I would like to congratulate our coaching staff for bending over and letting the rest of the league know that we are perfectly okay with our young kids being injured by dirty hockey plays.
I bet none of them has any balls to even comment on how beyond bad the officiating was tonight as well. Which is probably a good move by them as they dont deserve to be collecting a paycheck next season, better save every penny that they haven't earned this season. What a bunch of gutless cowards. It is sad to think that the guy in charge of all of it back in the day would have been out there trying to break bones if this would have happened in the 80's, to bad he is too busy polishing Katz's shoes to even seem to care anymore. Mike Gillis spoke up a defending his team last season in the playoffs when he had no legs to stand on, our joke of a management squad is perfectly happy with having lifetime contracts from their fanboy owner to give a damn. There almost seems to be a disease that has effected this team, the captain has it, the coaches have it, and managment has it. It is called complacency.
Watching today's game makes want a player like Dylan Mcilrath who skates around with a loose screw and just go after people. We need players who will protects our core and send a clear message. Eager and Hordi aren't good enough.
I'd rather lose than see MPS went down the way he did. That was just brutal.
Hard for them to do anything when the coach staples them to the bench. Teubert would have kicked some ass out there.
So yeah, based on that nonsense I saw on "That's Hockey" don't expect Hartnell to get a call from Shanahan. Seems like a non-issue according to Kouleas and Button.
Corey Potter on the other hand... maybe he should unplug his phone tomorrow if those two idiots are right.
Not sure what planet you came from, but that simply didn't happen. And Penner is NOT a fighter.
I remember two plays one when Exelby took a run at Hemsky and Penner fought him immediate and the one against the stars player the he KTFO was after he took a run at Smid.
Say what you want about Penner being lazy, but he cared about his teammates and stood up for them
Remember when Hall got rocked in Colorado and Peckham decided to stop playing hockey and go after the guy. Well they scored on a breakway and won the game.
You are never going to outgoon a team like the Flyers. Just make them pay on the PP, which we would have done if the refs were doing their jobs. Our PP was awesome today.
Actually you are wrong on this one...please refer to the hit last year on Hall where Penner stepped in and fought.
I definitely would never say Penner is the "retribution King"...
Penner was never the retribution king because he played with hemmer, never hall or eberle i think that's right at least.
I do recall Penner sticking up for hall at some point and thats what we need, It makes me sick when the kids are in a scrum and horcoff lazily skates over and does nothing as the captain, If you arent going to score, win faceoffs or play well defensivly atleast pull a samwise and get yourself beat up to make a statement
Not sure what planet you came from, but that simply didn't happen. And Penner is NOT a fighter.
You can also see here(20 seconds in) that Penner was ready to be the 3rd man in when Gagner fought Kesler in his rookie season. He stopped once he realized Gagner was willing.
Penner was never the retribution king because he played with hemmer, never hall or eberle i think that's right at least.
I do recall Penner sticking up for hall at some point and thats what we need, It makes me sick when the kids are in a scrum and horcoff lazily skates over and does nothing as the captain, If you arent going to score, win faceoffs or play well defensivly atleast pull a samwise and get yourself beat up to make a statement
100% agree about Horcoff. I know this topic has been beaten to death but I can't wait for the day Horcoff doesn't plague this team anymore and the Oilers finally have a real captain.
Man what I wouldn't give to have a prime Jason Smith on this team right now.
This team needs to stand up for each other. I know some guys were stapled to the bench after that hit, but those weren't the only two that could have sent a message. Moreau got a lot of abuse in his later days here, but this is what needed to happen to Hartnell tonight. I love this clip. The second Moreau is off that bench he's a Brown seeking missile.
Maybe if the referees made some freaking calls instead of putting their whistles away. It's disgraceful how Jones and Hemsky get majors for incidental contact and other teams get away with basically murder.
Imagine if we actually did run someone, we'd probably get 2 majors.
The Oilers could have killed the Flyers without the cheap shots if the refs actually called penalties.
__________________ "He just ate up Robyn Regehr for dinner, a spectacular play by Hemsky, and Robyn Regehr has got doo doo all over his face" - Rod Phillips call on Hemsky's goal vs the Flames
Love that Moreau play. Say what you will about the guy, but if you do stuff like that consistently you are worth every penny.
Guys need to play with balls. Not hall, eberle, RNH....
If you're not scoring, you better be fighting, or at least rough. And dammit, don't take anyone's crap. I play sports at a much lower level and I would confront anyone that does a dirty knee play like that one. And I don't get paid to play sports for a loving.....let alone millions.
