Lucic Suspended One Game

[wingsdiehard13 33]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=419076

[Yzerfan1999 81]

Seems fair.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Montreal wins Game 3, then get smashed in Games 4 & 5.

[mjlegend 155]

Looked like his fist did most of the damage but it looks to be a warning shot for anyone else in that series. How Looch gets a game and Kostopolous doesn't get anything for his clear intent-to-injure elbow is strange.

Hope they find another way to get back at that Lapierre prick who attacks players for scoring empty-net goals.

[uk_redwing 495]

Definate double standards by the league...so what else is new?

[akustyk 84]

Montreal wins Game 3, then get smashed in Games 4 & 5.

just about how Habs can win a game if they have zero identity and are being kicked

by Bruins in just about every aspect of the game?

Habs have no scoring, no defence and to complement the disaster there's also Price.

oh, and I also forgot Gainey who seems to have no idea how to steer the team out

of trouble...

Bruins in 4 unless they want to finish at home themselves

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

just about how Habs can win a game if they have zero identity and are being kicked

by Bruins in just about every aspect of the game?

Habs have no scoring, no defence and to complement the disaster there's also Price.

oh, and I also forgot Gainey who seems to have no idea how to steer the team out

of trouble...

Bruins in 4 unless they want to finish at home themselves

I wouldnt be surprised if they get swept, they are a joke afterall. I just think if there going to win, it'll be Game 3.

[akustyk 84]

I wouldnt be surprised if they get swept, they are a joke afterall. I just think if there going to win, it'll be Game 3.

that's right but I can't see them winning Game 3. they are just pathetic.

too bad Panthers didn't make the playoffs. they deserved this chance more than Habs IMHO

[xBrave_Heartx 0]

If your a gutless player who wont back up your actions.. No Suspension

If your a player who will back up anything you'll do.. You get suspended.

This is what you do.. You let BGL instigate Looch into a fight without getting an Instigator.. if Looch wants to play tough when guys like MaxLap and Kosto are on the ice, Then run away scared when BGL is on the ice. Let BGL teach him a lesson. A suspension wont stop him.. a beatdown from the toughest fighter in the league will though.

[Dominator2005 558]

BS

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

If your a gutless player who wont back up your actions.. No Suspension

If your a player who will back up anything you'll do.. You get suspended.

This is what you do.. You let BGL instigate Looch into a fight without getting an Instigator.. if Looch wants to play tough when guys like MaxLap and Kosto are on the ice, Then run away scared when BGL is on the ice. Let BGL teach him a lesson. A suspension wont stop him.. a beatdown from the toughest fighter in the league will though.

Lucic shouldnt waste his time with idiots like Laraque that cant skate, Kosptopolous and Lapiere have been the grittiest players for Montreal, and Lucic has been handling them with ease. What has Laraque done? He's only playing because Montreal are a bunch of soft little ******* and Bob Gainey knows it and needs some kind of presence, better Laraque then some minor league scrub I suppose.

[skacore 2]

Lucic shouldnt waste his time with idiots like Laraque that cant skate, Kosptopolous and Lapiere have been the grittiest players for Montreal, and Lucic has been handling them with ease. What has Laraque done? He's only playing because Montreal are a bunch of soft little ******* and Bob Gainey knows it and needs some kind of presence, better Laraque then some minor league scrub I suppose.

Laraque has been playing great this entire series... there's a reason he's on a line with Kovalev and Koivu. He's been going to the net for the screen and cycling down low, he had a lot of chances in games 1 and 2 and he's a pretty intimidating guy, no one on the Bruins wants anything to do with him. Laraque's biggest knock is that he's a slow skater and rarely connects with his hits but that can't be said last night when he plastered Lucic into the boards with a brutal, clean hit.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Laraque has been playing great this entire series... there's a reason he's on a line with Kovalev and Koivu. He's been going to the net for the screen and cycling down low, he had a lot of chances in games 1 and 2 and he's a pretty intimidating guy, no one on the Bruins wants anything to do with him. Laraque's biggest knock is that he's a slow skater and rarely connects with his hits but that can't be said last night when he plastered Lucic into the boards with a brutal, clean hit.

I guess Georges has been a good presence on that line, and the hit he layed on Lucic was nice, but this is the playoffs. Laraque has been challenging guys left and right, but no one is gonna be baited into anything, if he keeps playing hockey and not trying to intimidate Boston, which is ridiculous because c'mon it's Boston, then he could be a positive factor for Montreal more often. My point was Lucic need not pay any attention to Georges because he's too important to his team. Shawn Thornton should go after Laraque, Montador should go after Laraque, etc. The guys who are tough, but not as important as Lucic.

