Brandon Prust attacks Tuukka Rask on Twitter

[Langdon Alger]

hasnt rask won cups already? prust makes him feel like he is irrelevant

He won as a backup in 2011 and lost in the finals as the starter in 2013 and 2019.

 

[Pip]

Prust is a tool what else is new

 

[RedMenace]

4 years vs a couple months. Nice false equivalency. And when the season is done they're not working besides the gym. They're home vacationing for months.

You're out of touch.

Same principles apply, whether or not you agree with them:

Have family
Be away from family
Love family
Miss family
Want to go see family

Four days, four weeks, four months, or four years; you can't say someone is "wrong" for how they feel.

I mean, you can, but it's really not a good look.

I'm not the one out of touch here.

 

[SotasicA]

Where is this animosity for Prust coming from? Dude was warrior, not afraid to get his ass kicked by the other team's heavyweights in order to rally his own team. He was a team player and not even dirty.

I loved Prust. A good technical fighter.

And he's in the right, you know. Rask put his team in a bad spot. He should have stayed away completely, if he didn't want to be in the bubble

Back in the old days players didn't get days off for when their wives were giving birth, nor would they ask. And they didn't even live a life of luxury.

Now it's like hockey is a nice hobby only.

 

[who_me?]

 

[Sol]

Same principles apply, whether or not you agree with them:

Have family
Be away from family
Love family
Miss family
Want to go see family

Four days, four weeks, four months, or four years; you can't say someone is "wrong" for how they feel.

I mean, you can, but it's really not a good look.

I'm not the one out of touch here.

"Take it from someone who has seen his kids once in the last 4 years: If you have a family and aren't "soft" about them"

Your own words. Why include time in your reasoning if suddenly it's a nonfactor? Hockey players live a life of luxury and have an abundance of free time due to their career. They have the wealth of money pouring in, and months and months of family time after the season is done.

Since Tuuka's daughter had a health issue, I understand that. This post isn't about him at all.

To miss your family that badly in a job that gives you a ton of free time and great income is a bit ridiculous. They're gone for a few months, they're not gone for "4" years.

By your logic it's completely normal for my wife to miss me after I'm strapped to the toilet after taco Tuesday.

Get real.

 

[member 305909]

People who criticize Radk for his decision to leave the bubble are probably those who never liked him in the first place and would like to see him gone from Bruins. This incident gave them a perfect excuse to bash Rask.

It also made them appear as petty-minded people.

 

[Moose Head]

Too many floggins to the noggin is my guess.

 

[DickSmehlik]

I clicked on this thread expecting to see a video posted on Twitter showing Prust assaulting Rask.

Left disappointed.

 

[These Are The Days]

Damn dude... That makes the Sask Roughriders Big Play Chain look like nothing

 

[Paperbagofglory]

The day twitter and social media dies off is the day humanity can finally stop giving idiots attention.

 

[Windy River]

Prust is a tool what else is new

Well...uhhm.. Rask doesn’t really care much for the success of his team?

 

[Windy River]

Rather uncanny.

 

[RedMenace]

"Take it from someone who has seen his kids once in the last 4 years: If you have a family and aren't "soft" about them"

Your own words. Why include time in your reasoning if suddenly it's a nonfactor? Hockey players live a life of luxury and have an abundance of free time due to their career. They have the wealth of money pouring in, and months and months of family time after the season is done.

Since Tuuka's daughter had a health issue, I understand that. This post isn't about him at all.

To miss your family that badly in a job that gives you a ton of free time and great income is a bit ridiculous. They're gone for a few months, they're not gone for "4" years.

By your logic it's completely normal for my wife to miss me after I'm strapped to the toilet after taco Tuesday.

Get real.

Umm, okay then, you're obviously right. Have fun on your hyperbole horse defending Right Castle up on Right Hill from all the people who aren't right.

Which I guess is everyone but you. Toodles!

