NHL '21-22 season is up and running (without a poll)

[flatbutt]

Hey Joe, ol' Macky got lucky on this didn't he?

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Hey Joe, ol' Macky got lucky on this didn't he?

He sure did.
If he was an infamous player on the Bruins people would be calling for 10 games suspension.

[flatbutt]

Oh Cindy is such a doosh. It's early in the 1st vs Rangers and the tearful one is already slashing and cross checking ad libitum.

[Por_sha911]

1 slash and then 3 cross checks and not a peep from the officials!

[beatnavy]

Not sure what disappoints me more right now: the Capitals play since the New Year (which has been dreadful) or Ovi's mealy-mouth statement on Putin/Ukraine. I get that he's in a difficult (and potentially dangerous) position to speak the truth, but he put himself there by cozying up to the man. He's hardly the only Russian athlete in that position, and I guess that makes what Panarin did a couple of years ago (at significant cost to himself) so courageous. I hate Panarin on the ice -- he always torches the Caps when he plays against them -- but he's got my respect.

This is just an observation and not an attempt to inject PARF into the thread. If it is, I apologize and retract.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by beatnavy

Not sure what disappoints me more right now: the Capitals play since the New Year (which has been dreadful) or Ovi's mealy-mouth statement on Putin/Ukraine. I get that he's in a difficult (and potentially dangerous) position to speak the truth, but he put himself there by cozying up to the man. He's hardly the only Russian athlete in that position, and I guess that makes what Panarin did a couple of years ago (at significant cost to himself) so courageous. I hate Panarin on the ice -- he always torches the Caps when he plays against them -- but he's got my respect.

This is just an observation and not an attempt to inject PARF into the thread. If it is, I apologize and retract.

I was disappointed as well but he has family to consider. Remember that Putin is the ex head of the KGB... There's prolly a lot of pressure from the Caps office to not say anything that would create controversy. Remember when Tim Thomas took a political stance?

[Por_sha911]

In other news, public enemy #1 and the guy everyone loves to hate, was on the ice last night for two goals and an assist in the win against the Sharks.

[flatbutt]

Hey Joe I know you're all Bruins all the time but this was really a BS call on Hall.

[Por_sha911]

There was nothing pretty about that game for the Bruins. Sigh.