If chara snapped every time someone messed with him there wouldn't be enough quality NHL talent to roster 30 teams
Paquette punches Chara, Chara proceeds to one punch him.
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If chara snapped every time someone messed with him there wouldn't be enough quality NHL talent to roster 30 teams
TopShelfYzerman
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If youre going to hit Chara, at least make the first one count, and you may not regret it later 
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canadiansbronco
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Ok i will just go with the times vs the habs....
The time paces bumped him after his OT goal and he just started punching everything in his sights, the time emelin hipchecked lucic and he came out off nowhere cross checked him and started throwing punches, the time he jumped emelin after his hit on seguin and a bunch of other times where he just starts unloading on people for small hits...
Maybe saying he snaps all the time was wrong but he definitely does not rarely snap....Cmon guys it's know that its fairly easy to get him in the penalty box, just look at gallagher, lapierre, burrows
boltsfanatic
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How will he "get his" exactly? He absolutely hides behind McQuaid and Chara all the time, why wouldnt he??? In fact, Paquette should take a page out of Marchands book lol. People have been wanting to give Marchand "his" for a while now, and fact is hes too good of a hockey player to put goons out against, and he always has one of Chara/McQuaid/Miller/Lucic to a lesser extent to protect him out there.
I have no issue with anything Paquette did, hell he got a PP for his team out of it! I really really hope he tries it again, because for some reason this Bruins team needs it to happen to play well (which doesnt bode well for them, obviously).
You know when people are *****ing about the Bruins they're playing well!
Oh, I didn't say that he shouldn't say stuff like that, I said that it must be great to be able to say it and have the big boys back you up.
BruinInPhilly
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If anything I think Chara took it easy on him, at least in the 2nd altercation. Chara could of destroyed him, but choose not to. Don't think that is "snapping."
Sheppy
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Sounds like a case of a captain standing up for his boys. I fail to see an issue with any of this.
Hictor Vedman*
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And it was also a rather obvious dive.
Chara's hit wasn't even that hard actually. He could have definitely hit him harder and laid Paquette out on his ass. But I guess he didn't want to.
I'm actually laughing. Especially when you call a cross check that is hard enough to shatter a stick a 'hit' or that you think it is wrong to defend a teammate when someone is hit so low that they flip completely through the air... especially as Captain. Ouch.
Losing even more credibility when you quickly run out of examples and go for the generic 'and every other time too'.
canadiansbronco
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yeh a low hit ? or a textbook hipcheck....When you have captain submarine as your pic...Running out of example, you want me remember every single time chara had an exaggerated response to a hit ? That's my point, he does pretty often
Anyway, i am not going to argue this, but to sit here and act like the guy is great at keeping his composure his a flat out lie.
He didn't look like he was taking any of the confrontations seriously, at all.
BruinsNeedaRussian
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Brown cross checked Krejci for no reason, starting it all. He wasn't innocent.
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That old saw again...
bruins have got quite a line of folks waiting to be 'dealt with', don't they?
Line got one shorter now that Prout was handled.
Stjonnypopo
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Man, Chara just exploded outta nowhere. Paquette bumps him, Chara crosschecks, Paquette crosschecks back, and Chara drops him. Dude has some serious temper issues, going out of his way to keep crosschecking him later on lol.
Also, the other thing I noted watching the NESN feed was Jack Edwards' awful commentary. Do other announcers get straight up giddy and gleeful about other teams players being injured? Edwards came across as complete scum.
Also, the other thing I noted watching the NESN feed was Jack Edwards' awful commentary. Do other announcers get straight up giddy and gleeful about other teams players being injured? Edwards came across as complete scum.
Jack dosn't like when other players get hurt, but he likes when Chara smacks some little dummy around for biting off more than he can chew. And so do I. Thats why I like watching NESN feeds.
Maybe pac-man should drink more milk if his teeth get removed from a love tap like that
The Expert
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Paquette isn't too bright. Chara is a beast.
