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Originally Posted by smc
For this, my 10,000 post (oh my fucking god!), I would just like to point out that tonight the Boston Bruins in Game 3 did to Alexandre Burrows what the NHL didn't have the balls to do after Game 1, and dealt with the unsportsmanlike mocking by Maxim Lapierre in Game 2, in a most decisive, and satisfying fashion.
Oh, and bye-bye Aaron Rome for his vicious Rule 48 violation!
Boston 8, Vancouver 1.
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While I still think that Vancouver
can take the series(no guarantees, especially after this game), they certainly got their asses handed to them on a platter tonight. It was like only one team decided to show up, and that was Boston.
While I can only go by what I read on the tsn.ca comment pages, it sounds like Boston was a little guilty of whacking their sticks on Vancouver players. That certainly doesn't justify what was done to Horton, and I am certain that Rome will be gone for at least 2 games(more than likely the rest of the series, and perhaps a few games during the next season due to this being his second Game Misconduct in these playoffs).
I like good, hard hitting but there is NO place for dirty hits.
I don't think that Boston took much motivation over the fact that Burrows was not suspended, nor what Lapierre did. I think that the team being down 2 games to none, and this being a must-win game was all the motivation that they needed, and they proved that by playing with a lot more intensity.
Game four should be a good game, but I think it will be another close game like the first two(at least, I hope so as they are far more entertaining games to watch) were.
