ChiefsPlanet - Other Sports ***Official 2013-2014 NHL Season Thread***

ChiefsPlanet (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/index.php)

- Nzoner's Game Room (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/forumdisplay.php?f=1)

- -

***Official 2013-2014 NHL Season Thread*** (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=276898)

It was Duncan Keith...there's a vid of it out there. What a piece of shit...

Not to mention his constant slashing of Tarasenko and a real nasty one on Oshie.

Bickell also threw a nasty knee on Sobotka, Dustin Brown style.

The Hawks are showing what true cheap shot scumbag artists they really are.

Mason is going to be out for game 2 against the Rangers. I'm not liking our odds too even this up

Good to see the scum hawks and wild getting what they deserve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerm (Post 10574281)

From the Chicago Tribune:

Quote:

Heartless, dirty and stupid will get you beat.

Just ask the Blackhawks.

It’s as if the Hawks were begging to blow Game 2 of the playoff series against the Blues, and St. Louis accommodated.

The Hawks were heartless early, and they were dirty and stupid late, choking away another third-period lead and losing another game in overtime.

Frankly, they deserved it. They deserved to lose a game in which they looked like amateurs a majority of the time.

It was enough to make you grab your crotch in disgust.

The Hawks came out reluctant to go to the tough areas and they weren’t wild about defending those spots, either. If they didn’t lose every battle for loose pucks, then they were losing the important ones.

This was how a defending champion responds to a triple-overtime loss?

The Hawks gave up the first goal again, and this time they allowed the Blues to score late in the first period for a 2-0 lead.

Uninspired. Unmotivated. Lazy. Inept. Just dumb. However you want to characterize the Hawks’ start, it was embarrassing the way they gave away the first 30 minutes Saturday afternoon.

Their power play became such a joke that two Olympians collided at the St. Louis blue line to create a shorthanded breakaway.

The Hawks drew enough lazy and stupid penalties in the second period that a rout wasn’t far off. But at least the Hawks’ penalty killers were engaged. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to leave the Hawks just one shot away from making it a game.

And Duncan Keith launched that shot late in the second period, firing a puck past Ryan Miller after it deflected off one of Miller’s teammates.

Note the formula: Slap shot by a Hawks defenseman, deflection off a Blues skater, puck in the back of the net.

Unbelievably, that worked two more times. Brent Seabrook tied the game that way early in the third period, and a couple minutes later, Michal Rozsival put the Hawks ahead.

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville demanded traffic in front of the Blues net to beat Miller, and thankfully the Blues accommodated.

And so, after three lucky bounces, the Hawks tried to protect another third-period lead. They failed to do it in Game 1. They failed in Game 2, only this time, they added a special brand of dirty and stupid.

Bryan Bickell stuck out his left leg and blatantly nailed Vladimir Sobotka’s knee. That’s not just dirty and stupid, that's Canuck dirty and stupid.

The Blues went on the power play with less than five minutes to go in a one-goal game, and before the Hawks could kill it and get out of trouble and get out of St. Louis with a split, Seabrook launched himself into Blues captain David Backes and likely launched himself into a suspension.

Seabrook lined up Backes behind the Hawks’ net and drove his right shoulder into Backes’ face, drawing blood and a major penalty.

Again, Canuck-caliber dirty and stupid.

You cannot target the head. You cannot make the head the principal point of contact. And you’re an idiot to risk what happened while trying to kill a penalty and protect a late lead in a playoff game in a series you already trail by a game.

And so, of course the Blues scored the tying goal. They did it excruciatingly late --- 6.4 seconds remained --- and forced a second straight overtime affair because the Hawks blew a second straight lead in the dying minutes.

If you believe in cheater’s proof, you shouldn’t be surprised that Barrett Jackman scored 5:50 into overtime to give the Blues the victory and a two-games-to-none series lead.

If you don’t believe in hockey karma, then go with this: Is that any way to win a Stanley Cup?

Copyright © 2014 Chicago Tribune Company, LLC

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...7395850.column

He's spot on, and I love the Canuck references.

The results of the hearing should be interesting.

Aaron Rome got 4 games for targeting the head of Horton last year, and that was in the Finals. Anything less than that, and the league ****ed up.

Knowing the inconsistencies of the league's disciplinary decisions, He'll probably get 2 games or less.

I don't really follow hockey closely, but I'm a semi-fan of the Stars and it's nice to see them back in the playoffs. They won't win the series with Anaheim, but I think they can win one of the games in Dallas. I can't wait to see this team in three years - Seguin and Benn are already giving the league fits.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58 (Post 10574370)

I'm gonna guess you're right - 2 games. Seabrook doesn't have a history of suspensions, and you could argue that he didn't TARGET the head (no launching, etc.). I think it's pretty clear that he did, and I agree that he SHOULD get 4 games, but they tend to go soft on big-name players. We'll see.

In case you missed it, two of the filthiest goals you'll ever see:

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net.../849181224.gif

http://i.imgur.com/TtGwi3Q.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10574440)

Poor choice of words on my part regarding targeting the head.

With the new rules, targeting or intent doesn't matter. If the principle point of contact is the head, expect discipline from the league.

Knowing the league, and the fact the player in question is from their 2nd biggest market - He'll probably get a game while Backes misses the rest of the playoffs.

Oh, and if anyone has a link to the audio of that play where you can overhear Toews/Keith chirping at a guy who just had his egg scrambled, I'd appreciate you posting it. Class acts, those Blackhawks.

If Seabrook is back before Backes which is most likely the case then if the league will not protect its players then I could see a major retaliation type penalty to a Blackhawk player.

This is what happens when you let the players police the game instead of the league.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcpasco (Post 10574510)

I'd prefer they just keep their heads and focus on winning games, not retaliation.

Christ, they could spend the rest of the series trying to get payback on Seabrook alone - much less on Bickell for the knee shot or on Duncan Keith for swinging like Babe Ruth at anyone dressed in blue.

Found the CBC broadcast. I'm betting that Toews made the "wakey, wakey" comment because you can lipread Steen saying, "that's bullshit, Johnny."

Nice slash from Keith on Oshie right before the hit, and good on the broadcast team for recognizing it was happening all day. Never heard a peep on the NBC broadcast.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vFCiYri04Oo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Seabrook's hearing supposedly started at 11:00 CST.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58 (Post 10574549)

Seabrook's hearing supposedly started at 11:00 CST.

And a Chicago writer is speculating the hearing is over, as Seabrook is stretching in a hallway of the United Center.

According to Ren Lavoie, Seabrook has been suspended for 3 games.