impressedI blame it completely on Trotz. It's obvious from his media comments in this series, as well as his defense of Tootoo's actions, that he's implicitly encouraging his players to go out and kill people. The GM makes good trades and free agent signings. The scouting staff does a good job. The "native" Nashville fans are delusional morons concerning the Predators, but that's the fault of their horrifically biased and ill-informed announcers, so I kind of only partially blame them. If I was brainwashed into thinking that when other team's players bumping shoulders with my guys was a "cheap shot" while my guys charging into other players from behind and smashing their heads into the glass was a "good hit", I... okay, I really don't want to believe that I would be that stupid. But still, partially understandable.
Trotz is the one true evil.
Anyway, I haven't been able to talk about my series because I've been too traumatized. So I'm really grateful for this game tonight. It's a shame that such good teams have to meet in the first round and only one can go on, but that's the west this year for ya. Oh oh, and called by Hughson. *loves* Best game I've watched from start to finish so far this playoffs.
tamiflu! bkm5191! Anyone who cares about Hull and Avery and slashiness! Did y'all watch the Wings game on NBC today? Avery was a guest during the first intermission and there was much slashiness from beginning to end. :D"He never sleeps" reminds me of The Ring and the whole "she never sleeps" thing. *shrieks* *sleeps with lights on*
Exactly, I never understand that. People talk like it's opening up a whole can of worms, and I know there are borderline cases, but ehh. The line between regular hits and those hits isn't that blurred. IMO, it's only a "problem without a solution" if you prefer things the way they are.
Heh, I can't remember who it was, but didn't one of them admit that the "too fast" argument is pretty much bullshit? I want to say Iginla, hmm.
Oh, I hadn't heard that. It just seemed like one of those common sense things to me. There's a reason that Scott Stevens had so many of those hits compared to other people.
I really didn't mean to get into this tonight! Oops. :)
I love that you can tell they're friends--the way Sean keeps smirking and exhaling through his nose.
I got a kick out of Hull saying Sean was "mature beyond his years" though, because seriously.
oh brett oh sean! this almost makes me want to dig out that fic with them. hahahahahahahaha.
oh god thank you mae!
oh god, SEAN PAID IN TRADE!!!
Hull: It was free.
Avery: *glares* No, it wasn't!
OMG the whole thing from start to finish, and Hull yelling louder than Shanahan. Even "beaver tap" sounded like something else to me. *grin*
I was traumatized by the Jagr mention. :(
Okay seriously, I also have an issue with this killing-each-other business. Then again, the Nashville Predators just simply are not my cup of tea. They're the opposite. Um. They're my bowl of spoiled goat's milk?
The preds, to use a great expression of my youth "go down like a cup of cold sick."
I'm interested in seeing what they would be like with a different coach.