Have you seen Lain fight? Ask Blair Jones who was on the ice about Lain's abilities… Lain absolutely destroyed him in the AHL earlier this year.
As a tough guy, does he want to be known as the rookie that needed saving in his first game, or a kid who went toe to toe with an established big boy. He would have fought regardless in that game.
Just like Hartley, Torts is full of shit with his stories of why he did what he did.
I have seen Lain fight, but the AHL isn't the NHL and it was his first shift in his first game and in front of his family. I still stand by my thought that Bieksa did the right thing, and even Lain tapped him with his stick to say thanks in the circle.
Disagree on the Torts part though.
Ahh,
I tend to disagree….Torts matched Hartley's line up, he's straight up about that and explains…. The 4th line Canuck's said that Tort's told them to be cautious (or something like that) not to out right…..fight.
Hartley drew first blood in a disgraceful , unprofessional way…however it was entertaining
This. Totally.
Laine is not some fresh-faced kid from a Tim Hortons commercial … he is there for physical presence. He accumulated 111 penalty minutes in his last NCAA season (32 games). A "staggering amount" for the NCAA, according to Canucks Sports [HTML_REMOVED] Entertainment writer Tyson Giuriato.
:lol: that's quite a stat, but he's still an NHL rookie and he was quick to point out how big of a step it is from NCAA to AHL and AHL to NHL.