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Would Pittsburgh have beaten boston in the playoffs in 91?
An admin said I could remake this poll if I omitted the inappropriate poll options I left in the last one, so here goes.
The last poll was left at 17 votes for boston winning, 7 for the pens still winning, and 5 for undecided.
Now ill give my point of view.
Cam Neely had 5 goals 1 assist in 2 games vs Pittsburgh in the 90/91 playoffs. Boston was up 2 games to none while he was in the lineup. In game 3, Ulf Samuelson was persuaded to take out Cam Neely, which is widely known. This turned the tide by removing Boston's biggest physical presence and top scorer, who was scoring around a goal a game. Pittsburgh came back 4 games in a row to go on to the finals.
Either team would have easily beaten the Minnesota North Stars like the Pens did then, so really, this was a cup deciding injury.
Its up to you, the fans, to vote
a nice quote from before.
also, a quote for those who say it was not intentional or dirty.
An admin said I could remake this poll if I omitted the inappropriate poll options I left in the last one, so here goes.
The last poll was left at 17 votes for boston winning, 7 for the pens still winning, and 5 for undecided.
Now ill give my point of view.
Cam Neely had 5 goals 1 assist in 2 games vs Pittsburgh in the 90/91 playoffs. Boston was up 2 games to none while he was in the lineup. In game 3, Ulf Samuelson was persuaded to take out Cam Neely, which is widely known. This turned the tide by removing Boston's biggest physical presence and top scorer, who was scoring around a goal a game. Pittsburgh came back 4 games in a row to go on to the finals.
Either team would have easily beaten the Minnesota North Stars like the Pens did then, so really, this was a cup deciding injury.
Its up to you, the fans, to vote
a nice quote from before.
The entire complexion of that series the moment Neely was hurt. Boston was a completely different team.
Neely played the best hockey of his life in the 1991 playoffs (including the 50-50 season in 1993-94), and his play in those playoffs is likely as close to textbook as you'll ever see from a power forward. Nobody could legally stop him in those playoffs. He scored 16 goals that year, and he didn't even reach the Stanley Cup final.
Neely finished the series, but was nowhere the same player.
BTW, I hate Samuelsson, but if I needed a defensive defenceman circa about 1989-1995, Samuelsson would be near the top of my list.
also, a quote for those who say it was not intentional or dirty.
Almost every player asked about it agrees it was intentional, on any team but the pens.
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/read...t/players.html
Ulf was known for intentionally doing such things his entire career. He was warned several times for Knee on knees, more than Marchment by far and suspended a few times for it. his intentional high sticks are also legendary. He ended another players career with a high stick to the eye(Can't remember hsi name now)
Also, Samuelson was trying to poke the puck was secondary. He skated full speed(Charging extra strides full speed) and didn't even attempt to change direction to follow the puck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd8cDxL_5IE
He didn't turn to go for the puck at all, he went straight at his knee and was braced himself for the knee contact.
He has even admitted(Much like Clarke on Kharlamov) that he was given a mission by Bob Johnson.
Why do you think when players around the league were asked about Ti Domi's Cheapshot on Samuelson, most of them responded that they don;t agree with cheapshots, but i'd give domi a raise?