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Mathew Barzal

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I thought it was acceptable considering Reilly got away with a late hit on Hansen. What I thought was unacceptable was the lack of hits on Leafs players after Hansen and Daniel got nailed. IMO, Gudbranson, Sbisa and Tryamkin were useless near the end of the game when it got rough.  

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46 minutes ago, Mathew Barzal said:

The amount of bias in the video title and in the vid description by Sportsnet is absolutely disgusting. 

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The right outcome is:

 

A suspension for repeat offender Kadri for the headshot on Daniel. He's done it many times before, he's a tool.

Maximum fine for Burrows for the spear and following fight instigation (circumstances, etc). Burr isn't a 'clean' player, he never has been, but I have no problem with him taking liberties on teams who have guys that take liberties on ours. Knowing that there will be retribution is 80% deterrance on 'the next time'. If teams think they can get away with crap, they will keep doing it, as we've seen. Tonight the 'Line must be drawn here, here and no further' line was crossed. 

 

Reilly got his comeuppance anyway, it was a hair late but at full speed, he didn't charge, it was 'almost' clean. I have no problem letting that hit go given the retaliation.

 

Personally I hope we find our scoring touch and smash the leafs like 7-0 on that game with no need for shenanigans. That would make me so happy.

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Definitely not acceptable and I dislike the dive too. Not a fan of that play. I can respect that the Reilly hit on Hansen was a blindside hit and therefore should have been punished (not particularly late or dangerous otherwise though), but that still doesn't justify Burrows pulling dumb moves like that.

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Reilly's hit was dirty. But so was the spear. I'm not gonna bother with which ones worse, but both don't have a place in the game today. Both should be suspended, and both should face the consequences for they're actions. 

 

And who cares if the effing spear was warranted? Does that make it any better? If burrows wanted to make Reilly pay do it legally or do it on the score sheet no need for any more drama considering he's making 4M to play as a 4th line checker. 

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It would have been preferable to set him up for a hard hit than to give a cheap shot or even a fight. But I prefer a cheap shot to no response. They need to know that we won't tolerate anything that is even borderline late.

 

The fact that Burrows had to give a spear was not good to see. But the guys are angry about the current situation and Burr probably didn't want that late hit to slip by. And it didn't end up causing any injury to Toronto's player. 

 

Considering that Martin is cheap enough to go after Stetcher, I think someone on our team should have done the similar thing and jump Nylander, Marner, or Matthews as a payback or even to land a predatory hit at them like the one the Daniel got or a slightly late hit like the one that Hansen got. That would have been more satisfying.

 

 

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Dirty? Yes very.

 

Warranted? Yes.

 

If you compare it to the things the Leafs pulled, it's warranted and not even close to being the dirtiest play on the night. If it was a one off thing in a game I'd be calling Burr out because it would be unnecessary but in this case it was retaliation for a late hit that was very close to being a headshot. Sutter tried to get Rielly to answer the call but he refused and Burr being Burr went after him in a way he knew he could. Would have been better if the linesmen let them get up and actually go after each other after they went down to the ice during their "fight".

 

If you review all the plays on the night, Burrows incident isn't that significant in comparison, unless you are a Leafs fan desperately trying to justify your teams cowardly plays. 

 

I've seen "the code" mentioned. Even Toronto lover Don Cherry was allover the Leafs for their uncalled for actions in a 5-2 game. That's a big part of "the code". It's a young team they have over there and it's quite a bit of a junior mentality going on. No respect. 

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The "spear" is blown out of proportion. Burrows tried to slap him with the stick on his backhand and he lost an edge and the toe got Reilly. Not being biased but that spear was not a forward projection of the stick, it was lateral. He was trying to get under his skin and get Reilly to get caught up in it. A spear is what Marchand did or what Steve Ott did to Chara.

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I loves Burrows spear, I'm just sorry he did not do more damage. After when Reilly did to Hansen and Kadri did to Daniel, it was absolutely warranted. I loved everything the Canucks did, they stuck up for themselves which they haven't really done in the past. Burrows may have had a history but so has Kadri. For anyone who thinks Burrows went to far, I don't think Burrows went far enough. The refs should have just let them fight it out. How did Burrows go too far when you consider everything the Leafs did including going after a rookie in Stecher who didn't do anything.

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4 minutes ago, smokes said:

I loves Burrows spear, I'm just sorry he did not do more damage. After when Reilly did to Hansen and Kadri did to Daniel, it was absolutely warranted. I loved everything the Canucks did, they stuck up for themselves which they haven't really done in the past. Burrows may have had a history but so has Kadri. For anyone who thinks Burrows went to far, I don't think Burrows went far enough. The refs should have just let them fight it out. How did Burrows go too far when you consider everything the Leafs did including going after a rookie in Stecher who didn't do anything.

Burr was most likely trying to get Reilly to fight, and Reilly kept saying no.  The so called spear was a clumsy attempt at a poke to get a fight started.  Reilly knew exactly what was coming, but didn't want to fight, so he skated away, making the spear worse.  

Reilly will be forced to square off in the December game.  He will have to bop.  If he doesn't, and just wrestles, then he will continue to get speared, slashed, and stuff like that.  He has to bop.

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1 minute ago, Alflives said:

Burr was most likely trying to get Reilly to fight, and Reilly kept saying no.  The so called spear was a clumsy attempt at a poke to get a fight started.  Reilly knew exactly what was coming, but didn't want to fight, so he skated away, making the spear worse.  

Reilly will be forced to square off in the December game.  He will have to bop.  If he doesn't, and just wrestles, then he will continue to get speared, slashed, and stuff like that.  He has to bop.

If that boy wants to cheapshot like he did Hansen, and not answer the bell then he deserves everything he gets. Burrows did not go to far, he's just showing the other team not to mess with his team.

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1 minute ago, smokes said:

If that boy wants to cheapshot like he did Hansen, and not answer the bell then he deserves everything he gets. Burrows did not go to far, he's just showing the other team not to mess with his team.

Everything was an expected consequence to a previous action, except for the goon attacking Stecher.  That had no reason for happening.  

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