Hockey 2010-2011

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Originally Posted by shadows

To be honest my friend, I don't care about the final score of the game. I am just happy that they had such a wonderful tribute for Pat Burns.

Last night's game and location was the perfect place for a tribute to Pat. He had a really coaching career with both of those teams.

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Originally Posted by ila

Last night's game and location was the perfect place for a tribute to Pat. He had a really coaching career with both of those teams.

That is a very good point. The hockey world lost a good one. At least he isn't in pain anymore.

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

.....The hockey world lost a good one. At least he isn't in pain anymore.

Very true on both points.

I liked the pictures of Pat throughout his coaching career that were shown during the tribute.

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Originally Posted by ila

Very true on both points.

I liked the pictures of Pat throughout his coaching career that were shown during the tribute.

I was visiting my parents at the time and we were playing a couple of games of cards. I unfortunately had missed the tribute(and the game, but with the final score I can't say I missed it quite so much).

Isn't it a shame that he was not inducted to the HoF while he was still alive? That would have been amazing.

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

....Isn't it a shame that he was not inducted to the HoF while he was still alive? That would have been amazing.

He should have been inducted into the HoF right after he finished in Boston. The next opportunity would have been when it was announced that his cancer had spread. The NHL tends to miss the best opportunities.

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Originally Posted by ila

He should have been inducted into the HoF right after he finished in Boston. The next opportunity would have been when it was announced that his cancer had spread. The NHL tends to miss the best opportunities.

The NHL is far too political at times. The whole issue with Colin Campbell for instance. How can anyone do such a lousy job(from a fan's standpoint) yet keep their job? Easy. He is liked by those in power as he cowtows to their every whim(which is why the suspensions are a joke. The owners don't want their players gone for an overly long amount of time.).

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

The NHL is far too political at times. The whole issue with Colin Campbell for instance. How can anyone do such a lousy job(from a fan's standpoint) yet keep their job? Easy. He is liked by those in power as he cowtows to their every whim(which is why the suspensions are a joke. The owners don't want their players gone for an overly long amount of time.).

You are absolutely right, shadows.

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Originally Posted by shadows

The NHL is far too political at times. The whole issue with Colin Campbell for instance. How can anyone do such a lousy job(from a fan's standpoint) yet keep their job? Easy. He is liked by those in power as he cowtows to their every whim(which is why the suspensions are a joke. The owners don't want their players gone for an overly long amount of time.).

Kevin Paul Dupont has a good piece on Campbell in yesterday's Boston Globe. His starting point is the court records in Canada that have him writing that Marc Savard of the Bruins is a "little fake artist." Savard has been out with a serious concussion.

"What's wrong with that?" Dupont asks. And he answers: "Nothing, according to Campbell's boss, Gary Bettman. Ditto for Bettman's deputy, Bill Daly, who, like his boss, believes Campbell is not only doing an acceptable job, but continues to remain an exemplary guardian of the game's officiating system and its overall on-ice integrity.

Dupont points out that the NHL, like it or not, does have a problem with Campbell, though, because "enough people in the viewing and listening audience believe Campbell has a problem."

He also points out Bettman's own history: "We only need to roll back the calendar nearly 18 years when a bold Bettman, less than six months on the job as NHL commissioner, had the mettle, common sense, and temerity to slap Dale Hunter with an unprecedented 21-game suspension for a dreadful and concussive late hit to Pierre Turgeon in the 1993 playoffs."

And now: "Bettman sat on his hands, mouth conspicuously sealed, when Campbell last season watched David Booth and Savard get lugged off the ice, in far worse shape than Turgeon in '93, and then dither about the rulebook not empowering him to punish their attackers (Mike Richards and Matt Cooke, respectively)."

How far we've come!

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Originally Posted by ila

He should have been inducted into the HoF right after he finished in Boston. The next opportunity would have been when it was announced that his cancer had spread. The NHL tends to miss the best opportunities.

Burns has received some very nice tributes here in Bruins country.

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Originally Posted by smc

Burns has received some very nice tributes here in Bruins country.

I'm glad to read this. He deserves all the tributes for the contributions that he made to hockey.