Showing posts with label Stanley Cup Finals television ratings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stanley Cup Finals television ratings. Show all posts

Friday, June 03, 2011

NESN; Alex Burrows Decision Is Latest Example of NHL Insulting Fans' Intelligence With Dishonest Explanations


I will say that I concur with Michael Hurley from NESN and his assessment, the NHL looks like a bunch of bumbling buffoons when they issues statements like this.We saw the video, and one can deduced that Vancouver Canucks hack forward Alex Burrows bit Patrice Bergeron, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine this. 

Michael Hurley; NESN ---This isn't a cry of injustice, a plea for a suspension or anything of the sort. Alex Burrows wasn't suspended by the NHL, and he probably didn't deserve to be. At this point of the year, in the Stanley Cup Final, biting a finger probably isn't enough to keep you off the ice for 60 minutes, and definitely not for 120 minutes.

That's what the folks at the NHL think, and you know what? That's fine. The problem is that they're not telling you that. They're telling you that there was "no conclusive evidence" to prove there was any biting. They're telling you that those videos you've seen, and the photos you've looked at -- they don't exist. They're basically telling you that you're an idiot.

They're insulting your intelligence.

There was conclusive evidence. We saw it. We saw Burrows chomp down on Bergeron's finger the same way I bite down on my morning apple (just kidding, I rarely eat fruit). If Mike Murphy, whose decision it was to hold off on supplemental discipline, really wanted more evidence, he'd go look at Bergeron's finger. It's got teeth marks in it.
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