Kumquats Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 What a tough sob for skating off the ice on his own power. Hope he fully recovers. It took Bieksa a long time to recover from his similar injury (twice) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Trying to glean intent from the mind of a psychopath is not as easy an exercise as is being asserted by the talking heads in the hockey industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 The hockey industry is circling the wagons around Cooke. But check out non hockey sports media opinion, like Tony Kornheiser and especially Michael Wilbon on Pardon The Interruption on TSN today. People are much more willing to call it like they see it when it doesn't cast their industry in a negative light. Once again, it's kind of demoralizing to see how many hockey fans seem to be drinking the industry Kool-Aid here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Ah yes, those two noted hockey experts, Wilbon and Kornheiser... It's pretty obvious that a lot of people in this thread have never played hockey at any significant level, or for any significant amount of time. If they had, they'd know that deliberately using your skate to injure an opponent is something that almost never happens. In over 45 years as a player, coach, referee and fan, I can count the incidents that I have seen or heard of one one hand. Hockey players view using your skates as weapons as a far worse offense than swinging your stick like McSorely did to Brashear. It's just something that players would never do, unless they've completely lost it. Personally, instead of listening to the opinions of TV personalities like the PTI boys, (who are in the business of stirring up controversy) I prefer the reasoning of actual hockey players. I don't know how many saw it, but on SPAC last night, they asked some of Cooke's peers what they thought about the incident and every single one of them (including Kevin Bieksa) said that it was unintentional. Anyone who belives otherwise, either doesn't understand what they were seeing, is somehow connected to the Ottawa Senators hockey team, (like the coach and Owner) or has a bias against Matt Cooke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I don't understand why the default position here isn't that Cooke is guilty. What do you think Marc Savard's opinion might be on this incident? The guy is a habitual offender and a serial abuser of the rules who has showed a disturbing lack of regard for the health of his fellow players. He stomped on Erik Karlsson after all. This is like a dysfunction family covering up an abusive alcoholic father. It's not healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc44 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Of course it was not "intentional" BUT like your hockey stick you are responsible for how you use it and if you are going to be throwing your feet around and not being careful then i would suggest a look into disciplinary actions against those who injure others as a result of carelessness use of ice skates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfruits Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 http://video.tsn.ca/?dl=main/latest/1/0/866044/clip/0 great interview by Eugene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 That's the same injury as what severely hindered Bieksa's development twice, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Happy Gilmore may habe been the first to pull off his skate and try to stab somebody, but if anyone is going to duplicate that, leave it to Matt Cooke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsCanuck Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Not sure if this has been mentioned yet. Via Twitter. Pass it to Bulis @passittobulis Missed this yesterday, but on Thursday, every member of the#Canucks came in to find a pair of Kevlar socks in his stall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Of course it was not "intentional" BUT like your hockey stick you are responsible for how you use it and if you are going to be throwing your feet around and not being careful then i would suggest a look into disciplinary actions against those who injure others as a result of carelessness use of ice skates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'm sure that with a little effort, this could've been avoided. Wishing Karlsson the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 That looks so painful. I feel so bad for Karlsson. But I guarantee, if it was anyone other than Cooke, everyone would say its an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Not sure if this has been mentioned yet. Via Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Would people be calling this intentional if it had been Crosby? People are quick to call this intentional solely on Cooke's reputation, not because there was any obvious malicious looking intent behind the act, because there was none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm sure that with a little effort, this could've been avoided. Wishing Karlsson the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Elaborate on what you mean by effort? Effort on whose part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashi Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Ouch that has to hurt. I hope Karlsson's play isn't changed in the future beause of this injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsCanuck Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Ouch that has to hurt. I hope Karlsson's play isn't changed in the future beause of this injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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