Islanders vs. Bertuzzi, a comparitive venture

[puckhead]

Goddard should get the minimum 10 games for leaving the bench and an extra 5 games for third man in. fucking total goon

Matt, do you blame Goddard?

A game like this, imagine an AHL call-up, a pure thug with two decisive fights in the game already, coming 180 feet to go after Schneider.
I would certainly appreciate someone stepping in, even if from the bench.

 

[evolver115]

Matt, do you blame Goddard?

A game like this, imagine an AHL call-up, a pure thug with two decisive fights in the game already, coming 180 feet to go after Schneider.
I would certainly appreciate someone stepping in, even if from the bench.

I know this question wasn't directed to me...but,



If the refs weren't going to stop it, I'm glad Eric, did. There is NO EXCUSE for the officials not to have him tied up and headed off the ice. None. They failed miserably at their job, last night.

 

[elocomotive]

Is it me, or was Johnson goading him?

I understand defending your goalie, but if he's helping to push the fight, you can't be upset when it happens.

Also, I think Johnson would have won it on his own. For a goalie, that dude can scrap.

 

[SuperFlyer13]

I know this question wasn't directed to me...but,



If the refs weren't going to stop it, I'm glad Eric, did. There is NO EXCUSE for the officials not to have him tied up and headed off the ice. None. They failed miserably at their job, last night.

Hey, I finally agree with something a pens fan said!

 

[evolver115]

Is it me, or was Johnson goading him?

I understand defending your goalie, but if he's helping to push the fight, you can't be upset when it happens.

Also, I think Johnson would have won it on his own. For a goalie, that dude can scrap.

johnson goading him is irrelevant.

For starters, Brent is on the other side of the ice. Not to mention, the goon just got done whooping Talbot. He should have been headed for the showers, not center ice.

///FWIW I don't believe Johnson was goading him. He was spectating from the blue-line during another of the 8 line brawls that occurred.

 

[TiLoBrown]

johnson goading him is irrelevant.

For starters, Brent is on the other side of the ice. Not to mention, the goon just got done whooping Talbot. He should have been headed for the showers, not center ice.

I dont think so, you dont taunt a goon and not expect him to fight. If he did goad him, hes just as much at fault. For all we know, Johnson could have told him to take a swing at him, and then he tried and Goddard did the stupid thing and left the bench.

 

[evolver115]

I dont think so, you dont taunt a goon and not expect him to fight. If he did goad him, hes just as much at fault. For all we know, Johnson could have told him to take a swing at him, and then he tried and Goddard did the stupid thing and left the bench.

Hold on a second. Johnson is goading someone who is in the physical act of whooping another mans ass????

While he's standing 100 feet away??

C'mon, you're giving the goon too much credit, and not seeing who is really at fault for this. They wear black and white on the ice.

How often do you see a guy finish one fight, and I mean finish it, which he did... and go start another one?

 

[ELYEAH82]

I dont think so, you dont taunt a goon and not expect him to fight. If he did goad him, hes just as much at fault. For all we know, Johnson could have told him to take a swing at him, and then he tried and Goddard did the stupid thing and left the bench.

Grabbing another one of those straws huh

 

[TiLoBrown]

Dude it doesnt matter what type of player it is, like I said if Johnson was asking for the fight he should have gotten it. Granted you said he wasnt, but still to think the goon shouldnt fight Johnson just because hes a goalie and the goon just got finished with one is dumb, if anything hes gonna wanna fight some more. Hes a goon, hell hes worse than that. Avery is a goon, but atleast hes not as bad as this idiot.

 

[TiLoBrown]

Grabbing another one of those straws huh

maybe I should grab your glasses and take them off your face.

 

[ELYEAH82]

maybe I should grab your glasses and take them off your face.

I dont wear glasses

 

[evolver115]

Dude it doesnt matter what type of player it is, like I said if Johnson was asking for the fight he should have gotten it. Granted you said he wasnt, but still to think the goon shouldnt fight Johnson just because hes a goalie and the goon just got finished with one is dumb, if anything hes gonna wanna fight some more. Hes a goon, hell hes worse than that. Avery is a goon, but atleast hes not as bad as this idiot.

That's not dumb. If you are in a fight, you are either headed for the penalty box, or the showers.

Not another fight. That's just how it works.

 

[JustAsking]

Should I post what johnson said in an interview after the game again. I know it's fun to speculate. I do it as well, but at least my assumptions are based on what the player says, not just what I think.

 

[evolver115]

Should I post what johnson said in an interview after the game again. I know it's fun to speculate. I do it as well, but at least my assumptions are based on what the player says, not just what I think.

Please do, would love to hear what he said.

 

[TiLoBrown]

I dont wear glasses

They looked like homer glasses to me

That's not dumb. If you are in a fight, you are either headed for the penalty box, or the showers.

Not another fight. That's just how it works.

Yea, thats how it works for normal,respectful players. But this guy isnt one of them. He showed that earlier. But still even if he DID just go to the box or the shower, you would have thought it was ok Johnson to taunt him?

 

[evolver115]

They looked like homer glasses to me



Yea, thats how it works for normal,respectful players. But this guy isnt one of them. He showed that earlier. But still even if he DID just go to the box or the shower, you would have thought it was ok Johnson to taunt him?

Which brings me back to my original point... the officials should never have allowed him to skate unescorted from one end of the ice, to the other. He's a goon, and just finished his second of the night.

Goons are like little kids, you can't let them out of your sight for a second.

 

[TiLoBrown]

Which brings me back to my original point... the officials should never have allowed him to skate unescorted from one end of the ice, to the other. He's a goon, and just finished his second of the night.

Goons are like little kids, you can't let them out of your sight for a second.

Yea that we agree on, what we dont agree on and what I was saying was IF Johnson did taunt him then he should have expected the fight.

 

[JustAsking]

Please do, would love to hear what he said.

"I was (surprised to see Haley) coming at me," Johnson said. "I was outside the scrum because our guy got hit, and he just came down. I don't know. It's all a blur right now."



Johnson didn't want to fight anybody....

 

[evolver115]

Yea that we agree on, what we dont agree on and what I was saying was IF Johnson did taunt him then he should have expected the fight.

From what JA just posted above, it doesn't sound like Brent was goading anyone.

 

[TiLoBrown]

"I was (surprised to see Haley) coming at me," Johnson said. "I was outside the scrum because our guy got hit, and he just came down. I don't know. It's all a blur right now."



Johnson didn't want to fight anybody....

What a surprise, his side makes him look like an innocent bystander. I do believe him though, we we've discussed Haley is a thug, he probably would have fought a fan if the fan looked him in the eyes just to say "good fight"