Never heard this from him before , it's worth a thread by itself.

It’s frustrating because tonight as everybody saw, there’s a lot of embellishment.

And this is embarrassing for our game, the embellishing.

And right now they’ve got over 100 power plays, so far, and it’s pretty obvious why.

It was pretty obvious, you know, when P.K. gets hits and he throws himself into the glass and holds his head ...you know what? We start calling those penalties for embellishment, maybe teams will stop doing it.

courtesy of Matt Kalman

You know Therrien is going to respond. I can't wait to hear this..

 

I don't disagree

and tonight I only saw a few instances,  they were not as bad as other times.

The one that got me was when Bruins were shorthanded and Ference came in with a nice hit on Pacioretty ,  he went down like a bag of sand ,  jolted his head back and looked at the ref.  That would have been another 5 on 3.

 

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This could be great!

Leopards never change their spots.. as much as Julien would like this to happen, the Canadien Olympic Diving Team has used these tactics for years and will continue to use it to their advantage...if they can get away with it , it is a smart move... they have always been successful against the B's when they goad them into retaliation.. Tonight I thought the B's lost a bit of their composure and looked a little tired in the 3rd, and ended up losing the game..

its on the refs to get rid of this. Quite the disappointment so far this season. They're calling EVERYTHING else.

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Habs got into Boston at 2am, the Bruin layers were on their 5th and 6th dreams. No excuse.

Agree on the composure part in the 2nd but the Bruins were in the lead to start the 3rd, composure does not play a factor at that point. 

 

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and they said they were going to crack down on this.

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Who is this Composure guy.  San mentioned him on the game thread.  I need to google him.  

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league has enough time to look at this stuff after the gms.  Start fining them.  Then put the starting lineups in the refs change room and circle repeat offenders and call them every time.  

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I don't think losing to Vancouver sunk them for the rest of the season.  A lot was made of that, but really think about it. 

Krejci and Horton break in two on one.  In most any game, they'll probably score.  This time however, Horton's mind is elsewhere.  "I can't believe we lost to Vancouver a month and a half ago.  That was awful.  Maybe we're not that good."  Horton's pass to Krejci is off the mark and the shot goes wide.

Probably not realistic.

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Settle down IPot. They lost 1 game to them. They won the only other time they played. I haven't worried about the Habs beating us since the late 80's. We'd beat them in a 7 game series. They have that in common with the Nucks.

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Dez, I'm more concerned with the Bs losing their momentum than meeting the Habs again.  

 

That's what happened after that Nucks game last year.  

CJ has to get them stay on focus.

 

So far they've followed up losses with some stellar play. Worry not Amigo. They still haven't even put it all together yet. They will be fine.

 

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In response to BsLegion's comment:

Just an observation. In that instance, Pacioretti was bleeding and the replay did actually show a stick hitting him in the face. 

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There was a high stick that hit Pacioretty with about 3mins left in the game , the refs missed that one, the same as there was on a Bruin earlier in the 3rd with refs missing it.

The embellishment I'm talking about was in the 2nd period with the Habs already on a PP.

 

Thought Boston was the better team for 2 periods... 17 minutes without Chara is a lot (but I agree with what he did!)

I'm not worried about a loss to Montreal half way thru the season but they need to clean up all the turnovers. Good for Claude.

Claude said it best in the game interview by Englom.  The Bs were not executing.  The defense and first line were not making crisp passes.  Point to the loss in those comments.   

As for embellishment, it is the 21st century.  Start fining the players.  Marchand's stick in the face of Prust should be fined.  PK acting like he got shot and sliding into the net, fine.  On and on.....

Sandog is incorrect.  Yes, the Bs were undisciplined.  Yet, Chara was responding to a Seguin's hit.  Broken stick on the ribs, yup lost the game but the "Team" will remember the action.  If Seguin had been hurt severely many on here would be crucifying Chara for not doing anything!  Look above to why the Bs lost.  Poor execution.  

Julien is right : teams are flopping right and left. Here's proof : You are right: embellishment must stop. Here's proof that teams are flopping...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WigPio6Wk7Y

If these guys can't withstand these hard hits, what will they do when they get cross-checked and bullied around by the likes of brutes like Chara, Horton, Lucic and the rest. Of course, the B's are only "defending" themselves...

i smell a troll...

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