Looch-Gate Wrap-Up

While this issue is still bugging me and is probably going to until the B's prep for their second round opponent, I thought it would be a good idea to post a closing entry (wow, accounting terminology) just to collect what I thought were good, bad, and ugly pieces that have run on the Lucic saga and the events across the league leading up to it.

I thought I'd start off with this first video just to start off on a lighter note:



I love the fact that Kovalev loses the stick. This was tough to watch from where I was in the balconey, but I can't stop watching the replay now. Anyway, I've heard people say that this late hit should have resulted in a Lapierre suspension if Colin Campbell (d-bag extraordinaire) wanted to be consistent. Either that or this elbow on Hunwick in the last seconds of game one:



Or the eye gouging that followed (watch Komasarek shake off his glove and go in with his bare hand):




While i think it's dumb that an elbow to the head and an eye-gouging are ignored, none are 100% clear on video replay. NHL VP's remarks stated they were part of the game, but if you're going to let that go, you need to get Looch's hit go, too. Here's the Lucic hit:



After the joke of an explanation given by Colin Campbell, we're all still left to question why exactly Lucic was suspended and what in the future is a suspension-worthy offense. (See previous post for ruling and my reaction.) Looking for some sort of sick justice I found the video below before and was happy when Jack Edwards in a great piece he wrote in his blog entitled "Dartboard justice in the NHL." Ron MacLean who's an acclaimed hockey reporter in Canada, asks Campbell the tough questions about Looch-Gate and other events in the first round of the playoffs. Campbell's response is priceless and really shows how out of touch with the game he really is.




That's all I'm going to say on the issue. Go B's. I'm hoping for the sweep tonight so that I can watch the Yanks/Sox series this weekend.