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The team should be focused on playing better. They were very fortunate to get three points in the last couple of games, and aren't blowing anyones' hair back here. They look decidedly mediocre, and should focus on that.
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Pretty good response from the kid; but then again the kid has had timeto think about his response. I would be very disappointed in the Avs if they do not settle this tonight. But once it is done...it should be done. I do want to see someone else besides Lappy step up on this matter; its always him, time for the almost rookies to respond, let them do their duty.
Save it all for the beating Bertuzzi still severely needs. At least Zeiler didn't say, "It is what it is." Words that still make me boil.
Let's hope the team doesn't play catch-up all night so we can see another one point game. It's time we had a blow-out in our favor.
You went from calling it a dirty hit and Zeiler a cheap shot artist to saying he seems like a good kid and let's hope nothing gets out of hand tonight. What gives?
"Oh, and tell Zeiler to keep his head up when he comes into the Pepsi Center next time - if you haven’t sent him to Manchester by then."
". The dirty part was the extension of the arm and shoulder - forgetting the fact that Foote’s back was turned to him."
"Foote’s upper back (neck) is still bothering him, and this mysterious knee injury has also crept into the situation. Injuries like these are what can happen when a (stiff, no-talent, cheap-shot artist) forward like John Zeiler runs you from behind."
I agree about the just needing to pull their heads out and play better and more consistently. And you know what struck me like a brick wall the other day listening to Granato on the radio? The Avs have gone from an organization where anything less than competing for a cup was unacceptable to an organization hell bent on just trying to sell us hard on mediocrity. Depressing.
How come Cody McLeod wasn't held to the Zeiler standard for criticism after McLeod's hit against that Canuck the other night? Seems like a double-standard on your part.
You apparently didn't read my blog "Avs-Canucks, Postgame thoughts", where I ripped McLeod for his hit on Bieksa.
As for other sentiments here that I changed my tune from wanting "revenge" on Zeiler to saying something like "give him a break", I would say to any player to keep his head up in a game. And I'm not excusing the hit he made (and he paid a penalty, with a three-game suspension and nearly $9,000 in salary foreiture).
But I never advocated pure debilitating injury as "revenge."
Just sayin'
Score settled.
That's hockey, folks. Guys go in hard, it IS a fast game, guys get hurt (accidental or not), they fight to pay it back, life goes on. You watch the next Canucks game, McLeod will definitely have to go through the same process. He'll take it just like he did tonight, with open arms. If you don't like it, watch poker or basketball or something.
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