Goalie Season
I think this is an accident:
On the other hand, this guy meant to do it:
And notice that in both cases, the idiot takes a second swipe at the crossbar, like that’s what he really meant to do.
You think that check was low, because it was kinda sorta maybe in the neighborhood of the knee?
Here’s a youtube compilation of hip checks. It’s the first one that comes up if you search for “hipcheck.” There are about fifty hipchecks shown here. Watch them and apply the absurd Scuderi/Chimera criteria to them. How many do you think are within a couple inches of the knee, right above the knee, or whatever descriptor you prefer for the Scuderi check? Um, MOST OF THEM. If you limit your data set to “classic” hipchecks (i.e. excluding the forward’s version of a hipcheck where you kinda stick your hip out and catch someone in the stomach or on the hip), then ALL OF THEM are punishable if the Scuderi check is punishable. But they’re not punishable. Because they’re legal checks. And have been for 100 years.
This is all about how Chimera landed. But look at how the receivers of all those hip-checks landed. They were in more control of their bodies. Whether or not Chimera is in control of his body post-check is not Scuderi’s fault. And in any case, as I have said a million times now, the low hit issue is a red-herring. It’s the face into the ice that’s freaking people out, and that has nothing to do with whether the hit was low or not.
YouTube – Top 10 NHL Moments 2008-09
YouTube – Top 10 NHL Moments 2008-09.
Hat tip to I forget who.
YouTube – Kings v Islanders 9/22/09 – Kansas City, MO
I am frankly surprised by the high quality of the video image on this crowd tape. The two guys who are taping it give an intentionally and unintentionally amusing running commentary, and for some reason only tape the fights. But it’s still worth a look.
Via Matthew Barry: Lombardi on Gauthier
Love him or hate him, Denis Gauthier was certainly a decent “filler”. “I told this to him twice“, Lombardi began. “I’ve just to keep my options open in terms of whether one of the kids is ready and what would fit with this group. The one kid who had moved along a little quicker was Drewiskie. This kid is so focused. He’s a coaches dream. We’ll know more about where he’s at in mid July and we still might have a box open, so to speak, and then it becomes an issue of “do we fill it” or do we et a guy that is maybe more of a puck mover, because Drewiskie would trend more towards the steady”.
via HockeyBuzz.com – Matthew Barry – Dean Lombardi Interview – PART 2 – Luc to the HHOF.
Henrik Zetterberg gets ready for the Blackhawks
Tomas Surovy channels 100 years of frustrations at your %@^${%^#@ crappy goalie
Windsor v. Brampton OHL Finals Game Two Live for Seven Bucks
Starts at 4pm today…
CBC Hotstove: Kings content (as in CON-tent, not con-TENT)
April 18 edition. Sports – Satellite Hotstove – CBC.ca.
Pundits talk Kings, Gaborik, possible UFA signings. Mostly about seven minutes into the clip.
YouTube – Evgeni Malkin has words with LA Kings
Someone finally posted a clip of the so-called aftermath of the Malkin hit. It’s mostly milling around. I kind of liked when the announcer, who sounds like he might be the local Pittsburgh guy, finally figures out what Malkin did.
Announcer: [seeing the video]: “Oh, ooh, uh, see, Gino — Gino hit Simmonds…uh…you know, kinda in the, uh, in the head area there…and that’s what they took exception to.”
Ya think?
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