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A Marked Man In Tampa
by Paul on 03/08/11 at 02:45 PM ET
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from Tom Jones of the St. Petersburg Times,
This is Bruce Boudreau, coach of the Washington Capitals. He’s known for pretty much two things. One, his impressive use of profanity during the HBO series 24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the Winter Classic. The other is being behind the bench as his team chokes away Game 7s at home. Now he is known—at least in these parts—for taking shots a couple of Lightning players. Looking, perhaps, to plant a seed in the mind of the officials, Boudreau called Lightning forwards Steven Stamkos and Steve Downie divers….
Here’s the issue with this: It’s one thing to try to fire up your team or get the referees second-guessing themselves or even saying something to get under the skin of an opposing player. But it’s another to call out an honest player like Stamkos.
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Downie has a reputation as being a trouble-maker and a thug (although he does seem to be growing up, finally) but Stamkos has no such reputation. I think that’s what he means - that at least if you’re going to insult someone, make it someone worth insulting, I guess.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/08/11 at 09:11 PM ET
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Is Downie not an honest player by omission?
Posted by hockey1919 from mid-atlantic on 03/08/11 at 04:36 PM ET