Blogger's Remorse? Nyet
by Bob Wage on Oct 27, 2008 3:24 PM EDT
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"Bubba's Inbox" has been pretty busy the past day or so. Of course it only figures that a post-game article which was quickly thrown together during the heat of the moment late on a Saturday night, would be quoted from and linked to, by every hockey blog from the Bahamas to the Northwest Territories. (slight exaggeration, but Puck Daddy's Blog and Kukla's Korner is enough).
It seems that more than a few hockey fans out there were less than enamoured with my brief analysis of the Canes/Islanders game, as well as my new found "dislike" for Dougie Weight.
In retrospect, perhaps I should have worded things somewhat differently and thought out my reasoning a bit better. After reviewing "the hit" a few more times, I will admit that Sutter was in a very awkward position which helped to precipitate the ill-affect of Weight's direct hit.
But.... I do still think that Weight needs to take some responsibility for the fact that he did knock Sutter out. Intentional or not, he lowered his shoulder, lined his target up, and went after him. Weight has been around long enough to know that bad things can happen when you do that to a vulnerable player. If the NHL is serious about limiting hits to the head, they need to take some kind of action whether these hits are accidental or not.
Even though Puck Daddy disagrees, I kind of like the analogy that one commenter left comparing those hits with a "high-sticking" infraction. When one player hits another with a high stick, it's unintentional, but it's still a penalty. Perhaps something like this should be done when a shoulder connects with a head?
Of course the blood-thirsty fans out there want more hits like this, not fewer. For instance, the Scott Stevens fan club still drools over the very thought of one player knocking another one out on the ice.
Seriously though, the NHL is in a tough spot. Fans don't want to eliminate hitting from the league, but it doesn't do the league any good to see it's big names knocked out of commission either. It also doesn't help to boost scoring, when skilled players are getting seriously injured. What should be done?
I don't have the answers, but it has been a healthy debate and it will go on.
James Mirtle recently ran an article about this subject himself and inserted a poll to see how people felt. Surprisingly enough, 38% felt that Weight's hit "should not be considered clean". Maybe I'm not alone afterall.
Many thanks for the words of wisdom and advice that many of you emailed me during the past couple of days. Although, I don't plan on moving to Europe anytime soon, and while I do enjoy watching women's hockey, I'm not going to stop blogging about the NHL. (I won't bother to mention some of the other suggestions).
But keep those cards and letters coming!
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Bubba, this article “5 Things” has an interesting tidbit. #5 is “Does Sergei Samsonov’s start come as a surprise to anyone?” But something else in #4 caught my eye:
“Hedican, 38, had turned down a trade to San Jose at the deadline in February, preferring to gut it out with the Canes. "I just didn’t want to quit on my Carolina Hurricanes,” he said."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=3666852
And you shouldn’t feel remorse, this blog is a Godsend! Thanks.
by Sunny on Oct 27, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
I appreciate the space to be able to get my views out, as well as reading other views. Someone has to lead the conversation – and I can’t think of anyone else as capable as Bubba and Cory.
by marc on Oct 27, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
Bubba – keep posting form the heart and don’t apologise for your passion when writing. Puck Daddy is written by a gaggle of half-literate monkeys and Yahoo’s hockey editor McKeon is one of the poorest excuses for a journalist I have ever seen.
This site is 1 million times better informed than that rag.
by repenttokyo on Oct 27, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions
bubba, that samsonov BS is so off the mark.
i always kind of thought burnside was a good read.
but that is blatant and obvious proof that he hasnt watched the canes play.
way to look at the score sheet and pass uninformed judgement, burnside.
andyone could do that, i wonder if they are hiring for hockey at espn…..
by chris on Oct 27, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Bubby, honey…..don’t you go doubting yourself now. Right or wrong, it is a free country. We are all grown-ups here and we can debate in a civilised manner.
Thank God we have you and Cory. I’ve taken all the other blogs off my toolbar. I do look at LSB just to see what that idiot Esteban is up to.
What’s up with the granny quilts? Do we each get our own design?
by AD on Oct 28, 2008 12:22 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks for the comments all. I actually received a couple of positive emails last night.
The “quilts” are just a unique form of ID that are automatically generated by the system. Other than having a blank space I used that option.
although I didn’t think of them as quilts before..but now that you mention it.
I may experiment with something else later.
by Bubba on Oct 28, 2008 12:37 PM EDT reply actions
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