I had a slightly different take on the Flyers new intro than Fran, and only saw his after I wrote this. I’m to lazy to rewrite something and to stubborn (and crunched for time to get to Vancouver) to not post it. This is what happens when you work in an office as big as ours. Speaking of, we’re accepting applications for people who’d like to give us free money. Please fill out the form under the contact us tab. In case you missed it the Flyers are pimping their 2nd half pre-game video on Flyers TV. Check it out:  Yeah it’s pretty good, but give anyone who’s interested in the FlyGuys full access to all their highlights, let them choose an iMovie theme and their favorite bad ass pump up song, and you’re pretty much going to get the same thing every time. For example, flyersfella28 (Claude Giroux): Change the song to ‘Chasing Cars’ and cut everything a little sexier and you have yourself a nice little pregame pump off video
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So Al, you really want to talk about penalties – then talk about this! 🙂
Can you really lump the hits to the head from Richards and Cooke? Cooke’s hit and Richards hit have absolutely no similarity at all except Savard and Boothe both got injured after a hard hit. Richards is an “all in” player, and Cooke is a cheap shot artist.
Mike Richards had no other way to hit Booth. Richards actually circles in front of Booth avoiding a lateral hit and needing to avoid tripping Booth. Everone talks about Booth admiring his pass – but no one is talking about *why* Booth passed the puck! Booth passes because he sees Richards coming. Yes Booth saw the pressure from Richards, made the pass, and then forgot to mind his business with Richards closing in. If Booth plays smart and turns back to watch where he’s going, it’s a great hit and no one gets hurt. This is a great hockey play by Richards in the thick of the action.
The Richards hit shouldn’t be a penalty under the old rules or even the proposed new rule because Richards took the only option he had and he’d be expecting Booth to turn and see him coming. Whereas Matt Cooke’s hit was a total cheap shot targeting Savard’s head. Cooke had lots of options and clearly intended to injure knowing Savard couldn’t see him and knowing the play was already over. So what’s the comparison? It’s time to stop comparing Richards great hockey play with cheap shots and suspendable hits.