fool for claiming he made this team to fight and be aggressive, but the Ducks have been nothing but class this series.
No one on the Ducks pressed the excuse button for Pronger and no one has taken swings at players (Alfredsson on Moen), or shot pucks at players, or taken swan dives all over the ice. (Congrats Mrs. Neil....you were more of a man during childbirth than your husband was rolling up in a fetal position last night)...
The Alfredsson ordeal would be over if all the whining apologists and history re-writes weren't going on now. Revenge will be carrying the Cup around another sunbelt state for a year. The best way to get in Ottawa's craw is when there is nothing more than a victory in game 5. The only cheap play will be Neil, Fisher, and Heatley's famous slash to the back of the legs. Mark it.
I doubt you'll have anything to worry about this series. Although Carlyle's postgame statement might be worrying from your point of view. He said "Players have long memories."
To me that means next season, or whenever we play next. Although who knows when that'll be with the NHL's scheduling. They'll probably just send someone out to challenge him to a fight.
If he fights, whatever the outcome, the incident will be completely over with. If he turtles, we'll get a penalty and an instigator, but the incident will likely also be over with. I hope he doesn't run away... because that's where Moore-like incidents happen. I just hope we don't do anything stupid if that's the case.
You really represent the "nothing but class" ducks really well. I hope your 45 fans are happy that they win the cup.
If the comments are coming from the coach all the way down that is just asking for trouble.
I think you need to go up a little bit higher than that. There's no doubt in my mind that Brian Burke is pulling all those strings in the background urging his team to retaliate in a hurry. Burke is pretty much all about the Goon hockey.
Neidermeyer WAS NOT in between the goal and Afredsson! You are blinded by your love of team. Step back. Neids was between the boards and the center circle, closer to the face-off dot near the blueline!
That blindness makes the rest of your arguement needless. I'm just a hockey fan with no team in the running, and when 99% of the league's fans and media saw the play and call it what it was, well, it says what it says.
I think you need to go up a little bit higher than that. There's no doubt in my mind that Brian Burke is pulling all those strings in the background urging his team to retaliate in a hurry. Burke is pretty much all about the Goon hockey.
Yes, Alfie shooting the puck at a player, the captain of the other team no less, is weird and out of character to me. I'm not going to crucify him because I don't know his intentions but it certainly didn't look good.Shooting a puck at another player is only weird to you?
If you actually, you know, watch the reply, you'll see the Niedermeyer is NOT in the direction of the goal. Alfie has amazing accuracy, no way he was trying to aim it at net there.2. Neidermayer was in the direction of the goal.
If you actually, you know, watch the reply, you'll see the Niedermeyer is NOT in the direction of the goal. Alfie has amazing accuracy, no way he was trying to aim it at net there.
General direction? So uhm.. the fact that he shot it towards Anahem's end is "general direction"? If that's the point you're trying to make, why? He was not aiming at the net, and that's what is relevant.I actually agree here. Again, I meant GENERAL direction, and was commenting about Chucky's suspension discussion. I was NOT discussing my personal opinion as to whether or not it was intentional.
General direction? So uhm.. the fact that he shot it towards Anahem's end is "general direction"? If that's the point you're trying to make, why? He was not aiming at the net, and that's what is relevant.
The point is that the league can not conclusively say that he was not just slap-dumping the puck carelessly. Therefore, they can not suspend him. That is all. Nothing crazy, nothing controversial...
There was no doubt a reason he did it if it was intentional. As stated earlier in the thread, Niedermayer is far from a clean, honorable player. We'll just never hear about it and people will continue to rip on Alfredsson because I guess it's fun.
I think a fine would be more deserving than a suspension.
Perhaps, but I still think he is innocent until proven guilty, and my point was nothing can be proven.
Ah come on...Neidermayer is one of the dirtiest little ****'* in the league...too bad Alfie didn't put it off his teeth.
Go watch him play live and see the stick work he does as the play moves away or up the ice. He was notorious in when he played for the Devils...always whacking guys in the back of the knee's and gouging ribs...I'm surprised someone hasn't knocked him cold for all the crap he pulls.
I also remember his brother Rob getting his clock cleaned and having concussion problems when he first came into the league and he whined to the press about guys hitting too hard....call the whambulance Robbie....
You usually can't "prove" intent. You can only come to a logical conclusion based on the facts.