It wasn't out of nowhere at all, what were you watching? Chara had just thrown a questionable hit. If you're going to get in a guy's face after a questionable hit, you need to be ready for anything. If you're going to get in one of the toughest players in the league's face, then I really don't know what other kind of response you were expecting?
It wasn't out of nowhere at all, what were you watching? Chara had just thrown a questionable hit. If you're going to get in a guy's face after a questionable hit, you need to be ready for anything. If you're going to get in one of the toughest players in the league's face, then I really don't know what other kind of response you were expecting?
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ebis
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Then watch it again. Paquette bumps him (and says some ugly words). Chara crosschecks him (quite harshly, this might be the only moment I don't agree with). Paquette swings at Chara, barely hits him, but he swings at his chin. After a swing like that, failed or not, he should expect getting punched back.
That's the bottom line: If you swing, expect to get punched back. And that's just their first "argument". During the second one, Paquette simply punches Chara first. I mean, how stupid can you be? And like the saying goes, "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough."
Paquette was dumb, but not tough. You don't punch a guy like Chara then try to run away and hope that nothing happens.
hahahaha
Nobody started anything until Krejci got his stick up in Browns mouth, they were both just trying to be physical in front of the net when the puck was in TBs zone.
Holy crap.
Boston can't have it both ways. Pacquette got what he was asking for messing with Chara. But Brown was all in the wrong when he got pissed when he got cross checked in the face?
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Edwards sounded straight up giddy about Paquette being hurt, mocking him while he's being helped off the ice. That's scum no matter how you cut it.
Totally agree on expected to get punched when you throw one yourself, 100%. That said it was a hell of an escalation from Paquette bumping him to Chara immediately responding with a crosscheck. That's what I meant by 'out of nowhere'.
He didn't say he was all in the wrong, he said he wasn't innocent. And neither was Krejci.
Difference between these two situation is Krejci didn't start something and then pull a claude lemieux
I agree with this, although I don't fault Paquette for it. I think he knew he was going to get the short end but wanted to stick up for a teammate (Carle). But I definitely think he threw a shot at Chara, and then suffered the consequences. He might not have thought he was going to get hit that cleanly, but you have to expect to get punched in that situation.
When you start saying that a player shouldn't have done something at full strength/intensity because they're too big/strong, you've lost the argument.
Should Stamkos not shoot as hard as he can because he's Stamkos?
Should Pastrnak not have blown by your defense so fast before scoring because he could've gone slower and still scored?
As for your assessment of the end of the game regarding Chara chasing Paquette: have you ever watched hockey before? They were in a battle in the corner, Chara is bigger, so he uses his advantage in order to try and win the battle. Once the puck gets out of the corner, Paquette and Chara both go to the front of the net. Chara is a defenseman, so he takes his man (Paquette) and they start battling. This happens hundreds of times a game. Should Chara just go for a line change when he sees Paquette in the corner because he feels bad that he knocked his teeth out earlier?
As for Lucic: he didn't do anything at all to Brown, and at this point in this thread, it's quite clear you're whining for the sake of whining. Your point of view on the subject is absolutely ludicrous, and this post i quoted is filled with some of the most misguided logic I have ever seen on these boards.
bb_fan
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Oh I see.... so he doesn't 'snap every time someone hits him'.... or harfly ever really.
So basicly what you just don't described is s team leader, captain a bug physical guy standing up for his teammates.
So you just described a normal day in the NHL.
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bb_fan
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Umm no, Edward's wasn't 'giddy' about anyone getting hurt.....
And no it wasn't out of nowhere..... paquette threw the shove as chara was trying to leave the ice and had something to say... got a cross check for it (below the neck) responded with a cross check/shot up high... and got s gloved have I. The face.
Each player 'escalated' there response.... one lost.
And let's cut the 'punched him.in the face' junk. It was a solid jab. No wind up. Nothing. Just a straight short jab.
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