Antoine Roussel Bites Marc-Edouard Vlasic

[egelband]

Roussel is a disgusting player. He needs to go away.

This seems about right.
That said, who doesn’t like a good pickle.

 

[canuckslover10]

Lol love rousel

 

[ole ole]

Suspension worthy? In my opinion, any sort of spear, bite, etc. should be an automatic suspension.

Must be related to Kadri.

 

[Canada Drai]

Why do you players do this kind of thing? Disgusting. 20 game suspension please.

Licking, biting. Where does it end?

 

[aemoreira1981]

Come on Antoine Roussel, I could have gotten you actual Vlasic pickles to bite! Now you're likely getting at least a 5-game suspension for biting an opponent.

 

[Cotton]

Must be related to Kadri.

Kadri has never bit anyone, maybe you're thinking of Burrows.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Roussuarez amirite

 

[stampedingviking]

Roussel should get a game or two but Vlasic also got what he deserved in that instance.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I hate Roussel as much as anyone, but considering Vlasic looked to be going for the hair/ear pull I'm wondering what he thought was going to happen there when the guys arms are restrained.

What a surprise, a Ducks fan making excuses for an opponent against the Sharks.

Face washes and ear noogies happen all the time in scrums. Guess what doesn't? Biting!

Get this f***ing trash out of the game.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Seeing that clip its not difficult to understand why he bit the hand

Maybe watch what led up to the scrum. Rousell went after Vlasic down 4-0 with 40 seconds to go. Once Vlasic was finally able to start engaging Rousell the linesman got involved.

Hands get up in every scrum, and outside of another francophone punk, no one has bitten them.

 

[Helistin]

Roussel was hungry from running away from Kane and Dillon all night.

 

[bandwagonesque]

If I stuck my hand in someone's mouth while fighting/arguing with them, I'd be surprised if I didn't get bitten. I have no idea why this principle, which anyone with common sense recognizes, isn't supposed to apply in hockey.

 

[Helistin]

If I stuck my hand in someone's mouth while fighting/arguing with them, I'd be surprised if I didn't get bitten. I have no idea why this principle, which anyone with common sense recognizes, isn't supposed to apply in hockey.

Seeing that Vlasic's hand was in fist I don't think he was in the process of trying to stick into Roussel's mouth. You can try it yourself at home , try fitting your fist into your mouth.

 

[bandwagonesque]

Seeing that Vlasic's hand was in fist I don't think he was in the process of trying to stick into Roussel's mouth. You can try it yourself at home , try fitting your fist into your mouth.

Possibly. In any case, people freak out just as much when a player gets bit after jamming his gloved fingers in another player's mouth.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

If I stuck my hand in someone's mouth while fighting/arguing with them, I'd be surprised if I didn't get bitten. I have no idea why this principle, which anyone with common sense recognizes, isn't supposed to apply in hockey.

Except hockey scrums aren't the real world, and Vlasic didn't put his hand in Rousell's mouth.

 

[HatchtrickBateman]

Meh.. pull my ear while my arms are restrained, maybe I will bite you too. Granted I never played organized hockey after high school besides rec, but I never had anyone pulling on my ears during scrums. Face wash, sure. That? No.

 

[bandwagonesque]

Except hockey scrums aren't the real world, and Vlasic didn't put his hand in Rousell's mouth.

In what sense aren't hockey scrums the real world? What specifically about them should engender a different response?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

In what sense aren't hockey scrums the real world? What specifically about them should engender a different response?

You're kidding, right?

Hockey players aren't kept to the same standards as regular people. Unless you're in a mutual combat state/province you get battery/assault charges, which is why 99% of people avoid confrontation as much as possible. Hockey is a game predicated on physicality and adrenaline. Fights and scrums are going to happen. That doesn't give Rousell an excuse to bite.

 

[bandwagonesque]

You're kidding, right?

No. Rather than taking for granted that you're right, maybe you could answer my question.

 

[bandwagonesque]

You're kidding, right?

Hockey players aren't kept to the same standards as regular people. Unless you're in a mutual combat state/province you get battery/assault charges, which is why 99% of people avoid confrontation as much as possible. Hockey is a game predicated on physicality and adrenaline. Fights and scrums are going to happen. That doesn't give Rousell an excuse to bite.

How is this relevant? How does the fact that violence is sanctioned within a hockey game and discouraged elsewhere suggest that a player should be able to force his fingers into another player's mouth without the other player biting his fingers?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

No. Rather than taking for granted that you're right, maybe you could answer my question.

I did. It's right below.

Now make a correlation between hockey fights and common law for civilians.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

How is this relevant? How does the fact that violence is sanctioned within a hockey game and discouraged elsewhere suggest that a player should be able to force his fingers into another player's mouth without the other player biting his fingers?

[mod]

Vlasic. Didn't. Put. His. Hand. In Rousell's. Mouth.

 

[bandwagonesque]

I did. It's right below.

Now make a correlation between hockey fights and common law for civilians.

You edited your post after I quoted it.

 

[bandwagonesque]

[mod]

Vlasic. Didn't. Put. His. Hand. In Rousell's. Mouth.

I'm aware of that. Should I conclude that you're okay with players biting the fingers of other players who jam rheir fingers into their mouths? If not, why not? What's the specific connection between violence being sanctioned differently within a sport and this particular form of violence being unacceptable?

 

[780il]

Minus the talent, Stanley cup, overall ability to play the sport of hockey, but OK.

I meant pt 2 as in pt 2 of the licking incident from last years playoffs, but ok.