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I've seen a lot of shit in my lifetime in the NHL but I have had it with this bullshit. Robert Bortuzzo of the blues is one of the dirtiest players and he deserves to be suspended for the season for this shit. The blues are full of dirty players and bullies and they play that way but he could have crippled Viktor Arvidsson or even worse and as far Jordan binnington i dont know what the fuck he is doing WTF seriously, Bortuzzo is going to have a hearing and from the NHL tomorrow and from what I hear so is binnington. Yeah, shit goes down all the time in hockey but he is trying to fucking hurt the guy or even worse he could have done some serious damage.
CmdrFireHawk
I'm a Blues fan, but fuck him. Even by old school hockey, that's bullshit. I'd fine him and not allow him to play for the rest of the season
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Blues fans rolling through the comments downvoting everything negative against their team.
LittleVanillaBean12
That was nuts. Unacceptable
esilkwood
Let's go BLUUUUEEEEES! Dirty hit though.
sidebread
Gross
themosthellas
Unfortunately the whole league has shit like this happen every game that’s not caught on camera.
UnsolicitedRichardPicture
Once he saw the refs hands go up for the first crosscheck, figured he might as well get another one in for free. Shoulda stacked penalties.
AeternalDreamer
Hockey's a dangerous sport by nature, but that's just wrong and even that goes against the spirit of hockey.
BanGurHeaD
Coward
dropbear128
iNeverCouldGetTheHangOfThursdays
What an asshat
SittingInClass
Preds fan here. Fuck Bortuzzo. Also, Arvy left the game a little bit after this with an "upper body injury" so let's hope he's ok.
righttitmcgee
Let us not forget all the shit Brad Marchand has gotten away with. Nothing will happen.
StephenDaniels
That's a special case. Tom Brady's aura has stretched beyond Football, he's able to order even an NHL ref to look the other way.
thecuttingedgeofcockingabout
What’s hilarious is Blues fans regularly complain about other teams playing dirty, but the Blues “never do that.”
YaBoyJohnorrhea
As a Blues fan, that's bullshit. We've got some shitbirds that shouldn't be in the league. Like Bortuzzo.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
The Blues are a super dirty team. Pretty much every team they played in the Cup playoffs last year had an issue with them.
SDev0
Fos
TheAdrachian
Spoken like a true Blackhawks fan
indiefab
Blues fan here. Throw him out.
drizzlide
Blackhawks fan here. Keep him in, he kinda sucks.
sircooksalot
I'll second this. We'd all love to win another cup, but not like that
butwhyisthenamegone
Sometimes things happen during games that should be referred to police rather than a sporting judiciary.
leroy666
Absolutely.
GarrusStopCalibratingFFS
God damn that's dangerous for his back. What a fucking dick
maybealeafsfan
I've played with Binnington he's not a dirty player. Goalie has every right to protect their crease. Bortuzzo is an asshat for that move tho
LavaAxe
Why crosscheck a guy skating away from the grease and after the play has been stopped? A senseless move by Binnington.
bananahamok
Bullshit. He was run into the goal by his own defender, then cross checked again, followed by a cheap shot by Binnington.
Scrotality
Juging by where Binnington was looking, it seems like he might not've known what was going on behind him. All he saw as a guy in his crease.
bananahamok
I have a hard time believing an NHL level goalie isn’t aware of what’s happening in his crease. Plus the guy was getting up and leaving.
Scrotality
Even so, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Though the push was overly aggressive in any case.
bananahamok
Oh yeah I’m not really blaming him much. It’s wasn’t dirty, just unnecessary. Burt on the other hand...
bananahamok
Also, that name. WTF
somethingworthy
Really proved he was the ‘bigger man’ by hitting someone again when they were already down... what a shit weasel
SDev0
Because he was diving like a soccer player
somethingworthy
Dive or no dive, that secondary hit shows complete lack of self control
arkoudos
My friend who knows nothing about hokey would like to know what's different now from any other fight in that game.
