tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post3945768492070134166..comments2023-06-20T04:53:16.356-04:00Comments on BlueShirt-Brothers: Brashear Suspended for SIX games...still no powerplayDave Puckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537616021997420040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post-57239937516706173892009-04-28T13:51:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:51:00.000-04:00I think that's part of the Cap's calculation. If ...I think that's part of the Cap's calculation. If they went after Hank or Ovechkin - the league sees it as bad for business. But a key role player like Betts - not a top name - he's a logical target. <br /><br />It's a shame and it's bad for the game. But as long as it benefits a teams that does it - like the Caps - they will keep doing it. <br /><br />I hate this part of the game. I can still remember near the end of Gretsky's career - when he was on the Rangers - and he got this massive chopping slash on his arm. Grets dropped his stick - looked at the ref - no call. He thought his arm was broken. It wasn't - but The Great One had had enough. He quit after that year ended.Dave Puckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537616021997420040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post-59340918110368691402009-04-28T12:01:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:01:00.000-04:00Not sure I can go the Ovechkin rout, he is their H...Not sure I can go the Ovechkin rout, he is their Hank, if not more valuable. But if I could take Aron Voros at the beginning of the next game, and tell him to Take out Backstrom or Nick Green for Game 7? Umm, yeah, absolutely. <br /><br />They are pretending like this is some big loss for them. Brashear barely plays. The only time he plays is usually when the team is trailing heavily, and it is only to engage in a fight to create some sort of fake rally mentality. Maybe they are upset that potentially they won't have anyone in the next round to take out a key person on the team they play for the first 5 games?Nugmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242615931624911632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post-49506232522653427872009-04-28T06:53:00.000-04:002009-04-28T06:53:00.000-04:00Six games is a lot - but Brashear is no Blair Bett...Six games is a lot - but Brashear is no Blair Betts - he's just a goon. Look at it this way - from a logical standpoint - if we could put Ovechkin or Varlamov out of the series in exchange for, say, losing Colton Orr for 6 games, wouldn't we do it? It's up to the league to take that type of thinking out of the game.<br /><br />So the punishment should be to the coach - as Nugs says. Or how about a ten minute penalty to start game 7?Dave Puckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537616021997420040noreply@blogger.com