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Hockey: News and Discussion Thread
02-17-2011, 08:45 AM
Trolling Canuckistan
He hit his head on the boards but Chara never targeted the head. Remember he's 6'9" tall when he's bare foot probably about 7' with skates. Both those were clean hits. Neither hit came from the blind side. Chara's just bigger than everyone else.
02-17-2011, 09:34 AM
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I wouldn't call them dirty. Players should do everything possible to avoid hits from Chara.
02-17-2011, 10:34 AM
02-17-2011, 12:06 PM
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Update:
Kings: playoff odds up 5.2 to 84.3%
Hawks: playoff odds up 9.3 to 58.6%
Kings: playoff odds up 5.2 to 84.3%
Hawks: playoff odds up 9.3 to 58.6%
02-17-2011, 12:21 PM
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yup, it's the players fault for sure
Originally Posted by jupitersolo
Anything is a head shot with Chara. I'm 6'4" and it would still be a head shot.
Frankly we all know that there's still too much gray area with these hits, but something needs to be done
02-17-2011, 12:39 PM
This is just like the hits in football, the player goes to hit the guy with the ball, and the guy with the ball changes direction and lowers their head.
Grabovski seemed to have changed and made himself smaller before the hit.
Chara didn't go after the head.
Grabovski seemed to have changed and made himself smaller before the hit.
Chara didn't go after the head.
02-17-2011, 02:46 PM
Trolling Canuckistan
I know how tall he is, but it doesn't take away from the fact that he contacted the back of the head with his arms. I thought that's what the league is trying to get away from?
yup, it's the players fault for sure
I'm 6'5" but it's still a head shot, so you've made my point. It's a HEAD SHOT
Frankly we all know that there's still too much gray area with these hits, but something needs to be done
yup, it's the players fault for sureI'm 6'5" but it's still a head shot, so you've made my point. It's a HEAD SHOT
Frankly we all know that there's still too much gray area with these hits, but something needs to be done
There are going be injuries in a tough sport like hockey, not every concussion or "head shot" is the result of a dirty play. Sometimes it is the injured players fault for putting himself in a prone position. The hit Matt Hunwick laid on former team mate Marc Savard wasn't a dirty hit but none the less it resulted in a concussion.
Dirty hits that target the head are only part of the problem with concussions in the NHL. Another issue is that on average the players have gotten much bigger and stronger over the last 30 years. Bigger stronger players means bigger hits.
Now that the players hit harder we need better equipment. Padding is replaced with padding and hard plastic or hard composite plating. The items players were using to protect themselves from bone crushing hits are now adding to the bone crushing nature of the hit by adding armor to the already bigger stronger players. In great Judo style, the protection has become the weapon.
Now factor in that the only soft part of a hockey rink is the netting in the goal. The boards are hard the glass is hard the ice is hard the puck is hard and the pipes that support that ever so soft goal net are pretty hard too. Everything you crash into on a hockey rink is solid as a rock, add back in those bigger stronger harder hitting players covered in armor and people are going to get hurt.
02-17-2011, 03:32 PM
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Pooslinger is so full of 
E5 everyone!!! Must have been a slow day on the site....so let's make something up!
Poo: you are pathetic.
Also I am told the Kings and Avalanche are in definite discussions, with the Avs having a strong interest in Bernier.
E5 everyone!!! Must have been a slow day on the site....so let's make something up!Poo: you are pathetic.
02-17-2011, 03:35 PM
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Wow, he should go into fiction.
02-17-2011, 03:35 PM
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I'm surprised he has not yacked about trading Ovechkin for Kobe Bryant. 
02-17-2011, 03:40 PM
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^^ Kobe who?
02-18-2011, 08:48 AM
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02-18-2011, 12:05 PM
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Kaberle to Boston...done?
Additionally the Leafs are supposed to get Boston's #1 pick in this years draft.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey...ct-for-kaberle
The Boston Globe is also reporting that the Tomas Kaberle trade is but a mere formality.
Quoting a league source, the paper’s hockey blog says that Kaberle is on the verge of heading to Beantown.
The deal would reportedly see Joe Colborne and Boston’s 2011 first-round pick headed to Toronto for Kaberle.
Quoting a league source, the paper’s hockey blog says that Kaberle is on the verge of heading to Beantown.
The deal would reportedly see Joe Colborne and Boston’s 2011 first-round pick headed to Toronto for Kaberle.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey...ct-for-kaberle
02-18-2011, 12:59 PM
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Ruutu traded to the Ducks
Right-winger Francis Lessard will arrive to fill the spot Senators general manager Bryan Murray opened when he traded left-winger Jarkko Ruutu to the Anaheim Ducks for a sixth-round draft pick (which was previously acquired from Phoenix) on Thursday.
Ruutu, following Mike Fisher and Chris Kelly, is the third Senator to be traded in less than a week as Murray blows up the Ottawa roster and prepares to make it over.
Lessard's arrival will mean that Ottawa's lineup against the Boston Bruins tonight will feature six Binghamton Senators. And there will be more openings in the days leading up to the Feb. 28 trade deadline. Murray said he suspects there will be "at least" a couple more deals.
