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What a week—the power supply on my computer goes kablooie, Sean Avery goes off his medications (again) and starts shrieking that the NHL is out to get him, Christy does a bomb-ass job with Carnival of the NHL #13, the ‘Canes MASH unit winds up on a three-game schneid…
And then we have Monday night.
I swear, I don’t think I’ve ever been so chilled by anything in my life. Ever. Listening to the Nashville netcast and hearing the concern and fear in Greg Johnson’s voice when Pete Weber talked to him after everyone was sent off the ice was just surreal. I just sat in front of my computer in complete shock.
It was one of those times when things like team loyalties really don’t mean a lot.
That said…
I think Jiri Fischer should retire. Immediately, while he still can. The guy’s getting married soon, he has a Cup Ring and a World Title—is Olympic gold really worth dying for?
I don’t think so. You die for your country in a war, with bullets and bayonets and tanks and planes and bombs. You shouldn’t have to die for your country in a sporting event.
I don’t know how better to put it. I don’t think I need to say much more than this. The guy should hang it up and enjoy the rest of his life—and I hope that it is a very long and very prosperous one.
Just my 1/50 of a dollar.
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Although the Nashville netcast was probably right on, watching it on Tv was devastating. I cannot describe the state of the fans. For 40 minutes that was all the TV cameras could show, and they were all suffering from shock. Some praying, others just staring with their eyes glazed over, and others talking quietly into celfones. You got to see the doctor arrive, shed his jacket and start pounding on his Chest (No one knew for sure, who was down), and then administer CPR, waiting for the DeFib to be brought to the scene. Postponing the game was a proper decision, and anyone criticizing that would be the loudest critics had they resumed play.
I see Ray Whitney now has 17 pts in 14 games….Go Canes.
Preds fan here.
I don’t think anyone is questioning the postponement. If they’d continued the game I’d have turned it off. On the Predators message boards it’s pretty much 100 percent agreement with the way everything was handled. There is currently an unprecedented lovefest going on between Wings and Preds fans online thanks to the widely reported classiness of the Nashville players and coaches during the incident and the outpouring of support for Fischer from the Nashville fans.
I agree that Fischer’s career probably is and should be over. But that shouldn’t be minimized. You hear all these commentators toss off “he’s going to live and that’s the most important thing, hockey is secondary right now.” I’m guessing Jiri Fischer’s emotions are more complicated than that. A pro athlete losing his career in his prime is almost a form of death. Let’s pray that Fischer can refill the life that was put back in his body on the Wings’ bench.