Not to speak for Pauline, but to base your reply to her question about fighting after a clean hit on the fact that she may or may not have ever played the game is a bit misguided.

She clearly said she understood the ‘code’, but her question to Rich (who replied that it was a very good question) was simply along the lines of what does it say about the NHL when one of its coaches openly advocates one of his players retaliating against an opponent who did nothing wrong by the rules.

I fully understand that hitting a star player needs to be addressed, but is losing one of our better players in Simmonds for 1/3 of the game really worth it?

And if the chance to hit Kopitar again in the same game arose, do you really think the opponent would lay off because he would think back to Simmonds attacking his teammate?

In last night’s Buffalo-Pittsburgh game, one of the Pens behind the net ran over Sabres’ goalie Ryan Miller who has been their best player all year and arguably the best goalie in the NHL this season. Miller got up, thought about going after him and then retreated to his crease. Some of Miller’s teammates congregated around the Penguins’ player but no one jumped him. Did the unspoken rulebook that Simmonds must have read not make it to the east coast? Does anyone think less of the Buffalo Sabres because they did not instinctively jump an opponent when the ‘code’ clearly says to do so in that situation?

does Bob Miller ever get contacted to do 1 of the national service TV games?

Seeing as though the game tonight is the first since the Ryan hit on Moeller, what were your thoughts on that incident? Did us King fans make too much of it in the aftermath, or was it as egregious as some of us felt?

Re Frolov, what is your guess…is he a King next year or gone?

I know Kovi is all the talk right now, but I would be very curious as to who the board members see going to Atlanta if a deal were completed-poll?
The last time Waddell made a deal, of this impending magnitute, forwards Colby Armstrong and Erik Christensen, prospect Angelo Esposito, and a first-round draft pick in 2009, went to Atlanta for Hossa. I think this serves as an interesting standard for the cost of Kovi. At this point, I think the equivalent, production wise, would be having to give up Simmonds, Parse, prospect Lewis, and our #1 pick in 2010. Not worth it in my opinion….

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