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by Paul on 04/10/08 at 11:25 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
Also working against the Ducks is the sword hanging over Pronger, just back from an eight-game suspension for stepping on the leg of Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler.
As a multiple offender who served a pair of one-game suspensions last spring, Pronger will be watched closely by NHL officials. A cross-eyed glance at an opponent may get him suspended. Continued poor impulse control could trigger a sentence of five games or more, a loss the Ducks would have difficulty withstanding.
Coach Randy Carlyle said he and Burke talked to Pronger about staying within the rules but neither wants him to change.
“We think that he has to play the game with that competitive edge to continue to be an elite defenseman, and we expect him to do so,” Carlyle said.
Then they’ll have to expect to do without him at least once.
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Not to disappoint…Pinhead sucks!
Just seems to roll off the tongue. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 04/10/08 at 01:06 PM ET
Continued poor impulse control could trigger a sentence of five games or more…
But on a more serious note, I don’t think the League has the balls to suspend this guy for five games for anything other than an action that mames a player. But I’m sure it won’t take long to find out because this guy just can’t control himself when people start hitting him the way he likes to hit others…and that’s what the playoffs are all about.
All the Stars have to do is check this guy hard a few times and he’s almost guaranteed to lose his cool. He’ll throw an elbow to the head. He’ll run someone face-first into the glass. Or he’ll stomp on someone. It’s not so much that that’s what he does. It’s that that’s who he is.
And I think Carlyle and Burke are perfectly comfortable with that because they know he’ll get no more than a one-game suspension for his transgressions.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 04/10/08 at 01:14 PM ET
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Posted by w2j2 on 04/10/08 at 11:54 AM ET