tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796383459721793585.post271870928063281681..comments2023-10-23T15:54:13.715-04:00Comments on The Dark Blue Jacket: DBJ's six-pack for Game 10: Los AngelesTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03563836029433927521noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796383459721793585.post-6561004300733490562013-02-07T14:53:57.966-05:002013-02-07T14:53:57.966-05:00I wasn't meaning that you were hating on Tyuti...I wasn't meaning that you were hating on Tyutin, only pointing out the fact that the perceived "3rd best" defensemen is leading the CBJ in scoring. This was to underline the absense of scoring that plague a team which is dead last in Goals Per Game.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956860295146122482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796383459721793585.post-21259718776829826412013-02-06T16:50:51.698-05:002013-02-06T16:50:51.698-05:00So I don't come off as out of my mind, I suppo...So <b>I</b> don't come off as out of my mind, I suppose I should add that I would be perfectly happy with a "no fighting" NHL. The Vancouver Olympics - which was totally (?) devoid of fighting yet chock-full of NHL players - proved to me that the sport doesn't <i>need</i> pugilism. <br /><br />If the league has to have fighting, though, I agree that it should largely be of the type that would be penalized under the instigator rule and not of the circus sideshow variety that we get all too often. At least there's purpose in such fighting - on-ice policing.Dark Blue Jacketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796383459721793585.post-36244342794239454642013-02-06T16:40:17.455-05:002013-02-06T16:40:17.455-05:00No problem with your stand on fighting. It largel...No problem with your stand on fighting. It largely is the same as mine. My point is, to encourage visor usage then toss on additional penalties for fighting while wearing a visor is curious at best, hypocritical at worst in a league where fighting is sanctioned (and marketed). Perhaps I could have been better-stated there.<br /><br />Double-shifting Dorsett is fine. As long as neither of those shifts is with a line that's expected to score goals.<br /><br />And, strangely, I don't hate on Fedor Tyutin. Probably stems from the fact that he was once <a href="http://darkbluejacket.blogspot.com/2010/04/dark-blue-jackets-2009-2010-cbj-most.html" rel="nofollow">my CBJ Most Valuable Player</a>. Dark Blue Jacketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796383459721793585.post-331643215805664142013-02-06T16:26:16.375-05:002013-02-06T16:26:16.375-05:00Ah yes, player safety. Why dont' we take tack...Ah yes, player safety. Why dont' we take tackling out of football? Fighting out of Boxing? Crashes out of Auto Racing? Cigarettes out of society? Like concussions, this is not a decision for fans or the media, but the league and it's participants. In a sport where players carry a weapon, where their face can be thrown into the half boards, or a player can purposely end someone's career by sticking their knee out just a few extra inches, I hope that fighting as a tool of self-policing and accountability remains part of the game. Fights simply for the sake of fighting have no place in hockey. "Hey, I'm bored. Wanna Go?"<br /><br />PS - I'd double shift Dorsett at this point. Hands of stone or not, he's banging bodies and busting butt out there. Fedor Tyutin leads the team in points. Let that simmer...Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956860295146122482noreply@blogger.com