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What do you think of the Alex Burrows suspension?  

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If you want to know what Jim feels about it, just watch the video. It's no secret! An extremely close call during the fastest game on earth! Heavens forbid these kids watch the game twenty years ago when these types of hits were common fare. All of these arm chair hockey fans that think they know how to determine how to regulate the game. Please. Go down to your local rink and lace them up before you start speculating about who deserves what.

Burrows is a quality person and he's going to take this time off to rest up and reflect on the incident. It's not like he doesn't know he has to be responsible, as a player. Look at the post-game interview goddamnit, "I'm just thankful he's ok." All he cares about is the guy's health. Seems like his priorities are in the right place.

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It definitely was a late hit, it was still later then Aaron Romes hit on Horton and we all know how long that suspension was, just glad it's only 3 games.

After watching these different views, I have changed my mind, I think Burr deserves the 3 games. I hate to say it about a player in my team but there was a "dirty" intent there and he needs to clean up his act.

Burr is a favourite of mine but I can't condone this type of play from him.

I'm sorry but if people watch that video and continue to defend Burr they are way out of line. It appears to be an intentional dirty hit.

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ExACTLY. Mind yer manners.

Just how I feel....I can actually hear them saying it like this.

Bogus. But can't even care anymore...it's reached WWE proportions to me. This league is a joke and they pick and choose. May as well just hand us all the script and we'll read who wins.

As I said in a previous post Burr (who is a favourite of mine) has either the reactions of an octogenarian or he intended to hit the guy's head.

It was a well deserved 3 game penalty.

I have watched it a few times now and how you can excuse it as some kind of bias actually makes me smile.

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False.

Now stop trolling.

Based on the video and Burr's history it is fact. Can we have a bit of honesty by some Canucks fans and less hypocrisy.

It may well be that the Canucks do get less preferential treatment than say the "original six" but this was without a shadow of a doubt a deserved punishment.

Congrats to many of the Canuck fans on here who see it like that. There is some hope for us at least.

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If you want to know what Jim feels about it, just watch the video. It's no secret! An extremely close call during the fastest game on earth! Heavens forbid these kids watch the game twenty years ago when these types of hits were common fare. All of these arm chair hockey fans that think they know how to determine how to regulate the game. Please. Go down to your local rink and lace them up before you start speculating about who deserves what.

Burrows is a quality person and he's going to take this time off to rest up and reflect on the incident. It's not like he doesn't know he has to be responsible, as a player. Look at the post-game interview goddamnit, "I'm just thankful he's ok." All he cares about is the guy's health. Seems like his priorities are in the right place.

Not sure if we think the same... Compared to Bruins hockey, Canucks plays a fairly soft game. If the Bruins was to be judged with the same glasses, half the their team would be in prison... With regards to who deserves what, yes leave it to governing body, however they should make the suspensions transparent. That's is after all the main reason for this prolonged debate... best regards Edler 5 games.

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Not sure if we think the same... Compared to Bruins hockey, Canucks plays a fairly soft game. If the Bruins was to be judged with the same glasses, half the their team would be in prison... With regards to who deserves what, yes leave it to governing body, however they should make the suspensions transparent. That's is after all the main reason for this prolonged debate... best regards Edler 5 games.

Please allow me to not be mistaken for the rubes that administer NHL punishments. Everything you have said in that latest post is accurate and damn respectable. You were most certainly not the target of my rant. By all means, I appreciate your position.

I love how Mr. Benning is not making a huge deal of this. It's the "next man up mentality" even if it means sitting a Vet that was, by his own means, starting to play lights out. A guy who we will be needing before the day is done. Lol. Alex Burrows.

Both of Edler's punishments last season were comical. If not, part of at least part of a superstition. He was snake bit as a result and the whole team suffered. I know that Alex Burrows' suspension seems de trop. But! Consider his personality and how hard he works to establish himself as a player in this league. He will be back to his old self in no time!

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After watching these different views, I have changed my mind, I think Burr deserves the 3 games. I hate to say it about a player in my team but there was a "dirty" intent there and he needs to clean up his act.

Burr is a favourite of mine but I can't condone this type of play from him.

