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Two things on this:

First, the hit. Little was in a really weird position, having put his head down right before the hit. I'm not saying it was his fault (it definitely wasn't), but I think it added to the severity. I'm not so sure Stralman (who doesn't have a history of being dirty) could've pulled up much on that, and I don't think he was targeting. HOWEVER, head contact was still made, and in the interest of player safety, that call needs to be made. It happens all the time where a player doesn't MEAN to trip another player or MEAN to slash a guys wrists or whatever, but those are still called. It's an infraction regardless of intent. In the same vein, checks to the head need to be called, even if the guy didn't MEAN to hit him there. Give him a penalty, and that, combined with Wheeler's response, probably would've settled the issue.

Second, Maurice's response. I like it. Look, the team is not playing well and lack any sort of spark, IMO. Overall, they're playing pretty uninspired hockey. I wouldn't be surprised if Maurice saw this as an opportunity. Sure, he probably was legitimately pissed at the no-calls, but perhaps he also saw it as a way to show he cares about his guys and try to light some sort of fire. It's like when Patrick Roy had the glass-pushing incident with Boudreau. He admitted afterwards that it was a way of showing his players that he had their backs and was in their corner. Maurice showed that, and good for him. It means a lot to players to know that the guy you go to do battle for every night is also willing to throw his hat into the ring for you once in a while.

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i yea got what you meant. it just turned into an ugly display very quickly, which is what the NHL is infamous for and shows no interest in changing that

should've been a 5 minute penalty for one, if not both hits, by Stralman. and subsequent discipline as well

this all stems from a leg whip and a head shot

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meltdown was warranted I guess, the ejection was not. That's completely unacceptable by the refs.

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Paul Maurice doing his best Lcsulla impression

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:lol I lolled.

#garageleague #htp #allinjest #htp

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hey i don't make the facts, i just report them

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:thumbsup

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I never tried to intentionally harm anyone on the ice as a D man, I would always either lift their stick and poke the puck away when chasing someone down or if I was in front of them I would get real low and just lay my stick on the ice to prevent them from shooting. Yeah, of course I checked people but rarely drew penalties.

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Totally missed where I was going.

I was saying the Jets coach losing his mind at the referee reminds me of some of your more colorful posts. I imagine he threw a Stevie Wonder or two in there :lol

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Gotcha. To be honest, it is all heat of the moment words when I am pissed off about a bad call or my teams getting beat due to a mental mistake or bad call. Other than those few moments where the filter between my brain and mouth is non-existent I am extremely laid back!

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So since girl hockey fan and I (and Tim. Clown.) were just chatting up on FB about DMB, (ya know..., the reason we all found each other to begin with....) what shows are we all planning on this year?

SPAC for me.

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Tim is awesome.

Blossom and my hometown show. Was able to grab a single pit ticket on LN this morning for Blossom. Psyched for that.

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Zero. I'm to the point where I don't travel to see 'em anymore (save for perhaps a Red Rocks trip since that's reasonably close). So if they don't come to SLC, oh well.

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Was almost into a plan for Blossom and Burgettstown for this year but we opted SPAC instead.

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SPAC and Irvine

Kevin and I will be jamming on the lawn :monkey:monkey

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The Whalers really have more of a cult following than I imagined. Few years ago I wore a Whalers T-Shirt in Honduras and at some point I stopped to have my photo taken with some natives and a crowd at the beach spontaneously erupted in a "Let's go Whalers" cheer. I would not have been quite as shocked if it happened somewhere in the US but I was in Honduras for crying out loud, cracked me up and as a party bonus that T-Shirt got me quite a few rum drinks from people who liked the shirt or just got caught up in the chanting. :lol

Tried to upload a pic but it keeps failing even when I shrunk it and saved it as a .bmp file.

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Camden and only Camden. Would love to do Bristow and it feels sac religious not to even though my DMB interest has dwindled a bit lately, but it's hard to justify 3 shows that close together with the kid. Doing Camden provides us an opportunity to dump the kiddo for a weekend at the in laws and enjoy a long weekend in Philly, which is a town I really do love.

But I hardly ever miss Bristow, I think I've missed it like once in the past 10-12 years or something crazy like that. So there's a chance I end up there. Really I just wanna go there to tailgate. Would feel weird to not bring the wife though and that's probably the only way it's do able. We'll see.

edit: any of you Flyers people that are planning on Camden, holla. We can buy one another brews.

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Yeah we will! Glad you're coming back east for it!

Camden is my home venue. But like you, I can't justify too many shows anymore. So I'm going with a buddy (as opposed to the wife) and we decided to bite the bullet and travel a little bit and go back to SPAC for the first time in 11 years.

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Kev are you camping or hotel?

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Hotel. Well south in Latham. Which is fine. Done longer distances for shows. But we weren't sure on our plans so didn't book in time closer to SPAC. And the further away the cheaper, since we're doing this on a bit of a tight budget. At least I am.

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Habs/Flyers trade goals 10 seconds apart. That was fun.

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Poor Jackets. You'll understand when you see the second goal of that game.

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Bristow and the Gorge. If things fall right, may add SPAC or WPB, but unlikely. Bristow is my home show, and my folks have a place 20 minutes from West Palm, so I usually do those. But I've been meaning to get back to the Gorge for years and was already planning to do it this year even before they announced the hiatus. So the money and vacation time that would normally go towards WPB is going towards the Gorge this year.

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It's cause Becs came back today. Total jinx. Nice save Bob

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Happy Birthday Matt!!!

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Zero shows for me. Haven't been since 2011 or 2012, don't really remember to be honest. To me they've grown stale and I dont particularly enjoy their overall sound compared to 1998-2004.

I always hope they'll change my mind before they roll into Toronto but they never do.

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and as to you--

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EDIT: I love how when I type in la kings .gif into google that's the first gif that comes up.

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I will be rocking out at PNC Pavilion in New Jersey!

I miss doing SPAC, but I need to save money.

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Hartford, as always (my 20th Hartford show) and the wife and I are going away to NH for the 2 shows up there. Last few years, we have chosen a destination venue for a long weekend away/getaway kid free. Trying to do a different state each year.

So 3 shows for us.