MulhorandSage
First Post
Well I saw the game, the whole ugly mess. Without a doubt, it was the worst thing I've experienced in the thirty-four years I've been a Canucks fan.
I like Todd a lot, but this was unacceptable. It was vicious and stupid; the suspension is fully deserved, as is the fine to the team, because Crawford cultivated this whole mess. I never ever wanted to see the Canucks play a goon game, and that night we did. The entire evening was disgusting. Trevor Linden broke the team points record - he's been a class act for sixteen years and the night should have been about him. Todd - and the rest of his teammates - stole it from him.
On the other hand, I don't like the media frenzy, and the situation reeks of a certain hypocrasy. I simply don't believe that the next time Keith Tkuchuk cross-checks someone's throat, or Matt Johnson tries to remove someone's head with his stick, or Brian Marchment goes after someone's knees and the media's not looking, they'll be judged by the same standards that Todd's being judged now.
But the important thing is Steve Moore: hopefully his recovery will be reasonably quick and that the involved parties will have learned a lesson, so we can bring down these incidents and get back to playing hockey. Given that the League's low standards of officiating cultivates the mentality that produced the incident, and the League's unwillingness to acknowledge it, I'm not holding my breath.
Scott Bennie
I like Todd a lot, but this was unacceptable. It was vicious and stupid; the suspension is fully deserved, as is the fine to the team, because Crawford cultivated this whole mess. I never ever wanted to see the Canucks play a goon game, and that night we did. The entire evening was disgusting. Trevor Linden broke the team points record - he's been a class act for sixteen years and the night should have been about him. Todd - and the rest of his teammates - stole it from him.
On the other hand, I don't like the media frenzy, and the situation reeks of a certain hypocrasy. I simply don't believe that the next time Keith Tkuchuk cross-checks someone's throat, or Matt Johnson tries to remove someone's head with his stick, or Brian Marchment goes after someone's knees and the media's not looking, they'll be judged by the same standards that Todd's being judged now.
But the important thing is Steve Moore: hopefully his recovery will be reasonably quick and that the involved parties will have learned a lesson, so we can bring down these incidents and get back to playing hockey. Given that the League's low standards of officiating cultivates the mentality that produced the incident, and the League's unwillingness to acknowledge it, I'm not holding my breath.
Scott Bennie
