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That Orpick hit is perfect. Lateral force. Exploding up is dumb.

 

I'm trying to tell ya.  And the thing to take from it is, it accomplished everything it was supposed to WHILE AT THE SAME TIME not injuring anyone.  He imposed himself physically, he separated the man from the puck, he broke up the rush AND he didn't injure anyone.  That's exactly how you should be hitting in any era, past or present. 

All y'all need to stop living in the past with demanding retribution/explanation/etc. for the Weber hit.

Yes, it was a bad non-call, non-suspension, Shannywithhisheadinhisass kind of situation.

...and I love PainTrain as much as the next guy, but he gone.  He ain't coming back.

 

I'm pissed at Abby.  He's been playing well, been a good presence on the ice and then crosses the line and does something REALLY unnecessary.

Abby's hit was questionable and he compounded the issue by both exploding upwards into the hit (and in turn leaving his feet during impact) and extending his arms.  Keep your s*** in tight and rock the body, you got yourself a clean hit...

 

OR DO YOU?

 

More than anything else:

I want a more coherent explanation of the Gryba on Eller hit. It's topical.  It's current. 

It's going to be a video comparison we see over and over and over moving forward.  ...and I still think it's clean as a bar of Irish Spring.

 

The video shown in the Shanaban explanation shows that initial point of contact is the chest and shoulder area. To me, it's clear. Impact is chest/sternum, glancing head, glancing right shoulder. It's unfortunate that hitting the ice opened up Eller's precious face, but c'mon Shanny this is grasping...

You say Eller is eligible to be hit, but then quantify it with nonsense!! 

I don't even understand what "taking the wrong route" means or "enough of a full body check." 

He doesn't explode upwards.  He doesn't extend a shoulder, elbow, or fore-arm. 

Get out your protactor, t-squares, and level to measure the angle of body checks folks...  This is what it's come to.

 

Agreed.

 

Wow wish he was still playing here. Not a single player on this roster who gets angry and plays with a chip on their shoulder besides Datsyuk

Quincey was pissed in the post game interview and said that's why he doesn't hit.  He called out the league for making guys second guess their hits.  Even said if you hit a guy its almost always a penalty nowadays.

A better way to go about handling suspensions is NOT to consider the aftermath.  Punish the act, not the effect.  That will stop the melodramatics, keep the games flowing, and stop the gamesmanship.  Doesn't make much sense to punish the effect anyway.

Whoopsie. Did I wander into a Canucks forum?

 

 

 

 

Not the best quality but here it is...Shanny Holland you watching?

Fixed.

Late night crew, in the house.

I can't wait for when the Wings score and everyone is back on the bandwagon. Not watching the OT my ass. This place is pathetic.

Sorry babcock a lot of this falls on you. Notice how the other team takes a timeout when the wings score quick goals. The second it was 4-3 he needed to calm this team down and slow down the game.

Anyone blaming Howard should just leave this thread. It's Howard's fault but not the 5 guys in front of him that gave up?

what!!!!!!!!!!

 

He forgot the /sarcasm tags

Believe that's 17-0-2 since last game, no? 

 

Woot!  Lets hope thats 18-0-2 now!

 

Goal MULE!

I guess this is what we can expect when Eaves and Tootoo aren't splitting time in the press box and are in the lineup where they belong.

 

It was a statistical anomaly. Whine all you want. That doesn't change anything. Teams sometimes lose games because of bad luck, bad breaks, or mistakes.

 

That said, exactly what do you expect Babcock to say? That his goalie make a horrific mistake? That the team is playing horribly? That several players flat-out suck? That the organization is in the pits? Not only would those be untrue, you're also missing some very basic aspects of human social interaction. Babcock can and no doubt does let loose with what he thinks in private, to the players and to those others who need to hear it. When it comes to the public, that not OK. Doing so would cause tension between he and the players. Tortorella is the only coach of note who does it, and it causes serious problems in the locker room.

 

Give that some thought.

 

I wasn't suggesting he call them out in the press.  The fact that he makes excuses to the press is a symptom in my opinion.  If my guys weren't executing for s***, and because of this aren't winning games, I'll let them know it by reducing their ice time/benching them.  And then when the media heads ask questions I'll tell them what happened.  We failed to execute properly.  We made lazy line changes.  We left our goalie out to dry.  No need to downplay the fact that this team has looked like garbage all too frequently this year.  Own it, and prove that you're trying to fix it through your personnel moves.

 

If San Jose can bench Joe Thornton for playing like sh*t, then Babs can quit making excuses for two f*** ups which cost us valuable points, or saying how consistent we are when after we lose to Calgary (for the third time).  To me, that undermines accountability. 

Best D-Man On Our Team

Nyquist and Brunner are going to be lethal together after they get a training camp's worth of time together and a little more weight and strength to go around.  They really work well together.