NHL 2011-2012 Season - Page 68

On April 16 2012 07:13 Kralic wrote:


Not all of Canada loves Crosby, a lot hate him just as much as the Canucks. lol

On April 16 2012 07:14 Taku wrote:

Again with the Canucks?

On April 16 2012 07:17 Kralic wrote:


Hey I grew up with the Oilers, hating any other team in the NW comes with the territory.

On April 16 2012 07:12 StarStruck wrote:


The knee on knee, or lowballing as I like to call it is a direct result of the watch the headshots. We knew it would come to that.

I must say every series seems to have a fair share of cheap shots and questionable hits, but that is what makes it playoff hockey. The amount of room you get is severely limited.

On April 16 2012 07:11 Sub40APM wrote:
Typical Crosby style of fighting. Start a fight then have someone come from behind to save your ass. I cant believe Canada and the NHL have such a hard on for such a piece of shit.

But ya, like someone else said, the NHL lost control. They need to nip this shit in the bud before someone gets injured. In today's league there are too many gutless cowards doing knee-on-knees and elbows to the head to settle their differences.

On April 16 2012 08:28 Orcasgt24 wrote:

Sidney Crybaby has been like this since peewee. I have a few cousins that played against him and he often did that too. Would whine at refs during peewee games when he didn't get the call he wanted. A fairly good chunk of Nova Socia acctually DOESN'T like him.

On April 16 2012 07:37 ii.blitzkrieg wrote:
8-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hz80LNkVrw

Keep raping the pens in game 4 so I can listen to this shit over and over

On April 16 2012 07:54 lorcasTV wrote:
Flyers vs Penguins:

This game was a disgrace to the sport of hockey. Goals, after-the-whistle 'discussions' and solid plays and checks were on the agenda but the penguins had more to come.

The first incident comes when Schenn delivers a solid hit on Paul Martin. Although the hit might have been penalized (charging), Martin gets up and game keeps going until Aaron Asham takes it upon himself to scold Brayden Schenn. Instead of doing what any other honorable NHL player would have done, dropping the gloves and solving this in a fight, he has the bright idea to cross-check Schenn in the throat sending him to the ice. Asham followed this up with a punch on the back of the head of the defenseless player. Taking into consideration that Schenn was already afflicted by concussion earlier this season, the actions by Asham should be severely punished by the commissioner of player safety, Brendan Shanahan.

Later in the third period, Pittsburgh's James Neal delivered a blindside hit on recruit Sean Couturier. Couturier was trying to exit the zone but lost control of the puck leaving it behind him. While Couturier was looking over his left shoulder to locate the puck which was already several feet behind, Neal was approaching and lifted himself from the ice to check the defenseless recruit. Couturier crumbled onto the ice and only got up several minutes later. It should be noted there was 2 full seconds elapsed between the time Couturier lost the puck and Neal hit him. After a bit of yapping and skirmish, play resumed and Neal nearly delivered another hit to the head of Giroux. Following this was a major skirmish between the two teams.

Throughout the whole game, Crosby was doing his usual provocative nonsense to then send his minions to defend him. Coward.

I do hope Brendan Shanahan will have the balls to suspend these 2 players as their actions were reckless and useless to a good game of hockey. I do hope the penguins will have the honor of salvaging their reputation for the games to come because right now they are my most hated team on the circuit.

Edit: I did see the knee on knee penalty and it was pretty bad but that's something that was tolerated during regular season... so I won't make a big deal out of it (although it is a bad thing and should also be cleaned out of the play).

ps: I am a habs fan, so this is not just a flyers fan ranting but a hockey fan wanting to enjoy some good playoff hockey.

On April 16 2012 09:28 Flik wrote:
I just don't think it should be allowed to get this dirty even though its playoff hockey. Personally, I hate the whole "its the playoffs let them play". This just takes so much of the skill out of the game because players can get away with anything, and when you can get away with anything and you're playing hard, not very hard to take the puck away from the skilled players. It wins you games, but this its the type of hockey they were trying to get away from at the lock out.

That Rangers/Sens game and this Philly/Pens game were some of the worst games (dirty wise, but some pretty fuckin amazing hockey) Ive seen. I can't believe players have the guts to do some of the stuff they are doing. You know why they have the guts? Cause Shanahan will only give them a game or two no big deal. They really need to implement tougher suspensions on players because as you can see, nobody gives a shit about the consequences.

On April 16 2012 08:42 StarStruck wrote:


Asham will get suspended. The Neal hit was clean.

This is what playoff hockey is all about and emotions are definitely taking over. The refs definitely have to clean it up faster.