Larry Brooks comments on the Dale Hunter History Will Be Made Commercial
Via the NY Post:
While Brooks is often off the mark with the Isles, his take on the '93 team and the aftermath of the Hunter cheap shot really hits the mark.
Notable quotes:
"The NHL's celebration of Dale Hunter as part of its playoff "History Will Be Made" promotion is nothing less than sickening."
"Understand that a healthy, undamaged Turgeon never in a million years would have been traded to the Canadiens for Kirk Muller less than two years later in the deal that debilitated the organization."
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What Kirk Muller trade?
I don’t recall that happening.
You’d think that a functioning league would have vetoed such a trade as unconscionable anyway. . . .
by AP77 on Apr 4, 2011 9:59 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
I was at that infamous game...
and I still get the same nauseous feeling when ever I see the clip. Poor Pierre was NEVER the same after Hunter’s cheap shot. I had no idea the NHL would celebrate such a career scumbag in a commercial. Brooks is right, the hit started the unravelling of the Islander organization.What’s next, a Todd Bertuzzi Christmas card to Steve Moore commercial?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vitORBQJAcQ
"In fairness, one of the defenders should have picked that guy up. But flailing around on the wrong side of the net is just as effective, I guess" AP77 on the Joy of watching Dylan Reese
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Wow...
Hard to believe this was the closest this team has been to the cup since the Dynasty ended. Loved every minute of this playoffs, especially the next series against Pitt. I nearly got fired from my job because I was paying more attention to Game 7 instead of my tables.
Watching this video was indeed cathartic, and it reminded me how much the team now reminds me of the team then. Watching Hogue and Thomas flip out on all the Caps on the ice, and Pilon vault THROUGH Cavallini to get to Hunter makes me think of how everyone on this squad has each other’s back. Sure, pundits try to place a ‘goon’ tag on this team, but they miss that nearly the whole squad came up to the league and matured TOGETHER. Nobody can disrespect any member of this team and emerge unscathed.
I just saw it live.
It’s enraging.
I'm a mets, jets, islander, and terps fan. Also known as a glutton for perennial punishment.
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