 

[Sol]

Umm, okay then, you're obviously right. Have fun on your hyperbole horse defending Right Castle up on Right Hill from all the people who aren't right.

Which I guess is everyone but you. Toodles!

Lol nice way to bow out I guess.

 

[DangleCity]

He won as a backup in 2011 and lost in the finals as the starter in 2013 and 2019.

Lets not forget too that in both SC clinching games in 13 and 19 he was terrible

 

[TD Charlie]

Lets not forget too that in both SC clinching games in 13 and 19 he was terrible

Let's pluck 2 games he was subpar (although I disagree on 2013) and ignore the entire playoff run where he was phenomenal.

 

[DangleCity]

Let's pluck 2 games he was subpar (although I disagree on 2013) and ignore the entire playoff run where he was phenomenal.

Im not ignoring anything. He's a great goalie, but part of his legacy is under performing or bailing (see Olympic bronze metal game, last game of 2016 to make the playoffs, the bubble) in clutch situations.

 

[TD Charlie]

Im not ignoring anything. He's a great goalie, but part of his legacy is under performing or bailing (see Olympic bronze metal game, last game of 2016 to make the playoffs, the bubble) in clutch situations.

One was the flu, i forget the 2016 reason but i do remember being rather unhappy about it, and this year was a family concern.

I’ll grant you 1 out of those 3 at best. We don’t know the whole story on any of it and never will. If the team says they’re ok with him heading home then I’m ok with it too. They have a better handle on it than we do. Period

 

[TD Charlie]

And yes, you’re ignoring whole playoff runs and moving the goal posts. First it was his performance in 2 games out of 40ish (I’m guessing) combined across the two playoff runs. Now it’s times he was sick or tending to family emergencies.

 

[DangleCity]

One was the flu, i forget the 2016 reason but i do remember being rather unhappy about it, and this year was a family concern.

I’ll grant you 1 out of those 3 at best. We don’t know the whole story on any of it and never will. If the team says they’re ok with him heading home then I’m ok with it too. They have a better handle on it than we do. Period

And yes, you’re ignoring whole playoff runs and moving the goal posts. First it was his performance in 2 games out of 40ish (I’m guessing) combined across the two playoff runs. Now it’s times he was sick or tending to family emergencies.

It was "illness" but the bottom line is you cant count on him to be there when you need him, both figuratively with his poor play, and literally, as in he may not literally show up. Either way you cant count on him, even if you want to say every reason was legit for not being there, he still wasnt there.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Well...uhhm.. Rask doesn’t really care much for the success of his team?

Family comes first, that's another team he is a part of. This is just hockey after all. Also, it is better to have a goalie on the ice that is completely focused on the game and not worrying constantly.

 

[JabbaJabba]

I loved Prust. A good technical fighter.

And he's in the right, you know. Rask put his team in a bad spot. He should have stayed away completely, if he didn't want to be in the bubble

Back in the old days players didn't get days off for when their wives were giving birth, nor would they ask. And they didn't even live a life of luxury.

Now it's like hockey is a nice hobby only.

Rask's kid got sick when he was already in the bubble. He wasn't reluctant to be in the bubble, but the situation changed when he was playing. If his daughter would have gotten sick before Rask had to leave, I think he would have stayed out of the bubble.

It's good that hockey players have more rights today. It is just hockey and no one should miss the birth of their child 'cos they have to stop rubber pucks from going into a net. I would also say that hockey is more serious now than what it was back in the day. You have to get everything out of your body and be ready to play 82 games per season. You have to stay in shape throughout the year and players don't drink beer in the dressing room anymore after the games. You have to commit to getting into the NHL from young age. I wouldn't call it just a hobby.

 

[4thTierSport]

Pure jealousy on every level.

 

[RorschachWJK]

Any father who puts a sports activity, professional or otherwise, higher in importance than the health of his children, should have the kids taken away from him for good. Either to live with the mother or taken into custody.