Comments on: Tim Thomas Apologizes To Nicklas Backstrom For Blocker Punch http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: DSaint http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27751 DSaint Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27751 Wasn’t a random fan… That was Thomas’ 7-year-old daughter. 

]]> By: Peter Hassett http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27703 Peter Hassett Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27703 Canada’s interpretation of racial issues in America is neither our responsibility or concern.

No jokes there. Time to move on.

]]> By: count0interrupt http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27700 count0interrupt Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:34:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27700  Very snarky, and perhaps even clever, Peter.  However, the fact remains that the actions of RMNB and followers have fed into a very destructive narrative in Canada and here at home about the US and race, which is dishonest about the political origins of racism (actually its home has been the Democratic party and the left for 150 years).  Your attempt to make light of this fact is pretty lame.

]]> By: Peter Hassett http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27699 Peter Hassett Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27699 How the Canadian media plays fast and loose with issues of race and foreign politics is like the priority #1 for this site. We should issue a retraction post haste.

]]> By: Peter Hassett http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27697 Peter Hassett Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27697 I didn’t draw any conclusions. I just dumped some stats and made the same joke about post hoc ergo propter hoc that we’ve been making on this site for weeks.

But he did get worse after. That’s objective.

]]> By: Sgt. Hartman http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27695 Sgt. Hartman Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:53:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27695 That’s pretty amusing how you reached that conclusion.  Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to think
the Caps had something to do with the swell in Thomas’ GA average.

]]> By: count0interrupt http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27692 count0interrupt Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27692 Ian,
Reading the Canadian press (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=394333&hubname=nhl-capitals ), you probably should have some regret about the Obama signs.  Canadians seem always to be eager to conflate political views on the right of the spectrum with racism in the US.  They saw the black face of Obama and decided that this was the reason Thomas declined the White House visit, not his strong differences with the President’s politics.  By encouraging people to taunt Thomas with Obama’s black face, you reinforced this mistaken conflation of ideas in the Canadian mind.  Not good.

]]> By: richdvn http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27686 richdvn Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27686  I WANT to hate this guy. Why is he being difficult?

No matter. King Henrik next. Moving on!

]]> By: serpent http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27683 serpent Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:48:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27683 Good question! I’ve been wondering,too. It’s as if he was dropped into a black hole . Would be nice for GMGM to come up with the occasional update.

]]> By: 3GBcanada http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2012/04/26/tim-thomas-apologizes-to-nicklas-backstrom-for-blocker-punch/#comment-27654 3GBcanada Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=33474#comment-27654 Does anyone know whats going on with Poti? 

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