What a win and what a series!

Actually it has been stated over and over again by every Av's writer and fan on this planet.

If he went Tonya Harding on him I could see your point, however injuries happen all the time its a freak part of the game. Was it a dirty play? Sure. Was his intent to hurt him? Absolutely not. Have there been dirtier hits this year? Yes. Dozens.

Well, that theory is wrong.

*what. A. Series

I know MacKinnon talk is all the rage these days(Parise had as many points and played fantastically both ways), but it should be noted the Wild dominated 6 of the 7 games against the Avs and won the season series against the Blackhawks (though obviously that doesn't mean much in the playoffs....but still) Minnesota is…

Nick Punto approves of this theory.

+1

"You may run like Mays but you hit like shit"

I was at that game as well in Wild garb.

Ha!

What does being a Canadian have to do with anything? Does that make your opinions on the sport that much more valid then us Yanks? Last time I checked the US had four of the original six and nearly just as many hockey players come from the US as Canada.

lol

Good point, I just personally feel an intentional grounding (or significant sack) is more likely to kill a drive.

True, but many times those huge gains or touchdowns wouldn't happen without the hold in the first place. Holds certainly suck ass and rank high on the frustration scale, however teams seem to overcome them all the time, I could be wrong and it would be great to see a study on it, but it just seems to me that any time…

No, it is considered trolling when you try to draw a ridiculous comparison with Tim Tebow.

Methinks you shouldn't trash a state when you clearly don't understand a basic point on how WAR works. It's not comparing Cano versus "a journeyman stiff that plays twice a week" it's comparing him against a replacement player who would get 3.1 at bats a game and play 162 games in a year.

A lot of intentional ground penalties seem to be for more than 10 yards in my experience watching the game, yeah the "loss of down" is overstated, but it basically turns an in-completion into a sack, which is a much worse "penalty" for an offense then a hold. Teams are able to over come holds all of the time, sacks…

I'm sorry, but this is the worst argument against WAR of all. WAR has it's issues (specifically when it comes to positional adjustments and defense IMHO) but your blanket statement and a bizarre analogy to Tebow is just minor league trolling at best.

Ditto with the Vikings!