Comments on: It’s (still) all about Lappy

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:43:19 +0000

The Mild and their “Fans” are getting ever closer in my book to being my Most Hated Team, replacing the Flameouts. I never thought it possible but they are pushing it. God damn Neanderthals.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:38:38 +0000

heh, and this literally popped into my reader the second after I posted.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:37:04 +0000

10 it is. Eastern, of course.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:07 +0000

I thought I saw a promo (Vs, perhaps) that said 10pm. That may have been a dream or a hallucination though. This east-coaster has been a bit sleep-deprived lately.

By: Bob in Boulder

Bob in Boulder — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:22:34 +0000

Still, if we have one player most likely to take a stupid penalty that will really hurt the team, that is certainly McLeod. Plus, unlike Lappy, he is a horrible fighter.

I hope our only retribution for the goonery that took place is knocking these clowns out of the playoffs by Saturday night. Speaking of Saturday “night.” When will we know what time the game is Saturday. The Av website still lists it as TBD.

By: thedoctor

thedoctor — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:12:14 +0000

Lappy and McLeod have done their jobs to perfection — and without crossing the line. If we win this series, I believe we can look back on the distraction they were for the Wild as a major factor.

By: Mike @ MHH

Mike @ MHH — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:00:18 +0000

The comparisons to Brad May are ridiculous too. Reading the comments on Russo’s blog made me vomit in my mouth a little. That and the continued insistance by many Wild fans that Veilliex’s hit on SoS was not penalty worthy, that the Avs ‘broke the code’ by not fighting EVERYBODY in the third period, and that hitting our star players in NECESSARY to win, but we shouldn’t even breathe in Gaborik’s general direction because it would be considered dirty.

I must be hard doing day-to-day activities with those dark-green colored glasses on all day.

By: jibblescribbits

jibblescribbits — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:49:58 +0000

This “controversy” is so far beyond ludicrous it’s gone plaid.

Lappy hit Gaborik (who by the way was frustrated and a little out of line that game) in the face with gloves on, and these Wild fans are acting like he Bertuzzi’d him.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:43:22 +0000

Let’s do a quick run-down of some of Lappy’s opponents through the past few years that were considerably bigger than him:

Chris Gratton
Jamie Pushor
Andre Roy
John Erskine
Andy Sutton
Derian Hatcher (!)
Bryan Allen
Shea Weber
Rob Davison
Doug Murray
Ryan Getzlaf

So he’s not a coward, obviously. But he is a middleweight, and the reason there are weight classes in every form of professional fighting is because a 6 foot guy who weighs less than 200 pounds doesn’t stand a chance against a guy five inches taller and 30-50 pounds heavier. Lappy usually only fights guys his size, like every other fighter in the NHL.

Minnesota keeps crying about it, but they’re the dumb ones for wasting spots on their bench on giant knuckle-draggers instead of stocking up with actual skill players.

The Avs know better than to sit a scorer in favor of Scott Parker. Nobody ever won a playoff game just by racking up the most PIM. Why is this difficult to figure out?

This is the biggest non-controversy I’ve ever seen.

By: Lowayne

Lowayne — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:02:00 +0000

DD, you need to change that video to the Altitude video, it show Gabby shoving Lappy first. Gabby is not as innocent as the Wild ‘fans’ believe.