Be careful before you say you admire the Ducks and Burke
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No team has probably done more for increasing the size requirement of an NHL hockey player then did the Ducks did on their run to the cup
How they won is the problem, and it’s not all the Ducks fault, the NHL played a role in this as well. There are rules that the game of hockey has developed over time, they are roughing, crosschecking, charging, high-sticking, and intent to injure to name a few. We can call these physical play penalties
In the playoffs the league let physical play penalties go giving the Ducks an obvious advantage. Their personnel starting with their GM, coach, and players fits the style of hockey that encourages throwing all of the rules out the door.
Burke is responsible for the coach he hires, the players he drafts and acquires. They left a trail of players with injuries from every series, and more than half of those players were hurt from violent hits, whether they were sucker punches or head shots. When the league penalized the culprits, they (the league) got too caught up with their excitement of having a California team win the Stanley Cup that they forgot what the right thing to do was ... let’s just hope that impressionable young hockey players were not watching.
The Ducks do have a good team, but certainly not a great team. With the regular season rules in place with a best of 7 games series versus the Wild, I am taking the Wild. I don’t have to tell you what happened in Vancouver, and now in Anaheim… The Ducks had the most fights then any other NHL club, and a trail of violence in last years playoffs….
How they won is the problem, and it’s not all the Ducks fault, the NHL played a role in this as well. There are rules that the game of hockey has developed over time, they are roughing, crosschecking, charging, high-sticking, and intent to injure to name a few. We can call these physical play penalties
In the playoffs the league let physical play penalties go giving the Ducks an obvious advantage. Their personnel starting with their GM, coach, and players fits the style of hockey that encourages throwing all of the rules out the door.
Burke is responsible for the coach he hires, the players he drafts and acquires. They left a trail of players with injuries from every series, and more than half of those players were hurt from violent hits, whether they were sucker punches or head shots. When the league penalized the culprits, they (the league) got too caught up with their excitement of having a California team win the Stanley Cup that they forgot what the right thing to do was ... let’s just hope that impressionable young hockey players were not watching.
The Ducks do have a good team, but certainly not a great team. With the regular season rules in place with a best of 7 games series versus the Wild, I am taking the Wild. I don’t have to tell you what happened in Vancouver, and now in Anaheim… The Ducks had the most fights then any other NHL club, and a trail of violence in last years playoffs….
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