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[BuckeyeMike80]

Wow....

7 year extension (he'll be a career Wing now) at 6 to 7 million a year....

[shoegirl]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeMike80

Wow....

7 year extension (he'll be a career Wing now)

As long as he stays healthy, I'm very happy about this news!

[BuckeyeMike80]

The thuggery on display yesterday in Detroit was absolutely brutal. It was so bad that the CALGARY media is having a cow over it.


Playfair's posse looks silly losing its cool

DETROIT -- They lost it.

And they lost it.

"We have a fiery group of guys,'' said Rhett Warrener.

"We weren't happy with the way things were going,'' chimed in Jarome Iginla.

As if that excuses the anarchy.

"You try to play all 60 minutes with passion and intensity,'' said Calgary Flames coach Jim Playfair. "To see the emotions spill over in the last five minutes of the game like that . . . it is what it is.''

What it is, is stupid.

"You can debate it forever,'' continued Playfair. "Was it right or wrong, good or bad? All we're focusing on is going home and winning a hockey game. And that's the truth.''

Focus? They couldn't see the tip of a face shield a couple inches in front of the ends of their noses by the finish, their pupils reduced to tiny dots of red swimming in glassy eyeballs. They were blind with Rink Rage by then. And that's the truth, too.

At JLA on Saturday, with the upper hand in this suddenly-interesting series at stake, the Flames landed harder than rag-doll Dion Phaneuf after the Ol' Canoli Truck, Todd Bertuzzi, body slammed him to the ice with such casual ferocity you could hear Eddie Whalen up there in the big wrasslin' ring in the sky, squealing: "Now THAT was a ring-a-ding-dong-dandy!"

There hasn't been this much damage control on the go since Bill Clinton went on television to assure the Bible-belt puritans: "I did NOT have sex with that woman!''

Backup goaltender Jamie McLennan will be suspended. That much is certain. His machete-style naval-high slash on a Johan Franzen, completely out of character and utterly indefenceable, was shocking. Oh, well, he made his 18 seconds of actual 'playing time' memorable.

http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/...8220f9&rfp=dta

[jimotis4heisman]

didnt watch the game. saw the highlight, or shall i say low light. i think suspensions should go to netminders who use the paddle as a weapon like that. also though i still think they need to protect the goalies more. some teams are known to crash the net, others to attack the net minder... fine line often times.

[BuckeyeMike80]

There were times that I thought Detroit would win by 4 and others that I thought something quirky/stupid would happen and Calgary would steal one.....

But in the end, just in the beginning of the 2nd OT, Johan Franzen crossed to the middle of the ice and put up a great shot past Kipper to win it.

Detroit wins and eliminate the Flamers in 6 games.

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Excellent goal by Franzen in the 2nd OT. Very glad that we will not be playing a game 7. Time to rest up a bit for round two!

[jimotis4heisman]

what do you wings fans think of the pronger suspension?

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I think most fans are excited that we don't have to play against him tonight.

[jimotis4heisman]

haha well yeah.

but i think it was not deserved. he hit him high, but hes just bigger and didnt go into like a one game suspension. the original penalty five min major and game misconduct im fine with. though it was on nieds not prongs. but i think doing both is overboard.

[BuckeyeMike80]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

what do you wings fans think of the pronger suspension?

It should be longer.

This isn't the first time this idiot has gone goon on the Wings. He attempted to take Yzerman out in 2002, just missed and blew his own knee out.

[BuckeyeMike80]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

haha well yeah.

but i think it was not deserved. he hit him high, but hes just bigger and didnt go into like a one game suspension. the original penalty five min major and game misconduct im fine with. though it was on nieds not prongs. but i think doing both is overboard.

Neids shouldn't have gotten the penalty.

He didn't hit him high nor did he drive him with an elbow.

Pronger did both and got nothing. Neidermayer had a legal hit and got a 5 minute major out of it.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeMike80

Neids shouldn't have gotten the penalty.

He didn't hit him high nor did he drive him with an elbow.

Pronger did both and got nothing. Neidermayer had a legal hit and got a 5 minute major out of it.

plus a game misconduct...

that was my point, i guess. had they gotten it right and given pronger the five and game do you think he would have missed tonights game?

on pronger he pulled nash over the boards this year in columbus when the two teams were discussing whta they had for lunch...

[BuckeyeMike80]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

plus a game misconduct...

that was my point, i guess. had they gotten it right and given pronger the five and game do you think he would have missed tonights game?

on pronger he pulled nash over the boards this year in columbus when the two teams were discussing whta they had for lunch...

Yes I do think he'd still be missing tonight's game if they'd given him the penalties correctly.

It was a vicious hit, there was clearly intent and Pronger isn't so much taller than Holmer (6'5 vs 6'), which isn't nearly enough to justify a high elbow. If it was Jiri Hudler (5'7 at the most, I've stood next to him in person), that would be one thing but that isn't the case here.

The worst part is that this occurred not when it was a competitive game. The Ducks were down 3-0 at the time, and 4-0 after the ensuing Power Play. Detroit had dominated them to that point. This was nothing but a goon acting like one.

[BuckeyeMike80]

The next goal will probably end up deciding if this series ends in Anaheim or if the NHL itself ends with an Anaheim-Ottawa cup series....

[BuckeyeMike80]

That's that....

Look for Anaheim to win the Series on Tuesday and for the NHL to fold in 3 years at the most.....