Alflives Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 McDavid needs a SemenkoI don't know if that works any more? Does Edmonton have any rats? They need to send their rats out to do to the other teams' top players what is being done to Connor. I don't know if the knuckle draggers help at all anymore. Guys wear the face protection, and then turtle too. I think the new NHL will be ruled by the eye for an eye philosophy. You go after our top guys dirty, and we are going to do the same to your guys. That's why I'm glad we have JV. He can obliterate any player on the other team, because he can skate. Plus, he can play the game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Don Cherry claims McDavid was injured on purpose: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/don-cherry-connor-mcdavid-injury-1.3309500Don Cherry believes Connor McDavid's recent injury was deliberate and not just a typical hockey play.Speaking on his regular Coach's Corner segment Saturday night, Cherry showed a clip of the play that led to the 18-year-old breaking his collar bone and placed the blame on Philadelphia's Michael Del Zotto and Brandon Manning, who Cherry says meant to put the 2015 No. 1 draft pick into the end boards on purpose despite McDavid being in a "vulnerable" position."I'm telling you they meant to drive him into those boards," said Cherry."They never give him a chance, watch, boom. [McDavid's] on his way down...they're both looking at him and they drive him into the boards. McDavid suffered the injury in Edmonton's 4-2 win Tuesday against the Flyers.With Philadelphia leading 2-1 and 1:44 remaining in the second period, McDavid had a partial short-handed breakaway but fell awkwardly and was ridden hard into the boards by Del Zotto and Manning, who looked to have also lost their balance on the play.Cherry's co-host, Ron MacLean, asked the hockey pundit to clarify his accusation after giving his play-by-play of the incident and Cherry stuck to his original thought."They should have let up a little, you'll see as [McDavid's] going down they give him a little shot," said Cherry. "[He] doesn't have a chance, that's all I got to say. Look at that."Neither Flyers defenceman was given a penalty on the play and Oilers head coach Todd McLellan referred to the incident after the game as a "hockey play" with three players "that got tangled up.""The league can't do anything about it because they can't prove it, because they don't know either," said Cherry. "But hockey guys like me know they drove him into the boards."When I first saw the injury, my initial thought was that it was a dirty play. One guy pulled him off balance then they both dove on him. One of them led with his fore-arm. Targeting star players and cheap-shots will happen more as fighting is taken out of the game. It's up to the refs to make sure cheap-shots are called. That play was subtle enough that the refs couldn't make a call, but they still have to protect players from dirty hockey going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 McDavid needs a SemenkoNone in the league, will a Schlemko suffice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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