Lots of talk about physical, hard and sometimes dirty play by the Blues -which I generally agree with. Not concerned about finishing checks hard and marginal interference plays to be disruptive but moreso the clear late hits into the boards, the charging and the so-called interference hits where the victim doesn`t even have the puck and is blind-sided, all with intent to hurt. But man, have you watched our own forwards try to reciprocate - lots of energy but seldom timed well and poorly executed. Have we really assembled an entire team of forwards that have never been taught HOW to make a hurtful hit during the play, or, is this just something that our guys are not hard wired to do?
I personally do not favor this type of hockey but I can`t imagine being on a team that reacts so passively to over the top aggressive plays and even targeting, with no response at all.
