NHL Bandwagon Strikes Again (At least from the Cynical Isles Fan POV)

…..well, if you’re posting this in response to TT’s jousting with the Burr, gonna have to say that Alexandre got that started by trying to knock Thomas’ stick out’ his hands, and a lot of Canucks have been using theirs on him all series so it’s right in (goal)keeping…..Marchand most assuredly got on my nerves last night and my opinion of him has deteriorated as a result, though…..

THINK I have a sense of what you meant by that, but can’t quite articulate it, C:) Truth be known, I fell asleep for part of the 3rd and awakened to see Burrow’s crosscheck of TT…..check FB when you get a chance; hollered at you over there this AM…..

Frans Nielsen and Michael Grabner ARE ‘squeaky clean’! Comparatively, anyhow…..

There are repeat offenders on both teams (Lucic, Horton, maybe Chara; Burrows, Lapierre…maybe Kesler).

I don’t have a problem with either of Thomas’ “antics” either. Kerry Fraser went into the rulebook reasons of why Thomas is allowed to check a Sedin who waltzes into his crease, too. Meanwhile, as others have said, Burrows chopped Thomas’ stick out of his hands (which is no surprise given Burrows history).

Agreed that things will happen with emotions high though. I’m glad they put a stop to the finger-bite-simulation silliness.

It’s weird, I don’t feel strongly about either of these teams, so I just see a few players I really like playing well, a few players I can’t stand playing well but doing typically toolish things.

I find it funny that the B’s obit was written after they’d lost two measly road games, and now that they’ve tied it up people are writing the Canucks’ obit. Three games left! No team has lost at home. The first two games were razor-thin close. The next two were blowouts. It’s called a series!

Burrows gets a game for the bite, and I bet most of this goes away

Neither side is innocent here, and while I like Thomas, a slash to Burrow’s knee was pretty cheap, especially in a game they’d already won.

Maybe I’m just tired of not being in the playoffs, and its making me ornery. Or maybe I’m deciding between two fairly unlikeable teams (at least, the more I watch them they become more unlikeable)

This is what the series has come down to, I’m offering a defense of Alex Burrows. I need a shower

The stanchion hit by chara and a few lucic incidents I recall were definitely suspension worthy and he got nothing, probably a play or 2 prior to the SCF could have gotten Lucic or another bruin suspended too.

But I don’t understand the Thomas thing. He got his stick slashed out of his hands. So he returns the favor. You wanna suspend Thomas for a game, you have to suspend Burrows for a game because he is just as much as fault. But no one will suspend a starting goalie in the nhl SCF unless they really deserve it. Nothing to see there now, so move along.

That said, I’ll honestly say I believe the Bruins and Nucks are both 2 of the nhl’s “dirtier” teams with the antics and stuff they do.

For the Nucks:
-Torres practically has a charging on every hit he does and brings his elbow/arms up “a lot”.
-Burrows/Kesler/Sedins have a diving video or collection of videos floating around somewhere to show how “cheap” they are. Youtube it if you don’t believe me.
-Burrows biting a finger, slashing a goalie stick, swinging at a goalie(slashing or not), and being a douche in other ways
-The borderline clipping penalties the nucks d-men love to throw for some reason
-Rome’s hit

For the Bruins:
-Lucic, enough said
-Horton before he got hurt took all the liberties he could get and was a hot head
-Thornton goes over the edge every now and then
-Marchand earns his pim

And both teams get dirty in scrums and have their after whistle antics.

These are 2 of the “dirtier” teams in the nhl. I really want neither to win the cup. But if I had to pick, I want the cup to stay in the east as long as it’s not the Pens or the Rangers winning it.

where Boston got off way too easily

Hornton squirted and threw a water bottle at a fan and didn’t even receive a fine.

Then there is this: Not as bad as the Rome hit, but certainly comparable to a lesser degree, no suspension.

Knock my stick out of my hands and watch me slash the back of your leg, too (I’m a goalie). You can’t blame Thomas for reacting without blaming Burrows for instigating. It’s all part of the situation. These incidents have made for an interesting series, especially since the Canucks decided to play like bratty babies in games 3 and 4.

The finger bite is similar to this incident. If Bergeron doesn’t want his finger bitten, maybe he should get his stupid gloves out of Burrows face while the ref prevents Burrows from protecting himself. If I was in the situation and my only leverage was to bite the glove, I’d do it in a heartbeat, especially with a member of a bully team face washing me over and over. The Bruins have been trying to intimidate the Canucks (and it’s worked so far), so I can’t get on the Canucks for retaliating (much like the Thomas slash).