Comments on: Intense Rivalry: Mike Ribeiro Fights Brad Marchand; Matt Hendricks Fights Nathan Horton, Adam McQuaid; Bruins Fans Taunt (Video)

By: me

me — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:10:00 +0000

Can you really call it diving when you can see blood in Marchand’s mouth when he goes to the bench? I’d like to see you take a bloody hit like that and keep going like nothing happened.

By: Chiefs16

Chiefs16 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:28:00 +0000

I agree about him being a positive. It was pretty entertaining watching him get dropped by 2 non fighters and being too scared to fight Thornton. Also, Hendricks didn’t get his fists bloodied fighting Mcquaid, he got his fists bloodied from scraping the ice while getting dropped by Mcquaid.

By: Ben Scarbrough

Ben Scarbrough — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:18:00 +0000

What’s this non-sense about Horton being a non-fighter? I count minimum 19 NHL career fights for Horton, but as a Bruins fan we’ll give you a pass on this one as we know you can’t count that high.

By: Hockeynightincanada

Hockeynightincanada — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:02:00 +0000

The fact that nobody came in to aid Hendricks or step up shows all you need to know about how embarrassing this team is. Skill doesn’t win you games without heart, and now we have neither, because we had nothing to protect or make room for our stars.

By: Hockeynightincanada

Hockeynightincanada — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:47:00 +0000

Ribeiro is a diver, I remember back from his days in Montreal when he faked chest pains on the ice in the 04 playoffs. He would fit right in with the Bruins.

By: Hockeynightincanada

Hockeynightincanada — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:45:00 +0000

Yep, you said it…….GMGM always overestimates his players potential, always afraid to give up any prospects for a game-changer. Who knows if Kuzzy, Forsberg, and Wilson will even be the real deal. For all we know, we could ruin or de-sensitize them here under GM’s reign. It’s a team full of 3rd and 4th line guys….One 2nd line centre, without any wingers and a struggling first line duo of Ovie and Backs

By: johnnymorte

johnnymorte — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:21:00 +0000

GMGM’s affinity for mediocrity is the crux of this team’s failure. His low risk, high reward approach has gotten this team nowhere. Thanks for resigning Semin you farkin’ icehole! Yeah he only scored twenty last year under Hunter with limited ice time, but where do you think Chimera’ s 20 came from last year! IT CAME FROM PLAYING ON A LINE WITH ALEX SEMIN YOU IDIOT! Take Brouwer off his line with NB19 and he is the same mediocre winger. Sell him now and sell chimera too and get some freakin’ skill in this lineup!

By: Holy_Cal

Holy_Cal — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:10:00 +0000

I’m not crying. I can only speak for myself though.

Personally I don’t care who started it, or why etc. etc. I was stating I’ve never seen that visor rule enforced one way or the other. Hypothetically, if Marchand was called for it; it still wouldn’t have mattered. This was a good old fashioned beat down.

By: Julie Fainberg

Julie Fainberg — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:50:00 +0000

That lady who is laughing looks like she got hit with a shovel.

By: Elizabeth Inglee

Elizabeth Inglee — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:31:00 +0000

Yes they can be just as good without fighting. I’ve seen them be as good without figthing.
I’ll admit I have a Bruins bias, but I love the teams from all of my “home cities” and one of them is DC, so my bias in this would be a lot less then, say a game against any of the New York teams.
I also have a slight anti fighting bias, I’ve done a lot of reserch about hockey fighting over the years. I can see both sides of the fighting argument, but I don’t like what it does to the men involved in it day in and day out.
One of the things I like about the men who fight on the Bruins is that they are expected to pull their weight and play. Shawn Thorton is part of one of the more productive 4th lines in the NHL, and Adam McQuaid is developing into a nice steady stay at home d-man. And yes, they also fight.