The Noon Number

by PeterMacKellar on Jan 9, 2012 12:03 PM EST in The Noon Number

BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 07: Nathan Horton #18 of the Boston Bruins and Dale Weise #32 of the Vancouver Canucks fight in the first period on January 7, 2012 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

85.9 - Despite giving up four power play goals this weekend against Vancouver, the Bruins currently rank seventh in the NHL in total penalty kill percentage with 85.9 percent.

The Bruins have been shorthanded a total of 149 times this season, with Saturday's 11 penalties making up 7.4 percent of the season's penalty kills.

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I’ll take it… although four PP goals is unacceptable (of course, one could argue that some were handed to the Canucks).

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM EST reply actions

I wouldn’t.

PPs are handed to teams. PPGs are not.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I realize you wouldn’t, however, some would (and have).

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions

precisely

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions

I'm glad Boston lost

See if Boston won, then it was just another win. Now that they’ve lost, it was just a loss. But over in Vancouver the win was a big deal for them. And the loss would have been even bigger. Now they get to puff themselves up a bit, even though the team didn’t score a single even strength goal. And they feel like the win was dominant, even though it was only a 1 goal victory. Boston has been blown out once this year (I define a blowout loss as losing by 3 goals or more). Meanwhile Vancouver has managed 7. Vancouver needed this to be a win, way more than Boston cares about it being a loss.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

by Kungfuguy on Jan 9, 2012 2:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Get over yourself, and stop reading Vancouver based media.

We’re indeed overjoyed with the win, but what does it mean? All it means is 2 points. Does it make the Cup loss hurt any less? No. I think the biggest thing we can take out of this win is the validation that having a functional PP is going to be the equalizer that would give us a chance in a long series. Will we have 11PP in a playoff game? Probably not. But this is the way our team was built, to capitalize when we have the man-advantage. Our team isn’t going to out-muscle/out-physical/out-fight Boston. Hell, I would argue NO team is built to do that. You guys are the top 5 on 5 team in the league for a reason. And it showed.

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by Vancouverguy on Jan 9, 2012 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

Okay

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

by Kungfuguy on Jan 9, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions

wait..

only 2 points? I thought they held a parade?

Keep Calm and Tim Tom

by Big Bad Me on Jan 9, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions

At the very least, they didn’t burn the city down. That must mean they won something.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions

get over it phony… there are idiots in every city… let it gooooo

by hockeyisthebestsportevah on Jan 10, 2012 2:33 AM EST up reply actions

what is your problem?

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 10, 2012 7:16 AM EST up reply actions

My money?

He has a crush on you. What do little boys do to girls they have crushes on? Torment and annoy the ever loving shit out of them.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 10, 2012 9:13 AM EST up reply actions

awwwww

by TomServo42 on Jan 10, 2012 9:14 AM EST up reply actions

Get lost

by TomServo42 on Jan 10, 2012 8:09 AM EST up reply actions

on VAN's Weise running away from Shawn Thornton (NESN)

“You know what? Me and [Adam] McQuaid were having words and I was under the impression that we might have went and I guess [Thornton] thought I was challenging him,” recalled Weise, as he readied for the Panthers in Florida on Monday.

“But at the end of the day, that’s not really the type of guy I want to fight.”

But those two excuses weren’t the real reason why he opted not to drop the mitts. Apparently his tussle with Nathan Horton tuckered him out.

“I got in the box and we exchanged a couple of words and I realized how tired I was,” he remembered. “And when I got out of there, I still couldn’t catch my breath and that’s why a couple of other guys were challenging me. It was like, ‘Let me catch my breath.’”

So let’s recap:
-He wanted to fight McQuaid instead.
-He didn’t want to fight the “type of guy” Thornton is.
-He was tired.

by Mikol on Jan 9, 2012 3:57 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

bahahahahahaha

by Mikol on Jan 9, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions

can’t blame a guy for not wanting to fight twice in one period

can blame him for inviting a fight if he didn’t want to go

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions

Yeap. And to be honest, I don’t see that big a dropoff between McQuaid and Thornton. I have no doubt Shawn is the better fighter but we aren’t talking about Campbell here (a weaker fighter in my eyes)… McQuaid is pretty damned nasty.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 9, 2012 4:02 PM EST up reply actions

I couldn’t imagine being willing to fight McQuaid but not Thornton. I see Thorts as more technical, and smarter with the gloves off, while McQuaid could cave in a masonry wall. imo.

by Pig Phister on Jan 9, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

That's what I was thinking too.

McQuaid’s an animal. VICIOUS RIGHTS WITH WILD ABANDON.

by androxin on Jan 9, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions

McQuaid could cave in a masonry wall

hehe. guy could take a blue whale out.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 7:32 PM EST up reply actions

PUNCH ALL THE WHALES!

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by sarahconnors on Jan 9, 2012 7:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I agree with this completely. I’m glad that was said out there. I would have jumped all over Weise if he tried to goad Thornton into a fight, but then backed off. That would have been an extremely poor reflection on him, and I’m sure our fans on NM won’t support that either.

One way to think of it from a fan’s perspective though, is that we’d much rather Weise take McQuaid out for 5 minutes, rather than Thornton for the same 5 minutes. No offense, but it would be much more advantageous for the Canucks in general to have McQuad sit in the box.

And give both Horton and Weise credit. I thought that tilt would be ended sooner than it did. Then went after each other for a long time, so kudos to both. Refs probably was hoping to get all the fights out of the way.

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by Vancouverguy on Jan 9, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions

good point about McQuaid’s value on ice vs Thornton. hadn’t thought that through

by Pig Phister on Jan 9, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions

I would rather fight Thornton over McQuaid 10 times out of 10. Weise is either stupid or lying.

Keep Calm and Tim Tom

by Big Bad Me on Jan 9, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions

five games for marchand

by inmyiroc on Jan 9, 2012 6:34 PM EST via Android app reply actions

Not surprised. Seems a little high, but that’s politics.

by Black Bird on Jan 9, 2012 6:45 PM EST up reply actions

“suspended for five games and will forfeit $152,439.02”

Wow.

by Black Bird on Jan 9, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions

5/82 of his salary.

Had he not been a repeat offender it would have been $67.5K (5/185)

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 9, 2012 7:26 PM EST up reply actions

marchand suspended for more games than Torres three-game head-shot hat-trick, fwiw

by TomServo42 on Jan 9, 2012 6:54 PM EST up reply actions

crazy.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions

Elliotte Friedman said this in his 30 thoughts:

One of the reasons Brad Marchand was suspended for five games is that with all of the concern about hits to the head, the NHL absolutely does not want “low-bridging” to creep back into the game. It’s so dangerous.

Something to think about.

by androxin on Jan 9, 2012 6:56 PM EST reply actions

counter point, fwiw

some people, Claude Julien included I believe, think hits to the head will deminish if players are afraid to get clipped. Don’t want to get flipped over someones back? Don’t take a run at him. But because players know they can’t be low bridged by someone they have lined up, there isnt much insentive not to take a run at a guy. I guess it is pick your poison either way you look at it.

Keep Calm and Tim Tom

by Big Bad Me on Jan 9, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Well blind-siding is a pretty good way to give a guy a concussion but clipping is a good way to take out someone’s knees and maybe ALSO give him a concussion from flipping over onto the ice

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 10, 2012 8:50 AM EST up reply actions