Well, we’re down to 6 Swedes on the playoff roster: Captain Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg (DNP-injured, likely out for 1st round), Jonathan Ericsson, Niklas Kronwall, Johan Franzen & my fav, Tomas ‘Homer’ Holmstrom. a number of fans were wearing the Swedish national jersey.
We were very scared for Franzen; he lay on the ice for at least 5 min before they were able to get him up and he did not skate (stroke) off; they glided him off with his head hanging down. Really worried us. Freaking shocked when he came back in the 2nd. bunch of thugs on that Coyote team.
Time slows down when that kind of shit happens; I’m happy to say it was nowhere near 5 minutes he was laying on the ice. What might not have been visible to the crowd there was a shot in closeup on TV as he was being helped off the ice - he raised his head up and was clearly talking to Nick and Pavel. It was still a shock that he came back though.
And that shot by Datsyuk with his stick between the legs - unbelievable. My dad and I were laughing for 5 minutes after watching the replays, “Did he do what I think he did? He did!”
So Rangers, Canucks, and Preds all win last night. The big question is will the NHL do anything to Raffi (I remember him as being so nice when I was a kid. Sang lovely songs) Torres does this on his first game back after suspension.
Personally, while that might have been a clean hit a while ago, I think that shot deserves a suspension. Not only was that hit aimed directly at his head, it was his first game back after being suspended for an elbow to the head at the end of the regular season.
Well, when by the first five minutes of a series you’ve already committed at least three after-the-whistle cheap shots that weren’t called, you can’t really be surprised that the refs aren’t treating you with kid gloves. Just saying.
Suspended or not - will make little difference to the Canucks to loose Raffi for a few more games against 2nd tier teams (Blackhawks, then LA/Nash or Anaheim). This is the year of the Nucks. Only the likes of Detroit have any real chance to stop them.
Maybe if they suspended both the Sedins for 4 games I’d be worried.
Welcome to reality, my friend. Stoll was suspended, but it really didn’t matter. Quick was better, but the defense was superb. Thorton and Marleau are starting to live up to their old prophecies again. Pavelski…not so big.
The Coyotes basically sleepwalked thru the first 5 minutes last night-by the time they woke up, they were down 2-0 (the 2nd goal mainly involved a fundamental mistake by the goalie, who overshifted to cover the left side of the net-if he hadn’t, the deflected puck likely would have hit his body instead and not the back of the net).
UB Walker, good luck coming back from an 0-3 hole.
Absolute fucking horseshit that Torres wasn’t suspended for that hit on Seabrook. The NHL is the biggest bunch of hypocrites out there. I hope a Blackhawk goes high on one of the Sedins and ends their playoff run, let’s see how the NHL responds to that.
There you go. What a fucking joke. Guy gets suspended for elbowing someone in the head, comes back and puts a needless shoulder right into someone’s head, and gets fuck all for it. A couple of years ago, that would’ve been a fine hit. Judging by the standards the NHL attempted to establish with the little video it released when it made the rule changes, that hit was completely illegal. Blind side and aimed at the head.
I’m glad to see the NHL is taking the whole head shot thing seriously.:rolleyes:
Colin Campbell was on Prime Time Sports today explaining the disciplinary process and why Torres wasn’t suspended.
I am reporting as honestly as I can, deliberately trying to to exaggerate the case in any way; Campbell’s comments made no sense at all and could only generously be described as attaining the level of normal linguistic coherence. Bob McKeown questioned him at length and detail, but not being aggressive or unfair at all, about head hit discipline in general, not just Torres in particular, and Campbell’s replies simply made no sense individually, and in terms of the overall interview were utter nonsense. At one point Campbell rather clearly stated that the NHL in deciding suspensions considered the impact that the individual player’s absence would have on his team, e.g. how good he was; when McKeown asked him to clarify, he denied what he had just (in some detail) said.
I came away from the interview knowing even less aout how the NHL determines this stuff than I’d gone in knowing, or thought I had.