ok, i do apologize, but the 1st thing that popped into my head
was American Idol when i read ur thread topic. i do apologize.
feel free to flame. i deserve it.!ouch: :doh:

It was dumb at best.

Yet another bit of bad news for hockey in terms of violence. The "semi-clean" hit Neil put on Drury last month that ended in an all on ice fight. Drury got his butt handed to him, but he wasn't skating with his head up. Big open ice hit... finished the check, didn't leave his feet... the kinda hit Scott Stevens put on forwards who skated with their heads down.

Either way, none of this stuff is good for the NHL right now.

As for Simon, I ALWAYS hated that goon. Talk about a worthless player. Looking back, I wonder where the Dave Brown cross check on Tomas Sandstrom and the Ron Hextall slash on Chris Chelios fall on the "what kind of hit was that" scale.



[edit] Just watched the preceding hit... Hollweg not only left his feet, but Simon was facing the boards. Did not look like a clean hit to me. Either way, no excuse for what Simon did. God I hate that guy.

Since the strike I have lost interest.

Hollweg didn't leave his feet (as in jump up or out at simon) his left foot was off the ice, but not in an illegal way. The hit was clean IMHO.

Moore isn't stuck in a wheelchair..... he's actually contemplating a comeback.

Saw an interview with him last night on TV. He looks OK but his doctors are giving him slim hope of returning to hockey. I hope he wins his $17M law suit.

I watched again... bad angle the first time I saw. He was still moving his feet to finish the check which gave the impression of leaving... my bad. I still question if it was boarding. Don't care though... I hate Simon and would have liked it better if the hit knocked him out.

Yes I know. Reread my post--I said the hit 'could have' landed him in a wheelchair.

The Sandstrom hit was horrible. I also think the Bernie Nichols crosscheck to the face of Alex Kovalev in 1994 (was it 94?) was pretty ugly as well.

you are correct, my bad.

I just heard on XM NHL 204 that they're thinking about arresting Simon.