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I would trade Gallagher+ bit more (maybe Beaulieu) for him, partly because I would prefer to see Galchenyuk signed long term and not traded.

Yes, good call. Duchene for Chucky is seriously problematic, but if we can move other pieces for him, it's well worth doing.

Thinking Duchene is an 80 point guy after three years of not doing it, is the same kind of thinking that pegged Scott Gomez as an 80-90 point guy after 3 years of not doing it. I'm not saying Duchene is going to turn into Gomez and suddenly forget how to score altogether. But what we have seen in the NHL is that guys peak younger, 22, 23, 24..... and then settle in at a slightly lower pace. Duchene peaked at close to a PPG player and now is settling in as a 55-60 point guy. Could he get more, maybe in a perfect season... but the fact is that its unlikely he comes in and puts together a run of career best seasons in his late 20s.

Hey, he didn't mean too. - he's after all the golden boy! It was like Ference's equipment malfunction - after all a solid Canadian boy who is a bruin would never really give the finger to habs fans!!

He was clearly smashing his head on the ice repeatedly. There could have been a very serious injury- which every friggin commentator or columnist has pointed out - even the most steadfast Crosby supporters. Most also said that at a minimum Crosby should have gotten an extra penalty. I suppose by your idiotic logic, if Crosby already had his hands on Subban's neck, it would be okay to choke him to death to get Subban to let go of his legs.

If you could point out somewhere in my post where I said it's okay to punch someone in the head that would be great. Perhaps people would take you more seriously if you replied to actual words written and not made up ones. If you watch the clip it clearly shows Crosby with his hand already on his helmet and he was pushing it down trying to separate himself, he wasn't even punching him. I agree that it shouldn't have been a holding penalty on Crosby, it should have been roughing. Not like it actually matters what it was called though.

Crosby is also allowed to throw a waterbottle on the ice from the bench and nothing happens. Anyone else and thats a suspension.