Last posts on this issue, as it is about as disgusting to see the reaction of the average "human" to Friday night's debacle on the ice. Look up the videos of the suckerpunch to Talbot, the flying elbow etc. to Tangradi, and read the commentary if you can stomach it. Look at the 50 to 1 ratio of people who like the videos v those who do not. Utterly amazing. The overwhelming argument "people" seem to use to justify the organized mugging that the NHL allowed and condones on Friday night seems to be twofold. First, how can the Penguins complain about what happended Friday, as we lead the league in penalties and fighting majors. Second, how can Mario complain about what happened when he employs Matt Cooke? To the first point. What do you clowns want, really? First, until this team toughened up under Shero, the Penguins were called pussies, and denegrated for their lack of toughness. The Penguins historically were not a physical team, preferring skilled, fast players over bruising tough players. But, since the idiots who run the league, and the skating clowns in stripes do not protect skilled players from thuggery, the Penguins acquired the pieces to help protect their skill guys. Now, that is wrong too? The Penguins lead the league in fighting majors because they need to to keep the goons off of Crosby and Malkin. And the only guy they employ who is only a figher is Eric Godard. Godard is a very good fighter, but one who honors the code. Show me a play where Godard was the coward that Gilles was in hitting a player from behind in the head with an elbow, then punching him while he was out of it. Show me a time that Godard sucker punched any player, much less a much smaller player in the head from behind. Or attempted to fight a goaltender. The other guys who fight on the Penguins like Engelland, Asham, and Rupp are good players, who skate regular minutes, and fight when necessary. As does EVERY team in the league. As far as the Cooke argument, I would say this. Matt Cooke has made some bad decisions in terms of hits he has made, no doubt. He plays in the gray areas, to be sure, but every team has at least one guy like Cooke, and they all covet them. Should he tone down his game some, probably. But anyone who thinks that employing Matt Cooke makes the felonious assaults made by the drooling sub NHL goons okay should experience the feeling of getting hit in the head with an elbow from behind by some jackass, then punched in the face while they attempt to gather their wits. It is an offer I gladly make to you myself. If the Islanders came out, hit everything that moved, fought everything that moved, LIKE MEN, face to face, then despite the fact that there percieved slights were a joke, I could at least give that some respect. But the plays made by the Islanders are nothing short of premeditated felonies, carried out by cowards. If you think that they were justified in that level of response, then you should not be allowed to procreate, as the world is already chock full of idiots. The NHL is an even bigger joke than I thought, and that is saying something. Enough said. Karma has a way of catching up, and I will be happily await that day. And Beej, if you ever have an Islander on the ice again, face open and vulnerable, think about Friday night before you give quarter.
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