[Mors 201]

Lucic might be my favorite non-Wings player, screw Montreal

[skacore 2]

I guess Georges has been a good presence on that line, and the hit he layed on Lucic was nice, but this is the playoffs. Laraque has been challenging guys left and right, but no one is gonna be baited into anything, if he keeps playing hockey and not trying to intimidate Boston, which is ridiculous because c'mon it's Boston, then he could be a positive factor for Montreal more often. My point was Lucic need not pay any attention to Georges because he's too important to his team. Shawn Thornton should go after Laraque, Montador should go after Laraque, etc. The guys who are tough, but not as important as Lucic.

That's exactly it though, Boston is known as a tough, intimidating team who doesn't back down from anything but Laraque is doing everything he possibly can to prove they aren't. No way should Laraque lay off Lucic and just continue "playing hockey" because that's not his game and therefore he'd be almost useless. It's not like Georges is taking bad penalties or anything, he's just trying to get into their heads and although they aren't winning, it has been working at times. It's got to be tough for a 20 year old kid who is known as the biggest and baddest guy around to constantly back down from someone bigger and badder in their own barn. Most Boston fans know what's going on too, they know no one is willing to step up to Laraque and that's got to be a bit demoralizing for them because that's the kind of hockey they love. The last regular season game between the two teams Boston absolutely hammered Montreal all over the ice and Lucic ended up beating on a turtling Komisarek and it was just not pretty, Laraque wasn't dressed that game and that kind of stuff hasn't happened since. Whether Laraque is in Lucic's head or not it's impossible to tell but it's not everyday Lucic has to take a major cross checking penalty on a guy and earn a 1 game suspension to prove he is still the big, bad Milan Lucic we all know and love.

And I agree absolutely Thornton OR Chara should be the one to go after Laraque, not Lucic. Can't really blame them for dodging him right now because the Bruins are winning but if Montreal is ever up in a game by a couple of goals, I'd be disappointed to see Thornton turn down Laraque after all the s*** that has happened between the 2 teams.

Laraque is doing everything he possibly can to give Montreal the edge in the series... he's not going to go out every shift and hammer guys because he's incapable of doing that but his presence is there every night and don't be fooled thinking it hasn't effected Boston at all because it definitely has.

[Holmstrom96 347]

They show it about 50 seconds in.

Well, I must say that I've agreed with both suspensions the NHL has handed out. In both cases they've been reckless, intentional blows to the head late in the game.

Too bad not everyone can be a "model franchise" like the Penguins; Crosby only crosschecks people when the refs aren't looking.

Edited April 20, 2009 by Holmstrom96

[xBrave_Heartx 0]

Lucic shouldnt waste his time with idiots like Laraque that cant skate, Kosptopolous and Lapiere have been the grittiest players for Montreal, and Lucic has been handling them with ease. What has Laraque done? He's only playing because Montreal are a bunch of soft little ******* and Bob Gainey knows it and needs some kind of presence, better Laraque then some minor league scrub I suppose.

Looch should have to waste his time with Laraque. If you play like a punk you need to answer the bell when someone calls you out for being a punk.. Looch is being a punk. He leaves his feet for hits, He checks from behind, he still throws punches when people are on the ice. HE CROSS CHECKS PEOPLE IN THE FACE!

I love physical play, and i love fights and to an extent i love dirty play.. But looch is playing gutlessly and cowardly. Looch has dodged BGL all year. Then he picks on Komi and now he's picking on Laps.. Looch SHOULD be fighting the heavies in the league. Maybe not Orr,Godard and Boogs for no reason.. But there is plenty of reasons why he HAS to fight BGL.

If you act like you are something. Then you need to prove like you are something.. and Looch has proved thus far that he is nothing.

Disclaimer :: I love Looch, I just think he's playing like a ***** and needs to back up his play.

[Guest mindfly]

If thats a suspension - what vermette did to datsyuk is also a suspension

[Holmstrom96 347]

If thats a suspension - what vermette did to datsyuk is also a suspension

Agreed.

Normally this kind of stuff wouldn't warrant suspension, but I totally agree with what the NHL is doing here. When the game has been decided and you can't win anymore, you just can't go after people with cheapshots, especially star players.

[edicius 3,269]

Okay, the league's shown they're not afraid to suspend people this post-season. So why isn't Letang being suspended for his stick-swinging incident at the end of yesterday's Pens/Flyers game?

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

I like the way the Bruins play, real old time style hockey with talent to match.

But I gotta say a few things.

1. Lucic is starting to piss me off more and more. He's a beast yet he won't answer the bell with legitimate heavyweights.

2. After listening to games 1 & 2, Jack Edwards solidified his position as biggest *******, homer douchebag that ever existed.

