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f-ing bullshit
I agree, and for one of the few times a year, Don Cherry called it right. I watched it and he clearly slowed and almost stopped, bringing the hit upon himself. A 2 minute penalty would have been suffice.The five minute penalty ruined the game as a contest.
The five minute penalty ruined the game as a contest.
He slows because he played the puck back to his left and of course the boards being right in front of him no real reason to keep going foward. The Devils players was heading in for the hit the whole time, the puck had been played away and he failed to keep control of his actions. Remember when watching things in slow motion, things appear much slower then they are in real life and therefore are often distorted. Plain and simple you can't do what Bernier did and he cost his team dearly for his lack of discipline.I agree, and for one of the few times a year, Don Cherry called it right. I watched it and he clearly slowed and almost stopped, bringing the hit upon himself. A 2 minute penalty would have been suffice.
And also remember at full speed in such an important game the adrenaline is flowing. Its hockey FFS, hitting is part of the game. He miss timed it slightly but a two minute penalty would have been sufficient. The five minute penalty completely ruined the game as a spectacle.Remember when watching things in slow motion, things appear much slower then they are in real life and therefore are often distorted. Plain and simple you can't do what Bernier did and he cost his team dearly for his lack of discipline.
Legal hits are part of the game, illegal ones get penalized according to the rules of the game. Sort of like laws, right.And also remember at full speed in such an important game the adrenaline is flowing. Its hockey FFS, hitting is part of the game. He miss timed it slightly but a two minute penalty would have been sufficient. The five minute penalty completely ruined the game as a spectacle.
Shouldn't have committed it, and it was quite blatant. I do wonder if the ref played off the result and not the act. With blood on the ice and a player down injured it's probable the ref was influenced to call it harsher than possibly deserved.The five minute penalty ruined the game as a contest.
Since it is for serious rules infractions, then yes, the idea is to say to players DO NOT DO THAT, the risk to your team is too great.Shouldn't have committed it, and it was quite blatant. I do wonder if the ref played off the result and not the act. With blood on the ice and a player down injured it's probable the ref was influenced to call it harsher than possibly deserved.
However, does anyone feel that rule of the full five minutes regardless of goals scored is fair?
Yeah I'm going to follow the draft despite my team Colorado not having a first round pick. And in a week or so the free agency frenzy startsHello yanks, I have refrained from posting in this thread before as I am only a recent new viewer of the NHL, I love watching all sports and not so long ago started watching NFL but when I started watching the NHL I became pretty hooked. I was watching some games earlier too on YouTube and I love the skill and speed that the game moves at, its pretty damn impressive. Plus the hits are awesome. Anyway, I see that the draft is today and tomorrow and I am going to tune in and watch some of it, is anyone else going to have a look at it?
Sweet going to check out that hfboards, thanks. Yeah I have really been enjoying it, been following Anaheim mostly. They have the 6th pick in round 1 if I remember correctly.Yeah I'm going to follow the draft despite my team Colorado not having a first round pick. And in a week or so the free agency frenzy starts
If you are looking for a good hockey forum I would recommend hfboards it's like a hockey version of Caf. And yes NHL is addictive, think I watched over 300 games this season.