Potatoe1 wrote:
People are acting like the team just skated away.....
Watch the replay, after the hit there was a pretty lively scrum (given who was on the ice). Later in the game Burrows ran their goalie and apparently both Bieksa and Volpatti tried to fight Methot.
What exactly should they have done beyond that?
Burrows (likely accidently) backed into a goalie who was slightly out of his crease...I definately would not say he ran their goalie.
That's great that Bieksa and Volpatti both asked Methot to the dance, but as we saw Methot clearly and gracefully declined the invite.
I would have liked to see someone (anyone) put the puck in Methot's corner and attempt to put him through the boards. Or if for whatever reason that was not possible, let's see someone (again, anyone) target Jeff Carter with a hard hit (even if it is 2 seconds late) or nasty cross check to the arm and remind him why it happened.
If it was a clean hit it would have been a different story.
I am not talking about Bertuzzi-ing someone here...let's just
make it clear give a hint that if someone wants to take a cheap shot from behind on one of our star players it will not be taken lightly.
And for the record I agree with you Pot and do not relate this and what happened in the SCF at all. You 100% take a punch to get a PP in the playoffs, and for the most part the same holds true for the regular season. The Methot hit (especially seeing as it was only penalized 2 mins) deserved more attention/reaction, and this is all I am saying.
BladesofSteel wrote:
Henrik admitted he held himself responsible on the play, that he isn't quite up to speed yet and didn't see Methot coming.
He also referred to it as a cheap shot.