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Part Of The Game
by Paul on 04/15/08 at 03:55 PM ET
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from Jim Kelley at Sportsnet,
From smashing players face first into the glass to ramming their heads into the stanchions at the end of the benches, we see players “doing whatever it takes to win” on a regular basis. It happens when we see players rammed from behind with six or seven crosschecks to the back in an effort to “clear the crease”. We see it when during the endless scrums in front of the net whenever the goalie makes a save in close quarters. We see it when players deliver a leather “face wash” to an opponent after the play is whistled dead or when others take exception to “clean hits” whenever a teammate is knocked down but then defended with a quick slash or a shoulder pad to the mouth in close quarters. All part of the game, eh?
So what’s the rue and cry about what Avery did?
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Do people even listen to Jim Kelley?
I don’t listen to Primetime Sports anymore mostly b/c Kelley often interjected spurious comments and seemed like a fish out of water.
Posted by Shane from Saskatoon on 04/15/08 at 05:11 PM ET
he makes a valid point. doesn’t matter whether or not you like him.
Posted by bsalamon on 04/15/08 at 07:00 PM ET
I never understand when someone defends a stupid action by telling me that other people do stupid things too. Does that mean we should just condone everything? Guess by that logic anything short of murder should be legal until we’ve solved every homocide.
What Avery did was dumb on its own merits and everything Kelly talks about is probably worse. If you want to criticize the NHL for not having their priorites straight, that’s fine, but don’t make it seem like just becasue there are worse things out there that this shouldn’t be stopped before it became a trend.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 04/16/08 at 09:44 AM ET
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It’s ”hue and cry,” not ”rue and cry.” Ugh.
Posted by Blackcloud on 04/15/08 at 04:37 PM ET