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I'm not arguing with the captain needing to lead his team with some emotion, but Rupp is a third liner (?) and Chara is their top defenceman. I'm not sure how much it helps the team if he is in the box for 5 minutes even if they are energized. Also, if Lecavalier drops them in Tampa, Stamkos and St Louis can still provide the firepower.

That's a little detail everyone forgets, that it was the second game. Although with the lack of emotion they have been showing all season I wonder if they will be anything further to come of this. They just seem so far from their game. IE mike rupp dragging chara to the box with him for 5 minutes. When your captain is your best defencemam you don't need him in there. Throw Thornton back out if you need a fight to energize the team.

I think when it ones to money it's never easy to get

I think the B's would be stupid to push it any further. They need these 2 points.

Well, we'll see if it's done with now. Honestly, good for Cooke. Thornton is a big guy, that wasn't exactly an even match.

JohnnyCanuck, I felt the same way so I have to ask you: If he had dropped the mitts when he should have would you have liked him as a canuck? IMO he did nothing but cause shit and then skate away and while I'm not the biggest Canuck fan I do root for the home team, and he did nothing but piss me off. However, I always felt if he would just drop them, then I could at least respect him. Honestly though, this is an important game for both teams: Pens trying to lead the division and B's trying to get in the playoffs, so I'd like to see him and someone go right off the opening faceoff just to get it over with so we can get on with the actual game of hockey. Even the reporters in Boston are acting crazy.

Yah, try 100/50 first.

SubliTWILL, hope there isn't any serious damage there and everything heals well. My mom sliced open her hand about 16 years ago and still hasn't gotten all the feeling back in two of her fingers. Scary stuff. Needless to say your injury looks much less worse and hopefully will heal up just nicely!

As an official, i'm stoked to see how they keep control of it. As a player, I'm excited for a game of good hockey with nothing stupid hopefully, but a little apprehensive that they might over call it and make it boring.

Dear god Kachun, where did you find those and do I even want to know what it cost?

They all look practically brand new too. Nice!

Nice Radio! I should do mine, see if they can pay for some new gear!

Cooke has had 17 fights in 11 seasons while Lucic has had 31 in 3. Definitely would not be a fair bout. Either way that's one of the reasons I couldn't stand Cooke when he was a Canuck. Always starting stuff and then skating away with a bewildered look on his face. Sometimes he does get the short of the stick and gets targeted without reason, but many times there is more than enough reason to target him. I guess every team needs a guy like that though that can get other players off their games.

I know I realized that as I was typing it. I work in front of a computer but once I leave here I'm done with it. I don't bring my laptop out at home ever, and my girlfriend only uses it occasionally so it spends most of it's time in the closet. Hence why I only post between 9-5 usually lol

I'm with you. I'm a little tired of this constantly connected society that knows what everyone else is doing always. Society is going to hell, and it's reflected in how people treat each other (because no one is out their interacting - at least that looks like the way things are going)

No need to apologise, I thought it was pretty funny.

I don't see it happening. Lucic may run and gun at Cooke, and I'm sure they'll come out hitting hard, but I think for the Bruins they need to focus on getting that 8th spot.

We were thinking of just dressing 6 guys. Actually our goalie is pretty solid. I just think most guys underestimate my reach and leave themselves too exposed to the poke check.

I always throw my blade in front of the shot, but its usually cause i can either poke the puck away before the shot or hold the puck in place when they shoot. I probably should re think it though as it is pretty easy to deflect it in a weird way on net.

I should have figured lol.

Is the beer included with each cut, or only when you splurge and get a wash as well?

lol, don't worry, I read through it and then had to make sure I was right before saying anything.

I don't know if it was a loose loose situation, they were pretty tight on ruling the same way. However, if you meant lose lose situation, then yes, they were in a pickle of not being able to come out of this in a good way. :P

Tried both. BFD was recommended by the Hockey Shop to me over the FBV because they all liked it better. I couldn't stand it, felt like there wasn't enough grab on my edges.

I don't think anyone argues he should have been suspended. I'm not a savard fan but no one should get hit like that. It just sucks the league set a bad precedent with the richards incident, and others in the past. Hopefully this will all be rectified next season.