Adam McQuaid Fined for Kneeing Nick Foligno

[srehm1]

I'd be curious to see if someone on Ottawa addresses this the next time the two teams meet up. Has there been any talk or journalism of that sort calling for McQuaid's head up in Ott?

[Whaler Fan]

Originally Posted by tim13

FattPatt,

Look at what all the other Bs fans posted on the first page and then look what you posted.

Your posting is just f*cking ridiculous. Every time your drivel shows up on these boards it's guaran****ingteed to ruin the thread you post it in. Is it that difficult for you to look at things logically and objectively and just say "McQuaid was lucky to get away with that one?" Instead, you choose to bait the rest of the forum by calling them "whiners" when you have to know damn well no one will see it the way you see it.

Knee, shin, who gives a sh*t? It was a dirty move, all other Bruins fans who posted so far condemned it, yet here you are defending it as if he didn't do anything wrong.

Sure it was a bad trip, it just wasn't his knee. Ironic you ridicule me for ruining the thread when you went out of your way to label me as another poster (again) and toss out insults. Take your own advice and stop trying to troll me.

[tim13]

Originally Posted by BruinsBeatdown

I give a sh*t. Knee on knee is more of an attempt to end someones career, while sticking your shin out seems to be more of a tripping play. Still dangerous, but not to the same degree.

I know, I'm a newbie so you dont have to take my word for it.

I could give as much of a sh*t if you're a newbie as I could about whether it was a knee or a shin.

You honestly believe it was McQuaid's supreme shin checking accuracy and not the fact that he's 4 inches taller that caused it to be more of his shin than his knee that caught Foligno's knee?

[srehm1]

http://www.csnne.com/blog/bruins-tal...02&feedID=3944

Some comments by McQuaid and Foligno on the hit.

“If I could take it back, I definitely would,” said McQuaid, who blocked a pair of shots and registered three hits in. “It was one of those things where you go, ‘Oh, crap’, right after it happened.

"The penalty was deserved. That’s not me at all. I think that’s actually my first major penalty in my career outside of the fighting calls, and I don’t plan on getting any more.”

McQuaid has a long history with Foligno -- the two skated together in juniors -- and the personal connection made his actions hit that much closer to home for both players during the postgame breakdown.

"He was just trying to slow down my progress. It was a hockey play and I don't think there was any attempt to injure," said Foligno. "I've known Quaider a long time and I know he's not that type of player."

[Leafsnation420]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd8cDxL_5IE

Just a trip? You can't defend that ****. Sure no injury here, but the result could have been the same.

[BruinsBeatdown]

Originally Posted by tim13

You honestly believe it was McQuaid's supreme shin checking accuracy and not the fact that he's 4 inches taller that caused it to be more of his shin than his knee that caught Foligno's knee?

I believe that McQuaid sticking his toe out implied trip, if he pulled it back he would have been leading with his knee. Just saying it looked more like he was going for a trip than a career ending knee on knee. Ive got my opinion and youve got yours. But just so you know, I'm always right.

[tim13]

Originally Posted by Whaler Fan

Sure it was a bad trip, it just wasn't his knee. Ironic you ridicule me for ruining the thread when you went out of your way to label me as another poster (again) and toss out insults. Take your own advice and stop trying to troll me.

It wasn't a knee by chance and chance alone. He sure as sh*t stuck it out there.

And there's no need for me to even address the rest of your post.

[Whaler Fan]

Look a bad trip no doubt, he shouldn't have stuck his leg out that's not a legal play. However he didn't hit him with his knee so you are you going to suspend somebody for a "severe" trip?

[tim13]

Originally Posted by BruinsBeatdown

I believe that McQuaid sticking his toe out implied trip, if he pulled it back he would have been leading with his knee. Just saying it looked more like he was going for a trip than a career ending knee on knee. Ive got my opinion and youve got yours. But just so you know, I'm always right.

Just for the record, neither I nor anyone else in this thread said anything about him "going for a career ending knee on knee."

[Whaler Fan]

Originally Posted by tim13

It wasn't a knee by chance and chance alone. He sure as sh*t stuck it out there.

And there's no need for me to even address the rest of your post.

Agreed. However as far as I know you cannot suspend a player because you feel he attempted a knee on knee hit.

Glad you could stay on topic.

[BruinsBeatdown]

Originally Posted by Leafsnation420

Just a trip? You can't defend that ****. Sure no injury here, but the result could have been the same.

Not sure if you were trying to post the Ulf hit on Neely, but that is the classic example of knee on knee. Ulfs knee was cocked back, McQuaids was not.

Are you saying that a suspension should be given every time there is trip? That is what penalties, game misconducts and fines are for. If a injury is involved, then yes a suspension should be given. If it is a repeat offender, then yes a suspension should be given.

Again, just my irrational point of view.

[BruinsBeatdown]

Originally Posted by tim13

Just for the record, neither I nor anyone else in this thread said anything about him "going for a career ending knee on knee."

Well that is what you do when make a knee on knee hit (imo).

[tim13]

Originally Posted by BruinsBeatdown

Well that is what you do when make a knee on knee hit (imo).

Look, I don't think he intended to injure him, but he certainly intended to stick his leg out. You can argue semantics all you want, but that's a definite no no and something that should be discouraged; that's all I'm saying.

[Jack Schitt]

Originally Posted by srehm1

I had a feeling he would just get a fine for this. It was a bad play but McQuiad had a few things going for him: 1-He's not a repeat offender 2-Foligno was not injured and came back on the next shift, and 3-He's a Bruin.

The discipline is all over the place. Leino, who as far as I know has no history, got a game (and in essence a 25K fine) for an elbow on Matt Read that resulted in no penalty and no injury or missed shifts (that I recall). The knee was at least that bad....

Ville Leino Elbows Matt Read (December 7 2011) ...

[BruinsBeatdown]

Originally Posted by tim13

Look, I don't think he intended to injure him, but he certainly intended to stick his leg out. You can argue semantics all you want, but that's a definite no no and something that should be discouraged; that's all I'm saying.

And finally we come to a common ground.