I didn’t really have a problem with what Don said.  I was a little perplexed with the montage of Datsyuk and his giving some hits , both Don and Ron seemed to insinuate that the hits were “all in the number” and this made them cheap?

I would love to go back to the old days with Probert & Kocur beating the snot out of everyone, but the league has legislated that kind of team out of existance ( except for the Ducks and well, they will be golfing soon enough).

Finally, when will people outside of Detroit give up the comments about empty seats. If I could walk up to the box office and buy one of those seats that are empty in the lower bowl, I would. However, those seats have been owned by season ticket holders, and ticket speculators who for years have had the market work for them, but now it’s a buyers market and those seats will remain empty.

Posted by dbcooper from parts unknown on 03/02/09 at 09:39 PM ET

Cherry is an idiot. go listen to his radio show from tonight that gets played across Canada and the moronic nonsense he’s spewing about players. he’s talking about Ovechkin needing to be lit up and what not but he had nothing to say about Crosby hitting a defenseman in the crotch, with his fists, during a fight against Atlanta.

this is all just overblown media bullcrap. every player who hits or plays with an edge that can still score has a ton of questionable plays. Doan, Dustin Brown, Brenden Morrow, Ovechkin - you name it. so why is Ovechkin singled out now after how many years hes been in the league?

the dude is so full of himself that he forgot to “check” his own ego at the door 30 years ago. of course he only speaks the “truth” though. Don never got around to learning any philosophy but his own and a bunch of childish nationalist ideologies that keeps him thinking like a juvenile instead of a mature person. he is a “Real man” though.

Posted by Death Metal Burn Out from MKE on 03/03/09 at 01:09 AM ET

Well done by Nick. Gets a couple of coy digs in at Cherry, but overall keeps it classy. Priceless.

Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 03/03/09 at 08:06 AM ET

both Don and Ron seemed to insinuate that the hits were “all in the number” and this made them cheap?

They actually were (mostly) in the numbers, i.e. from behind, which is a dangerous way to hit people.

Posted by Doogie2K from Calgary on 03/03/09 at 02:00 PM ET