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Hockey fans: Tootoo

 
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Newbie



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:59 am    Post subject: Hockey fans: Tootoo Reply with quote

Hey hockey fans, have you seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upeLPWApt6w (wait a minute to see the actual punch)

Anyway, I can't believe the guy got suspended. Throws a completely clean hit on Modano, sees a dude charge him and in defense gives him a good punch to the chin. Sorry to Robidas for getting knocked out, but what the heck did Tootoo do that was wrong?

Can't believe it.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know. Look at what happened in the 2 seconds before the punch. You could say that the other player was defending his teammate.

Either way, that was a well aimed punch. I'm impressed.
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ForceOne



Joined: 25 Aug 2005

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know, it's a tough call. Robidas was defending Modano (as he should) and Tootoo was defending himself- Robidas just didn't see it coming. One could argue that Tootoo should have fought him, but whats to say that Robidas wouldn't have just attacked him? This is somewhat similar to the Bertuzzi incident ONLY in the sense of the seriousness of the result--had Robidas NOT been knocked out (and it wasn't Tootoo who has a history of causing sh@t) would he have even been suspended?
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Canuck Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ForceOne wrote:
This is somewhat similar to the Bertuzzi incident ONLY in the sense of the seriousness of the result--had Robidas NOT been knocked out (and it wasn't Tootoo who has a history of causing sh@t) would he have even been suspended?


It was nothing like the Bertuzzi incident. Big Bad Bert was stalking a player from behind who refused to fight (cowardly bastard) after he seriously injured the other team's star player in a previous game. Here, Jordan is actually defending himself from a charge. The defensive punch here was inappropriate but not malicious.
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Nolan Ryan



Joined: 25 Aug 2004
Location: On a pitcher's mound somewhere in Seoul...

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Personally, I thought it was terrific!
Tootoo must have great peripheral vision or a sixth sense of knowing impending doom cause he was prepared! Kudos for the heads up play Jordin!
With all the stickwork going on and people saying he should have used his stick, I thought it was VERY APPROPRIATE! Tootoo is an aggressive little fella from the Tundra, who doesn't back down from anyone. Could you imagine the damage he could have caused with a stick? Inappropriate? Malicious? Give me a break! Rolling Eyes
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dmbfan



Joined: 09 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah........Spring is in the air..........and so are the Stanley Cup Playoffs!!!!!!!!


Anyone know how to get some live feeds on any hockey games (preferably for video)?


Cheers.

dmbfan
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khyber



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Personally, I thought it was terrific!
ditto. No reason for him to take that "third man in" just because...pretty clean check, pretty clean bunch (though it was pretty unexpected).

If the suspension was REALLY short (like, a game), then fine. It probably wasn't, (in view of hte rules) the best decision to make but everything else about that incident is great; most everything was clean and it sends a bit of a message too.

I didn't know tootoo wasd a fighter....at all
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PEIGUY



Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you could see that Robidas had his elbow up ready to knock tooto's block off.. as the sportscasters put it.. if Robidas wouldnt' have deviated from his plan of attack he was going straight for TooToo no if and's or but's about it.. .. just too bad he got smoked in the jaw.. i don't see any fault with either.. it was either Tootoo or Robidas that were gonna see the ice and Robidas saw it 1st..
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What I don't get is why isn't Modano getting a suspension for the tomahawk chop he did on Tootoo after he got up?
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ForceOne



Joined: 25 Aug 2005

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Canuck Teacher wrote

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It was nothing like the Bertuzzi incident


Of course not. I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. If Robidas han't been knocked out, would Tootoo be suspended? I doubt it- maybe a game. If Moore never suffered the broken neck, Bertuzzi's suspension wouldn't have been nearly as long.

khyber wrote

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I didn't know tootoo wasd a fighter....at all


Check out Youtube.
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Slep



Joined: 14 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.myp2p.eu/NHL.htm
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