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chet1926

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Well, not in the next game at least I guess

What a joke. 5 and game fine whatever. But come this is a joke.

I've seen countless Avs players take shots to the head and not even a remote look by the league. Our guy launches his ass into the mid section and is probably going to get suspended. This league is a joke when it comes to player safety. There is absolutely no consistency.
 
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chet1926

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The correct call... that was a brutal hit. I get he's trying to make a name for himself, but simply can't do what he did there.
Come on you don't have to play the look at me I'm unbiased game, it was a 5 and game type hit. That's it. Avs players have taken far worse hits than that with not a peep from the league.
 

henchman21

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Come on you don't have to play the look at me I'm unbiased game, it was a 5 and game type hit. That's it. Avs players have taken far worse hits than that with not a peep from the league.
Steinburg it was a textbook charge, jumped into it to hit Cernak high, and the head was the primary point of contract. That's about as cut and dry as you can get. I don't scream for suspensions much, but that is one that clearly deserves a game or two.
 
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Come on you don't have to play the look at me I'm unbiased game, it was a 5 and game type hit. That's it. Avs players have taken far worse hits than that with not a peep from the league.
Benn on Toews, Carter on Makar and Eberle on Cogliano are a few exemple of dirtier hit than this. This league is a joke.
 

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The game has completely gone to shit if that hit gets a fine or suspension.

Completely clean, shoulder through the body hit.

I know I'm usually the guy who's on the opposite side of these things than you but I agree wholeheartedly. Leaving his feet was about the ONLY thing I could say was bad about that hit, but you can't tell me Stienburg is the only guy who does that shit. Hell, Michael Peca back in the day made a living leaving his feet to lay down hits, he was such a little guy he kinda had to. He earned the nickname "Captain Crunch" as a result.

Just utter horseshit, I cannot believe they're calling for a hearing ON TOP of the gate. They never do that for any other player.
 

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Frankly the Wagner hit on McDonagh on that very same shift was far, far more egregious IMO than what Stienburg did. But honestly I thought Wagner was pretty decent too. He did the one thing I have been begging Bednar's bullshit PK system to do for years now, go after the puck mover and drill him into the f***ing boards. Lo and behold, easy clear!!!
 

expatriatedtexan

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The correct call... that was a brutal hit. I get he's trying to make a name for himself, but simply can't do what he did there.
I caught a quote from Bednar last night where he was saying something about living with the occasional penalty like that because it was easier to dial someone down a bit than try to dial someone up.
 
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henchman21

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I caught a quote from Bednar last night where he was saying something about living with the occasional penalty like that because it was easier to dial someone down a bit than try to dial someone up.
He says that, but his actions scream louder. Dude has punted on guys like Greer who do the same thing and are more naturally talented.
 
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I remember he glued Duhaime to the fourth line and reduced his usage a fair bit after Duhaime was head hunting and knocking guys around in his first couple of weeks as an Av.
 
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SirLoinOfCloth

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Maybe we need to pump the brakes a bit on the team right now. Half these dudes shouldn't even be on the team. We're missing 5 of our top wingers. This game was never going to be close. Bednar plays the bodies he has to play. Let's see how the team does when we're not missing basically all of our best two way players. Firing bednar now would be insanity, no coach is going to be able to make this bandaid crew play much better right now. Allow the reinforcements to return before casting judgement on anything.
 

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Because the Colorado Eagles - with Nate and Cale! - couldn't beat the Tampa Bay Lightning?
No cause he has the same stupid shtick every game, overplay your superstars in the regular season so there is no gas come post season. He’s a stupid coach
 

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Maybe we need to pump the brakes a bit on the team right now. Half these dudes shouldn't even be on the team. We're missing 5 of our top wingers. This game was never going to be close. Bednar plays the bodies he has to play. Let's see how the team does when we're not missing basically all of our best two way players. Firing bednar now would be insanity, no coach is going to be able to make this bandaid crew play much better right now. Allow the reinforcements to return before casting judgement on anything.
What pisses me off is that we've had a relatively soft schedule to start the year, and have lost like 8 points simply because Bednar was stubborn with Georgiev. Tampa is a really good team and we are so banged up it's surreal, not going to be too pissed about this single game. What frustrates me is that we lost so many easy points early on, and now we are fielding half an AHL team and the schedule is getting tougher.
 

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