TML fans

[killer9012]

So any toronto fans around here? I used to be a pretty big fan but have pretty much lost confidence in them making the playoffs let alone the cup anymore!

[SVNFUEL]

I use to be Toronto fan until I moved to the West Coast :) j/k How can't you like anyone like Toronto. I like any Canadian Team. I just wanna see a Canadian
team win the playoffs.

[killer9012]

hehe, I dont have much confidence in any canadian team this year, nothing I would put money on anyways!

[Young Boss]

Speaking of Canadian teams did you guys see McGratton and Emery in a little tussle at Sens practice yesterday?

[killer9012]

on tsn or something you found on the net^

[Young Boss]

on tsn or something you found on the net^

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kHI5pmwQOK0

[killer9012]

haha thanks, was a good watch hehe

[Young Boss]

haha thanks, was a good watch hehe

You are welcome.

[killer9012]

hehe, pretty good site is this one http://www.hockeyfights.com/videos/ for some intense fights :)

[Young Boss]

hehe, pretty good site is this one http://www.hockeyfights.com/videos/ for some intense fights :)

Thanks, that's a new site to me.

[killer9012]

haha yeah friend of mine showed me it the other day, iv watched quiet a few good hits and fights on it, its great sitting in class and watching this stuff while the teacher is busy talking to the walls hehe

[Young Boss]

haha yeah friend of mine showed me it the other day, iv watched quiet a few good hits and fights on it, its great sitting in class and watching this stuff while the teacher is busy talking to the walls hehe

AKA the good ol days. :)

[killer9012]

hehe for some maybe, some of us are still enjoying it ;)

[killer9012]

Speakin of the big hits did anyone see the downie vs blake fight? I think the sucker punch was pretty lame, i mean anyone can punch a restrained man in the face, i think hes gunna have to watch his back, im pretty sure hes gunna get whats comming to him!

[Young Boss]

Speakin of the big hits did anyone see the downie vs blake fight? I think the sucker punch was pretty lame, i mean anyone can punch a restrained man in the face, i think hes gunna have to watch his back, im pretty sure hes gunna get whats comming to him!

A definite cheap shot. It's hard to say something about the linesmen holding both players but the one that had Downie should of never let it happen in the first place. If he would had held Downie during the scrum the cheap shot would of never took place.

[Young Boss]

Speaking of Downie he's got to be one of the biggest hacks in the NHL. The guy has played a grand total of like 4-5games in the NHL and has already been suspened for 25 games. This is the same player who went after a OHL teammate last year in practice.

[killer9012]

Haha, I agree, he is clearly a douche! I mean, he shouldnt be there, he is clearly only around to injure other players, I mean his first suspension should have been permanent, the guy he hit is lucky hes not paralyzed!

[killer9012]

And yeah the linesmen was sorta dumb there, but they cannot controle everything, he did get his arm free and decided to almost blind the kid!

[Young Boss]

January 9, 2008, 7:21 PM ET

Bob Clarke, not known for shying away from a fight or hiding his thoughts, had plenty to say about Philadelphia rookie Steve Downie's sucker punch of a Toronto Maple Leafs player last week.

In essence, Clarke enjoyed it.


The kid did what every hockey player should do. If a player like [Jason] Blake who's been around as long as he has wants to criticize a player, then he has to go on the ice with him and suffer the consequences.
-- Bob Clarke

"When he went after [Jason] Blake, I loved it," Clarke told The Sports Network of Canada.

Clarke, a Flyers icon from the Broad Street Bullies days in the 1970s, is now the senior vice president of the team. He was speaking on TSN's "Off the Record" show when he addressed Saturday night's incident, where Downie punched Blake in the left eye as Blake was being held back by an official during a scuffle.


Blake's eye swelled shut, but was not seriously injured otherwise. Downie was ejected, and was issued a warning -- but not suspended -- by league disciplinarian Colin Campbell.

It was only Downie's fourth NHL game, after just completing a 20-game suspension for a blind-side hit to the head of Ottawa's Dean McAmmond in September.


Clarke said Blake deserved Downie's punch for saying Downie should have been suspended for more than 20 games.

