The league outright said that the severity of the hit was a big reason for the suspension. If that's true, why didn't Chara get anything for his hit on that Montreal guy? Both were hockey plays, neither guy went out of his way to hurt anybody, but this is 4 games?Stupid. My problem is the lack of consistency by the league.

Bullshit. He went out of his way to hit him in the head. It would have been easier for him to go for the torso. So, intentional blow to the head which could have been prevented. Playing like a goon got him suspended 4 games not the intent of the injury.

Get your head out of your ass.

I agree 4 games was a little much and I am surprised. 1 or 2 games was fine with me.

Because this is the first suspension dispensed since Douchebag Campbell stepped down, so nothing prior to this matters. It's this point forward that matters.

That's the exact reason why.

Questionable hit? Toss a coin.

2 Factors...late hit...significant injury.

Right from the mouth of the guy who handed down the suspension.

I'll take my head out of my ass so you can kiss it.

The only reason Mike Murphy was handling this instead of Colin Campbell is because of Gregory Campbell.

If I remember right, Brendan Shanahan is taking over next year, and it may even be by committee instead of 1 person deciding on suspensions.

Flyers might have a bonafide starter for the first time in 20 years if they can agree to something with Bryzgalov.

this guy singing the anthems can't sing, or atleast not the canada anthem.

peverley hills ninja

Luuuuuuu

fucking Luongo

Fuck lu

Luuuuuuuu... cic

:D 4-0 Bruin's win and series tied.

Thomas has been amazing these last 2 games.

Excellent game from the Bruins tonight. This is a great position to be in going into game 5, hopefully we can steal that one and come back to Boston with three wins.

And yes, I thought Marchand's actions at the end of the game were pretty bush league but I couldn't help but laugh at Ehrhoff being completely fine with being the second man in but wanting no part of Darth Quaider. Turtled like a motherfucker.

If they have the money to sign him. They only have $450(ish)k in cap room right now.

You shut the fuck up about Rene Rancourt, man's a legend.

BRAD MARCHAND! FEAR THE NOSE!!!

So amazing. The Canucks are SO gay.

And I understand Marchand started it by with the dirty take down of Ehrhoff but he was already tangled up with someone and Ehrhoff decided he wanted some, McQuaid was only too happy to oblige.

I hope ginger starts game 5. He got yanked after posting similar numbers against the Blackhawks but it is the Stanley Cup Final so we'll see. I just want to see that BC fuck get a sunburn.

Marchand is so mint...

Worried...

Fucking hell...I'll say it.

Send a plugger in like Glass and take a run at Thomas when he's out of his crease(IE 90% of the game)

Run him fast, run him hard....just make sure he's out of his crease.

Nucks can beat the Bruins, but they can't beat Thomas.

Reminds me of Hasek's Sabres but with a better team up front.

I don't know, I think Boston's done a great job of silencing the Sedins and co. and it goes beyond Thomas. Seidenberg was a monster tonight, for instance. Who's having a good series thus far for Vancouver in your estimation?

Canucks are done

A little early for that.

Home team has won every game so far, which would obviously favour the Nucks...

First 2 games...Lou was lights out. He matched Thomas save for save.

Last games...Stevie Wonder could have done a better job.

Game 3, the whole Nucks team sucked...everyone. Lou didnt even play bad despite the 8 goals(how often can you say that?)

Game 4, he was shit. shit. shit. Nucks didnt play any better either.

Maybe I am not giving the Bruins enough credit, but these last 2 games...there is no way they are THAT much better. You have to give the Bruins credit, they've upped their game. But in the same breath, the Nucks have turtled. Where the fuck the Kesler? Hamhius with a knee injury? Fuck you Hamhius, suck it up, this is the grand daddy. Injuries don't matter...concussions aside, as brain injuries are a different devil...You have all summer to ice your knee. Steve Yzerman would chop off one of his legs, beat you to death with it, and still lift the cup.

The 94 Nucks had heart, the were far and away the less talented team...but they wanted it, McLean, Bure, Linden...not hall of famers, but during that year, they were f'n Supermen.

This finals so far? Haven't seen an ounce of heart from Kesler, Sedin's, Luongo, or Bieska.

Burrows has been an exception...but thats about it.

out scored 12-1 in the past two games

14 to 5 in the series.

Done like dinner.

fuck out of here you transplant. Go back to Toronto where you came from

Never lived in Toronto at any time of my life.

I hope I am wrong, but I don't think I am.

It's way too early to call the series either way. Boston has the momentum for sure, but they won both of their games on home ice.

