Jack Capuano, interim head coach of the "Filth on the Sound" should be suspended by the league for at least twice as long as whatever suspension comes down for Dan Bylsma. Garth Snow sucked the under side of the sac as a goaltender, and I guess now he just nibbles the edges. Matt Moulson, you can score 100 goals a year and I am glad you are part of the Filth on the Sound v being a Penguin. Matt Martin, Zenon Kenopka, Trevor Gilles, gutless ball sacks who put a black eye on the league far bigger than any they put on the Penguins last night. And the league, I cant wait to see how they play this one out, as their officiating crew predictably lost control of what was supposed to be a hockley game last night. I guess to the Islanders, their drooling fans, and even some of the hockey world in general, deliberate dirty, cowardly "plays" are an acceptable form of retribution for the fact that their over rated, pussy of a goaltender got his face broken in a straight up fight with our goaltender......note to Johnson, you should have punched him again while he was down, and broken him up a bit more, as it is obvious that no quarter would be given by the Isles. The team also seemed to think that clean, but hard hits by Max Talbot were not allowed on Parenteau or Comeau as it may have jarred their tampons loose! Listen, I know how the NHL is, and I fully expected that cement heads such as Gilles and Kenopka would try to extract some measure of revenge for the ass whipping their cream puff goalie took last week. But the blind side hit Martin put on Talbot to really get the cheap stuff going should be AT LEAST a five game suspension, more due to the fact that he continued to try to hit a defenseless player on the ice. Ben Eager recently got 4 game for less of a blatant hit. Except for the fact that Talbot saw it at the last minute, it was exactly the same hit that Bertuzzi put on Steve Moore that resulted in a very serious injury to Moore and an indefinite suspension for Bertuzzi. It will be very interesting to see what the Elf and his crew in New York decide the punishment for that will be. I bet it is not even 5 games. As far as Trevor Gilles, he came all the way across the ice to deliver an elbow to the head of Eric Tangradi, then as he hit the ice in a daze, he began to punch him while down, a classless ballless act by a guy whose life is defined by them. Then, more gutless still he is seen in runway taunting Tangradi as he is tended to, and several off ice Islanders officials sit there and watch. A franchise that was once the pride of the league has proven again how far it has fallen. No wonder Guerin wanted to be retired as a Penguin. Well, not sure how many games you take this piece of trash out for, but the elbow plus the follow up punching, plus the taunting would seem to be the kind of offense the NHL would punish HEAVILY. I cannot wait to see what they do here. They gave Cooke 4 games for a MUCH less punishing hit, that did not involve any follow up punching, or unsportsmanlike actions. And Gilles, like Cooke is not a first timer, so I would think that double the penalty at a minimum would make sense. Haley, the tool that attacked Talbot and then went after Johnson, was one of a few additional talent less goons brought up by Snow and Capuano for this specific purpose. Godard will get the mandatory 10 games for leaving the bench to defend Johnson, plus a 10K fine, and Bylsma will get a 10K fine and a suspension for allowing it. Kudos to both, the only thing Godard did wrong was not catching Haley clean with a punch that could have hurt him. So NHL, given the fact that the "braintrust" of the Isles brought up additional talentless trash to supplement the more than ample talentless trash pool they already had up at the NHL level, to attempt to injure Penguins players as part of their retaliation for percieved liberties taken, how do you punish Capuano and Snow? You really think that the punishment for Godard/Bylsma fits the crime of protecting a teammate who should not have and frankly would not have been exposed to being hammered by a goon if your league and its officials were competent? There is a code in hockey and you do not see cement heads attacking goal tenders. If the guys who had obvious intentions would have been ejected instead of the toughest Penguins players, this would not have gotten to this level. Especially with the obvious intent and authorization by Capuano and Snow to take retribution to a ridiculous and dirty level, how does the league not fine Snow, and suspend Capuano? I am sure I am right when I say that you will be shocked by the lack of teeth in the punishment for the Isles despite the one sided manner in which the really ugly stuff unfolded. I have seen a lot of hockey, and have never seen a disgrace like that live. Despite having the best game, the NHL is clearly the joke of all "professsonal" sports.
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