good back and forth fight, call it a draw with Boychuk coming on towards the end
Oilers fan here, looking to add some potential objectivity (though I must confess I'd cheer for the Bruins in a 7-pack over the Habs any day... sorry, Meaurrrreal).
Great bout for White, but sorry, no contest. In what universe was Boychuk "coming on towards the end"? He was standing better... if that counts, then have at 'er. He did unload that nice uppercut in the latter stages, but was matched in it by White. I didn't see many of Boychuk's punches land, but White was pretty accurate.
Sure, Boychuk kept fighting, but there was no comeback to be had here, folks. White. Totally.
obviously only the habs fans call this one sided. i'd say it would be pretty one sided if boychuk didnt come back at the end with that strong one, you could see it affect white. win white, but not by nearly as much as some of you guys are making it seem
Nyet. As above, sure, Boychuk wound up connecting late in the bout. But I didn't see White stagger. He was ready to keep throwing the meat hammers. Boychuk simply had his arse handed to him that time. Fo sho there'll be a chance for redemption for the gool ol' Edmonton boy.
So we're praising goons for fighting a player for an ATTEMPTED hit?
Yea......
You're posting this as though there isn't already an established context for this "near hit" to occur. It means far less had the last game not seen the PIMs it did, or had Subban not been grating on the B's in said game.
I'm the first to complain when players throwing legal hits are consequenced w/ 5 minutes for essentially having to protect themselves when jumped by an over-zealous opponent that figures The Code has been breached. But White likely doesn't go after Boychuk so quickly if the last game were pure and clean.
), kudos for that.
