By a Nose!
Mere weeks after being dangerously clocked on the boards by James Wisniewski, Brent Seabrook had a go at Brad Winchester in tonight’s Hawks/Blues game. That’s not what’s necessarily notable (nor are the resulting “roughing,” “fighting,” and even “game misconduct” calls on Seabrook). What is noteworthy is that, just like the Alex Burrows hair-pulling incident last season, Winchester too pulled Brent Seabrook’s hair during the ensuing mêlée. But Winchester had to add his own personal touch to set himself above Alex Burrows by grabbing Brent Seabrook by the nose!
It’s lame enough to grab a guy by the hair, but by the beak??? Really? Isn’t that a little like grabbing a guy with a piercing by his nose ring in a bar fight? Or kicking a guy in the cubes? It goes against the bro code and it’s a cheap shot. Ok, so the Blues are out of playoff contention and have to act as the spoilers. But no respect can come from cheap shots. Still, I think the Hawks had plenty to say by scoring four goals in the first period. Ha! Take that baby Blues! (And in the coming periods it would be nice to see the Hawks have a go at T.J. Oshie and David Backes. They’re just crying out for a comeupance!)
P.S. Way to go on that goal Bickell the pickle! Same for Duncan Keith, Ben Eager, and Kris Versteeg who all scored in the first period.
P.P.S. Loving Dustin Byfuglien as a d-man. I know he used to be a d-man and I’m wondering why anyone would ever have made him a forward. Let’s keep this guy on D. Seems that’s where he’s most at home.
April 9th, 2010 at 11:33 am
What?!?
Did you just give Big Buff kudos???
April 9th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Yes…I gave Buff kudos…as a d-man. I think that’s where he was always meant to be. I think it was Denis Savard who tried him on forward and he just stuck there for some reason. But I don’t think forward ever suited him.
Now if Q would just stop switching the offensive lines up every 5 seconds…
April 10th, 2010 at 11:25 am
He’s gotta keep making adjustments to get the match-ups he needs.
Hopefully he took a ton of notes and knows exactly who’s gonna be facing who on the ice when the 2nd season fires up. (That is why he was hired, right?)
April 10th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I really think it is hard for a line to gel when they change so much. For instance, in last night’s game against the Avs, Q had Patrick Kane starting out on the Dave Bolland line. Then he switched Kane in and out for Marian Hossa. I know why Q did that, but it seemed to throw Kane off. And look at the 4th line. Those guys have remained consistently awesome since Colin Fraser came back. So, maybe there’s something to be said for trying to keep the lines as much the same as possible. When you play with the same line mates over and over, you learn each other’s styles of play. Keep switching in and out, and like I said, it makes it harder to gel.