Comments on: Ruff: Shanahan should probably be suspended

By: Elba Golembeski

Elba Golembeski — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:49:51 +0000

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By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:52:20 +0000

I like the chemistry that Dubinsky, Dawes, and Prucha have going. They are creating chances and starting to score some goals. That is definitely good news.

Now all we need to do is get rid of Hollweg and call up Callahan to take his spot.

Shanahan should have been given a 2 minute penalty, nothing else. Any suspension would be a joke. Guys get cross-checked on just about every shift.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:48:46 +0000

No one was suspended for the elbow to the head that Prucha took in Minnesota. What’s so different about this?

By: Tucson Ken

Tucson Ken — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:30:51 +0000

Penalty, Yes. Suspension, no. Unfortunate he fell into the the goal post but that not an outrageous play. I was glad to see us finally HIT someone in front of Hank, for once, even if it was a penalty. The vast majority of the time, when Prucha & Drury are routinely cross-checked it doesn’t even get a penalty.
We need one physical D-Man who will punish anyone standing around our net, & make it easier for Hank to do his job.

By: Jeff L.

Jeff L. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:10:50 +0000

To everyone whining about how Jagr was too slow on the backcheck when Buffalo scored, rewatch the play and ask yourself one question, where was Marek Malik? This should all be directed at him, cuz he was all the way back almost in the neutral zone while Jagr was trying to cover the man who Malik blew his assignment on. Jagr was skating hard on the backcheck, just as everyone btch about how he never does, and for once he does it and people still whine about it.

As for Shanny, come on people, this is hockey. You drive to the net, you pay the price. Too often does this team allow the opposition to go unfettered and unpunished for this, and I’m glad Shanny did what he did. He knocked him down, the same thing that happens to Drury five times a game, not nearly as bad as what happens to Prucha five times a game. I don’t see the league suspending him, because then they’d have to punish every crosscheck in front of the net, which they won’t. He wasn’t trying to knock him into the post, he was just trying to knock him down, which is what our defensemen should be doing. Instead, Shanny does it, and you people say he deserves a game? Support your team, would you? Don’t call for one of your own players to be suspended, especially in this case.

By: Doodie Machetto

Doodie Machetto — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:30:41 +0000

I have to admit I was very skeptical of having Dawes and Prucha on the same line because of how small of a line they are, but they’ve played well together. Dubinsky’s play has been elevated with them as well. Prucha is starting to regain that Petr Puck form, which is exactly what I was hoping from him when Shanahan, Straka, and Avery were out. He’s responded in a big way.

Now it’s time to start getting Dawes and Dubinsky some PK work so that they can give some of our older PKers (Straka, Shanahan) a rest and make it so that we don’t need to carry dead weight for depth (Hossa), but instead use our youth (Moore). I’d say Prucha too, but I think he’s a lost cause in that regard.

By: 22figure8

22figure8 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:24:21 +0000

Shanny definitely should have been called. This is one of the things that drives me nuts about the refs. Jagr puts one arm on the defenseman and gets 2, Hollweg pushes a guy and gets 2. Sticks and elbows to the head go uncalled. Did you Renney whiners notice that Hollweg sat out a couple of shifts after his penalty? I just wonder why the stars dont miss some shifts after some stupid plays. Could Jagr loaf any worse on that back check on the 4 on 2? At least is was a win.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:08:27 +0000

Can’t resist chiming in on that one…haha.

7min or 17min. They did there job. Maybe limited time is how they will be effective. Perhaps too much ice could hurt? I don’t know. But if 7min is all they got, they sure made the most of it. And I’m confident that if they can put 2 or 3 games together like that, they will earn more time.

By: Bring back Lohan

Bring back Lohan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:00:57 +0000

Steve, he is going to tell you the same old story. Its because he is more confident that HBO will be more responsible defensively. And quite frankly, I am sure most of us are. I do believe that the “kid line” should get more time, but maybe it should be at the expense of the “big fella”