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Originally Posted by s_morrison57
Sure there is a size difference between Malkin & Bergeron but Malkin is a pussy and your man Bergeron couldn't turtle fast enough, like your other fave Lemieux. IMO the ref's were too fast in breaking the fight up, who said dropping to the ice is the end of the fight, its when the ref's break it up that it's over. If you call this a low class move then I guess you'd have to admit that Bobby Orr was low class also, it was his MO to throw you to the ice, get on top and keep punching. Sure the league was different then but there were no players that turtled, you played dirty, chippy hockey then, when the time came you answered the bell, you didn't drop to the ice and cover up as fast as you could. Bobby Orr, low class - never, Malkin, low class, not IMO, players who run and hide and turtle, they are low class IMO.
The Pens got beat, out played by a team that wanted it more.
Finn
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A player on his back on the ice is defenseless. Bergeron didn't turtle (that would be his front going down to the ice). You will notice that normally, as soon as a player goes down, the refs move in. Usually, when a player goes down, the other will stop...fight over...they won. This would be especially true when the guy on top has a major size, weight, or fight experience advantage. On occasion, tempers will be so strong that both players will keep fighting when one goes down but is not usually the case. Bergeron is not an agitator like Marchand. He is also not a fighter. For him to throw down with Malkin is asking to get pounded. You accuse Bergeron of turtling. I may be looking through Bruin colored glasses but I didn't see that in the series with the Pens.
As far as the series itself went. The Pens didn't show up for games 1 and 2 (especially in goaltending). Games 3 and 4 were hard fought and could have gone either way. There were some bad calls that went both ways. Rask did well but there were a few too many dings on the iron behind him. I've said it before and will say it again, if you don't have a goalie, you are out of the playoffs. The Pens lost confidence in their goalkeepers and when that happens you start getting defensemen playing a little farther back because they don't know if the goalie will cover their assets on a breakaway.
I think all the experts were expecting the entire series to go like games 3-4 with the skills of the Pens to beat the B's. The playoffs are where the best of the best square off. The Bruins are built for the playoff where it comes down to grit and teamwork. What they lack in star power they excel in never say die determination. That's how they won in 2011 with Tim Thomas. I hope Rask is up to the task this year.
On a side note, did they figure out if the game winning goal was deflected by Iginla's stick? I couldn't tell from the video replays online.