ImprovedLoungewear
The NHL (college & minor leagues also) have made great strides in recent decades getting fighting out of the game. There's no place for it.
bananahamok
No place for it? There’s literally been a place for it for over a century of the sport.
bananahamok
It’s not a fight at all. Fighting is two guys squaring off and going at it. Most even tell each other good fight afterwards. This is assault
YaBoyJohnorrhea
Hell a lot of them agree to having a fight beforehand too.
bananahamok
Oh yeah. Just straight jumping someone is very frowned upon.
cuddlesdotgif
It’s about being evenly matched, in situation and response. Both dudes wanna drop gloves and knock each others teeth out? Cool. This guy, /1
cuddlesdotgif
Hitting with his stick while they’re already down and vulnerable from the collision with the posts - that’s overtly dangerous. Not cool. 2/2
SemperFiZero
No you haven’t seen shit if you think that’s bad. McSorely, Claude, Bertuzzi..nice snap reaction.
silencewillfallwhenthequestionisasked
Jordon Tootoo should also make this list.
Memongo808
Claude fucking Lemieux
BurrRankShanks
Ralphie Torres the scum king himself.
NePb
Raffi
ronandsueg2112
If you oook up goon in the dictionary, there’s a picture of Marty McSorely.
righttitmcgee
Marchand needs mentioned
DrKriegersClone
I think the Bruins are still getting lighter treatment out the league disciplinary office off of the Campbell connection.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Marchand is not even close to being on the level of those guys. Please.
UnsolicitedRichardPicture
Marchand likes to go low when he can. He’s not outright dirty like these guys. He’s sneaky about it. Plus he likes to lick faces. Gross.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
But that's my point. He's an agitator, and takes some cheap shots, but he's not an outright goon like McSorely or Bertuzzi. Not comparable.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
And that's not an excuse for Marchand's behavior. But his goonery is not the same as McSorely or Bertuzzi.
TheTrufe
Yeah, he put more oomph into that than he should have, and it was lower than the shoulder pads, but I feel like that doesn't warrant a 1/2
TheTrufe
Suspension. Or is it the first hit they're looking at?
Lachwen
That second hit absolutely warrants a suspension. He deliberately struck a vulnerable player low in the back, well away from the puck, 1/
Lachwen
resulting in an injury, all because he was mad that he had been called for a penalty. That's completely unacceptable, and he should have 2/
Lachwen
received far more than just a four-game suspension. 3/3
furzinderdose
Why let him play in the NHL ever again? He's a dick and does shit like this far too often...
TomGrom
All hail ?
TheScutFarkus
Could say the same for Tom Wilson. Broke Ashton-Reese’s jaw from the Penguins.
TheRenegadeSpud
That was at least a hit in play. Not the cleanest, but not the same as the shit @op is talking about above.
RonnieKielbasa
Wilson has a pretty lengthy rap sheet
DoubleChungTransplant
Yeah, but they're all hits that are in play. They might be dirty, but they're not assault.
cerpintaxt475
No. He has a history of predatory hits where he maximizes impact to the head in a deliberate attempt to cause brain injuries. He's the worst
goatamon
Didn’t Bortz start a fight with a teammate during practice a year ago?
JustJottingDownSomeObservations
the NHL encourages “bad boys”, as they boost ratings. If they’re a good player, it’s a bonus because they’ll be ejected, and cause drama.
kmikl
All evidence to the contrary.
DrWhosYourDaddy
That's not true at all. That just an opinion
DrWhosYourDaddy
They dont encourage fights anymore. You cant even take off their helmets to do so. If we're talking ratings, which is were most revenue 1/
DrWhosYourDaddy
Comes from then yeah. NHL, NFL, MLB all rig their games to last as long as possible. And rig to keep em close
Bossy22
You forgot the most rigged sport of all and that’s the NBA. Hell, it’s more scripted than the WWE
boevis
Because he's good at sports and a real charge might hinder his career. Remember Brock Turner raped a woman and got 6mo (and was out in 3)
in70x
I heard he could swim laps like no other though.. /s
420B0ngRips4Jesus69
Because he's good at sports and a real charge might hinder money generated by the franchise* Athletes skate on charges bc they make teams $
invalidated
Yes. And also remember Jeffrey Epstein did NOT kill himself.
in70x
Unlike hitler who did..
