Sweet Tea, Barbecue, and Bodychecks
Let’s go to the videotape:
As we see here, Patrick Thoresen took a slapshot to the neuticles and collapsed in obvious pain. The contortion of his face suggests that he was also making unpleasant noises indicative of being in a great deal of pain.
There should have been a whistle, but there wasn’t for reasons that aren’t important right now, and the Capitals scored on the play.
The non-whistle doesn’t bother me so much–it was a discretionary call, and the officials didn’t, from what I see, notice what had happened. What bothers me was the veiled assertion by Bristol North mediot Glen Healy that Thoresen had taken a dive–an assertion that he reiterated after the goal was scored when the poor bastard was being helped to the bench, still doubled over.
Did Healy know at the time that Patrick Thoresen may wind up losing his left nut? No. But not knowing the severity of a guy’s injury does NOT, in my humble opinion, give one a free pass to make a stupid comment like “they better be doing leg surgery on him” and then follow it up with more excoriation while the poor bastard is STILL doubled over and barely able to make it to the locker room without assistance from two teammates and the trainers. You don’t go down like that and STAY DOWN if you are not having a serious issue. Not even a gutless diving puke like Darcy Tucker is stupid enough to pull that stunt.
Of course, this is the same asshat that cried and whined on the air over my boy’s epic shootout goal back in 05-06, so I guess something like this should come as no surprise.
Fuck you, Glen Healy. Fuck you right in your ear.
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I think we’re all mutual Sean Avery detractors, but I can’t believe you don’t have a post up about Colin Campbell’s little stunt in Avery’s honor…..
For my money, his little dance in front of Brodeur wasn’t against the rules, so fuck it. I don’t think there will be an outbreak of guys doing that in front of the net, because their back is to the play. It’s not terribly practical…..so why the need to reinterpret the rules? Just let avery look like the ass that he is and move on.
playoffs are sooo much fun!