2/27 GDT: Red Wings @ Blackhawks

[sergei_is_still_a_wing 1]

missed this one and bummed i did!

great to see the new kid Calder get a couple points in his first game in the winged wheel.

i'd like to see him in the -15 range by the years end (seeing how he was a -31 with destitue philly). just good to see kids with talent make the most of oppotunity and turn it around.

gotta see the fight too. hockeyfights.com rules.

[rwfan007 18]

lol wow, one game in and the Chicago fans are really laying into willy. I almost thought I was back here for a minute. :rotflmao:

[CrossoverThrash 0]

I heard many chants of Williams sucks near me

[Zion 93]

Lebda can't fight, but again, Lilja didn't stick up for his teammate. It's one thing to turtle up against the Flyers, but at least stick up for your teammate. I was very pissed off after the hit, once I realized Lebda was NOT injured.

[GuloGulo 0]

Oh poor Borat got pwned.. but he FOUGHT.

Things moving in the right direction

[rick zombo 3,739]

Oh poor Borat got pwned.. but he FOUGHT.

Things moving in the right direction

Who fought?

[GuloGulo 0]

Who fought?

Brad/Burt/Borat/Brady/Brent/..../Brett Lebda.

it's a standing messageboard joke.

[rick zombo 3,739]

Brad/Burt/Borat/Brady/Brent/..../Brett Lebda.

it's a standing messageboard joke.

Right.

I thought Luongo was Borat.

[YzermanZetterberg 0]

just to clarify the Lebda thing... NHL rule # 47.13: "Any player or goalkeeper who engages in a fight and whose jersey is not properly "tied down" (jersey properly fastened to pants), and who loses his jersey (completely off his torso) in that altercation, shall receive a game misconduct penalty"

I know that's the rule and understand the intent...but have a big problem justifying how a league can condone headhunting by consistently failing to suspend and/or fine the guilty parties, yet insists that everyone keep their jersey tied down just in case they get in a fight (especially when they're defending themselves against a headhunter)!

[Dano33 41]

I know that's the rule and understand the intent...but have a big problem justifying how a league can condone headhunting by consistently failing to suspend and/or fine the guilty parties, yet insists that everyone keep their jersey tied down just in case they get in a fight (especially when they're defending themselves against a headhunter)!

i don't understand the intent, why does a jersey have to be tied down? who cares if it comes off in a fight? but the headhunting thing, i completely agree with you.

[Flip-check 6]

i don't understand the intent, why does a jersey have to be tied down? who cares if it comes off in a fight? but the headhunting thing, i completely agree with you.

If the jersey comes off -- nada to grab onto in the fight. You're tougher to keep a hold and start landing punches on without one.

But some guys need all the help they can get, so really, the rule ought be modified with a subsection named "Bad Fighters' Stipulation." In nine words: If you suck, you don't need a fighter's strap.

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

If the jersey comes off -- nada to grab onto in the fight. You're tougher to keep a hold and start landing punches on without one.

But some guys need all the help they can get, so really, the rule ought be modified with a subsection named "Bad Fighters' Stipulation." In nine words: If you suck, you don't need a fighter's strap.

it should just be "red wing stipulation". (with the exception of bert) if you fight a red wing their jerseys don't need to be tied down.

[puckloo39 5,686]

it should just be "red wing stipulation". (with the exception of bert) if you fight a red wing their jerseys don't need to be tied down.

so far, the rule hasn't been needed, if you're a Red Wing. They don't fight. That's maybe why they forget to tie down their fight straps?

That call on Lebda was just a technicality... the Hawk player effectively neutralized any chance Bret had of actually fighting by simply undressing him and pulling his jersey over his head so he couldn't see...

Oh well, we won anyway.