I'm sorry but if people watch that video and continue to defend Burr they are way out of line. It appears to be an intentional dirty hit.

As I said in a previous post Burr (who is a favourite of mine) has either the reactions of an octogenarian or he intended to hit the guy's head.

It was a well deserved 3 game penalty.

I have watched it a few times now and how you can excuse it as some kind of bias actually makes me smile.

I think the three games is warranted however I do not think that burrows meant to do it.

The hit was late and that isn't really, in any way, debatable. He also hit the head but I think that was more due to the fact that Emelin was off balance and trying to sell a call. But to say it was an intentional hit to the head? I don't think so.

Burrows plays on the edge but he is not a dirty player (anymore), he doesn't go out head hunting like some others in the league.

These are the hits, intentional or not, that the league wants to get ride of. Burrows was always going to get suspended by that hit. I am not arguing that Gerbe or Kredier should or should not have because that is a different issue. Burrows' hit was suspendable IMO.

People who are all up in arms would want 10 games if someone hit a Sedin like that.

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He's had questionable hits before don't pretend it doesn't exist whether or not they were reviewed by the NHL is irrelevant. As I said time for Kassian to have some minutes.

So now you're changing from deliberate to questionable?

Convenient.

You can only decide if your actions are deliberate or not, not others'. You don't know what someone else has in mind when they carry out their actions - but you've ignored the positioning of the other player and how that contributed to how things played out.

Calling others whiny fans because they don't share your opinion (it is only that)? That's not a good argument.

The truth hurts.

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I'm blown away at the total homerism going on here.

People.

We all love Burrows but FFS.

It was a LATE hit that was straight in the face.

3 games is fine.

If a Canuck took that exact same hit people would be calling for blood.

Yeah. And your point is?

His point is that most of CDC is looking at this through Canucks tinted glasses. Not surprisingly, there is no objectivity here.

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I'm blown away at the total homerism going on here.

People.

We all love Burrows but FFS.

It was a LATE hit that was straight in the face.

3 games is fine.

If a Canuck took that exact same hit people would be calling for blood.

So the refs are Canuck homers? They didn't see it as such either.

My deal is that I'll move on from it...it was "questionable" and, with that, my issue is more with the stuff they let go than the stuff they address. They use scapegoats - "bad guys". Consistency - that's my main issue.

Burr will serve his time and I'm ok with that. I won't be ok when someone gets away with something ridiculously blatant (again) and it goes unnoticed.

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If a Canuck took that exact same hit people would be calling for blood.

That is EXACTLY the point. When it happens to Canucks suspensions NEVER happen. In fact hits such as this occur all the time - without suspensions. Why is it we are always having to call out the league for bias? Because it is always Canucks who are being slapped with ridiculous suspensions while others get away with everything and anything??

And this "homerism" idiocy is baffling. It it really so difficult for you to see the blatant bias coming from the league here? Why is it always open season on the Sedins, and why is it every time a Canuck dishes out a hit he is it risk for suspension?

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It is a late hit by Burrows. He had enough time to pull back. We will miss his presence on the PK and defi itely on the 2nd line. Alot of people are calling out Hansen but he usually does good by the three game mark if you put him in the top six, after that he looks a little lost. His hustle and hints of the old honey badger will surprise some of you im guessing.

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Based on the video and Burr's history it is fact. Can we have a bit of honesty by some Canucks fans and less hypocrisy.

It may well be that the Canucks do get less preferential treatment than say the "original six" but this was without a shadow of a doubt a deserved punishment.

Congrats to many of the Canuck fans on here who see it like that. There is some hope for us at least.

Congrats to the "many fans that see it like you do". Wtf kind of statement is that. Sure, its not an acutal quote of yours, but that is the way it reads. You running for council or something?

The point is that it may be a headshot, but how the league deals with the inconsistency of it all is bizarre. If he was wearing the Leaves Blue & White, he walks. What happened to McGrattan after the hit on Alberts, who hasn't returned since???? NOTHING.

League is a joke when it comes to suspensions. Look who is in charge? Mr. Concussion himself, obviously still feeling the effects based on his judgements

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