Trading barbs is fun with opposing teams’ fans, but not if you’re going to be a crybaby about it. I said in TWO consecutive posts and TWICE now in the comments section that this fight was resultant of a cheap shot by Byfluglien. Again, welcome to hockey. You don’t always fight fair. That’s why there’s such a thing as penalties, or in this case, several, and that’s why the penalty box was full and guys got sent to the locker room. Duh.

There was no fish-hooking or fingers in Burrows’ mouth and I’ve watched that footage repeatedly. Dunc’s fingers were wrapped around Burrows’ head and his hand was on Burrows’ face trying to get him off of him and to get him to stop pulling his hair; but Dunc’s fingers were not in Burrows’ mouth. Deal with it. When one of ours does something stupid, you won’t see me defending them. Like I said, the fight was justified. Buff started it with a cheap shot to Luongo. ‘Nough said.

And dude, do you really want to take this international and do a territorial pissing of whose country is better over a stupid hockey game? Seriously, you’re not doing your country any favors by coming on here and acting like an ass. Good-natured ribbing is one thing, but being a total douchebag is another.

I said it was a great game, “Not because the Hawks were so great on D. Obviously not. They lost 4-0.” It was a great game because “they stood up for their own and they went down swingin.” Did you read all the way to the end? Can you read?

I also don’t dispute that the Hawks aren’t going to make it very far through the playoffs if they don’t get their act together. But everybody knows that.

The reason this was a good game is because Buff, finally annoyed by the goon hockey played by the Canucks all evening long (I think the Canucks hold the copyright on trash talk), gave Luongo a shot in the face. Granted that was not cool, but clearly, judging from the Donnybrook that ensued, the Hawks had had enough. If the Hawks had played as aggressively on D as they fought the Canucks in hand-to-hand, the outcome of the game would have been different.

And yes, next year. By then perhaps the Hawks will have acquired a consistent goal tender (or goal tenders), a defenseman to replace Brian Campbell, and perhaps even a new coach who knows what defense looks like.

As for you Canuckle-dragger, I would have expected more from a Canadian. Aren’t you all known for your politeness? Or does that not apply with hockey? Tsk, tsk. Well, it’s all in good fun, so stick around for the playoffs. We’ll trade barbs again then…LOL…