SophieClockwise
You mean rapist Brock Turner, renowned rapist? That Brock Turner, rapiest of the rapists? Yeah, you probably mean that rapist, Brock Turner.
GiddyKipper
Was he a rapist ? I thought he was a really good swimmer who just got a bit of action...? Well well, live and learn. *sarcasm deactivated*
BadLuckBrody
Tom8os
Did you know? Rapist Brock Turner was a swimmer. Literally anyone can swim. Rapist Brock Turner should still be in jail.
BadamWarlock
Some people can't swim, but they make up for it by not raping. That's a skill that Rapist Brock Turner should probably try to master.
DrKriegersClone
Bortuzzo has to get a long suspension out of that. I doubt Binnington gets much for a shove with his gloves after the bad hit though. 1/
PickleWatcher
Last playoffs Bennington skated over to the Stars bench and hit Bishop with his stick cause Bishop was out playing him. He's a bully too.
Grimmspider
Dallas is the best team!
DrKriegersClone
2/ That part was pretty minor by the standards of goalies pushing people out of their crease, and the lead-up all happened behind him.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Binnington shouldn't get anything for that. Bortuzzo should get a couple weeks off.
jscuster
Binnington probably didn’t see the rest of it. Turned around and is like “play’s been over for a while, why the fuck you still in my crease”
TheScutFarkus
3 days. I’d be surprised if it’s more.
DrKriegersClone
Likely less. That was all gloves, not stick. Can't see more than one game.
TheScutFarkus
Just got an update, banned 4 games.
DrKriegersClone
Bortuzzo, yeah, deserved at least that. I was disagreeing with people who though Binnington's little get-out-of-my-crease tap after the 1/
TheScutFarkus
Forfeited $67,000.00. Which is interesting. It goes to the player’s Emergency Assistance Fund.
limerind
hits like this are less like "league matters" and more like "pending assault charges"
BurrRankShanks
You people couldn't be any dumber.
Robertsrebellion
Starting to sound like Don Cherry lol.
MicahtheMartian
Exactly
ImJustaDudePlayingAnotherDude
You mean something like taking off the others guy’s helmet and hitting him in the head with it?
hostforghosts
I'm fucking tired of people wanting to bring lawsuits into sports. Let the league deal with the issue and leave the lawyers out of it.
Feralkyn
There's a difference between a rough play and a criminal act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Bertuzzi%E2%80%93Steve_Moore_incident
PantherMedic
Why is playing a sport an excuse for battery?
mmsep123
https://www.traderumours.com/index.php?blog=9290 what about this case? He got charged for assault, which is right
MikeMcAwesome91
I dont watch much hockey, but I'm disappointed that the benches didnt clear out to kick that guys ass.
DrWhosYourDaddy
You cant jump the boards this isn't fuckin movies
YouCantGetDiseasesFromABird
The league has made it impossible for players to retaliate anymore, and the Blues exploit it like no one else.
Begemot302
Doesnt happen much anymore :(
Velv3tThunder
They cann't fit us all in the penalty box boys! Charge!
SquirtleSquad420
Jumping off the bench to fight someone is a huge suspension and fine now, you have to be on the ice to retaliate.
Noodlesocks
I know emotions run high during competitions but at some point they should be held accountable for acts of straight up criminality.
BurrRankShanks
mmsep123
It's not wrong, and there are some cases where hockey players have been charged of an assault. Danish player Kristian Jensen is
mmsep123
likely going to jail for this kind of thing
mmsep123
actually may avoid sitting in jail, but https://www.traderumours.com/index.php?blog=9290
jursamaj
File charges?
LumpWithaLeafHat
Yeah why is assault seemingly excused in the context of hockey?
BurrRankShanks
You agree to the terms and conditions of a contact sport by stepping between the lines. This stuff happens ALL THE TIME.
Lachwen
Simple crosschecks happen all the time. This kind of bullshit does not.
Einbrecher
You agree to contact that is normal and acceptable within the sport. You're not immune from all battery charges.
somepersondoingsomethings
I'm starting to dislike the idea that you guys are calling for criminal charges for inexcusable plays in contact sports. It's just dumb.
hostforghosts
I agree. Leave the lawyers out of it.
