GARTH: Roenick Demonstrates Torres Hit

My take on the discipline issues for those interested:

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=25345&post_id=13345

If not, just ignore it.

Way to go out of your way there bud.

My take on the discipline issues for those interested:

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=25345&post_id=13345

If not, just ignore it.
- Gunner Staal

Read, commented.

Mc Lovin lol

Read, commented.
- Putzfrau

Appreciated, hope it was worth your time.

Did I hear that right, Roenick said 1 game for Torres??? That's a dangerous hit any way you cut it. Unlike Brown on Henrik, that was a good hard check, shoulder first, just like Roenick explained. It may be half a second late, but really, it's a clean hit, Henrik was head down and in trouble.

Back to Torres, he plays over the edge and needs to get disciplined and change his play or he's gone.

My take on the discipline issues for those interested:

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=25345&post_id=13345

If not, just ignore it.
- Gunner Staal

Stupid 4 sentence rule

Stupid 4 sentence rule
- buffalofan19

It really is stupid. I always copy what I write before I hit submit in that part of the website.

Appreciated, hope it was worth your time.
- Gunner Staal

It was, your ideas are well formed and well written.

I really don't like the idea of getting rid of the instigator tho

It was, your ideas are well formed and well written.

I really don't like the idea of getting rid of the instigator tho
- Putzfrau

Thanks, and that is OK, they are just suggestions at this point, because the current setup is clearly not working.

Ok who had the over/under at under 45 mins for Garth writing a blog after Kevin did. ?

nobody cares about roenick...

in fact, i doubt anyone really cared about him when he played

My take on the discipline issues for those interested:

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=25345&post_id=13345

If not, just ignore it.
- Gunner Staal

consider it ingored

It really is stupid. I always copy what I write before I hit submit in that part of the website.
- Gunner Staal

I'm going to say what I said here, then. Ultimately, I think your panel idea is what they need to get at, but not right away. If you want to eliminate this sort of BS from the game, you don't just need to "clean things up", you need a purging. That's where the NFL idea comes in. You need a guy that comes in and cleans house, establishes almost a zero tolerance policy. Now, the almost inevitable result will be that punishments will most likely be too severe. People will start to think that this is getting too ridiculous. However, the idea is to get players to think twice before they start the BS that has been going on. The risk is that players will be afraid of initiating contact at all for fear of getting suspended.

Once you get to the point that this thing is cleaned up, that's where you establish a panel. The punishments will be less severe as they will be weighed more on a case-by-case basis. However, you will still have that message engrained that this isn't a "good old boys" club anymore. The benefit of the doubt will be a lot less easy to obtain.

My take on the discipline issues for those interested:

http://my.hockeybuzz.com/...er_id=25345&post_id=13345

If not, just ignore it.
- Gunner Staal

Umm, no.


Torres didn't even get a penalty on the play, it was not all that bad. Neal's blatant head hunting was way worse and he only got 1.

Umm, no.


Torres didn't even get a penalty on the play, it was not all that bad. Neal's blatant head hunting was way worse and he only got 1.
- LamontSanford

Not getting a penalty means F/A, especially in the playoffs... the fact he was airborne when he made contact as well as late was what made it dirty

Not getting a penalty means F/A, especially in the playoffs... the fact he was airborne when he made contact as well as late was what made it dirty
- geta02it

hit wasnt that late IMO, i feel the rest of the hit was not good in any which way, but to say it was .85 seconds late or whatever mckenzie said is lame, Hossa was stick handling and he LOST THE PUCK - he was just stupid enough to watch the puck go away from him as Torres smoked him.

they may say the hit was late but .8 seconds is F/A when in real time, especially in playoffs.

I also thought the hit last year that Rome laid wasnt that late, but he got 4 games so who knows. (time wise they were about the exact same, difference being hossa was all up his ass and watched the puck roll off the end of his stick and then got hammered.

lesson for the kids, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP. - he would have been fine if he braced himself.

nobody cares about roenick...

in fact, i doubt anyone really cared about him when he played
- b0s0o1

they did

Not getting a penalty means F/A, especially in the playoffs... the fact he was airborne when he made contact as well as late was what made it dirty
- geta02it

Schenn let his feet Sunday while lambasting Martin but no suspension was handed out......just a throat shot from AssHam.
Torres is a d0uche but that his was just not that bad.

Torres has been suspended indefinitely pending a hearing Friday

Meaning he'll miss at least one game

Ok who had the over/under at under 45 mins for Garth writing a blog after Kevin did. ?
- sliprock65

Not getting a penalty means F/A, especially in the playoffs... the fact he was airborne when he made contact as well as late was what made it dirty
- geta02it

Torres has been suspended indefinitely pending a hearing Friday

Meaning he'll miss at least one game
- LaFontaine16

Meaning the powers to be recognize the serious nature of that hit contrary to a few posters who think it was legal and ok.Reguardless of who you root for thers no place in the game for hits with intent to injure.There stupid and thier taking the guys everyone wants to see of the ice.No one give a poopt about watching Raffe Torres skate around.

GARTH
Buffalo Sabres Blogger