Summer 2025: NHL Offseason

[Jorcus]

9 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

I don’t know anything about what may have happened tonight, but any stupidity was brought upon by what the Panthers did to Hagel the other night. That was absurd.  
 

Maurice and his “The only players we hit are the ones with the puck” must have been lost in translation?

 

 

 

Yes the Panthers did seem to have operation kill Hagel the other night which probably stems back to the playoffs when he clobbered Barkov. There seemed to be enough retribution either way in that game to end the whole thing. Maybe Hagel is hurt enough Tampa decided to bring up the 5 designated hitters from the Crunch to continue the mayhem. The weirdest thing that happened was 5 minuets after Florida scored it's 8th goal it was taken off the board because one of the players was supposed to be out of the game had an assist on it. 

[Weave]

25 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Greer attacked Hagel in the previous game. 

Unprovoked, or what was the provocation?

[LGR4GM]

13 minutes ago, Weave said:

Unprovoked, or what was the provocation?

Unprovoked I think. There's video upthread somewhere. 

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

 

[Taro T]

3 hours ago, Weave said:

Unprovoked, or what was the provocation?

Basically, it's a redux of Bertuzzi-Moore.  Hagel got a 1 game suspension in the playoffs last year for a late hit on Barkov.  Greer decided the suspension wasn't enough punishment for having injured Barkov, and attempted to mete out extra punishment on Hagel.  The Bolts took exception to that, and came prepared to explain how that response would receive a response as well.

Pretty sure this is how Hatfields-McCoys started, too.

[PerreaultForever]

13 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Oh yea shows "teams that care". This game got completely out of hand and honestly the refs should have ended it after the first period. This wasn't hockey. 

This shows they cared. What about is debatable. 

You simply do not understand how hockey teams come together and never will. 

The second game got out of hand, that's fair, but I guarantee you these games galvanized both rosters.

[Wyldnwoody44]

All I know of this type of play, is that our oft-injured A captain stood there like a turd while our best player was assaulted. 

Then we play fake patty cake the next time to placate the city and the remaining fans that somehow hold on to hope. 

Maybe we need to go all "clockwork orange" on these guys and make them watch Don Cherry tapes over and over until they get it.