"[Riley Cote] maybe lost a fight, but he showed up against a much bigger, much stronger Donald Brashear. We don't consider that a loss at all. We actually consider that a win for us, by him stepping up to a guy like that. So that's definitely not the case. We have all the faith in Riles. People lose fights; [Matt] Bradley, he lost his fight against myself, and I don't know, they're not talking about that in the paper, we're not talking about that in the paper. But if they want to bring up a couple fights that guys win or lose, so be it. It'll be a battle again tonight, and maybe Brash might win another fight, maybe another guy on our team will beat one of their guys up. So...that has nothing to do with anything."
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I didn’t know getting your face pounded in was considered a moral victory these days…
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 6, 2009 3:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I guess Clarke got a “moral victory” against Redden then. Who knew.
by b.orr4 on Jan 6, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So that is how it is going to be ok. I’ll be keeping an eye of the bench waiting for Bruce to tap Semin on the shoulder. Unleash the Semin!
by RED503 on Jan 6, 2009 3:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Fact check time:
“… he showed up against a much bigger, much stronger Donald Brashear.”
Brashear is listed at 6’2", 235 lbs. Cote is listed at 6’2", 216 lbs. Is that “much bigger?”
As for the much stronger… hit the gym, Riles, and someday you’ll be a man.
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by J.P. on Jan 6, 2009 3:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Twenty pounds is a lot and if we’re going to go by listed weight 19 pounds is roughly the weight difference between Ovechkin and Semin (220 to 205) or Erskine and Nylander (216 to 195) and I think I’d call Ovechkin much bigger than Semin and Erskine much bigger than Nylander.
Of course when you’re talking about a guy like Cote who’s only in the league to fight, you can’t exactly claim he’s being picked on by a big, bad bully.
by David M. Getz on Jan 6, 2009 3:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If he wants to step up to Donald again go ahead, the dude is a fighter, isn’t that his J-O-B?
by wittcap79 on Jan 6, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I do give Cote props for having the stones to throw with anyone, but if he didn’t he wouldn’t be in the NHL very long. I don’t even think he knows that there is a puck out there.
I’m not sure where I heard this joke but someone (I believe Steve Ott) told Cote something like: “enjoy that gatorade now because you’ll have to pay for it next year when you’re working construction”.
HOF chirp right there.
by Hooks Orpik on Jan 6, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ohhhhhhhh...
This is gettin’ good. Can’t wait for tonight!
by wittcap79 on Jan 6, 2009 3:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I love it!!
The local news outlets are going off about this game!!
It’s nice to see them cover something besides the Redskins for once.
by Leif on Jan 6, 2009 4:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Riley Cote wins like 8% of his fights. The moral victory was that he went back for more.
While the Caps clearly have a better top fighter, the Flyers absolutely demolish the Caps in terms of depth of toughness.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Jan 6, 2009 5:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
the Flyers absolutely demolish the Caps in terms of depth of toughness
give you that one. The Flyers absolutely demolish the Caps in terms of dirty hockey players, too, despite Coach Stevens’ assertions today.
by bigonetimer on Jan 6, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll give them credit for getting rid of Downie and Eager. Those are steps in the right direction.
But they’re still easily the gooniest team in the league. There is no place in the NHL for people like Cote. (And none for people like Godard, either, before anyone says anything.)
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by JustinM on Jan 6, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
guys like Godard and Cote and Brash have a reason to be; it’s the shit like what Corey Perry did to Philly’s Giroux (if only…) that has no place in the game. Perry should’ve gotten 15 games.
To me, it’s the actions, not simply the players. I don’t follow Godard and Cote, but Brash is actually a pretty clean player…you may disagree, but it’s the stars that get away with murder.
by bigonetimer on Jan 6, 2009 11:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Brash brings a hell of a lot more to the table than Godard or Cote in terms of forechecking and actual skill (albeit minimal), but agree with the underlying point that there’s still a place in the game for enforcers.
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by J.P. on Jan 7, 2009 7:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More fact check
NHL.com list Brashear at 6’ 3", 234 lbs & Cote at 6’ 2", 220 lbs. Gratton is 6’ 2", 214 lbs and Bradley is 6’ 3", 201 lbs. Same size difference, but Gratton thinks one fight was a mismatch and one was a wonderful display of his pugulistic skills. Huh?
by NBBear on Jan 6, 2009 5:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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