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You just changed my mind

Im not buying into anything. I watched it on sportsnet and immediately made my decision. He’s dirty and he meant to do it. 

Didn’t look intentional to me at all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFTVRyz7N9U
wowwwww. how the eff is this not on purpose? gzuz. That angle shows exactly what his motive was. He wound up for five feet and planted it when he was stable.

if you watch his left knee hes riding it up his ass during the hit, he’s not off balance, he’s legit setting it up to plant his foot exactly where it landed. 

So the next 5 games consist of 

Carolina
Ottawa
Florida
Tampa
Buffalo 

These are all winnable games and we can potentially make a big move here . For that to happen Ben has to provide decent goal tending and some players who have not been scoring need to step it up . Grabo Kulie and MacA need to start finding the back of the net.

Did he cut Dion’s leg too?

I grew up being a very dirty hockey player. For people who think how could someone intend to do that in such little time or in the moment, think again. You shouldn’t be surprised.

They don’t call them cheapshot artists for nothing. Just as a skilled or talented player can dazzle and make artistry with a puck, making last minute conscious manoeuvres, the dark side is that players like, Cooke, have the same keen abilities when it comes to harming another player and getting them off their game.

Cooke didn’t go into the game knowing he was going to slice Karlsson’s Achilles However, in the moment of riding Karlsson into the boards the way he did, he was conscious of where his skate was in the half-second, the moment, when seemingly removing himself from the encounter. Just like a skilled player always knows where the puck is on his stick the moment he releases it to make that unbelievable pass or goal.

The animal in Cooke was on and he chose to not relent or switch himself off in that moment. Hurt and no respect. Something we can never prove, but know deeply.

It parallels the same behaviour when you fall on top of an opposing player: you make sure all your your weight is on them. All your weight and more. Stay on them half a second longer before suspicion might get you in trouble or noticed more. You pretend to “struggle” to get up a bit as you know your opponent is in an uncompromising or awkward position, as you feign you are as well as a result. You’re absolutely in control. Your glove is in his face and as you finally decide to get up, you make sure you push off his face so he feels some hurt, your compete, fear, anger, hate -how you really feel feel about him – as you make his face squishes against the cold ice. The hard cold ice. You didn’t do anything though because you were all tangled up and just going through the motions. Struggling. Mind set on getting back in the play. Our mind isn’t as simple and innocent though.

All these decisions and feelings are in made in moments within seconds.It depends how vicious you want to be and how careless you want to be. How you’re able to live with, deny, and hide your actions. When the damage is done, good luck.

Colorado lost another defenceman last night in Erik Johnson. The Leafs should aggresively go after O’rielly and shed some defence. Love to see Ranger an Gardiner  join the Leafs as well. Kessel has got a lot of class and a great playmaker also. Love watching him every game.

Cooke did not need to go as wide as he did, lift his leg as high as he did, and bring it down sideways the way he did. At minimum it is very reckless, but based on his past I believe he intended to injure to some degree. Players like that snap and then feel remorse after. I don’t believe him. I’ve played four sports at a high level and athletes more often than not if they’re not flying through the air are very very aware of their bodies. They have acute control of their limbs and are top level athletes for that reason.

You see guys go up for headers in soccer and throw the elbow to the nose, guys in football throw dirty crack blocks and say they stumbled. Remember when Suh clipped that guy in the nuts in the NFL game? It looked like he was tumbling and it wasn’t intentional/finishing off a play, but if you watch it a few times you will realize that he was trying to clip him with his foot. Players always feign ignorance, but they know what they are doing out there. Cooke is a dirty dirty player.