Hitting The Links: Cross-Canada Edition
by sarahconnors on Jan 9, 2012 10:56 AM EST
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Wanted to give a bit more play to Dougie's article, so late links today.
Yay, the Bruins are playing four Canadian teams in a row over the course of one week! Tonight Tomorrow, they take on the Atlantapeg Thrasherjets Winnipeg Jets. The last time these two teams met, it ended in a loss for Boston, as Ondrej Pavelec stood on his head and made like a bajillion saves. Hopefully this time the outcome will be different.
After the jump - Columbus finally fires their coach, NHL players are iffy about realignment, the Penguins are in trouble, and Bruce Boudreau is hilarious...
Bruins News
- The Jets are ready for tonight's matchup against Boston. [Canoe]
- Patrice Bergeron for Selke! And other awards predictions. [Herald]
- Brad Marchand defended his hit during the Bruins' "Slice The Ice" event yesterday. [Herald]
NHL News
- Cory Schneider had fun playing in his hometown on Saturday. [Salem News]
- Jarome Iginla is the subject of trade rumors, when really the Flames should be honoring the crap out of him. [Globe and Mail]
- Former Panthers fan-favorite David Booth returns to Florida. [Sun-Sentinel]
- Patrick Sharp is hurt, and the Blackhawks have lost four straight. PANIC BUTTON!!!1 [ESPN]
- Americans are on the rise in the NHL. Yay! [Globe and Mail]
- Players are unsure about all this realignment business, and for good reason. [CSN Chicago]
- Speaking of bandwagony teams with lots of injuries, the Penguins are losing players left and right. [Penguins]
- Bruce Boudreau is not afraid to make fun of himself. O[C Register]
- The Blue Jackets finally fired Scott Arniel! [SBNation]
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FIXED idk why i thought the game was tonight! durrr. Well, that makes my life a lot easier :D
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by sarahconnors on Jan 9, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
i was scared for a second im going to the jets game and was planning on tomorrow lol
by Dangles-McDonnybrook on Jan 9, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Re: Iginla/flames
does Calgary love Iginla enough to let him go to a good team?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 AM EST reply actions
(probably, yep)
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Rene?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
aw it’s rene bourque trying to score on the oilers but getting upended at the same time.
First picture showing his nameplate I found
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
you think they’ll try to package Bourque with Iginla?
I don’t think teams will take Bourque’s contract.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
He meant trading Iggie to win a Cup, a la Bourque being moved to Colorado, silly.
Kick his ass, Seabass!
by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think Rene Bourque is as good as Dave Andreychuk
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
The perfect Gif
To sum up my thoughts as well… Hmmm
by Toocomplex4most on Jan 9, 2012 9:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Julien’s were pretty good too. I love our Coach/GM more and more every day. Which says a lot because I spent a ton of time last season defending the two of them.
by Michael Taylor on Jan 9, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
I might have missed this earlier in the weekend
but this article on the KHL is absolutely mindblowing. I can’t believe something like this exists in modern times, even overseas.
In Memoriam: Dan Wheldon 1978-2011
Jesus Christ!
I started reading it and will have to continue when I’m at lunch. That is some compelling and fucking crazy shit. I only read the first couple of paragraphs, but I wonder if Jagr got more than he bargained for playing over there.
Kick his ass, Seabass!
by phonymahoney on Jan 9, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
HEY GUYS
We’ve got a viewing party coming up!
But we need to know numbers so we can tell the bar. Please vote “yes” in the poll here if you’re attending:
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions
alright
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
21+ unfortunately
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
Seeing as that coincides with the Patriots playoff game there is no way in hell I shall be attending.
Second choice would have been NU at Fenway anyways.
by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 9, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
yes, that game will be on, as well
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
The dustin penner-est injury
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Ha!
Did anyone read this?
http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bd7BY
Keith Ballard is one of the best hip-checkers and has been called for clipping because the league obviously wants to avoid serious knee injuries. But in a puck-possession play against Jordin Tootoo on April 28, Ballard was assessed a two-minute minor for clipping. Whether that action and what Marchand did are in the same clipping category is what the league needs to better define.
Ballard, on his hip checking ‘ability’:
“Normally when I do that, the guy has the puck and the guy is coming down on me and trying to beat me, there is a difference and anybody who says there’s not a difference is an idiot.”
Oh yeah, make sure you read the sub-heading… I love how in Vancouver they assume we’re cheering the injury rather than the hit. Fucking tards.
Kick his ass, Seabass!
bleacher report…sigh…
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
I thought Montreal was the softest team in the league.
If opposing teams didn’t cheer on plays Salo gets hurt on, they’d never cheer at all.
by dudebro on Jan 9, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Wow. That KHL article is just crazy.
It’s terrible… I can’t believe things like this really happen nowadays. However, if the Bruins did this with Grahame a few years earlier, I may have been behind it all the way:
There are problems players face when teams decide they’re no longer needed.
"One guy I know, playing for the KHL team in Kazan, was arrested after the team had (marijuana) planted on him," says Simpson, who now lives in Chicago. "They took him to jail, wanted to sweat him out, pressure him to agree to go back to Canada without getting paid."
The same thing happened to John Grahame, a Canadian goalie who played during the 2008-09 season for the KHL team in Omsk, a city in Siberia.
"He was arrested by police for going to a dance club because the team didn’t want to keep paying him," Simpson said.
Kick his ass, Seabass!
Amnesty International: “Hey, you can’t do that! That man has RIGHTS! Oh, it’s John Grahame? Nevermind.”
by dudebro on Jan 9, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I know about Ballard..
Does anyone remember this hit from Raymond? If this isn’t exactly what Marchand did I don’t know what is…this clip should be played every time Gillis opens his mouth..
The whole Vigneault/Gillis/Ballard dog/pony show is/was ridiculous. Over the last 8 games between the two teams:
Harmless slashes to shins (Sat. Only) Bruins 1 Canucks 1
Sticks to the throat (Sat. Only) Canucks 1 Bruins 0
6 on 1 schoolyard jumpings (Sat. Only) Canucks 1 Bruins 0
Low Bridge hits Canucks 3 Bruins 1.5*
Hilariously jabbing star player unwilling to defend himself/his teammates Bruins 1 Canucks 0
*I only give Marchand .5 for his low bridge against Vancouver, he was about to get hit after the whistle.
How are we the dirty team again?
by Michael Taylor on Jan 9, 2012 2:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
*I only give Marchand .5 for his low bridge against Vancouver, he was about to get hit after the whistle.
Give him full credit. He earned it!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Are we talking about the SCF game, or Saturday? Saturday was as much of a low bridge as the 3 Vancouver plays. I don’t think Marchand’s playoff low bridge was as bad because if you’re going to run someone after the whistle, it’s your own fault if you get low-bridged (on the dirty scoreboard at least.).
by Michael Taylor on Jan 9, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
It was the playoff one that got the half for the very reason you described.
To me the two are in no way comparable. One was a dirty play, the other was avoiding a dirty play.
by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 9, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Totally agree. I only even gave it a half because it was a low bridge. To be honest, avoiding a dirty play is fine by me overall, and as PM pointed out, I missed the biting and Raffi Torres.
by Michael Taylor on Jan 9, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
How is there no link and/or fanshot/fanpost to Claude’s masterful response to Vigneault? Or have I just missed it? It was absolutely brilliant.
by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 9, 2012 4:38 PM EST reply actions
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