http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=316352

Burke thinks if players are allowed to bear hug players before plowing them into the boards, that it will cut down on the force and resulting injury level.

If a player can't react in time to lay off a hit near the boards when a player becomes vulnerable, how are they going to react in time to square their shoulders and bear hug the player? Maybe Burke wants the rules to enable his team to clutch, grab, and maul the other team just how he wants it.

First time I read this, I accidentally read targeted as "talented."

Probably my subconscious getting angry about this idea because he's practically reversing all the progress the NHL has made to cut down on clutch and grab hockey with that rule.

Are you stupid, Burke?

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Getting Tallinder excited...

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

There's no crying in baseball and no hugging in hockey damnit.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Not the other way around unfortunately...

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I don't know what you meant by this...but it was funny.

haha, wow, the rarely seen 'A league of their own' reference.

heh, someone got it

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I'm fairly certain we all got it. I mean, the "THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!" line isn't exactly a rarity among quoted film lines.

Speaking of A League Of Their Own, I was talking about Lori Petty today at work. How random.

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mechaphil

hey, that movie is almost 20 years old...I've been shocked at some references missed by some of you younger folks in the past

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Some of us just don't acknowledge every reference...should we start?

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mechaphil

Well I was thinking more along the lines of certain people who haven't seen movies like Tron

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Adam better have watched it by now.

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mechaphil

A long time ago, a rumor was spreading around Tallinder was accused of sexual abuse. Obviously he didn't do anything but it was really funny the way people talked about it at the games. When he went for a hit, they would say "Don't turn your back on him!".

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

He was accused of gang-raping a woman with Andreas Lilja and Kristian Huselius. Turns out the gang-bang was consensual.

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mechaphil

Burke is a douche, he models his team after guys who actually hit and now he wants hitting out of hockey? Give me a break Burke!!! Go and watch dancing or something.

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Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

Hahaha fuck you guys. And no, I didn't understand this reference.

EDIT: For the record, I'm not much of a movie person. You could list a ton of popular movies from the past two decades, and I bet you'd be shocked at some movies I haven't seen... Most people are anyways haha.

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