DocTanner
Dude... he slammed him across the spine with a hockey stick, deliberately. That's not a "play", that's straight up battery.
BurrRankShanks
somepersondoingsomethings
What the other guy said. Contact sports. Leave the lawyers out of it. Inexcusable yes. Penalize him yes. Start leveling charges in sports?no
DocTanner
There's a big difference between this and, say, a questionable tackle. This wasn't part of play. Claiming that this is part of 1/2
tossabeertoyourwitcher
They're not saying you can't hit people in boxing; they're saying you can't attempt to cripple people outside of play
hostforghosts
Then the league should suspend him or remove him permanently. End of story. Lawyers are not needed in sports it will destroy sports.
somepersondoingsomethings
Exactly.
LumpWithaLeafHat
If being an athlete means giving up your right to take someone to court for assaulting you, maybe sports are little fucked up.
ididitall
it was a shit move
HatinS8N
Sorry. Soccer is for you. I only seen a guy love tap the first one. Then lean over and gently place his stick on his back to see if he’s ok.
ididitall
i llol'd
edasm
Goalie a pretty class act, too...
Shiznit007
That's what the gif description said
BolenArrow
Some cowardly shit right here...
whenitcomesdowntoit
Cowards do this, Kicking a man when he’s down definitely makes him a coward, didn’t even let him stand and give him a chance to fight back
NinjaCongo
In hockey culture, that's considered a dick move.
AlphaIndustrial
That's a dick move there buds.
Nuhlinga
The dive on the first check was a shit move. The cross check when he was down was a dick move.
anarklay
Getting cross checked face first into the goal by a guy twice your size is a dive?
Nuhlinga
When you’re embellishing to draw a penalty... yes
OhioFetish
iCe HocKey sHouLd bE sAfeSPacE
TrueNorthernLights
Hockey fan here. How about we not cripple each other? K thanks.
AnApologeticCanadian
I get that brawls are part of the sport. But where is the line my dude? What level of violence is too much?
OhioFetish
death
BolenArrow
obvious troll man...
TheRealMustardBumps
I believe that is called travesty of the game, basically lifetime suspension
SgtJohnsonsJohnson
They pulled the same dirty tactics against us in the cup last year. So scummy
CrustyMuffin
Aww....poor baby.
ididitall
GO B's!!!
BigFloppyDonkeyDickz
Salty AF
SgtJohnsonsJohnson
Lol yea so salty with my 12 championships since 2000.
TheImmortalonlyknownasLuker
You must be talking about conference Champions, because Boston have only one cup in the 2000's
Christof9286
he's talking between football, baseball, basketball, and hockey.
CrustyMuffin
You won them?
Edgekrsher
This is a problem with the lack of fighting in the nhl now. Pricks like like him get to this stuff unchecked. WHY DID NO ONE KICK HIS ASS?
VresiBerba
Typical American, solve the problem of violence with more violence. This is solved by suspending the offenders. One year suspension ->
VresiBerba
-> and he will be a contractual piranha. Add to the league itself to make a stand that this is simply not acceptable and amend the rules.
Dumbringo
I would say a bigger problem is the ref who was standing beside it and only gave him a single minor penalty. One of those was a freebie.
redbullvodka
Preds don’t really have a bruiser on the roster right now. Used to be Austin Watson but he’s chilled out a lot since rehab.
bpass711
I seriously doubt a padded fist fight on ice that he has to agree to would stop him
leroy666
Ever heard the expression, “drop the gloves”. Not padded.
bpass711
Still wearing pads.
psstuphere
That's why there are referees. No fighting needed
starwarder
Just like the fact we have police officers and there is now no crime... wait
psstuphere
If we had 4 policemen and 5 cameras for every 12 persons it would be different
ssh0le
It would be China
ElroyJetsonEsq
Wait, is this some sort of bizarro argument in favor of vigilante killings or something?
