data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.hockey.54067 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Allan Sullivan)
Subject: Re: Ulf and all...
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[email protected] (Drozinski Tim) writes:
>As if an aluminum stick being taken to Ulf's head is gonna solve the problem
>with violence in the sport of hockey. How the hell can you say the guy is
>a goon and justify it, with your back-assward mentality? Saying that hurting
>a player will solve anyone's problems is asinine. New rules and a new
>referee system need to be instituted. Right now, too many of the real goons
>get away with too much, because the ref is watching the play (or supposed to be:I've seen Koharski and Van Hellemond, to name a few, with their heads up their asses on a few calls) rather than keeping an eye on the goofballs behind the
>play. Even if the linesmen were able to call all penalties, it would be an
>improvement.
Unfortunately, that is the way the league is heading... You can't fight,
so the only way to retaliate against someone is with a cheap shot when
the ref isn't looking. Ulf has brought this to a high level... Players
stuck in the past (like Neely) who prefer fights to cheap shots
are at a disadvantage in the new system.
Lets face it, A cheap shot (like high sticking) is a very effective
method... It is easier to hide from the refs, has a better chance of
causing injury, and you can draw people into fights that way. I don't
like it, but that's the way the league is going.
By the way, there was a rather good hit by Ulf in the last Penguin-Devil
game. Managed to hit the NJ player in the face with a stick. (Must have been a
legal hit... After all, Ulf is a clean player and is allowed to do
things like that.)