[GDT/PGT] Vancouver Canucks @ Montreal Canadiens | March 20, 2021 | 4 p.m. PT | SNP, RDS

[Dr. Crossbar]

Everyone back on the bandwagon

[MikeyD]

Made up for some bad plays, Bo! 

[-NucksFan]

Um, wow, they’re still alive 

[Qwags]

MOVE FEET MOVE PUCK

[spook007]

Basng Horvat

[Devron]

Captain Bo

[Ghostsof1915]

HUGGY BEAR! 

[HockeyHarry]

Yeah Hugging 

 

[Apricot]

YAY!

[Jaimito]

Lol

[Smashian Kassian]

Alright good start.

 

Now don't sit back again

[-Moose]

That's what I'm talking about! 

[Qwags]

SCOREVAT

[J-23]

Where the Bo haters at.

[KILLER]

Alive..

[viking mama]

28 minutes ago, stawns said:

not at all, but are you telling me the game isn't better with a physical aspect?  Part of the beauty of the game is using a physical component to impose your will on the other team.  In that game, not just anyone can be great, you earn it.

I oppose the league always imposing mixed-messaging to their players. 
 

I love the IIHF model for the game, and they way they vett & assign officials to work & keep order in their games. Stellar intensity, yet the retaliatory crap is unnecessary. 
 

The “Mark Messier” leadership Award, subconsciously exalts an old-school style of play (head-hunting, elbowing, flying hip-checking - in a sense cheating just don’t get caught) in the modern era, despite union brothers wanting security, safety, & long term health & careers for themselves & their families.
 

When the best athletes no longer chose to play hockey in Canada, because of the “old-school & self-policing” culture & long-term risks to physical & mental health,..every league in North America finally woke-up & knew they had a problem.
 

Integrity, honour, toughness, strategy teamwork, speed, skill & endurance are the staples of the game, but leave the majority of policing to the officials & train-up officials (along with  available technology) to get the calls right, especially after on-ice injury.
 

Hitting is fine, but targeting or trying to take-out the game’s superstars, crosses the line into Claude Lemieux, Mark Messier territory, despicable players, very revered in their time & apparently still,  by those who refuse to progress and want the “Madd Max” mentality back. 

Edited March 21, 2021 by viking mama

[drdeath]

Absolute beauty of a tip. Not a lot Price could do on that one 

[oldnews]

22 minutes ago, J-Strap said:

The collapse has started

cool.

[Jaimito]

Cap

[Devron]

Just now, Dr. Crossbar said:

Everyone back on the bandwagon

I was never off it lol