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Adam Messages: 7125
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 24 February 2021 12:59 |
Adam wrote on Wed, 24 February 2021 12:55 |
RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 24 February 2021 12:29 |
The problem is, the Oilers don't have anyone to address that right now. I sure don't want Nurse beating the hell out of him. He's WAY, way too important to the Oilers and the Canucks take that trade off all day long. The guy that should do it is Kassian and he's not there. Khaira sort of can but I don't think he's a great fighter and doesn't do it unless he absolutely has too.
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Is Roussel much of a fighter? He's no heavyweight, so he wouldn't be squaring off with Kassian anyhow. I always thought of him as more of a pest.
If he's getting thin-skinned though, maybe rather than trying to engage, you just bait him all night and see if you can get him to take more stupid penalties.
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I am not cool when guys pop other guys in the nose for nothing and think it needs to be addressed so it doesn't happen again. Catch him the wrong way, you break his nose then he's out for awhile.
If you think baiting a guy like that while he potentially takes out one of your players is the way to go, then too each their own I guess.
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I was always a bit of a pest in hockey myself, and enjoyed people taking stupid penalties because they're a little mad at me. I care more about winning than I ever do about settle scores.
And when there has been really bad things happen, I don't think squaring up is always the best way to handle it anyhow. It's a 50/50 event which can result in another one of your guys getting hurt - think Souray evening the score with Iginla and putting himself out for months more.
While I think you have to be careful comparing beer league or minor league hockey to the pro game, I'll tell a story - I had a game several years ago where there was a guy running around and acting like a clown. At the end of the period, I skated over to him and told him that he needed to cut that out, or it would end badly. He said mockingly "or what, you'll try to fight me?" and I told him very calmly that I would not fight him - I'd just hurt him. He behaved the rest of the game. Now, I'm not the most imposing guy in the world - no one is mistaking me for Dave Brown - I haven't ever intentionally hurt anyone in hockey and honestly, I was most likely bluffing. It was an effective message because I was telling him that there might not be an even chance for him to defend himself. I haven't ever intentionally hurt anyone in hockey and honestly, I was most likely bluffing. But I still think it was much more effective than it would have been to just ask for a fight.
The days where everyone answered the bell are long gone. Even when they did, it was never actually much of a deterrent. People were still going to take their pops when they had a chance and not Semenko, nor Brown, nor Laraque nor anyone else ever really stopped that from happening - it just gave a little catharsis after the fact.
You have to find better ways of punishing teams. A killer powerplay is a big deterrent and if that's not enough target the player, or one of his more skilled teammates and take a piece of him for the entire night. Think of what happened with Brandon Manning after he chirped McDavid. He was likely black and blue after that game - it wasn't about fighting him (although the Oilers did that too), it was about punishing him every chance they got. So if we feel the need for revenge - label him all night long. I'm hesitant to do that at this point in the season though in an important game. If we get a bunch of penalties because we're running around after Dominic Roussel and drop a game we should win, that could impact where we land this year. I'd prefer to just see if we can get him to take dumb penalties and take advantage.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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