Comments on: Mikey Monday: FTW

By: penspuckbunny

penspuckbunny — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:14:27 +0000

Despite my hatred for the Caps & my love for all players named Staal, I did feel bad for Joel Ward tonight. Bad break for a guy who seems like one of the good ones. On another note, where’s the love for Brooks Laich? He’s got some amazing blue eyes & a pretty good playoff beard going. Yep, I’m liking him. 🙂

By: Pants

Pants — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:09:47 +0000

I definitely don’t love Ovi. Heck, even Dawn called for him to get benched or traded this year. I might if he came to play all the time, but he doesn’t. I tolerate him mostly for the sake of the rest of the team. Sure I’m grateful when he scores, but he should be doing a lot more of that and other things, and doing them all season.

The hit is obviously questionable and I’m surprised the NHL didn’t look at it. If Ovi kept his feet, I’d call it legal – Girardi is crouched a bit, so his head is at shoulder height, but that’s neither here nor there. Ovi definitely leaves his feet and that should be examined because Lord knows he has done that before. He’s been suspended 3 times in 3 seasons and fined twice.

I don’t think it helped that right after the game Girardi said, “I think he hit my head a bit there, but I think it was the right call. My head’s kinda there and he hits it. I think he’s just playing the game hard, but I don’t know.” Of all the things the Rangers have made a stink about in recent months, this is one where I don’t think Torts should have kept his mouth shut. Maybe he’s sick of spending his kids’ inheritance on fines, but he would definitely have a point here.

Here’s a dissected look from BleacherReport – http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1173801-nhl-playoffs-2012-why-ovechkin-wont-be-suspended-for-his-hit-on-girardi

By: Beth Krinock (@BKNY1999)

Beth Krinock (@BKNY1999) — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:37:44 +0000

I know you ladies love Ovi, however, his hit to Girardi on Saturday was horrible. Ovi clearly left his feet and his shoulder made clear contact with Girardi’s head. Ovi should be “Shannaband” for 3 games at least, based on the hits to the head rule that you highlighted in the Gingeroux piece below. Ovi has great skill, but he is a repeat offender when it comes to cheap shots like this one. He is well known for leaving his feet on hits. After seeing his teammates Green and Nicky B struggle with concussions this year, you think he would concentrate on delivering more clean hits. Guess not.