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March 24, 2017
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
But it's hard to beat a song title like "The Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech."
posted by NoMich at 08:41 AM on March 24, 2017
posted by tommybiden at 10:32 AM on March 24, 2017
If that is Methot slashing Crosby he's gone for 6 games minimum. Crosby will get a pass just like Malkin did earlier in the season for a vicious elbow to the head of Blake Wheeler.
In the NHL, it's OK for star players to deliberately injure other players.
posted by cixelsyd at 10:43 AM on March 24, 2017
Yeah, what cix said. All the talk about Crosby playing the game "the right way" is bullshit. In the past 10 days, he has speared an opponent in the groin and slashed an opponent's fingertip off.* The force necessary to do that kind of damage through a hockey glove is pretty severe. The dude swings his stick like a punk, I don't care how skilled he is (and he is incredibly skilled), the league has to crack down on that shit. Maybe 4 or 5 games without him would encourage the Pens to have a come-to-Jesus with their captain. Ovechkin also has consistently gotten away with winding up to full speed and leaving his feet to deliver a hit. If the league sat him down a bit, Washington might encourage an adjustment to Ovi's style.
*I lost a fingertip playing hockey in high school--my fingertip was sticking out of a hole in my glove, and, I was trying to tip a nasty slap shot from the point in. I did tip the puck (did not get the goal), off of my exposed finger. Popped like a grape and shattered the phalange. Good goddamn it hurt.
posted by tahoemoj at 12:24 PM on March 24, 2017
Georgia Tech knows how to ruin a good alphabet party, as they join UCF, TCU, and CSUB in the NIT Final Four.