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Rome & Boychuk: Debating the NHL’s Punishment Policies
by Alanah McGinley on 06/15/11 at 02:20 AM ET
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From what Mike Gillis said tonight, Mason Raymond has at least five months of recovery in front of him. Gillis as much as described the injury as a “broken back” in his press conference, and the horror of this whole situation will certainly go down in the history books as a terrible addendum when we recall this Stanley Cup Final, whoever wins it.
About the non-suspension of Johnny Boychuk, I have no objections to that ruling. (At least in an ideal world where common sense rules the day, anyway.) I don’t think Raymond’s terrible injury was either Boychuk’s intent, nor anything he could have forseen by following through on his hit into the boards. A one-in-a-million terrible result.
However, the hit was certainly worthy of an interference call—no puck anywhere around—and that’s where the NHL ends up looking ridiculous in this whole mess. Mike Murphy, widely lauded as “finally getting it right” with the harsh Rome suspension, now looks like a man who was flying by the seat of his pants when he made that call earlier in the series.
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Tags: injuries,
johnny+boychuk,
mason+raymond,
mike+murphy,
nathan+horton,
steve+moore,
todd+bertuzzi
You Can’t HANDLE the Truth!
by Alanah McGinley on 08/19/08 at 05:16 PM ET
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The Bertuzzi/Crawford story all over the ‘net today has felt like an episode of deja vu as it reminded me vaguely of something else from the moment I read the first reports. But it wasn’t till I read this headline and opener on TSN that it finally clicked:
Sound familiar? No?
It’s that overused theme of sports-equals-war I’m talking about. To make it clearer, Jack Nicholson has kindly offered to help me with a very light re-write:
Filed in: dumb stuff, | Canucks and Beyond | Permalink
Tags: a+few+good+men,
marc+crawford,
steve+moore,
todd+bertuzzi
Canucks Trade Theories and Other Nonsense
by Alanah McGinley on 01/21/08 at 02:48 PM ET
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Ed Willes in today’s Province notes what he considers one of the more plausible trade-deadline possibilities for the Vancouver Canucks:
The Pittsburgh Penguins are thought to be making centre Erik Christensen available for a physical defenceman and Christensen fits the Canucks’ profile. He’s 24, has decent size and some skill. The injury to Sidney Crosby may effect his availability in the short term, but Christensen might be a fit in Vancouver.
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Tags: erik+christensen,
mats+sundin,
peter+forsberg,
steve+moore,
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