2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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4-0 Dallas over San Jose in the 2nd

*snip*

I'm at about an 8, I think.

Oh relax, the playoffs haven't even started yet.

[bronconick]

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4-0 Dallas over San Jose in the 2nd

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I'm at about an 8, I think.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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The Downie play is kind of tricky. In no way do I want to defend the guy because has a bad history with stuff like this. But all he really did was fall. He did ride Crosby for a long time but based off of his body positioning it looks like he was just trying to put Crosby into the boards when he fell. He didn't use his stick on Crosby, he didn't hit from behind, it wasn't a hit to the head. Downie fell, thats it. Unfortunately for Sid it happened to be on the back of his leg.

I suppose a suspension could have been warranted for intent to injure but if Cooke didn't get one then I don't see why Downie would too.

Watch closer. Downie positions his leg right behind Crosby and then goes down. It's a very deliberate move. Look at his left arm too...it's grabbing Crosby's leg.

I'm faaaar from a Crosby fan, but that's not even is Matt Cooke's cheap repertoire...

[Handyman]

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Was it Randy Schmidt who had the porbno stache back in the day...we need him back!

[MaizeRage]

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Oh, if only Conrad Hache was still around.

Oh, but he is. And good news: he's he's helping train the officials of tomorrow!