DutchShamrock
Registered User
I have really grown to like Zucc a TON but that gif is the perfect example of how his "toughness" is overrated. He has free reign to do stuff like that because he knows there is a 0% chance Parros is going to fight him. From Parros' perspective there is no point...either he destroys Zucc and looks like a bully, or Zucc manages to flip him over or something quick and he gets embarrassed.
I'm not saying Zucc isn't tough at all - he definitely is, most importantly in how he throws his weight around and goes into the corners with reckless abandon. But lets not pretend like he actually really scares anyone, or more outrageously could get a guy like Parros to back down if Parros really wanted retribution.
Parros tried to intimidate him. Zuccarello called the bluff. Yeah, nothing was going to happen but that doesn't stop 6'+, 200lb+ nhlers from breaking waaaaay before the ref stepped in. Easy from our computers to say mza was free from danger.
Can't believe this thread got so long. Also can't believe the habs are stirring the pot on this again. Just trying to generate chalkboard material. "Didn't do enough to avoid contact" while sliding at 20mph 10 feet out. Sure. Prust failed at sending the message last game, the habs are drawing way too much attention to any possible retaliation on kreider or lundqvist, and our pp may just be the ultimate deterant to any cheap stuff if we can keep it up. Or we can just go up 2-0 while Canada's darlings dwell on a collision during a hockey game.