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Originally Posted by Jerm
Roy is a ****ing idiot...called Backes gutless after the game and blamed Shattenkirk for his own injured mouth when it was his player leaving his feet, initiating the contact that caused said injury.
Don Cherry needs to shut the **** up too...
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Roy probably shouldn't have said anything at all, but he's not wrong about any of it - just a bit overdramatic. Bordy's hit was hard, and it's unfortunate that Shatty's stick was up that high when the hit occurred, but there's no way you can call it a dirty hit - no charging, contact was to the chest, and, no, he didn't leave his feet until after contact (and even then he barely comes off the ground).
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As for the retaliation, I had no issue with the Blues laying some big hits after that, and that includes the hits on MacKinnon. Where Backes went too far was dropping the gloves on a guy that clearly had no intention of obliging, then proceeding to tackle him and take a couple extra hits while he was on top of him on the ice. I think he was just frustrated that he tried to lay a hit on Mac and ended up getting thrown to the ice instead. The fact that Mac is only 18 adds to the outcry about it, but I doubt that was in Backes's mind at the moment, so that doesn't bother me much.