JuicyMuIIet
I don't know anything about hockey. Can you explain why a lack of fighting is an issue? (Honest question)
Edgekrsher
It is to keep people from doing this kind of stuff. Even 5 years ago this guy would had a fist in his face within second
Trollingstoned
Don't listen to him. Idiots think that fights prevent cheap shots, despite 100% of the evidence pointing to the contrary. (1/2)
Trollingstoned
With fights, you have the same amount, if not more cheap shots, and the fighters get to end their own life with crippling brain damage.
demosthenes89
In the olden days this guys would have been immediately punched in the mouth - instant repercussions for playing dirty.
leroy666
That’s just bullshit. Goons will goon. Fighting in hockey never stopped cheap shots.
VresiBerba
Exactly. Some of the worst offences on the ice was during the era of teams having dedicated enforcers. Bertuzzi being some of the worst ->
VresiBerba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yxMbWlnWV8
Memeeater
Why not just arrest them?
leroy666
If athletes on the field were held to regular standards of behaviour, the owners would shit bricks. Read about pay issues in Junior hockey.
demosthenes89
Like 80% of contact sports are things that would qualify as assault if you did it on the street.
Memeeater
? I practise MMA. Someone hitting an unconscious guy? Not letting go of a choke or hold or bar after the other guy taps? Kicking someone on
PVS3
NHL has worked HARD to end the "enforcer" culture - turns out this is the sort of thing the enforcers were preventing
psstuphere
BS. This was happening back in the day too
AlphaIndustrial
Yea like when a ref gets a 2 hand swing to the face
ElroyJetsonEsq
Give me a break, like there were no cheap shots when fighting was rampant? BS. There was shit exactly like this, only difference was then...
Edgekrsher
And I never said there were no cheap shots like this before, you dumb fuck. Learn how to read
Edgekrsher
Nice little rant. You’re still wrong lol
ElroyJetsonEsq
...there was a fight. But the fact that there was a fight afterwards did jackshit to prevent the cheap shots, "rats" and "pests" are not...
ElroyJetsonEsq
...an even remotely new feature in the NHL. The myth that enforcers and line brawls prevented stuff like this in any way is just a...
ElroyJetsonEsq
...fever-dream of Don Cherry Rock 'Em Sock 'Em types who no longer seem to remember how things actually were "back in the day".
leroy666
My 50 years of hockey playing experience agrees with you. That's right, 50 years! Started at 6. Played til almost 60.
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
burrocafe
Your such a goon
Ac1dBurn72
This movie got slept on.
DingoMatt
What movie.
Caveman3A
There's also a Goon 2, available on Amazon!
mattcookie101
Don’t touch my Percocet and does anyone have any Percocet?!!
amop
MY BROTHER’S GAY
DutchRudderShotgun
Glatt : Hebrew for fuck you
greatbipels
Ahh, the dick splitter!
MeAndJulio
Two rules. Stay away from my Percocets, and do you have any Percocets.
CrimsonKing99
I only have two rules: don't touch my Percocet, and do you have any fucking Percocet
leroy666
Reality: Couldn’t walk across dressing room floor w/o stepping on empty Sudafed boxes. - Jr. hockey in the 70’s.
RinkeModder
it is joke, because you couldnt stop fucking beach ball.
sacrosanctt
Tummy lights
hockeyistheshitGOBRUINS
Greek underground gay porn hard!
blathergram
Dot
Tortfeas0r
Highlanders gay porn hard!
Sayagain
GAY PORN HARD!!!!!
EedDaPooPoo
Fuck, this was a fun movie.
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
There was a sequel btw
DoopaLoooooop
Great movie
ThePastmaster
... Mighty Ducks?
yellowbellyCarter
The Goon afaik
twisster76
Loosely based on a true story too
DutchRudderShotgun
I wanted to get the book when this movie came out but not being in current circulation it was going minimum $100 on eBay secondhand
twisster76
Holy crap! I should find mine. I read it long before the movie.
DutchRudderShotgun
I got five on it!
blumpk1npie
Looks hilarious what movie?
fatfish89
This and the sequel are on Netflix
FloppyDdrive
Goon
WeeklyAdhesiveness
It called Goon.
dsampify
Goon.
HotCarle
Goon. One of my favorites
LucidAftermath
.
wulf97
.
DutchRudderShotgun
Doug is descended of the same bloodline as the Hanson bros. Change my mind
wulf97
.