3. For all the talk about how Lapierre, Komisarek, O'Byrne and others won't answer the bell against guys like Looch, Thornton and Chara. It's funny how J. Edwards and company and Boston fans don't acknowledge the fact that when big George Laraque comes a callin' the Bruins turn into a bunch of *******.

It's one thing to call out the Habs b/c they won't man up and fight some of Boston's bigger boys, but I take all that talk with a grain of salt when the biggest Hab can't find anybody to dance with. Sounds like a bunch of hypocritical baloney to me.

[esteef 2,679]

I like the way the Bruins play, real old time style hockey with talent to match.

But I gotta say a few things.

1. Lucic is starting to piss me off more and more. He's a beast yet he won't answer the bell with legitimate heavyweights.

2. After listening to games 1 & 2, Jack Edwards solidified his position as biggest *******, homer douchebag that ever existed.

3. For all the talk about how Lapierre, Komisarek, O'Byrne and others won't answer the bell against guys like Looch, Thornton and Chara. It's funny how J. Edwards and company and Boston fans don't acknowledge the fact that when big George Laraque comes a callin' the Bruins turn into a bunch of *******.

It's one thing to call out the Habs b/c they won't man up and fight some of Boston's bigger boys, but I take all that talk with a grain of salt when the biggest Hab can't find anybody to dance with. Sounds like a bunch of hypocritical baloney to me.

Tru dat 1-2-3. In Lucic's defense though, I think if he wasn't as big as he is, he would have less people calling for him to fight heavies. Plus the way he carries on after a fight just cries out for someone to have to put him in his place. To me his size and attitude don't help his cause of being somewhat of a middle weight (in fighting ability) spot picker.

esteef

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

Tru dat 1-2-3. In Lucic's defense though, I think if he wasn't as big as he is, he would have less people calling for him to fight heavies. Plus the way he carries on after a fight just cries out for someone to have to put him in his place. To me his size and attitude don't help his cause of being somewhat of a middle weight (in fighting ability) spot picker.

esteef

I want to like Looch, I really do. But you are dead on, the whooping it up after a fight gets a little old. And now that you mentioned it, has Don Cherry every commented about that? Last time I checked you weren't supposed to show up your opponents after a fight.

I believe it was game 2 when he drug Komisarek down from behind. I watched that clip again and again and I just thought to myself, "damn, Komisarek is lucky he didn't tear a knee ligament or something". That was a pretty dangerous grab of the face from behind and slam the guy down backwards. Totally unacceptable. Not too mention he has no idea Looch is behind him getting ready to do that and that Shawn Thornton is right in his face already and has dropped his gloves.

I'm watching the clip and I can't believe Edwards is so calm about Looch essentially being the 3rd man in on that even thou it wasn't a real fight. Could you even imagine how nuts he would go if say, Kostopoulus yanked down a Bruin who wasn't looking and was tied up with another Hab? He'd go ******* nuts.

Looch needs to grow up. And by God he needs to answer the bell no matter who calls. If you are as big and strong and tough as he is you cannot expect to march around the NHL and fight guys who are essentially all smaller, weaker and shorter than yourself. It's probably not just a coincidence that looch beats the tar out of guys who aren't as big and touch as himself. So he gets no slack from me when somebody bigger and tougher comes calling on him. Answer the bell. And until he does...and cleans up the garbage stuff.....he's not one of my favorites (even thou I want him to be).

[Guest micah]

I love Lucic. I'm happy when any guy who's as good a hockey player as he is drops his gloves instead of playing the "oh, I have a little bit of skill so I better not risk hurting my dainty little hands in a fight" card. That said, this Laraque/Lucic businous is getting a bit old. I really hope Lucic steps up to Laraque. Laraque will pound him, but so what? It will be good hockey, the fans (on both sides) will love it, it will solidify Looch's place as this generation's Cam Neely, and it's very unlikely that he will be injurred in the fight. You can't be a toughguy and a spot-picker, go take your medicine, Looch.

I want to reiterate - I love Milan Lucic. He's good enough to not have to fight, but he does fight, because he seems to want to be a complete hockey player. I think he's great for the team, great for the city of Boston, and most of all, great for what is becoming a league of skilled players happy to throw facewashed and gloved punches in a scrum, but unwilling to drop the gloves and actually risk getting an owwie. He is plays my favorite style of game, the Shanahan, Neely, Clark style of beating his opponents in every way possible. He is vocal, he is skilled, he is breakneck. He is what all hockeyplayers, IMO, should be.....now it's time for him to fight Laraque. Go in, do your best, get a black eye and be done with it. show the world that you have the guts that I hope you have, Looch!