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True but the style of play is based on this with the NA teams. If you can't beat them with skill, you try to beat them by dirty plays. Now more and more Europeans are playing the same style.

Can't deny that since I'm not old enough to know but for the last 30 years that's how it has been. Before as well when you look at history books; Eddie Shore, Gordie Howe. "Old time hockey, just like Eddie Shore". Ask Bobby Clarke how you win...on a second thought, I'm sure he won't mention...

NA hockey has always been this way. When you are losing the dirty tricks appear. National teams for Canada and USA have always been notorious of this in the international ice.

It's called good-old-fashioned-canadian-hockey. It has always been part of the game in North America.

I don't think any of that happened. It just an ordinary play that had unfortunate results.

I'll take crosscheck to the back anyday over an elbow to the head. No contest there. I didn't see anything worthy of a penalty on Fedotenkos case. Gelinas crosscheck was nasty but I still take it lightly over incidents that involve big blows to the head and neck, that is were the serious...

Never questioned that, just stated that the extent of the injury was Vinnie's own fault. A player shuold be penalized for what he did, not to what happens to the other player. As a repeat offender (I don't see the pestering of CuJo as an attempt to injure), one game suspension maybe but not...

That hit brings an interesting question about rules as it was a major penalty. "if there is blood, it's an automatic major" but that blood was actually Vinnie's own fault. You could see from the hit that his helmet comes off very early in the hit so it wasn't strapped on properly. If it was...

I have to disagree, one game is plenty enough since Stillman didn't get any.

Maybe my memory is getting bad but I don't think either of the defenses have been bad, despite the scores. Neither of the goalies either. Just fast paced hockey that creates nice scoring changes and goals have come in patches when they have started to come. Only Calgary has been outplayed in...

That why I said earlier that the game will come down to goalie performance. While both goalies are brilliant, it will be these very small differences that will determine the outcome of the game. Mostly this series will be about luck, which teams has more than the other. Neither team is...

I should have said key 2 guys, one for each team. Would that make a difference? :) I agree that it is not only the goalies but that will be the key to this series, which goalie raises his game more than the other. Whether I'm right or wrong remains to be seen. As for leading scorers, there...

And my point was that while there are a few Canadians on both teams the key guys are from somewhere else... :) Speaking of goalies, there is another youngster out there that will be awesome. Maybe even better than Luongo. Kari Lehtonen. I have seen many young, promising goalies but IMHO this...

You can still spot a great goalie, just watch Luongo the next time Panthers play. :) Quite a lot is riding on the goalies in this series. Penalties cost this one for Calgary. 2-0, still hope, 4-0 not that much. To be honest, TB should have been called on a few more times during the game...

Spelling is correct but his brothers lastname is spelled kirppu-soft. It's a joke reflecting his playing style, in Finnish kirppu means flee. Fine d-man, just wasn't well suited for the NA style.

Yes, but it will be either a Finn or a Russian that will win the series for them. Hopefully it will be the Finn. ;)