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  1. Ugh, so get in to see the 2-0 goal. What the hell.
  2. Still really like AV....watching his interviews and he's joking like he does and seems to be enjoying life. I'm happy for him...he's a great coach.
  3. The thing is (guess I'm not done...but had to take a breather) - Edler was on that same path the whole time...going straight at the puck. It isn't a yield or merge situation....Hertl's angling himself and crouching/reaching for the puck. He actually runs INTO Edler. Edler's right skate is turned as he goes in toward the boards and there was absolutely no veering off path. Hogwash. BS. A crock. That's what it is.
  4. So ticked. My son had tickets (has an Ice Pack) and conveniently FORGOT that he'd earmarked this game for his Mom. Sold them. I'm auctioning off his electronics as we speak (no I'm not, but I want to). It's all but done, but I'm cheering them on. 4-1 Canucks.
  5. Nonsense. What's stopping them? When you run an organization you make the rules ... of course they "can". They can't completely prevent headshots from happening, but they can apply rules that say "well, sorry, you contacted the head and we're trying to protect from head injury". Every single one, without exception. Doesn't have to be drastic - but something that doesn't allow for any headshot to go unnoticed, no matter how or why it happened. And I've explained how. Why "can't" they? Incidental like Kass. They did it then. You have to be responsible for your stick, so he was punished. Same deal: "we know you didn't mean to and it was not intentional, but you connected with the head - 1 game". Nothing harsh. And no one's to blame, it's just part of making sure head shots - every single stinking one of them intentional or not, are addressed. As long as you use adverbs and adjectives and subjective measures to deal with important issues, there will remain grey areas. It will be wishy washy. I don't even necessarily WANT them to (address head shots)...but they opened this can of worms and for the right reasons so I accept it. This is how it has to be. But they've dealt heavy handedly with some. Based on someone's decision. That makes it an unlevel playing field. In a league where some teams are favoured more than others, it's bogus. Bush league. Beer league. The NHL is the one out there addressing "headshots" - not me. And, in doing so, they're missing the mark because they're still a problem and will continue to be. Pick and choose is not the answer because that's open to human error and bias. Agendas and ongoing grudges. But I don't intend on trying to convince some of you any further...it seems that most do feel they're failing and that, in itself, speaks volumes. The league will also tell you they're doing what they can. You buy that, I don't - that's all. So Baggins, quit throwing out "you want Deb" crap. I've told you I don't necessarily....as hard as you try to tell me what the league wants/does/doesn't do, you can't speak for me. You make it dramatic, like Deb's trying to kill hockey and make it knitting. Deb simply WANTS the league to do what they say they're doing. Protect players from headshots. They're currently failing, miserably. And if, by your declaration, they "can't" - that's ok too. Just don't say you can/are and use that to severely punish some. All or nothing, not this wishy washy crap they're/you're trying to feed us. Anyhow, done here. My mission is not to garner your approval.
  6. That's what I'm arguing. And I've proposed how to address every hit to the head...anything less is ineffective in eliminating this problems. I never asked to keep the same amount of hitting in to fairly apply this rule in an effective manner. I said it would have to be sacrificed to some degree as a zero tolerance is applied. Here's the thing...don't have rulings on the hits, have varying degrees of punishment...that's how you can address them all without having to throw the book at someone who inadvertently contacted the head through way of a body check.
  7. They simply go through the motions to shirk any responsibility in a "hey, we took care of it" way. When, in fact, they're doing very little in the way of evenly distributing punishment or eliminating headshots completely from the game. They could if they wanted to, but they'd rather pick and choose and make examples of some as they've always done.
  8. Toews was putting on the brakes and more crouched than Burr...Burr had just sent the puck off and was more upright. But fairly close... They both involved launches, which is the part I don't like. Propels more in an upward motion. Sure, it's part of how you brace yourself in delivering a hit, but if it connects part of the hit to the head, then it's a problem. Based on the lack of suspension to NN, I'd expect the same here.
