clunk
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The lack of pushback this team has shown both times its young franchise centre has gotten injured from reckless plays by opposing players is mindboggling. No response to the Matheson hit, and no response to the Kotkaniemi situation is very disappointing.
I'm not advocating for cheap shots to be committed in response, but even just playing the team more aggressively or picking some guys out to fight to show the Canucks have even a little bit of a response to acts like this against our star players?
Is Green holding them back? What's the problem with this team's supposed 'tough guys' who never step up when they need to?
Physical response to physical liberties taken against your lanky 20 year old superstar is only common sense in hockey, and has been a part of the game for as long as it has existed... Gretzky had a Semenko and McSorely, but you don't even need these types of players. You just need players with the guts and care to stand up for their star teammates. I'm not saying Pettersson is Gretzky, but he is arguably the most important piece this franchise has ever had.
It just baffles me that this happened AGAIN. A physical response is not only physical, but it is symbolic as well. If teams know that one of the best ways to stop Pettersson is to rough him up, how many more times are these 'freak injuries' going to happen in the future, especially with his build?
I'm not advocating for cheap shots to be committed in response, but even just playing the team more aggressively or picking some guys out to fight to show the Canucks have even a little bit of a response to acts like this against our star players?
Is Green holding them back? What's the problem with this team's supposed 'tough guys' who never step up when they need to?
Physical response to physical liberties taken against your lanky 20 year old superstar is only common sense in hockey, and has been a part of the game for as long as it has existed... Gretzky had a Semenko and McSorely, but you don't even need these types of players. You just need players with the guts and care to stand up for their star teammates. I'm not saying Pettersson is Gretzky, but he is arguably the most important piece this franchise has ever had.
It just baffles me that this happened AGAIN. A physical response is not only physical, but it is symbolic as well. If teams know that one of the best ways to stop Pettersson is to rough him up, how many more times are these 'freak injuries' going to happen in the future, especially with his build?