Mike Chen’s Hockey Blog

While I’m happy that Colin Campbell brought the hammer down on Chris Pronger, I’m still not sure what to make of the eight games he got. Is he getting star player treatment or is it simply because the video of Pronger’s incident isn’t nearly as explicit as what happened with Chris Simon?
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Saw this today via Kukla’s Korner on Chris Simon:
“This is a new start for him,†Risebrough said. “I called him [after trading for him]. You don’t very often get people as excited as this guy was. I mean, genuinely excited. This is a fresh start. Give him a fresh start. People deserve second chances.â€
Gee, isn’t […]

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Chris Simon needs help. Like anger management courses or valium or something, or maybe just an education in common sense. Let’s see, Chris, you’ve already been suspended a bunch of times, including one of the league’s longest for trying to decapitate someone, and you think it’ll be a good idea to stomp on Jarko Ruutu?
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