A lot of you are forgetting the fact that Hall has been getting run for his entire career.
On 1 hand you say someone needs to get retribution for what Hall did, but you got no respect for the fact that Hall was taking retribution for all the times he got run, including in that game.
Im not at all suggesting a 2 handed slash is the right thing to do, it was a dirty move no doubt and I hope he finds other ways to fight his battles; but you cant ignore that Hall gets run every game, often dirtily, so he takes retribution. It goes both ways.
ps. Hall should have got a penalty, a 5minute major really, but I have no idea how the refs allowed Phoenix players to go after Hall after every whistle for the rest of the game. Literally everytime Hall was out there somebody gave him a shot after the whistle. I see those get called every other game I watch, but for some reason it was tolerated 3-4 times last night.
Yandle was slashing Yakupov all game too. It was a chippy game and Edmonton doesnt have anyone besides Mike Brown to stand up for these kids so they have to take matters into their own hands.
pps. I'm really aggravated that Oilers management hasn't made more moves to insulate these kids, Hall has far too often this season had to fight his own battles when he's already responsible for geneating most of the offense. I'll give Tambelinni 1 more summer to surround these kids with some functional toughness before I join Big Ev and company in thinking Tambelinni is a terrible GM.
Last edited by donions; April 11, 2013 at 6:33 PM.
10 Team Roto Keeper League; 20 Keepers;
Stats: G,A,Pts,ppg,ppa,pims,+/- ; W,sv%,svs
C: Seguin, Panarin, Carter
LW: Benn, Hall, Buchnevich, Coyle, Zucker
RW: Kane, Simmonds, Stone, Nino, Gallagher
D: Subban, Doughty, Byfuglien, Jones, Mcdonagh, Fowler
G: Price, Holtby, Halak, Reimer