I don't see how diving correlates to "softness", so that whole thing is irrelevant to me. Even so, the team from Montreal does still look like one of the least physical teams in the league for next season.
I hate when people bring this up. That's not a dive. In fact, it's far from it. Chara would not take himself out of a playoff game to fake an injury.
Sure smells like double standards in here.
Halpern's a diver, but Chara isn't because "Chara would not do that"? Really?
Most of this post isn't in response to you, Dan, so I apologize if it seems that way.
People who come in here and try to pass off subjective calls from Jack Edwards as "facts", then pull the "call 911" card whenever anyone tries to challenge them, are not worth the time of day. The fact that they got so many angry Habs fans to respond is a true testament to their trolling powers.
For every Habs fan that called 911 that night, there was 1 Bruins fan who harassed Max Pacioretty on Twitter. For every Habs fan who cried "karma" when Nathan Horton got injured, you'll find 1 Bruins fan who believe that Pacioretty "exaggerated" his injury.
Time to stop the pissing contests and just agree that both fanbases are passionate, and as a result, both fanbases have more than their fair share of idiots who make the rest of us look bad. Every thread I come into on this forum degenerates into a Habs/Bruins thing, mostly about Pacioretty/Chara.
The Habs dive no more than any other team in the league. To suggest otherwise, and to suggest that it's a part of their strategy, is nothing more than pure bias.
Last year, they relied on their goalie. This year, they dive. Time to stop grasping at straws and give the team a little bit of credit. You don't need to worship them, because thye've been an 8th seed the past 2 seasons. But maybe it's time to acknowledge the fact that they play a solid defensive system.
And before anyone claims that I won't give the Bruins credit for anything, I think they absolutely deserved to win the cup, and if my Habs could play a bit more like them, it would be in their best interest.
Now, to drag this thread back on topic, I will pick Washington as the softest team.
Halpern's a diver, but Chara isn't because "Chara would not do that"? Really?
Most of this post isn't in response to you, Dan, so I apologize if it seems that way.
People who come in here and try to pass off subjective calls from Jack Edwards as "facts", then pull the "call 911" card whenever anyone tries to challenge them, are not worth the time of day. The fact that they got so many angry Habs fans to respond is a true testament to their trolling powers.
For every Habs fan that called 911 that night, there was 1 Bruins fan who harassed Max Pacioretty on Twitter. For every Habs fan who cried "karma" when Nathan Horton got injured, you'll find 1 Bruins fan who believe that Pacioretty "exaggerated" his injury.
Time to stop the pissing contests and just agree that both fanbases are passionate, and as a result, both fanbases have more than their fair share of idiots who make the rest of us look bad. Every thread I come into on this forum degenerates into a Habs/Bruins thing, mostly about Pacioretty/Chara.
The Habs dive no more than any other team in the league. To suggest otherwise, and to suggest that it's a part of their strategy, is nothing more than pure bias.
Last year, they relied on their goalie. This year, they dive. Time to stop grasping at straws and give the team a little bit of credit. You don't need to worship them, because thye've been an 8th seed the past 2 seasons. But maybe it's time to acknowledge the fact that they play a solid defensive system.
And before anyone claims that I won't give the Bruins credit for anything, I think they absolutely deserved to win the cup, and if my Habs could play a bit more like them, it would be in their best interest.
Now, to drag this thread back on topic, I will pick Washington as the softest team.
It's not a double standard, it's more of a "the boy who cried wolf" effect. When you have a team that dives quite a bit, like Montreal or Vancouver, it's hard to tell when they're actually hurt or diving. Mason Raymond is a good example, when he went down it looked innocent enough, but obviously he was badly injured, but given the amount of diving and embellishment up to that point in the series it was hard to tell if this was another dive. It's easier to assume when a player on the Bruins or Predators goes down, they're really hurt, because neither team has a reputation for diving.
as for the Bruins fans thinking that their team doesn't dive...don't force me to post 10 videos displaying bruins diving...and this is not footage of 4-5 years ago...these are dives from last year.
Jeez, Bruins fans trolling up this thread, how original...
How is Montréal the softest team in the NHL ? We finished 16th in hits last season and improved with the signing of Cole and Emelin finally coming over.
We may be the smallest, but absolutely not the softest.
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