Grapes of Wrath at Mario
Another hockey elder rips Mario.
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BCISLEMAN
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Thanks BC!
I would love to hear the Fischler and Daneyko things if anyone has those.
"Gervais...he looks danger in the fist with his face!" JPinVA
by Keith Quinn on Feb 17, 2011 8:25 AM EST via mobile reply actions
as tweeted last night...
“where’s the fine for Pittsburg?”
(on talbot) “what bell did he answer??? he turtled!”
on mario “grapes called him a hypocrite and i agree with him, you have the dirtiest player in the league, what about the crosby slewfoot on callahan…”
NYI Hockey! We'll get that winless month yet!
Yeah, but a tweet doesn't really convey it
Grapes is more dismissive in this podcast. Fischler went absolutely nuts. Thought he was going to have an attack of some kind. When Daneyko attempted to somewhat defend Talbot, it was like pouring gasoline on a raging fire as he even dialed it up a few notches.
Cherry has always hated two things - Mario and hits from behind
I quite vividly recall Cherry calling Mario a floater and perfect for the All-Star game, so there is no love lost there.
Cherry also promotes those red stickers that say “Stop” on the back of kids helmets and Cooke’s action certainly go against his crusade to stop hits from behind.
Sarcasm is my permanent font.
in fairness
Mario was a floater in his early years…most hockey analysis cite Mario playing alongside Wayne Gretzky with the Canadian Canada cup teams as the maturing point for Mario. Even Mario has acknowledge what Gretzky did for his career.
Cherry is right about this one though. It was also Cherry who predicted the NHL would see a major rise in garbage like stick work, head shots and blindsides if they tried to phase out fighting.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Feb 17, 2011 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
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