***Official 2007-2008 NHL Season Thread***

Sunny Mehta · #1 10-15-2007, 02:38 PM

hey Triumph,

fyi I'm involved in a pretty interesting discussion on the Devils on some dude's blog....

http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=2803

-S

Triumph36 · #2 10-15-2007, 03:38 PM

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hey Triumph,

fyi I'm involved in a pretty interesting discussion on the Devils on some dude's blog....

http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=2803

-S

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there goes my afternoon. ty for the link.

weird, I can't seem to post there.

DaExMan · #3 10-15-2007, 06:11 PM

How can the canucks be ranked 18th on tsn? they had one really bad game against philly

http://www.tsn.ca/fantasy_news/feature/?fid=548

bluef0x · #4 10-16-2007, 12:49 AM

WTF IS WITH THE INSTIGATOR PENALTY?! They bring in a retarded rule and then use it absolutely randomly.

A few games ago, Torres lays a dirty (surprise, surprise) knee to knee on Mitchell... Doug Murray goes after him and both drop the gloves and fight. Murray gets an instigator penalty.

Next game, Davidson throws a LEGAL hit on a Blackhawk, and a Blackhawk jumps Davidson. They both fight.. no instigator! It was seriously the same exact scenario as the previous game.

Tonight, final minute of play, a few Canucks jump Milan Michalek (who doesn't fight) and Ryane Clowe. One Canuck is choking Clowe from behind while another punches him. Two Canucks are on Michalek. Now this is a perfect candidate for the instigator penalty, since the game is over (4-2, minute left, Sharks on the power play, players jumping Sharks) yet no instigator is called.

Great job inventing a retarded rule and not even using it in the most appropriate way.

Cooke is a [censored], please go get ran over by Thornton some more. At least idiots like Torres will drop the gloves and not hide behind visors.

Triumph36 · #5 10-16-2007, 01:24 AM

the instigator penalty is called less often in the 3rd period because of the new rule brought in that calls for a mandatory suspension + fine of the player + fine of the coach for instigating a fight in the final five minutes of a game.

my guess is that if it's as egregious as you say, they might go ahead and do that anyway.

bluef0x · #6 10-16-2007, 01:38 AM

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the instigator penalty is called less often in the 3rd period because of the new rule brought in that calls for a mandatory suspension + fine of the player + fine of the coach for instigating a fight in the final five minutes of a game.

my guess is that if it's as egregious as you say, they might go ahead and do that anyway.

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I believe both players have to drop the gloves and engage for it to be an instigator as well. In this case, gloves weren't dropped by everyone- so an instigator can't be called (which is retarded IMO). Cooke will receive a 10-game suspension for being the first player over and be fined the maximum allowed under the CBA. The team will be fined $10,000 (big deal) and the Coach might be suspended/fined $10,000.

Cooke was a healthy scratch in the previous Canucks game. The coach told him he needed to play his game and be an agitator to get back in the lineup.... seems like a roughing penalty + the altercation was a bit much. Thornton stated what he thought of Cooke to the Vancouver media before tonight's game.

bluef0x · #7 10-16-2007, 01:48 AM

Wow, Cooke might have been on the ice the entire time, not sure.

I think the Canuck feed showed everything more clearly, so things might be dropped... I only had access to the SJ feed where Drew Remenda was using UFC terminology.

Good picture:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/344...024x768oy1.jpg
I never saw that... they only showed it when Cooke appeared to be sitting on the bench door and really had his arm under Clowe. From a Canucks' POV, Clowe came in and checked Ritchie and Cooke (not sure if he was on the ice or jumped on) grabbed Clowe and that's when SJ cameras started focusing on Clowe.

bluef0x · #8 10-16-2007, 12:49 AM

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How can the canucks be ranked 18th on tsn? they had one really bad game against philly

http://www.tsn.ca/fantasy_news/feature/?fid=548

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Because they blow.

DaExMan · #9 10-16-2007, 01:01 AM

If you havn't already looked at that link (assuming by your post you havn't). Where do you think the sharks would be ranked?

g-bebe · #10 10-16-2007, 01:07 AM

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If you havn't already looked at that link (assuming by your post you havn't). Where do you think the sharks would be ranked?

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these rankings are so retarded. tsn is just so, so stupid, and the sad thing is, is that it considers itself the highest authority on hockey in canada