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You’re right, everyone know what Weise did …thanks to Marchand ratting out Thornton.

It might have been a legal line change but he for sure only had one thing in mind coming off the bench.

In the end, the Chairman broke the deadlock and ruled that his own player wouldn’t be suspended.

Bettman then smiled and nodded and cashed his $7 million contract extension.

He had one assistant, Mike Murphy who made a fool of himself in last years PO by consulting Brian Burke on the Rome suspension (This was after Colie graciously stepped down prio to the finals to “remove any perception of favoritism”).

Campbell and Murphy worked together for years and handed down rulings on every team in the league. They are friends. They ate together, drank together, golfed together, went to peeler bars together. And you think Murphy had complete autonomy when ruling on the Bruins? Seriously?

Mike Murphy is a “Yes Man”, and an incompetent one to boot. Thats why Colie hired him. How else do you explain the multiple incidents involving the Bruins without suspensions? Do you believe the NHL should have the Head of Discipline making desicions that could effect the outcome of games and team standings, while having a son playing on one of the teams? I don’t.

Good vs. Evil triumphs again!

SO HE DIDN’T RULE ON CHARA LAST YEAR.

Nice critique and I will agree on some points.

However, I certainly do believe the Bruins get away with much more than any other team. Chara on Max, No suspension. Ference on Halpern, No suspension. Ference flips the bird, No suspension. Horton sucker punch on Moore, No suspension. Lucic runs Miller, No suspension. Shall I go on…..?

And Campbell’s’ distaste for Savard was before Greg’s arrival in Boston, and quite possibly before Savards’ arrival as well. And lets be clear, to have the head of discipline dishing out suspensions and fines while having a son playing in the league wouldn’t be tolerated in any other sport in North America.

The Cooke hit on Savard was definitely a cheap shot and worthy of suspension. However, Colie couldn’t suspend him. Why? Because the exact same check happened two weeks earlier when Mike Richards destroyed David Booth. Richards got zero games. So a “cheap shot” is a “cheap shot” regardless of who is delivering it.There is a difference between tough clean hockey, and what we have seen from the Bruins over the past couple years.

As for the Campbell Dad reference….we are all very happy that your knowledge of hockey includes a former disciplinarian of the NHL and his son who now plays on the Bruins but do you also know that he isn’t still in that position right? You also understand that he was actually quite outspoken at one point about his distaste for Marc Savard (a Bruin) while in his disciplinarian position (ironically). Unfortunately, Savard is no longer with the Bruins and probably will never play again due to what I assume, even you, a single-minded frustrated angry child would agree was a “cowardly cheap shot” as you like to spew.

So do us all a favor and move forward in your commentary as you are clearly passionate and interested in hockey. It is too bad your participation mirrors that of your beloved bleu blanc rouge: irrelevant, obnoxious, and having no impact of the NHL of 2012……

Look at it like this. You’ve outed me as a Pat’s fan, and I’ve just outed you as having three names on this blog. The first step is admitting.