I’m not condoning what happened during that Isles-Pens game. Not at all. However, Lemieux has supported a team that has had more then its fair share of dirty play and horrible cheap shots over the last few years… and instead of doing anything about it, he re-signed Cooke after he all but ended Savards career. On top of that, his “star” player gets the Michael Jordan treatment when it comes to favorable penelty calls, nasty slewfoots, and blatent dives. Lets also not forget that Malkin has had a few nasty, and almost certainly suspendable slewfoots over the last few years… yet nothing for the league. So Lemieux is willing to accept the leagues lack of action when its in his favor, but be damned if another team finally puts his team in its place? Give me a break.

Again, the Isles-Pit game went to far, and Gillies really looked like an ass yelling at a clearly hurt player on the ice. Hes serving a NINE game suspension for the elbow he threw, which is a very lengthy suspension. Its not like the NHL ignored it or anything… they gave out a very stiff suspension. Where is Pits fine for allowing a player the leave the bench and join in an on-going fight? Oh yeah, there wasn’t one. How about a Bylsman suspension for being able to control his players on the bench? Oh yeah, there isn’t one even though it was a clear option in the rule book.

Again though, there were three suspensions that totaled 23 games. Thats not a small number… I really don’t know what more this whine job wants the league to do. Yes, perhaps the coaches should have been fined and suspended a few games… but the leagues not going to do that to its poster boy team. In fact, the reason the penelties were not worse was almost certainly because the league didn’t want to come down harder on Pittsburgh. So again, Lemieux needs to shut it and move on.

Seriously, Lemieux was one tough player… but man, he whined(s) almost as much as Crosby does. He should do the hockey world a favor and get lost.

Just a tip for the Islanders if you want send a message, call out a guy who is on his feet to fight you — not laying on the ice injured. It will do wonders for your tough guy status.

Islander proved only these things. 1. There goalie has a glass jaw. 2. There so bad and low rent, they don’t even care to miss games due to suspensions. 3. They are not very tough, resorting to hits from behind and sucker punch’s.

At least Matt Cooke would not be afraid to fight someone straight up as opposed to talking trash to a guy laying on the ice.

Glass houses.