Mike Smith Huge Dive

[PatrickSharpRules]

Bob McKenzie ‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie

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For anyone awaiting word on Andrew Shaw supplementary discipline, stand down. No decision expected until tomorrow.

Who reads their computer standing up?

 

[MassHavoc]

Satan > Bettman > Colin Campbell > Shanaban

 

[EspoForever]

Satan > Bettman > Colin Campbell > Shanaban

Nice. Is that a corporate org chart or a food chain?



Here's the whiner org chart



Wayne Gretzky > Mike Gillis > Cindy Crysby > Mike Smith

 

[supraman]

Nice. Is that a corporate org chart or a food chain?



Here's the whiner org chart



Wayne Gretzky > Mike Gillis > Cindy Crysby > Mike Smith

Where's Lemiuex?

 

[Rex]

Lemieux >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gretzky in the whining chart brah.

 

[MassHavoc]

Nice. Is that a corporate org chart or a food chain?



Here's the whiner org chart



Wayne Gretzky > Mike Gillis > Cindy Crysby > Mike Smith

More of a reality chart unfortunately. Campbell isn't around anymore right, or did they give him a different job?

 

[Ashor-redtribe]

This fucken league is a joke and run by euro trash. I mean Bobby Lou's cousin drops dead holding his beake for about 4 minutes, then gets up plays the fucken game and finishes it. Then says he is 100% and now he is a game time decision. I think the NHL if that had any balls should investigate this crap. But the Hawks should go on like a normal day and have Shaw in the line up. If the NHL and the Yots wanna to play this game let them play it out. I just wish the Hawks will get pumped from this and light up Mike Smith like a fucken tree!

 

[EspoForever]

Lemieux >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gretzky in the whining chart brah.

I sort of forgot about Le-meow. That whole bouncing back from cancer thing kind of made me give him a pass later I guess...but he was CONSTANTLY chirping to the press.



I put Gretz at the top because of the whole Billy Smith dust up in about 1983. (or so) Smith sweep checked him and slashed him in game 1 or 2. That time he really hit Gretzy which began a HUGE controversy with Wayne crying for a lifetime ban on Smith. Then with that stage set, in the next game Smith sweep checked him on an attempted wrap around again and wayne fell as if shot and played up the controversy to an even worse level...and the replay showed that most of not all of the contact from Smith's stick was on Wayne's STICK...yet Whiner fell like he was shot and kept insisting that Smith be banned from hockey for sure after that. That made him king whiner for me. And as a coach he complained about everything...



Kind of funny that the goalie involved in that was named Smith too...

 

[supraman]

And dont forget Mario's butt buddy Jaromir.

 

[chasman]

Game will be delayed tonight, there will be a special award ceremony.........gold medal.........for diving

 

[Samurai]

Tracey Myers ‏ @TramyersCSN

So Mike Smith and Hanzal both skating this morning.





Tracey Myers ‏ @TramyersCSN

Smith and Hanzal are game-time decisions.

 

[The Count Dante]

I am ok with Shaw sitting out a game if Smith does the same to recover from his trama and strife.

 

[Rex]

I sort of forgot about Le-meow. That whole bouncing back from cancer thing kind of made me give him a pass later I guess...but he was CONSTANTLY chirping to the press.



I put Gretz at the top because of the whole Billy Smith dust up in about 1983. (or so) Smith sweep checked him and slashed him in game 1 or 2. That time he really hit Gretzy which began a HUGE controversy with Wayne crying for a lifetime ban on Smith. Then with that stage set, in the next game Smith sweep checked him on an attempted wrap around again and wayne fell as if shot and played up the controversy to an even worse level...and the replay showed that most of not all of the contact from Smith's stick was on Wayne's STICK...yet Whiner fell like he was shot and kept insisting that Smith be banned from hockey for sure after that. That made him king whiner for me. And as a coach he complained about everything...



Kind of funny that the goalie involved in that was named Smith too...

Mario is STILL whining to the press though.

 

[Ton]

It's quite clear that the Coyotes are playing games off the rink after reading this Q & A with Dave Tippett.

Q: Status on [Mike] Smith, [Martin] Hanzal and Lauri Korpikoski? We saw a few of them out there today.



