John Scott on his fight with Shawn Thornton: ‘Last year’s not going to happen this year’

F’N right.  No response from the Bruins after the timeout either.

The bruins put they’re muscle on the ice with just a few ticks remaining and get mad when we call a timeout to do the same, can’t wait to see them play in Buffalo. fyi thank you Darcy for Steve Ott, we needed him way more than we needed Roy. Talk about sand paper…

Plenty of games left, the B’s will answer…

 I think I know the jist of the conversation between Scott and Thornton

John-  Hi Shawn!
Shawn- Hi John…you know we`re going to go….

John- That`s what I`m here for
Shawn- Yeah, that`s what the fans want

John- Uh…Shawn, why are we doing this??
Shawn- Something we did to your goalie last year.

John- Oh yeah, I forgot…..well good luck!
Shawn- You too…..

Scott’s a monster; he made Thornton look like a midget. Thornton can’t fight Scott against the boards. At least in open ice; he can try to get his arms free. Bruins need to call up somebody like Andre the Giant next time they play Sabres.

 I think people seem to forget that Scott has 50lbs and a whole lot of reach on Thornton.  Shawn was never going to win that fight so good on him to step up and try. 

A disturbing trend is developing in the NHL.

It use to be that every team had an enforcer. The difference is they could also play hockey. Now, teams are trying to “build” an enforcer. Just get a football player sized person (No hockey skills required) with a longer reach who can kick the crap out of anybody smaller. Add skates….instant enforcer.

A lot has been made of the late time out by Buffalo, presumably to match Scott with the next Bruins sacrifical lamb.
What`s the Bruins to do? Get their own football player sized goon. Then the next team does the same, and so on until every team has one.Then what? A team gets a second goon, then the next team, and on and on it goes.

Scott seams like a nice guy, even asking the trainers if Thornton was ok.
I wonder if he`ll still be asking 20 years from now when Thornton or somebody else is sitting in a rocking chair not know who or where he is.

It’s hilarious to hear Bruins fans sounding incredulous that a bigger player hurt one of their smaller players.  Take a look in the mirror: this is how everybody has looking at the Bruins for the last few years.  I guess it’s alright for a giant like Chara to check a player into a stantion and almost kill him or for a behemoth like Lucic to charge a goalie, but when their own goon – who has inflicted plenty o pain on soooo many others in the league – is manhandled by somebody much bigger than him with equal fighting skills, it’s an outrage.  HAHAHAHA!   You know the Bruins will bring in somebody much bigger next year, and then it’ll all be ok.  Right?

That’s hockey and its needed. Sour grapes. Don’t watch it if you can’t stomach it.

The only thing Scott will accomplish is to get Ennis and the rest of the Sabre smurfs smashed to a pulp every time they touch the ice. He can’t be out there for every shift. Your goalie got hit by Lucic out by the faceoff dot so he was fair game. You don’t want to get hit, stay in your net.

Sure the Bruins really smashed the Sabre’s for the rest of that game… looks to me like they turtled and hid while taking their loss with their tails between their legs.  Maybe in the next game big Z or the chick will grow a set and man up against Scott.  I would love to see Scott run Rask then maybe you will stop justifying cheap plays.

Game on
Rivalry revived

Fight aside.  This was a great hockey game.  Bruins are obviously a force, and when they went up by two goals, everyone in Buffalo thought it was over.  They are just too damn good, and weren’t playing with their tail tucked between their legs.  Thank god for the stupid penalty by Lucic and Charra that got the Sabres back into the game.  The goals by both teams were high light reels, and Miller stood on his head in the third period against a charging Bruins team.  This is a great rivalry on the ice, and it is ironic that the Bruins fans are chirping about Scott.  If they go after Ennis or Vanek, then they might as well say good bye to Bergeron, Marchand and Seguin, because Ott will clean their clocks for them.  I am hoping we just get back to really good, gritty hockey, because the Bruins are a great team, and they bring out the best play of the Sabres.

I don`t know if you`re referring to my comments or not.

I have no problem with Scott. He did the job he was sent there to do.He did it fairly, decisively, and when Thornton hit the ice, he skated away. He said all the right things after the game and I have no reason to believe he wasn`t sincere. This is not a Bruins-Sabres thing.

The Bruins have taken heat for not responding. Responding with who? Lucic? Marchand? Unless they get a lucky shot in first, Scott`s going to keep them at bay with his reach and their going to get killed. It`s not an even playing field with most players.

So what`s the answer? Follow Buffalo`s blueprint. Get someone with the same size, strength and fighting ability that Scott has. But until every team has one, someone is going to be seriously hurt.

If I`m the Bruins, I need to follow that blueprint because he`s beaten my best because my best couldn`t get close to him.

I watched the Big Bad Bruins, The Broad Street Bullies, the Islanders etc. and never had a fear for the safety of a player in a fight.

It could have been any team with John Scott on it, not because it`s Buffalo.

Just an idle thought

If this is not a blueprint for the modern day “enforcer”, and Ott can clean the clocks of the Bruins, why wasn`t the pre-arranged fight between Thornton and Ott?

The bruins have two guys Scott’s size and they are both filthy. If you know anything about hockey you should ask what else can teams like buffalo do

I`m having trouble finding two guys on the Bruin`s roster the size of John Scott. aside from Chara, who I don`t consider an enforcer. Without reciting the entire roster, the Bruins have no one taller than 6`4″ and no one over 220Lbs.

True, I don`t know everything about hockey, in fact I never heard of John Scott until the morning of the Buffalo game. But after hearing he was 6`8″ 270Lbs, you don`t have to be Lord Stanley to know what was going to happen.

Again, I`m more concerned about the eventual response by the Bruins and other NHL teams.

Remember when Chara pounded Regher and the moronic Bruin fans(synonym) thought Chara was so big and tough, this is hockey, if you don’t like it change the channel.