The amount of homerism in here is rediculous. Freddy Meyer is 5 ft 10, and Lucic is 6 ft 4, how high can he possibly hit him? I know it was a little high, but to the point of calling it "cheap" or "dirty" is just crazy to me. Also, being an ATL fan makes me feel like a homer too, but trying looking at impartially, this goes to fans of both teams. Although the punch was probably not that hard that it deserved that sort of reaction from Freddy, but the fighting was over in the scrum, a linesman was holding Meyer and it was over. Still, I dont know how hard Looch hit him, and neither does anyone else, how can you guys gauge the impact of the punch from just watching a replay? Some say it was a tap, others say a full out haymaker. But Looch sucker punches him in the head, I see no way of defending what he did, absolutely classless. Wanna defend your players or your honour? Do it properly in a real fight, not just get three guys to swarm on one.
I hate the fact that any big hit on ANYONE seems to result in some sort of brawl. Its not like Meyer hit Savard or Bergeron; Lucic ain't exactly a soft player that can't handle himself, and I dont think it warranted that kind of reaction. Meyer's hit reminds me of old time hockey, just good open ice hits. No matter what happens, there will always be a couple fans who only see one side and won't even open up the fact that they are wrong. Still, good brawl between Horton and Kane, Horton's a tough cookie. Savard's fight seemed weird; he's too good to be risking his season on a useless brawl, even if he was just tackled to the ground, it could result in some damage. Can't wait to see these two go again, maybe this could be the spark of a new rivalry? That could be pretty awesome. I know B's fans will look at it from their perspective, and Thrash fans will too. But if you wanna debate the hit or the fight, do it. But some B's fans think they are smart by mentioning ATL's attendence because they are so creative, and some Thrash fans bring up other games against mtl and call Bruins soft when reacting to the Cooke hit which has nothing to do with anything. Both statements like these can make your post invalild and just show the true homerism.
I know that everyone sees the game differntly but ******* Edwards makes my blood boil. I used to enjoy his hyperbole and absolute homerism, until I noticed that he is 100% serious in his convictions. He'd be pretty funny to listen to if i didn't know how wrong he is on pretty much everything. If I was just listening I would think that Boston had a line of Muhammed Ali's fighting midgets.
The Cooke hit(even if it had been a while) was one of the many incidents that led up to last weeks Boston-Media-Hate-Fest on the Bruins style of "keeping their emotions in check." Like a previous poster already said, the Thrashers were unlucky enough to be the team Boston played when they had a statement to make. Yeah, it was a high hit and no that response wasn't normal. But its just what the city of Boston wanted to see and the B's knew it.
