Neil
Here’s one from the “be careful who you have vouching for you” department:
Ottawa forward Chris Neil is in Zdeno Chara’s corner in the dirty vs. clean debate.
Neil, we all know, is the Senators player that ridiculously attempted to fight Boston defenseman Dennis Seidenberg late in a game earlier this season. Although he’s never been suspended by the NHL, Neil has been mixed up in his fair share of questionable physical plays over the years.
Nonetheless, the Bruins captain’s former Ottawa teammate spoke in defense of Chara today when asked about the hit on Max Pacioretty last night in Boston’s 4-1 loss to Montreal.
Via Bruch Garrioch’s Twitter feed:
“He’s pretty honest and pretty physical. That’s what makes him the defenseman he is. He’s not going to try to intentionally hurt someone. If Zee’s intentionally going after a guy he’s going to fight him.”
Well, Neil’s not exactly a guy you’d want to testify on Chara’s behalf. But at least he’s offering a somewhat objective opinion, considering at this point he probably has no more love for the Bruins than the Canadiens.
this year, pacioretty had run henrik lundqvist, knocked a tampa playeer through the open gate at the montreal bench, and slew footed Adam mcQuaid. I don’t mind if somebody is a non-combatant, but it’s really irritating when a pl;ayer is cheap-shotting and agitating, then answers the bell by turtling all over the ice. Hopefully, everyone has learned something from this, including Pacioretty.
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Explain me why his head is holding and aiming Max head and tell me there no intention…
No insulting nothing just want ur point of view?
League should have wait for max and other opinion before give is verdict?
Subban you’re killing me. I feel half retarded after reading your posts. Stop… please bro.
Hes start is career i think u where playing golf,They start to said that he injury stall whit is spinorama and richard hate him becuz hes good , its furstrating for oponent see him travel the glass whit that control or knok-down marchand whit a clean hit when he had the puck (he hit whit is back to absord he didnt put a high elbow)
I think everyone hate me becuz i have too much talent
As for seguin true,But ur big player or ur fighter didnt talk much,Marchand,Bergeron coach and player talk like shit when they dive for nothing and think is skate is unsharpened but all this guy talk for lucic and boston
Hate me is because im doing good thing and no dirty hit
Well subban, if seguin ran his mouth as much as subban clearly does, I would expect him to answer for it too. It’s the fact that subban won’t put his fists where mouth is that causes the problem.
Ikno gill not a fighter but at least he protect re player so chara could not beat Max after the game in Ot,Lucic and horton trying to go on Subban…A no class team that what u are becuz aven laraque moen etc wont do dirty it like u dit or go tryin to beat seguin or krejci
people would be dead if z intentionally hurt folks.
matt, i’m elated the nhl didn’t follow your advice to suspend z.
Subban, your sloppy paragraphs and horrendous knowledge of the english language is a drain on this website, and a dissapointment to all people who really enjoy this blog.
Hey subban, FYI chara can toss gill around like a Ragdoll. I had to watch it when “no skill gill” played in Boston. So any notion that gill will scare away chara is nothing short of laughable.
LOL if chara would be frutrate hes going to fight him…He already try a couple time but gill was there and Chara is the kind of fighter that fight whit glove and everything Also he can became frustrate fast and can be really dangerous,I really think that all the circomstance said everything,,,
What with all the hate on Neil defending Chara? Neil is the perfect person to ask about this sort of thing, that’s probably why he was asked about it.
Neil always gets or takes cheap shots, that’s his job as the pest of his club. He is one of those players that can see the line, and what you need to do to cross it, more than most. That’s why he can play jump rope with it in every game he is in.
Do you really want to hear what Carey Price, a goalie for Montreal, or Coach Julien, a Boston Bruin, has to say? Of course not. Their comments will be biased and in no way productive.
The fact that Neil has virtually seen it all, as far as what’s right and what’s wrong is concerned, I value his opinion over most.