I don't really like the 2-2-1-1-1 series set up for a final. Baseball and Basketball have it better with 2-3-2 in the finals.

These finals are incredible. Way better than shitty last year's. Even though the last 2 games have been blowouts they have been super exciting.

The two rules of playoff hockey: don't overreact to one game and you're not in trouble until you lose at home.

I hate that saying. If the Bruins win all their home games and lose all four on the road what good did it do?

That saying only applies to the team with home field/ice advantage or else it would never make sense to apply it to both teams in a series because the lower seed/record don't get enough home games to prove the saying.

I heard Pierre McGuire apply it to the Bruins when asked if they were in trouble after game 2.

The series sure picked up after the first game. Pretty fun to watch this final.

Pierre McGuire is a douche.

If Lou has another bad game, the Nucks fans are going to hunt him down.

I understand that none of the Nucks has good games the last 2 in Boston(you're not going to win many games scoring 1 goal in 2 games) but your goalie has to be your best player. It seemed to suck the life out of the team when Lou let in those bad goals. If Lou was playing better, the rest if the team would have been too. If your goalie isn't getting it done, the team is done. Same a football, if you QB is doing shitty, chances are slim you're going to win.

I will riot if we lose. Been there the first time

Never understood rioters...nothing says team pride like tearing your city apart.

Would make more sense to organize a trip to Beantown, or the NHL's New York head office...not that I am encouraging such behavior :shifty:

After game 2, I was feeeling pretty cocky :D

You're so smart, you're like all other fucking bandwagoners.

Bobby Lou sucks right guys? Shut out. Fuck you

Bruins have scored 2 goals in Vancouver in 180+ minutes, Lara Emily.


Fuck. It's looking like Vancouver in seven now.

That's in response to all those Vancouver fans who cheered when Schneider got put in, right?

:-\ Vancouver won 1-0 but the Bruins played almost exactly how they did in Game 1 and not how they were in the previous 2 games.

Both goalies were good with Luongo a bit better in the end.

Putting Gregory Campbell on the PP unit was fucking retarded. Julien must hate Seguin.

So sweet i was wrong awesome, look just because I thought they were done doesn't mean I was not wanting them to win, I just felt they had blown their momentum and that Boston had control, turns out i was wrong, that's awesome I'm happy

And for the record I'd have and have said the same thing about my Penguins, I'm a pessimist fan, it's how I operate

Yes. I don't know why people throw Lou under the bus after every loss.

Also, I've been hearing cheering and horns honking none stop since the Canucks got their goal. Literally non stop.

Bandwagoner.

Honestly if the Bruins/Canucks are going to play like this in Vancouver, it doesn't matter if the Bruins score 50 on Monday.

Seriously lads, I live in the suburbs of Vancity about 30mins out, this is more nuts than the Olympics and we haven't even won the holy grail yet. Unreal.

That was Canuck hockey btw. That's how they've played most of the season, this is why they are Presidents Cup Champs.

Don't the Sedins usually score though? I thought you had to get on the scoresheet to win an Art Ross trophy. :D

It's not every loss, but Lou is inconsistent.

Bugs me when fans boo him or cheer when he's replaced, but he is a coin, he has two sides.

Those 2 games in Boston wasn't just Lou. It was the whole team.

Lou and the Nucks are going to be better in Boston for game 6. Guaranteed....but so are the Bruins.

Really wish Lapierre would stop that horseshit too. He acted like someone took an axe to his wrist after Chara tapped him.

Lapierre is a good hockey player, he doesn't need to resort to faking shit in order to be an effective player.

This series is going seven, which is something I was afraid of. I'll claim ignorance and say I don't know what's more valued Olympics/NHL, but my inclination is to say game seven will be USA/Canada x10.

People have been saying how close these games are, how lucky the Nucks are to be winning these 1 goal games...

If not for Thomas, the Nucks home games final scores would like the B's home games...

I don't think national pride is as much of a factor in the Stanley Cup.

Kesler is American

Lucic is Canadian

Euros on both teams.

For the fans it might be USA vs Canada, but on the ice its multiculturalism.

We've been over this. I know. I was just making a joke.

Lara cheers for the Pens...

When you're cheering for your 2nd, 3rd...fav teams, you don't have to be a loyalist or a diehard fan.

Big balls Bobby Lou

That was about the Lapierre goal, by the way.

I think Henrik and Kesler are hurt btw.

Kesler definitely is.

So is Sedin, I'm pretty sure he had an arm or wrist injury in the first round, but I think he has lower body injury now.