  9. I had to go away for a minute and regroup. Here's what I really want you to understand Baggins - I didn't call for or necessarily want the game to change. I love the good ol' rock em sock 'em hockey (have every single video - yes, VHS because that's how long I've known that kind of hockey for). Wasn't my deal. My decision. It was a league, in reacting to what happened with Bertuzzi and in seeing other sports leagues dealing with the issue of concussions. Basically, to cover their butts and pretend like they cared. I doubt that they do - it's damage control, little more. If it was truly about player safety, it would be turning into a Euro league because really, that's the only way. I don't want that. But you can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't pretend you're protecting players when you're only doing a half assed job. Zero tolerance makes sure it doesn't happen. Looking at video after it has is not protecting anyone. Except the guys who are supposed to be protecting others. So they can pretend they tried. That's the deal....I'd love if we didn't look at any of it - but I'm not out there risking my future health and appreciate that those who are deserve something more than what's important to me. And you. So if it takes making a soft Euro league in a surefire way to eliminate headshots (if you don't, then you're not protecting anyone), that's what you do. In no taking headshots out - in trying to justify some, it's not effective. You'll still get headshots mixed in there. Punishing someone doesn't take back what happened. It doesn't rewind and undo it. So it's too late. The league doesn't know their asses from a hole in the ground on this one. That is confirmed by the fact that, for 10 years now, they're still "explaining" and head shots are still happening...legal ones, but they're still happening. And how is that protecting guys? When they are concussed it matters little - no, not at all - that the blow was delivered "legally". So they were "getting clearer" in 2011. And you're arguing that they have it right? They haven't even perfected it...they keep having to redefine things because they never set the boundaries as they should have. They keep moving the markers closer, but still aren't there yet. It's not my doing...THEY are the ones who jumped into this pool in trying to provide lip service and in now having to find actions that meet that. Because it isn't about protecting players, it's about covering their butts. Doing what they have to so they're not held accountable or responsible.
  10. Weak Baggins. I didn't say that. I said that you can't protect player's safety by trying to decipher after the fact. Because then the act's already been committed...you've allowed for it to. You've left that door open vs slamming it shut. It's not going to matter much in the age of concussions when the ruling comes in after the fact...that protects no one. How can it? Answer that Baggins, don't use your BS one liners when you can't. Direct answers to these points, or you're simply avoiding them because you don't have answers. If head shots are "reviewed" to see if they're legal or not, isn't that already too late?
  11. Here's another thing...and I'll follow up. Edler wasn't even registering Hertl on the radar. It's not a 4 way stop where you have to stop and look both ways before proceeding...he's going in a straight line for the puck. It's actually Hertl that comes racing in, crouched, from directly to Edler's side, to also try for the puck. What the hell does Edler do there? Stop and say, "oh, pardon me sir, you go first?" in a nice Canadian manner? Hell no, it's a race for the puck. Burr's looked worse based on EVERYTHING to me. Don't just hide behind "the league says". The rule says. I want you to address what the actual videos and pictures say. Because I don't trust the league to enforce or even make the rules anymore, so it matters little to me what they spew. Pics to follow, in usual Deb fashion.
  12. It's not what I want, I want the league to figure it out. It's been ongoing for them and the fact that they have to keep promoting that they're doing more than others is a farce. You don't tell people, you show people. YOU SAY the league has been consistent. Others, like me, disagree and your word isn't THE or FINAL word. You'll see. I don't have to argue this with you. One day this game of cat and mouse the league is playing will crash down on them and someone will, once again, be seriously injured. And they'll have to scramble with their tail between their legs and they'll explain why they aren't to blame. How they're doing all they can to protect players. If you're trying but it's still not effective in eliminating problems, you're not trying hard enough. I like hitting. I want it to stay. But if you're reckless and you miss, just as with a stick, you should have to account for that. Doesn't matter that you didn't intend to - if you connect with the head, you're guilty not innocent. Despite how it happened. That's the part that the league needs to change....for, as it stands, it's bogus and many are challenging the decisions being made. Just because you have some guys in place making decisions, doesn't mean they're foolproof. Beyond reproach. They keep tweaking it and so it's highly possible that they still don't have it right. I'm sure they don't.
