You're comparing Ben Eager and all his history with the Canucks to Virtanen?
Shirley, you jest!
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Virtanen had 1 hit that game.
It's not Virtanen is beating up the Devils out there.
I think it's fine to have a fight with Virtanen for being physical. I do not think it's okay to go and try to pretend like you are tough **** for beating up a teenager.
I think you're blowing this way out of proportion. I doubt Jake cares.
i must have been watching the Bizzaro Canucks, cuz I didn't see Farnham "beat up" anyone, he might have gotten 1-2 shots in on Virtanen but I didn't see anyone get beaten up. No KO, no blood, no nothing...just a sore finger from punching.
I think you're blowing this way out of proportion. I doubt Jake cares.
Someone needs to stand up for poor Jake, he's just a teenager you know.
He MAULED Virtanen all the while Burrows and his CRIMES cowered and ran.
What I've learned this evening from the main boards.
Whats this **** about Tootoo claiming Burrows said **** about his family?
Pls.
The only reason I brought the whole thing up is because you said Prust's twitter response was pathetic.
But to be fair I'll submit, not really getting on a high horse for. I don't really care that much.
What whaterthehell is his name is did was classless/pathetic. To go after him on Twitter was, in my opinion, pretty pathetic.
26 vs 19
Sorry dont care how u cut that guy is a wuss.
I said to my gf. Thats like a 6th grader fighting a 18 yr old lmfao.
It's all good that a big hitter lays out a vulnerable teenager in the head because he makes a lot of money and the hit was "clean" by the technical literature in the rule book !?!?
That's just nonsense, those rules were different just a few years ago.
except Jake is a 6"1 210 lbs power forward
Some of you are being extremists for no reason.
Players agree to hard hits and cross checks and fights that may result in injury.
I'm sure no players consent to checks to the head, and in fact the NHL explicitly prohibits them.
"Body" checks that are almost instantaneously body and then head are going to be out of the game too it's only a matter of time. Player safety isn't going to go backwards.
There's a clear and obvious distinction between hits like today's and every other type of body check that happens in hockey.
The argument I saw made was that if there is no crushing hits that also cause major head trauma then It's women's hockey.
Which is absolutely absurd and offensive.
Your arguement I addressed earlier. Players don't hit now like Scott Stevens did, and nothing in the game of hockey changed.
Taking out hits like today's as much as possible wouldn't change anything.
For the last time there are thousands of hits that happen every season that are just fine.
Contact sport and head shots are not synonymous.
Did Burrows comment on what he might have said anywhere?
I'm not going to go back and make a clip of it because I'm too lazy but he was definitely sitting in the box chirping virtanen after virtanen turned around and went to the dressing room for his hand.
What whaterthehell is his name is did was classless/pathetic. To go after him on Twitter was, in my opinion, pretty pathetic.