Martin won't change the way he plays
"It looks awful. You can see from the other angle I never threw a punch and my hand is wide open when I go to grab him.
"Everybody’s trying to call it a sucker punch, that I jumped him from behind, when really, I never really threw a punch at him at all."
-Martin
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If I read that correctly...
… he pretty much is calling Talbot a turtling pussy. Whcih means he had better prepare for Godard, Rupp or Asham the next time he plays Shittsburg. I think that’s how it works, right Mario?
And we all (well those that don’t live and die by the Corsi numbers) love you Matt. I proudly wear my 17 jersey to every sporting event I can.
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Indeed
Free Matt Martin! It pisses me off that this is in the “Vancouver Sun”. Stories like this should be in Newsday and The Daily News…where it would matter to the hometown people. We should be showing the angle, defending the team, not the Vancouver sun 3000 miles away. Hopefully the kid knows we support him and can’t wait till he’s back (let it go garik! He did good in this case! hahaha)
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by Keith Quinn on Feb 18, 2011 8:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Its actually a Windsor Star article that the Vancouver Sun reprinted/reposted.
I thought it was theirs at first, as well.
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 18, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair I did post a good story from the New York Times about Grabner
So they haven’t been completely absent.
You mean to tell me shooting the puck from 70 feet out doesn't earn us extra goals?
What you're trying to say is
You were into Martin before Martin was cool. But if you REALLY had gotten in on the ground level, you’d have a MARTIN #46 jersey like in that picture! (Just ribbing…that picture took me back. Didn’t know he fought Simonds…preseason maybe?)
I happen to agree with Martin. The angle they keep showing makes it look much worse than it was, and he stopped even swinging after Talbot did the Talbot Turtle.
But who bothers to look at evidence these days? The other version is a much better story.
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Wow JP
You have a Jude Drouin jersey? I love it.
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This is incredible
If this is true, it means that the NHL has not really been looking at all tapes and listening to all views on every case.
This would in fact be a serious indictment and would almost warrant taking legal action or even threatening to leave the league (letting Mario have it to himself) instead of everyone continuing to play along with every stupid decision like a bunch of oversized sheep.
Maybe it is time for a new WHA, if perhaps just to keep the NHL honest. Just maybe…
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by Paumanok on Feb 19, 2011 9:13 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Or alternatively...
…there is also the civil disobedience route. Send Martin out there tonight and make sure everyone knows why.
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Sorry about the rantologue...
But another thought is that if no punch was actually thrown, Talbot should of course be suspended for quite a long while himself for simulating.
At this point, I almost want to believe that Martin is lying since it would be easier to take. But I don’t.
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Well, I don't think he was simulating
More just turtling. He felt the first punch (landed or not) and, obviously Talbot was in no mood to fight, as has been the case during pretty much every encounter.
If I look really closely, I swear I can see him saying, “But no, this is Godard’s job!”
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Well, according to Martin there wasn’t even a punch, unless he’s making that up.
I guess I’m just shocked by the prospect that Campbell et al. had a good look at the tapes, saw nothing in particular, and decided to suspend Martin for 4 games. And why was there no protest on the part of the Islanders then? All very frustrating.
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hm
I thought it was “NOT IN THE FACE!”
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What I want to know is....
… where was this friggin’ article the day after the game??? That’s exactly what I’ve been saying for weeks, and nobody’s believed me. (Well, not people from this site obviously, but on other message boards).
No goalie experience? NO PROBLEM! Come on down!
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 19, 2011 4:17 PM EST reply actions
Here's the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S9mCL5JiDc
Start at 1:58, you see the talbot slash on mikko and if you slow it down or pause it a bunch of clicks, you see martin going for the open handed jersey grab. Martin speaks the truth!
Proud Islanders fan, the organization that iced the greatest team to ever play the game and won 4 straight cups. Best overall player in the nhl right now=Pavel Datsyuk.
And never forget "The Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take it Retribution Game" against the pens where we beat their ass on the scoreboard 9-3 and on the ice, getting retribution for their cheapshotting wussy asses!:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010020823&navid=sb:recap
Thanks
Actually it does look like Martin was going for a sucker punch but didn’t land. There just needs to be a more transparent discipline process with hearings, etc. Talbot’s egregious slash should have also been addressed like so many other nasty things he has been doing. It would be nice to be able to trust the NHL to be impartial and to investigate things closely before jumping to conclusions. Teams should also be able to complain about head-hits, etc. after games for them to be punished by the league.
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