Ruutu, following Mike Fisher and Chris Kelly, is the third Senator to be traded in less than a week as Murray blows up the Ottawa roster and prepares to make it over.
Lessard's arrival will mean that Ottawa's lineup against the Boston Bruins tonight will feature six Binghamton Senators. And there will be more openings in the days leading up to the Feb. 28 trade deadline. Murray said he suspects there will be "at least" a couple more deals.
Oh, the humanity ... My poor Sens are now attaining the levels of
suckitude that I previously thought were reserved for the Leafs.
02-18-2011, 01:01 PM
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02-18-2011, 01:02 PM
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Bruins Acquire Valabik, Peverley for Stuart and Wheeler from Thrashers...
Whoa...Boston's D just got even meaner. Chara and Valabik!
Story here: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354407
Story here: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354407
02-18-2011, 01:23 PM
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02-18-2011, 01:25 PM
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http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/...283/story.html
Oh, the humanity ... My poor Sens are now attaining the levels of
suckitude that I previously thought were reserved for the Leafs.
Oh, the humanity ... My poor Sens are now attaining the levels of
suckitude that I previously thought were reserved for the Leafs.
02-18-2011, 01:26 PM
The sizzle in the Steak
Interesting: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354385
02-18-2011, 01:49 PM
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02-18-2011, 01:56 PM
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http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/...283/story.html
Oh, the humanity ... My poor Sens are now attaining the levels of
suckitude that I previously thought were reserved for the Leafs.
Oh, the humanity ... My poor Sens are now attaining the levels of
suckitude that I previously thought were reserved for the Leafs.
02-18-2011, 01:57 PM
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Kaberle to Boston is Official...
Well, dom...your team has done decently in accumulating some picks again. Just hope they have some luck and smarts in their selections!
Kaberle deal story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354402
Kaberle deal story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354402
02-18-2011, 02:23 PM
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Burke will trade away all his picks on draft day 
02-18-2011, 02:25 PM
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02-18-2011, 02:26 PM
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Maybe...Bobby Ryan!
02-18-2011, 02:28 PM
Trolling Canuckistan
Well, dom...your team has done decently in accumulating some picks again. Just hope they have some luck and smarts in their selections!
Kaberle deal story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354402
Kaberle deal story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354402
He'll be in a Bruins uniform tonight vs the Ottawa Replacements.
FWIW, the 1st rounder the Leafs are getting isn't the one they gave to the B's in the Kessel deal, it will be the less valuable of the 1st rounders the B's have. Valabik is most likely going to be a member of the Providence Bruins.
02-18-2011, 02:48 PM
I am #76,361,211,935
02-18-2011, 02:56 PM
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Well, dom...your team has done decently in accumulating some picks again. Just hope they have some luck and smarts in their selections!
Kaberle deal story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354402
Kaberle deal story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354402
Is a 25th and 30th 1st round pick better than a 5th?
Any info on the Colborne kid would be appreciated.
02-18-2011, 02:59 PM
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BTW - Is it too early to trade Phenuf and Komarsarik? Maybe we could get spots 25 through 30 in this year's 1st round. 
02-18-2011, 02:59 PM
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At least that's the scouting report. If he can develop a mean streak, he may become quite something.
02-18-2011, 03:01 PM
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Any idea on his 10-11 stats?
02-18-2011, 03:02 PM
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02-18-2011, 03:04 PM
Trolling Canuckistan
16th overall in the 08 draft. Hasn't ever played for the big B's and very few games with the Providence B's so we don't know much either. From his prospect report.....
http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectdetail.htm?dpid=28
•Led the AJHL in playoff scoring with 16 points (8-8-16), including six power-play goals, en route to an AJHL championship in 2008.
•In 2007-08 he tied for first overall in the league with 57 assists and his 90 points placed him second overall.
•Participated in the 2007 CJAHL Top Prospects Game and was unanimously selected to Team South for the 2008 AJHL All-Star Game.
•Posted seven points (3-5--7) at the 2007 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge as a member of Team Canada West, helping his team win gold.
•In 2007-08 he tied for first overall in the league with 57 assists and his 90 points placed him second overall.
•Participated in the 2007 CJAHL Top Prospects Game and was unanimously selected to Team South for the 2008 AJHL All-Star Game.
•Posted seven points (3-5--7) at the 2007 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge as a member of Team Canada West, helping his team win gold.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectdetail.htm?dpid=28
02-18-2011, 03:05 PM
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Listen twigboy, don't let me come over there....
I don't feel like setting up the sled.
I don't feel like setting up the sled.
02-18-2011, 03:07 PM
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Thank you kindly Black Label. If only we could all be so courteous.
02-18-2011, 03:07 PM
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02-18-2011, 03:17 PM
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02-18-2011, 03:43 PM
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Blues Trade Brewer to Bolts
02-18-2011, 03:51 PM
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Ek- seems to think the Leafs are obsessed with Brad Richards...
seems to think the Leafs are obsessed with Brad Richards...