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px;" border="1" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<img src="../../image.axd?picture=2011%2f12%2fevan-richadrds.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #ff0000;">One of many trade-causing Philly nights.</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>With a surprising playoff intensity, the <a title="Los Angeles Kings" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" rel="wikipedia">LA Kings</a> beat the nicked up <a title="Florida Panthers" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Panthers" rel="wikipedia">Panthers</a> 2-1.&nbsp; The Panthers were solid throughout the game, and peppered Kings goaltender <a title="Jonathan Quick" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Quick" rel="wikipedia">Jonathan Quick</a> with 41 shots.&nbsp; Quick proved once again he is an elite goaltender and Florida had no choice but to tip their caps to his great performance.<br /><br />The Panthers, down five starting forwards due to injury including star <a title="Kris Versteeg" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Versteeg" rel="wikipedia">Kris Versteeg</a>, were valiant in their effort and will be just fine if they continue to play with such intensity.</p> <p>An interesting and hot button topic that was a sub-plot to this game was the injury to <a title="Mike Richards" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Richards" rel="wikipedia">Mike Richards</a>.&nbsp; <a title="Twitter" class="twitter.com" rel="homepage">Twitter</a> was aflutter last night and two distinct sides of the fence emerged in what was a heated debate in some circles.</p> <p>For the record, as a member of the media, I never have nor ever will cheer for or hope for anyone being injured.&nbsp; As a fan, I can be and will be emotional in the appropriate settings regarding the success, failure, and health of my team.</p> <p>What I realized last night through one particular tweet I sent is that fans of their team will defend their player whether they deserve defense or not.&nbsp; Mike Richards will never be forgotten in Sunrise because of this:</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br src="www.youtube.com/embed/qeN3QTw8iz4" frameborder="0" ></br></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #ff0000;">I encourage you to look at some of the comments of those that know Richards reputation.</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>This is just one, though most notable, amongst many instances where Richards has earned the "dirty player" tag.&nbsp; He is listed as one of the <a class="bleacherreport.com/articles/848407-sean-avery-and-16-nhl-players-that-fans-and-players-love-to-hate/page/16">most hated players in the NHL</a> and is also has the reputation of not being the most likable personality on or off the ice.&nbsp; His buddies <a title="Jeff Carter" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Carter" rel="wikipedia">Jeff Carter</a> and <a title="Joffrey Lupul" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joffrey_Lupul" rel="wikipedia">Joffrey Lupul</a> tore up the Philadelphia nightlife earning some bad reputations, which made trading them easy for Flyer brass.</p> <p>Head shots were already a hot topic in the NHL, but the Richards' hit on Booth was the incident that really set wheels of rule reform into motion.&nbsp; Ironically the hit was deemed clean by the NHL, which is such an egregious error there are hardly words to describe it.&nbsp; Be it any other player I would say the same thing.&nbsp; It was a dirty hit.&nbsp; One that required disciplinary action.&nbsp; The NHL failed.</p> <p>Tuesday night in Carolina, defenseman <a title="Derek Joslin" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Joslin" rel="wikipedia">Derek Joslin</a> elbowed Kris Versteeg in the face in an obvious attempt to injure a player.&nbsp; Joslin fractured Versteeg's nose, which kept him out of the lineup for the Kings game.&nbsp; With the way the game in LA transpired, that might have been the difference.&nbsp; Amazingly, inexplicably, yet predictably Joslin was not punished at all for what should have been a five minute major and a match penalty.&nbsp; Obviously the Panthers were and are furious about this.</p> <p><a title="Sean Bergenheim" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bergenheim" rel="wikipedia">Sean Bergenheim</a> played like a man possessed in LA and was easily the best player on the ice for Florida with honorable mentions going to <a title="Tom&aacute;&scaron; Kopeck&yacute;" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Kopeck%C3%BD" rel="wikipedia">Tomas Kopecky</a>, Tomas Fleischmann, and Jose Theodore.&nbsp; Bergy caught Mike Richards with his head down.&nbsp; He did not lunge into Richards or leave his feet.&nbsp; It was not a calculated hit on a defenseless player, like the hit on Booth.&nbsp; Richards was obviously woozy, retaliated and was called for roughing and slashing, and did not return to the game.</p> <p>Immediately speculation about Richards possibly having a concussion was rampant amongst Panther fans and media.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; See <a title="David Booth (ice hockey)" class="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Booth_%28ice_hockey%29" rel="wikipedia">David Booth</a> above.&nbsp; It does not matter that Booth is no longer with the team.&nbsp; What does matter is Booth may never be the same player again. He is a well-liked down to earth person, unlike Richards, and it was horrifying to see what happened to Booth and the subsequent road to recovery.</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br src="www.youtube.com/embed/1HoR6LVgn3k" frameborder="0" ></br></td> </tr> &
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