ya but keep it to yourself don't run my teammates down, he was our best player no doubt and we were losing and after I kicked his ass we became a good team playing for each other.
- Bettmanhatesus

We would make great team mates. No matter the sport or if fun beer league Slopitch. Sport is fun & the score is after the game ends. Aka FUN comes 1st & winning will follow when it’s fun.

I'm colour blind. But I still like cows.
- storm88

I like Chaplin movies...

ya my bruin fan buddies said what was Horton thinking, he wasn't, but the game is fast and rome had him lined up when he had the puck. It was a perfect hit his arms were down, hortons head was low and he was excellerating to the net.
- Bettmanhatesus

100% true & Horton’s hockey brain wasn’t up to speed.

I don't know man, the dude was clearly in a vulnerable position, the puck is gone, and you finish through like that. Seems like clear intent to hurt the guy, there's a difference between just finishing every check and taking advantage of a defenseless player, both Rome and Boychuck took advantage of defenseless players.

It's much different that finishing a guy standing up along the boards hard, I don't see this type of play hundreds of times in the playoffs, at least not since the lockout. Maybe back when playoff hockey was a blood bath.

There was some real hate in that series. Don't think it had much to die with Ryamond's strength, any grown man who gets taken into the boards hard while off balance is vulnerable to getting (frank)ed up.
- Nucker101

The thing with the Raymond hit is I do t even remember much backlash from it from even Canuck fans until after the game and they realized Raymond wasn’t coming back

The Rome hit was carbon copy of what the department of player safety was trying to get rid of in the game

Baertchi. Kid is likely done unfortunately
- CanuckDon

Yep it doesn't look good

Rome did what he was taught since minor hockey Horton didn't simple as that.
- Bettmanhatesus

Rome should have been taught better I guess

Have to separate the player from the teams cap issues.

JTM is a goid player on a good contract.
He will help us & fill a big need.
A 3rd this draft was a key part in the trade happening now.
The 1st is for down the road to judge.
A 1st/3rd can very easily turn out fine & not be worse than 2-2nds.
We have 1-2yrs of JTM now which is better than we stood. The UFA market we lose no picks but would pay more for a top 6 probably longer term & put strain on our cap looking ahead.

The 1st traded has the team to prove the faith JB has in them & make him look good. If they are not worthy then sayonara to more players other than the ones we don’t like already.
- Nighthawk

unfortunatley miller will be carrying that 1st with him from a fans perspective. It bothered me at first but its not the end of the world and I hope the fans don't piss on him for every mistake or scoring drought because there will be.

The thing with the Raymond hit is I do t even remember much backlash from it from even Canuck fans until after the game and they realized Raymond wasn’t coming back

The Rome hit was carbon copy of what the department of player safety was trying to get rid of in the game
- Redmile247

After the fact reactions had nothing to do with the incident on ice. It wasn’t dirty but no need to follow through. Not everything is 100% finish your check once he was already out of the play.

Yes carbon copy no argument. Still Horton was culpable & he didn’t have the brains to be aware of dancing through center ice was dumb. Was he clueless of Lindros & felt invincible or simply stupid not protecting himself?

Rome should have been taught better I guess
- Redmile247

That's how every dman was taught, play the body and forwards were taught keep your head up going down the middle.

unfortunatley miller will be carrying that 1st with him from a fans perspective. It bothered me at first but its not the end of the world and I hope the fans don't piss on him for every mistake or scoring drought because there will be.
- Bettmanhatesus

Not this fan. I watch the team not the GM 😂
Imo those fans rather harp on blame than act like winners.
Fickle is what fickle be - Forrest Gump

All Luongo had to do was steal one game in Boston...had nothing to do with Kesler and Burrows they did their part.
- LordHumungous

Luongo stole enough games. Who cares where they are. How many games did the Sedins come up big? A good game 2. That's it. Wow, I shouldn't get roped into 2011....

I think Rome laying a cheap hit on Horton woke up the bruins ...if he doesn’t lay that hit the canucks win in 5

Dumb hit to make

Don’t poke a sleeping bear
- Redmile247

needling the bear is more fun right?

Rome should have been taught better I guess
- Redmile247

Still in denial that Horton played no part in it.

We would make great team mates. No matter the sport or if fun beer league Slopitch. Sport is fun & the score is after the game ends. Aka FUN comes 1st & winning will follow when it’s fun.
- Nighthawk

we were not having fun with him on our team and I fixed it and we started having fun again

Luongo stole enough games. Who cares where they are. How many games did the Sedins come up big? A good game 2. That's it. Wow, I shouldn't get roped into 2011....
- storm88

Blame gets shared & spread around.
The team lost.
Winners don’t care to blame anything on anyone & just overcome adversity instead.
Blame is worse than quitting

That's how every dman was taught, play the body and forwards were taught keep your head up going down the middle.
- Bettmanhatesus

Hockey 101

Horton missed that class...

we were not having fun with him on our team and I fixed it and we started having fun again
- Bettmanhatesus

Justified 110% winning or not 👍

Still in denial that Horton played no part in it.
- Nighthawk

the media played a factor in the decision to suspend him, nbc had the camera on Horton laying there with his eyes rolling in his head for every American to see.

Have to separate the player from the teams cap issues.

JTM is a goid player on a good contract.
He will help us & fill a big need.
A 3rd this draft was a key part in the trade happening now.
The 1st is for down the road to judge.
A 1st/3rd can very easily turn out fine & not be worse than 2-2nds.
We have 1-2yrs of JTM now which is better than we stood. The UFA market we lose no picks but would pay more for a top 6 probably longer term & put strain on our cap looking ahead.

The 1st traded has the team to prove the faith JB has in them & make him look good. If they are not worthy then sayonara to more players other than the ones we don’t like already.
- Nighthawk

No we don't. That's the problem with the trade.

That's how every dman was taught, play the body and forwards were taught keep your head up going down the middle.
- Bettmanhatesus

Every d man taught that learned when the rules cracked down on those hits to not do them....well not every D man I guess hey

Blame gets shared & spread around.
The team lost.
Winners don’t care to blame anything on anyone & just overcome adversity instead.
Blame is worse than quitting
- Nighthawk

don't forget the diving calls, I remember burrows standing waiting for the faceoff and a bruin chopped his legs out from behind and they called diving, hank got one to.

I have many RL team sport stories i could boringly ramble on about but simply it is as...

Every new team i started on we sucked & almost every team 2yrs later were champs or provincial gold medal winners. That would be 5 teams. Every one of those 5 teams i had great fun with them from the bad to the good & the journey was the sweetest.

Still in denial that Horton played no part in it.
- Nighthawk

Rules changed to protect the players from that hit ....Horton was a victim ...that was his part in it 😉

the media played a factor in the decision to suspend him, nbc had the camera on Horton laying there with his eyes rolling in his head for every American to see.
- Bettmanhatesus

And yet they luv the NFL UFC & Boxing 😂

Every d man taught that learned when the rules cracked down on those hits to not do them....well not every D man I guess hey
- Redmile247

body checking look at the playoffs now it changed just for that series , cracking down on low bridging they were supposed to as well but didn't.