[PsuNate1977]

Originally Posted by skacore

They don't initiate because they rarely have to, when they had to this year they answered the bell, examples: Phaneuf crushing Hudler, Lappy KOing Lidstrom, Ott taking runs at Lidstrom, McLaren smashing Drake's face, all resulted in a fight. They are the most skilled team in the league and most disciplined team in the league, I'm talking about this year alone and not in years past, clearly the organization saw a need for more toughness and grit so they acquired Downey, Drake, Stuart, and eventually McCarty, those 4 players combined could probably take on the entire Islanders' roster of 20+ players, and the Islanders didn't even make the playoffs, so what's their excuse?

I can understand a non-Wings fan hating the team, they are the New York Yankees of the NHL and a guy like Maltby is so easy to hate, when you're not a fan of them and enjoying their success I can understand them being disciplined gets irritating, watching the 3rd period of 4-0 games with no hopes of a brawl breaking out, but welcome to 2008 where hockey (and sports) has evolved and teams are finding better ways to win games and championships, from an entertainment stand point it sucks but how can you act like the Red Wings are a disgrace to the game of hockey when the Islanders are even softer and they can't even make the playoffs? You post in EVERY single Red Wings thread EVERY day, stop being so fukking bitter.

47 fights since the lockout... ****ing pathetic.