Tippett: Korpikoski is the only is the only one that's out for sure. The rest of them will be game-time decisions.



Q: Lower-body [injury] for Korpikoski?



Tippett: Game-time decision [sic].



Q: Just as far as we're waiting on the decision here with [Andrew] Shaw, have you ever seen a situation before like this where it took so long?



Tippett: Doesn't concern me. It's not our team, he's on the other team. The league's dealing with that. We know that there's probably some long hard thought to it. We're worried about trying to get our players up and going. So that's an issue for their team.



Q: If Smith is a game-time decision, are you at all re-thinking that he should have finished last game? Can you take us through that a little bit?



Tippett: No, he was fine.



Q: But he's not fine now, necessarily?



Tippett: Well, we'll see.



Q: Coach, with the series tied one game apiece, how important is it now to keep your team loose going into these next games?



Tippett: Well, you have to be ready to compete at a level that is going to give you a chance to win. Our guys have also faced a lot of adversity. We know we're having fun right now. This is the playoffs. You're in a situation where you come into Chicago where and it's going to be, the excitement in the building is going to be through the roof and our players are excited to play. So I'm not worried about our guys being loose. I'm worried about our guys being too amped up. I think we'll be fine. We know what we have to do to be successful here, we won two times in the building already this year. We'll come in with that mindset and see how it goes.



Q: Coach, now you've had a couple days to digest the Andrew Shaw hit on Mike Smith and maybe seen more of the video, what was your take on the hit. Is it any different from your post-game [comments after Game 2]?



Tippett: No. Exact same. It's a blatant hit to the head with no intent to miss the goalie. Like I said then, if that was a goalie or a defensemen, whatever it is, it's the exact hit - and I've gone through a lot of these meetings with the NHL - it's the exact hit they're trying to take out of the game.



Q: You've had a lot of secondary scoring so far this series, but it's also - maybe you need [the] opportunity to have your stars come to fruition as well. You need that one-two punch?



Tippett: They're around some chances, but to get them on the board would certainly help the situation.



Q: On the road now you're going to have to put your lineup out first. Is there going to be a challenge to try and get the match ups that you want that you were able to get in Games 1 and 2 on the ice?



Tippett: No, if you see the way the games have gone there's been lots of tinkering around with both teams. Us more because of injury on Hanzal and Vrbata and they tweaked their lines in the second game, so there's lots of tinkering around. But you just kind of go into a game and see how it plays out.



Q: You said that the Shaw decision has nothing to do with you guys, but they [the league] do take into account the injury occurred - if an injury occurred - so can you at least tell us that you have been in contact with the league about Smith's situation.



Tippett: I'm sure that's Don Maloney. You'd have to ask him. The league deals with the general managers, not the coaches.



Q: Was there something that presented itself about Smith's situation that made you want to hold him out of practice [Monday]?



Tippett: No, that's just our prerogative. Whether it's an injury day or a rest day our perrogaive is we don't have to tell everybody why a player practices or not practices. Why would we do that?



Q: So there was nothing that happened after the game that made you worry about his health a little bit?



Tippett: That's inconsequential to what [people] outside our locker room has to know.

 

[CLWolf81]

i have lost all official respect for Dave Tippett. I know he has to protect his guys, but this is as dishonorable as it gets. Is Smith playing or not? If he's not, fine. Just end this question so we can prepare for the game.



May that team move to Quebec City, too... It would be a natural fit. Douchebags and Quebecois... Yeah, a natural fit.

 

[Ton]

3 game suspension for Shaw.



Next time he should just grab Smith's head and slam it into the glass for the lesser punishment.

 

[CLWolf81]

Is that official?



If it is, the DOPS is a fucking joke.



That entire organization has lost all respect from me. May they rot in that suburbian shithole the rest of their years.

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

Words cannot express my disappointment.

 

[The Mule]

It's on Shanahan's official Twitter.



Ha, ha, ha! I'm laughing because three games is a hilarious joke!

 

[CLWolf81]

I'll keep going back to that Weber "fine"... To compare to that... THAT was intent to injure. This was not, yet Shaw gets 3 games.



Ok, so we can kill someone and faceplant Smith to the wall and only get fined $3,000? I don't get this.



I swear if Smith is on the ice tonight, boo his flopping ass all night.