CNDHockeyFan

Like I said in another post, when you watch the play the guy in front of the net hit McLennan with his stick... a tender that just steps into the game you get hit in the face and in all 5 games you have seen you friend get run OVER and OVER again. I would have dropped my gloves and taken a round out of him myself. But if there is on thing in the NHL that bugs me the most it is the stick work... I can not defend the use of the stick. But at the sametime, how can you not be upset at the player that drops his kness when going for a hip check... or a guy that puts his elbow up on a clean hit. I guess this game is going both ways, and in the last few mintues the flames got a bit dirty, but at the sametime there has been very very dirty play by the red wings in the last 4 games. It was just a matter of time.

As a hockey fan in general, and a goaltender that has been playing for over 12 years at varying levels I am very disturbed at the lack of respect for goaltenders in this series. Even more so at the Red Wings, this is a team that has shown little to no respect for goaltenders and in general other players on the ice. I guess this is reflection of a team that would pick up a player like Todd Bertuzzi, hits that are low on players, hitting other players into there own goaltender, putting elbows up when other players are coming in for a clean hit. It is no wonder why the Flames backup did what he did in the last few minutes, live by the sword die by the sword… and in what is now becoming true Red Wings style the player over sells something and takes away from the game (not that what he did was right). It has proved to be a classless team, and one of my favorite players in International hockey Kris Draper has sold himself out and started to buy into a system that is not a true reflection of how the game is to be played. From a true hockey fan I am just disgusted at this team and if the flames don’t knock them out of the playoffs I hope the next team does. Just my 2 cents