When McIlrath played Simmonds got his eye busted open and didn't hurt him with probably as good a punch as he could throw. Playing McIlrath now should fall into the no brainer category of decision making for AV while resting injured guys for the playoff run. The refs were pathetic, also missed Boyle taking a high stick in what should have been a double minor. Raanta played a great game last night, Hank is another guy who could use rest going into the playoffs.
Dont think for a minute simmons backed down after getting into a fight..sure a team would love to run mcd then have dylan in the box for 5 to 7 minutes at a clip Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk
Al, simmonds was very quiet after his fight compared to his past actions against us. I think dylan is a definite deterrent as not many guys want to match up with him and they know they'll have to. As for your other point having dylan in the box, as long as the coach thinks boyle and girardi are better defensively(bwahahahahaha) dylan can be in the box for 10 minutes a game ( 2 fights) as it will be a part of the 50 that he's on the bench now for anyway if he's not banished to the press box.
The Komorov hit was worse. You can't blame Simmonds for throwing a punch since McD crosschecked him up high. Plus McD should have been ready for something... Komorov on the other hand is a little pussy that the refs protected by throwing out of the game. Atleast Simmonds answered the bell
and you think the extra minutes will be beneficial to the other 5 dmen....especially if they are being runned at?