Kesler is banged up pretty good, you are not seeing Ryan Fucking Kesler right now, you're seeing just Ryan.

H Sedin and Kesler pretty sure both of them have groin/lower body issues.

Imagine they're not feeling too bad when they've got the adrenaline going...makes you wonder why Hamhius isn't playing.

He has a ruptured testicle.

Find the whole quote, he said something about Thomas being a great goalie making huge saves that he couldn't make.

There's been little said about Hamhius' injury, but I'm POSITIVE, if he could go, he'd go.

Nobody's even talking about how much we miss Samuelsson. There's a big chunk of the secondary scoring gone.

That was Salo.

No reports in Vancouver's media saying Hamhuis has a broken ball that I am aware of. Not sure where you get your info.

Samuelsson wasn't doing much before he got hurt. Pretty sure he was playing on the 4th line/occasional shift with the Sedin's after Burrows killed a penalty.

Salo on the point is much better than Samuelsson

I'm not confusing them, Hamhuis as well. Tony Marinaro, who hosts some Montreal sports radio show has a source saying this. The story was picked up by 98.5 in Boston.

Yeah, it said Hamhuis has a ruptured testicle on the radio. OUCH.

I always knew Lucic was a ballbuster...

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Scott Tenorman strikes again

This is the first I heard of the ruptured nut. Could you imagine if he came back and lead the team to the Cup, everybody would be talking for years about him skating with one nut. He'd be the "best leader of all time."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEp65...layer_embedded

I went to high school with face paint kid. He's an absolute joke and never cared about the Bruins so credit to Vancouver for finding a real fan.

oompa loompa doopity doo.

love scrawny little ankle biters talking shit :lol:

Kid in the Marchand shirt should get his fucking face knocked in. Taunting 10 year olds? Big tough guy.

Every team has the fan that deserves to be punched in the mouth...hell, after a few too many suds, I am one of those fans.

I hate seeing it though. Its one thing to have a rivalry, chirp back and forth, and a bit of taunting, but its entirely different when it gets psychical...those "fans" just look like an ass, and do nothing to actually support their team.

3-0 already :D :D

What a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 fucking 0!!!

this is fucking magical stuff

I'm still nervous...! But amazing!

"It's not hard if you're playing in the paint. It's an easy save for me..."

Apparently not so for you easy, Roberto. Take a seat.

:D 5-2 Bruins win, series tied 3-3, Game 7 is going to be epic.

:D Thomas and :rofl: Luongo chased from the game after he tried to "trash talk" about Thomas playing ability.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I'll call it as it is and Lou sucked balls tonight. Game 7 is going to be incredible. His home record has been incredible, he could get 3 shut outs in the series amazingly. Wednesday will be a great day.

Lou's 3 goals were all shit goals. Boston did the right thing by just putting the puck on the net. The 2 goals Schiender let in were not his fault. The first was a perfect tip, the 2nd was on a 5-3.

Raymond is out 4 months with a compressed vertebrae...on an interference play from Boychuk. Yet no penalty or review from the league. Murphy has already set a standard that the significance of the injury is a factor in a suspension...Consistently inconsistent.

Vancouver would gain more with Boychuk playing than not playing because his goof up in Game 1 or 2 gave Vancouver the game winner and he almost gave up another goof to Vancouver when it was still 0-0 last night.

I fucking love Johnny Boychuk but he has been fucking up A LOT.

Not really the point. The league should have still gone through the procedures of having a meeting with Boychuk, and reviewing the play with him.

I don't even think it was a suspension worthy hit, just bad luck as Raymond went into the board awkwardly.

Just the fact that Murphy said just last week that the severity of the injury is a factor in deciding a suspension(agree with it or not, it's what he said) then he doesn't even acknowledge this hit. Makes him look like a fucking douchebag hypocrite.

Media is Van is going apeshit over this, calling conspiracy theories and the whole 9 yards.

I won't use the refs as an excuse, because Vancouver didn't deserve to win game 3,4,6. I just don't understand why they let that post whistle shit go on. Regular season, there would be penalties left right and center. All the refs needed to do was call one, maybe 2 penalties in those post whistle scrums, and they would have stopped, or at least been less obvious.

The games would be so boring if the refs did not let them play. For fuck sakes this has been a great Finals. Why do Vancouver fans feel the need to COMPLAIN all the time? Fuck I hate Vancouver.

Calling dirt dirt is hardly complaining...

You might as well be saying "Fuck I hate the truth"

Sorry not complaining... whining.