Vancouver at Edmonton 9/22/08

[The Woodsman]

Originally Posted by Sugden Flu

Hans Benson is one scruffy lookin' dude! He looks more like he belongs behind the counter of a headshop than suited up in the NHL.

Haha! Hockeydb lists him at 6'0 253.

Anybody who caught the game want to report what happened with Souray??

[Thrillhouse]

Originally Posted by moxie

Haha! Hockeydb lists him at 6'0 253.

Anybody who caught the game want to report what happened with Souray??

What about him?

[The Woodsman]

I caught a glimpse of a clip on Snet Pacific but just the very end, it looked like he was turtling.

[Thrillhouse]

Originally Posted by moxie

I caught a glimpse of a clip on Snet Pacific but just the very end, it looked like he was turtling.

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Originally Posted by Thrillhouse

One thing to add is that Labrie got 2 for unsportsmanlike conduct in the second after Souray just absolutely laid out a Canuck at the blueline. Labrie went after him and dropped the gloves but Souray wasn't interested.

[OilersHockey]

Thrill about summed it up...

I think the Canuck he hit was Jaffray...

Souray just didn't want to fight - not after last year's injury, and especially not in the preseason for a totally clean hit...

Props to Labrie for not throwing though - good move.

[HordiBrusk29]

I thought that was a rather weak move by Souray. I guarantee you if an Oiler was hit like that Souray wouldn't hesitate to jump in to defend his teammate.

[OilersHockey]

Originally Posted by HordiBrusk29

I thought that was a rather weak move by Souray. I guarantee you if an Oiler was hit like that Souray wouldn't hesitate to jump in to defend his teammate.

I understand what you are saying... but two things to keep in mind...

#1 - the hit was totally, absolutely clean

#2 - this was the guy's FIRST game back after season ending shoulder surgery - why fight a non-NHL player for a TOTALLY clean hit in that circumstance...


But yes - point taken. Had that been a hit on Hemmer, Souray would have been the first one there (unless Benson beat him to it! )

[HordiBrusk29]

I'm well aware of that. But regardless of whether the hit was clean or not (and I agree it was clean) you have to expect a response from the opposing team after that. And as I said earlier even if a Canuck threw a clean hit like that I'm sure Souray would make an effort to address the situation.

Either way not a real big deal. I just wanted to express my feelings on the matter.