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• Comment on Liveblog: Ouch! Another spanking: Canadiens lose 6-4 in Pittsburgh
  When you have a commentator who likens player's backchecking to watching monkeys trying to f a football, you're not going to attract the classiest of supporters. The disgrace is an extension of the standard set by the commentator.
• Comment on Liveblog: Canadiens drop another one to Sabres
  Game 7 of the 2011 Eastern Conference quarter final. I seem to recall Halpern getting tossed from the face off due to a Plekanic false start who had lined up as a winger. Plekanic then took and lost the faceoff, Plekanic and Halpern consequenty got confused in their defensive zone coverage which led to the Horton (deflected) goal.
• Comment on Some takes on Canadiens 3-2 shootout win
  I am surprised that very little was made of this gross injustice. Especially considering the time difference between the puck leaving Horton's stick and the hit. Also due to the fact that the league sought advice on the suspension from Brian Burke, even though that was once his job, he was fired by Vancouver which poses the question of "at arms length'. The vision of Max's head being run into a stanchion with the puck nowhere near was a hockey play and warranted no additional penalty yet Rome's hit was late and warranted four playoff games? There is no excuse for what the rioters did but I must agree this misapplication of justice contributed to the debacle. What is really disturbing though is that this third rate league doesn't recognize or admit it's errors.
• Comment on Video of the Year
  I don't particularly like either team. Compare the time difference between the puck leaving Horton's stick and the puck leaving Miller's stick when hit by Lucic. Add into the equation that a goaltender would be less expectant of getting hit. Now, compare the discipline doled out. The Canucks were penalized because Sedin spoke out regarding the vindication of Chara on the Max Pacioretty hit. As soon as he and others questioned the NHL head office you knew there would be retribution. You have the audacity to question us, their immature "we'll show you mentality" was flagrantly exhibited. Now, would you prefer a league of class acts like the Sedins' or a league full of Marchands' and Lucics'? It appears that first rate teams are going to have an increasingly difficult time succeeding in a third rate league.
• Comment on Multimedia: HIO at practice
  Lalime, yes, thank you. Didn't have a viable alternative? I suppose we will never know, just like last year.
• Comment on Multimedia: HIO at practice
  Perhaps if JM hadn't been so stubborn as to keep playing Lemelin in Ottawa he might very well of won a cup. Perhaps he had never heard of a goaltender by the name of Ken Dryden and what he accomplished in his first playoff series. Perhaps if he hadn't been so stubborn as to keep playing Gomez for twenty minutes a game in the playoffs last year he might very well of won a second cup. Perhaps someone else would have scored that one goal that was the difference. Perhaps there are supporters who are tired of his play safe never take a risk style that produces a .500 record if the goalie stands on his head. Perhaps there are those who would prefer a greater risk reward approach. Perhaps there are those who would prefer to see the young guns given a little more ice time and a little more freedom in hopes of providing a little more excitement and providing a measurement for the future.
• Comment on About last night ...
  I don't think you understood the question, perhaps I didn't phrase it very well, thanks for taking the time to reply just the same.