amato 3,210 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 I don't know if this has been posted here before or not but I just stumbled upon it today.. and it's hilarious. enjoy. 6 dirtydangles, Ally, TheDetroitRedWings and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingsRox 614 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 Julien was speaking about his own players, right? Babcock txt to Julien - 'If you want to ever work with me again in the Olympics, you better have a talk with your boys." 1 dirtydangles reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
number9 3,297 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 Omg I never realized Chara was sucha flopper, disgraceful 3 T.Low, dirtydangles and RedWang reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rrasco 1,312 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 I love how the announcers around 2:00 were talking about the first installment of embellishment city. 2 dirtydangles and T.Low reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt198913 932 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah I posted this in the gameday thread yesterday. The irony is delicious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plopster 136 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 That is great. The sad part is A LOT of guys in the league are doing this. It's no wonder it's a joke to people that aren't much for watching hockey. It's really sad and pathetic. Grown men acting like children. That's what we did in elementary school. The league has pretty much no credibility. Grab your nuts and man up and play a clean game. Get this garbage out of here. Then the hypocrisy of saying "oh I would never do that. It's disgraceful." Yeah, you're right, it is, and so are you. I don't care if a wings player were doing this, it's not ok. This is what happens when you take fighting out of the game. Guys take way too many liberties and act like kids. I don't recall seeing this stuff in the 90s. Probably cuz guys like D Mac and Scott Stevens would destroy you and discard you like a rag doll. Where's the pride? Favorite part is John Stewarts highlight. Had me in tears. 1 Z Winged Dangler reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Euro_Twins 4,480 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 That is great. The sad part is A LOT of guys in the league are doing this. It's no wonder it's a joke to people that aren't much for watching hockey. It's really sad and pathetic. Grown men acting like children. That's what we did in elementary school. The league has pretty much no credibility. Grab your nuts and man up and play a clean game. Get this garbage out of here. Then the hypocrisy of saying "oh I would never do that. It's disgraceful." Yeah, you're right, it is, and so are you. I don't care if a wings player were doing this, it's not ok. This is what happens when you take fighting out of the game. Guys take way too many liberties and act like kids. I don't recall seeing this stuff in the 90s. Probably cuz guys like D Mac and Scott Stevens would destroy you and discard you like a rag doll. Where's the pride? Favorite part is John Stewarts highlight. Had me in tears. The problem is the refs don't enforce the diving penalty especially on blatant ones. The players will continue to flop as long as they don't get punished. I think I saw 1 diving penalty called in a wings game this year, and there was a lot of diving going on, some from the wings too. It's something that should be cracked down on if the league wants to increase its viewership Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rking72 13 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 embellishment has become routine in all major sports, not just hockey. The NHL actually has a rule to help prevent it, but rarely ever use it. And when they do they usually just have it as a matching penalty. Funny thing about last night is the only 2 penalties the Bruins got were obvious penalties....while the Bruins seemed to be spending a lot of time complaining about embellishing and well, actually embellishing themselves. 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Euro_Twins 4,480 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 This is coming from the top. Time to crack down on embellishments from every team except the pens. 1 Z Winged Dangler reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings87 1,290 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 With a guy like Marchand on his team, he needs to shut his trap. 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) I did a spit take at the Paul MacLean Walrus head. Edited April 19, 2014 by DickieDunn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoalieManPat 1,007 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 The only time diving is called is when they can bring the other guy off to making it 4 on 4. You wont get diving out of the game until you only take the diver. If the worse thing that can happen to a player who takes a dive is 4 on 4 hockey they are going to dive all over since the punishment isnt even a slap on the wrist and the chance of getting a PP is great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Toledo 233 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 "Boston Strong," eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BottleOfSmoke 5,965 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 "Boston Strong," eh? That's up there with "Detroit's bankrupt." Don't be that guy/gal. There's plenty else to rip on the Bruins for 2 TheXym and wings87 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 Ah, the hypocrisy. I hate Chara. Idiotic goofy looking giraffe spot-picker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nawein 324 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 Want to stop diving, stop taking both. If the guy dives he gets the penalty and not the guy that "tripped him" 1 T.Low reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteLightning91 105 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 Has anyone ever come across the exact reason why the league considers diving a match penalty? I've never actually heard anyone from the league asked by someone in the media outright why that is the case with the diving rule. Which really bugs me. I mean, logically it simply does not make an iota of sense. Someone had to embellish a situation to get a call, implying the situation wasn't an offense at all in its organic form. #noideawhatisgoingon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs should petition the League to have this added as a sleeve-patch to the Bruins uniform: 1 TheXym reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Wing 1,521 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 That's funny because I want less Claude Julien. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Toledo 233 Report post Posted April 20, 2014 That's up there with "Detroit's bankrupt." Don't be that guy/gal. There's plenty else to rip on the Bruins for Wasn't making a comment on the city. Just the team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LAWings 160 Report post Posted April 21, 2014 After watching this video last night, even the Bruins announcer is yelling at the players to get up and that they are embarrassing pointing out 6'8" Chara dropping like a sack of potatoes. I chuckled and said watch little Tater is going to 'take' Chara down. Couldn't believe when it happened and he got the penalty. I've rewatched that play a couple times and Chara totally embellished that, even held Taters stick. No way a guy that big falls apart like that. Chumps. 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtydangles 1,328 Report post Posted April 21, 2014 After watching this video last night, even the Bruins announcer is yelling at the players to get up and that they are embarrassing pointing out 6'8" Chara dropping like a sack of potatoes. I chuckled and said watch little Tater is going to 'take' Chara down. Couldn't believe when it happened and he got the penalty. I've rewatched that play a couple times and Chara totally embellished that, even held Taters stick. No way a guy that big falls apart like that. Chumps. Ya the Tatar call was pretty funny. When Chara wants to stay on his feet he does - lets be honest. I've only seen Chara knocked off balance to the ice by a hit maybe 2 or 3 times ever and I highly doubt Tatar has the leverage to pull him down without slew footing him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_SP_ 129 Report post Posted April 21, 2014 anyone have a video of the "takedown"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhah 195 Report post Posted April 21, 2014 I agree with what others have said in thread, until its not considered just a matching penalty and only the "diver" goes off the ice, nothing will change. I ***** endlessly about this almost every time we played the Sharks in the playoffs. 1 T.Low reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loutswings 47 Report post Posted April 22, 2014 Surprised no one posted the video of Tatar slamming Chara. Still have a hard time a 6'9 getting taken down to the ice by a guy under 6'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites