Kaleta's first "headbutt" was when he was going after the puck, the second one was when he was going after Zajac from getting hit.

Like I mentioned earlier, you can be an effective agitator without the bush league plays and being dirty.

What really pisses me off about that whole situation is that,

A. Kaleta delivered a clean body check on the Devil, then 3 other Devils jump him. What ever happened to hockey being a full contact sport, and if you get hit cleanly, you get the fuck up and deal with it?

B. Kaleta headbutting someone is bush league, end of story.

C. Why with your history of neck injury are you using your head as a weapon, you dumb shit.

D. Why on earth is this even being compared to the hit the other night? Two completely different circumstances. I equate this to the Rutuu biting incident, not a clear intent to injure incident. It's just childish and cowardly. Can't do a whole lot of damage with your head when you headbutt someone wearing a helmet with a visor.

Looked to me like the first one wasn't a headbutt at all, he simply put his head down and skated right into Zajac, bull rushed him. Zajac stood his ground, then cam the head butt to the side of his face and Zajac again defended himself and Kaleta was already on his way down before the desired reaction took place.

It's an acquired talent, Kaleta truly is a world class agitator. He even has entertaining facial expressions in the penalty box. Dude, he's destined to become a legend. You can cover up for him all you like, or just embrace the madness and appreciate the method behind it. Like me.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

To be honest, I don't find fighting or agitating in hockey to be very entertaining, no more than watching WWE wrestling, which I also find boring. So I generally don't look to guys like Kaleta, Carcillo, LaRoque, etc. with much appreciation. Never have. The fact that fighting is still tolerated does not help the NHL in the big picture.

That being said....

Thanks to Kaleta, whenver I see Dominic Moore, I always think: "Fuckin' geek".

I think the issue here, 88, is the action itself. Sure, there was no harm on the play, but the action is what needs to be addressed. It could have been very ugly. Pattymouth doesn't need to play like that to be effective on the ice. He can run his mouth with the best of them in the league, if he wants to get under someone's skin. He's a better player than resorting to a move that is very Ruutu-esque.

I think the issue here, 88, is the action itself. Sure, there was no harm on the play, but the action is what needs to be addressed. It could have been very ugly. Pattymouth doesn't need to play like that to be effective on the ice. He can run his mouth with the best of them in the league, if he wants to get under someone's skin. He's a better player than resorting to a move that is very Ruutu-esque.

I noticed that same thing that he tried to head butt Zajac and missed. Total bonehead move. If I were Kaleta I would be bulking up big time and working on my fighting skills because someone is going to beat the shit out of this guy. He is probably among the top hated players in the league by other teams.

Patty doesn't care. He knows he's a punching bag.

Kaleta can fight just fine. He took on Hanzal last year against Phoenix and Hanzal has him by about twenty pounds if I remember right.