"Blake was a guy who had no problem going out and saying [Downie] should be suspended for life or suspended for the year," Clarke said. "When you say something that stupid, why shouldn't this kid go after him for it?

"The kid did what every hockey player should do. If a player like Blake who's been around as long as he has wants to criticize a player, then he has to go on the ice with him and suffer the consequences."


After the Leafs' skate Wednesday morning in Anaheim, Blake brushed aside Clarke's comments. "I don't care who it is, but in the overall picture, there's no place for [those hits]," Blake told the Toronto Globe and Mail. "You don't want injuries that will keep you out for the whole season. I'm just thankful there was no structural damage."

Maple Leafs coach Paul Maurice shrugged it off, believing Clarke was sticking up for one of his players. "That's what it's all about," Maurice said. "Whether you're a player or in the office, you take care of your own."


This season alone, five Flyers have been punished for violent on-ice acts. Besides Downie's 20-game suspension, Jesse Boulerice was suspended 25 games for a cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks center Ryan Kesler; Randy Jones got two games for a hit from behind on Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (who has not played since the Oct. 27 hit); Scott Hartnell got two games for hitting Bruins defenseman Andrew Alberts' head into the boards when Alberts was on his knees; and Riley Cote's three-game suspension for his hit to the head of Dallas Stars defenseman Matt Niskanen.



Clarke, who selected Downie 29th overall in the 2005 draft, also defended him for his hit on McAmmond.

"My own personal feelings is that Colin Campbell overreacted," he said, regarding the 20-game suspension.

"The hit that Downie threw on McAmmond was not a whole lot different than the hits we all admired, including myself -- that Scott Stevens used to do on open ice. He hit lots of heads and hurt lots of people and we said it was great. What Downie did was, it looked like Colin Campbell took it personally, [thinking], 'I told these players they couldn't do that and he did so I'm going to get him.' To suspend him for 20 games is ridiculous. McAmmond was a veteran player who was skating and watching his pass and got nailed. Sorry for it, too bad he got hurt but it was his own fault as much as it was Downie's."

[Young Boss]

And yeah the linesmen was sorta dumb there, but they cannot controle everything, he did get his arm free and decided to almost blind the kid!

That's right they can't control everything and everyone in the league.

[killer9012]

Yeah I read that, I mean, yeah some good hits are enjoyable but anything jepordising anyones personal safety like a flying hip check to the head is just stupid, I mean I dont think I could live with my self knowing i did that to someone, and he continues on doing this random dumb crap, I think he has proven to the world he should be in the WWE or something.

[Young Boss]

Yeah I read that, I mean, yeah some good hits are enjoyable but anything jepordising anyones personal safety like a flying hip check to the head is just stupid, I mean I dont think I could live with my self knowing i did that to someone, and he continues on doing this random dumb crap, I think he has proven to the world he should be in the WWE or something.

You never know. He may have a career in wrestling in the future. We've seen NBA and NFL stars make the turnover to wrestling before.

[killer9012]

pffft in my opinion its all he good for, violence in hockey is good to ok to a certain extent, but i mean, trying to really hurt someone like that is near criminal!

[Young Boss]

pffft in my opinion its all he good for, violence in hockey is good to ok to a certain extent, but i mean, trying to really hurt someone like that is near criminal!

Its just like in anything, some people take things way too far and then pay the consciquences later.

[killer9012]

Like I said, I hope he gets what he deserves. Its a good thing he got kicked out of the game, if not he would proby have gotten it from another player, maybe gil may have showed him ;) haha

[Young Boss]

Like I said, I hope he gets what he deserves. Its a good thing he got kicked out of the game, if not he would proby have gotten it from another player, maybe gil may have showed him ;) haha

Big Hall Gill?

[Young Boss]

Like I said, I hope he gets what he deserves. Its a good thing he got kicked out of the game, if not he would proby have gotten it from another player, maybe gil may have showed him ;) haha

Your a leafs diehard fan?

[killer9012]

was back in the day, have been losing faith and im pretty to the point of not really caring anymore.

[Young Boss]

was back in the day, have been losing faith and im pretty to the point of not really caring anymore.

My uncle is diehard. He's by them every year. I am sure he must get disgusted and frustrated with the teams lackluster play.