  13. OK, here's what I have to say to all you tough guys watching from the comfort of their fluffy chairs. Burr's had several injuries over the course of the season. As a matter of fact, not only did he NOT play dead when his jaw was fractured, but he returned to the game AND gave post game interviews after his mouth had pooled with blood. So he reacts as any of you tough guys would to pain....but, in that he's tougher than most, he tries to quickly regroup and move past it, as he did with his broken jaw. And as he did here, after this hit Regarding that surgery in the recent past that may make him a little more reactive than the guys in fluffy chairs eating Doritos: He had immediate surgery, a plate was inserted in his jaw and braces were put on both his top and bottom teeth. In retrospect, he felt he should not have finished the Dec. 1 game, won 3-2 by the Canucks. ......"there is a nerve that runs through the jaw and if that gets damaged, you can lose sensitivity in half your face and you could start drooling and you wouldn't feel it, or when you smile you wouldn't be able to smile out of that side of your face. So you always want to be cautious about that." Remember, this was just 3 months or so ago, so yeah, he's a little jumpy still in that. But he's not supposed to TAKE head shots? - remember? So it catches these guys off guard when they do - especially a guy who's spent more time injured this year than many. When guys are clearly targeting him, with the protection of the league turning a blind eye to it. You'd likely cry to your Mama and never play again if you were Burr. He has a quick, momentary reaction, then continues on. Because he's a pro, that's why.
  14. Imagine if, when pulled over for running a stop sign, the cop accepted "well, the wind was blowing and my window was open so hair was in my eyes and my foot didn't MEAN to hit the gas, I was trying to hit the brake but I hiccuped and my favourite song came on the radio which distracted me because it told me it was HAMMER TIME, so. Cop doesn't care. You ran a red - ticket. That's how you get people to know what the rule is - you don't waver or have ever changing boundaries. I find it especially amusing that these guys have been appointed anything to do with "safety". When you're keeping people safe, you don't knowingly expose them to unnecessary risk. Sure - a contact sport that involves hitting, etc. has allowances but, if head shots are being eliminated it should be ANY headshot. No exceptions. Or it's ineffective and subjective, which is totally unfair.
  15. So do you think, in the overall goal that is to eliminate head shots, this dissection will help in that? I don't, which is my point. If we have to take a magnifying glass, get a compass in place and do all these other things in deciding, it leaves too many options TO headhunt and then pass it off as something different. To present it in a way that it can be viewed as something else? That won't help the league. You may be right but the league, in allowing for these ridiculous "explanations" (I tend to call them excuses) makes it a pick and choose thing. And, as long as that's the case, it won't deter as much as a zero tolerance would. The league is just finding ways to bend the rules for some, that's all. The lip service isn't matching the overall application of the rules. As long as some are let off the hook, it's unfair and an unlevel playing field. Someone else will be seriously hurt and the league should/could be doing more to prevent it. But they keep playing with fire.
  16. -DLC-

    Tennis

    Will do HV, thanks! Been lagging a bit behind in the tennis stuff (miss my Mom, who used to remind me of big events/matches).
  17. Well I wasn't really calling for decapitations. Yes, it's figurative. I wanted them to crash and bang. Run their goaltender (too). Give back what they were taking. And I agree with the above ^^ Lu is gone, let it die.
  18. I don't want their careers ended. I just want them to ache for awhile.
  19. Well I can never hate Selanne. "so wait, are you coming back next year"...... (pause) ....... "no".
  20. I really wish we could have seen them lay some heavy hits and make the Ducks feel this win in their bones.
  21. Oh haha, sorry. I will get to it!
  22. 4-3 Edmonton over these clowns in OT.
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