The Vancouver Canucks took an 8-1 shellacking last night in game three of the Stanley Cup final. The game was played in Boston and the home town crowd seemed to have a big impact on the play of their team who were down two games to none coming into the Monday night tilt. A pivotal moment in the game came about five minutes into the first period when Canucks D-man Aaron Rome levelled Nathan Horton, arguably Boston's best player. Video and commentary on the hit can be found here. While the hit was possibly a tad late, I didn't think it warranted the stiff 4 game suspension that the NHL handed down to Rome today. The hit was on open ice and was basically a head-on collision. Rome made no effort to go for the head, didn't use an elbow and exhibited no malicious body positioning that suggested an intent to hurt. I think that Horton needs to bear some of the blame for not skating with enough due care and attention and, let's face it, had the hit occurred half a second earlier it would not have been deemed late but would likely have resulted in the same outcome. I think the 5 minute major and game misconduct were reasonable penalties given the questionable timing of the hit but 4 games? Come on. It would be nice to hear Horton come out and take some of the blame but, for largely political reasons, that will never happen. I think we can expect an exciting game 4 and if all goes well, the outcome will be markedly different.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Game Three - Not Their Best Effort
The Vancouver Canucks took an 8-1 shellacking last night in game three of the Stanley Cup final. The game was played in Boston and the home town crowd seemed to have a big impact on the play of their team who were down two games to none coming into the Monday night tilt. A pivotal moment in the game came about five minutes into the first period when Canucks D-man Aaron Rome levelled Nathan Horton, arguably Boston's best player. Video and commentary on the hit can be found here. While the hit was possibly a tad late, I didn't think it warranted the stiff 4 game suspension that the NHL handed down to Rome today. The hit was on open ice and was basically a head-on collision. Rome made no effort to go for the head, didn't use an elbow and exhibited no malicious body positioning that suggested an intent to hurt. I think that Horton needs to bear some of the blame for not skating with enough due care and attention and, let's face it, had the hit occurred half a second earlier it would not have been deemed late but would likely have resulted in the same outcome. I think the 5 minute major and game misconduct were reasonable penalties given the questionable timing of the hit but 4 games? Come on. It would be nice to hear Horton come out and take some of the blame but, for largely political reasons, that will never happen. I think we can expect an exciting game 4 and if all goes well, the outcome will be markedly different.
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Is the author employeed by the Alberta Government?
Of course we all know how environmentally friendly oil and gas can be. And of course relying on the middle east and third world nations for oil seems like a smart idea (we do still rely on foreign oil). I believe OPEC just stated that they wouldn't increase oil production (to keep the price high) and one of the leading nations of OPEC is Iran. Great idea to pump Iran full of money.
Also, what about the birds in those tailing ponds?
See you soon buddy.
Go canucks go.
David "Suziki" Mayert
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