Multiply 365 Day 79 - Refresher course

     I believe I said this once before (http://mattpritt.multiply.com/journal/item/1026/Multiply_365_Day_45_-_Bizzaro_World) but I guess it bears repeating.  Mario Lemieux can not complain about cheap shots in the sport of hockey as long as he continues to cut checks for the likes of Eric Goddard and Matt Cooke.  Sidney Crosby this week just started to return to skating after suffering a concussion the first week of January.  He has been out of action for better than two months now and there is still no guarantee that he will return this season,. though the fact he is at least back on skates is somewhat promising.  

     That being said, I was sitting here today watching the Penguins-Rangers game on TV and what should happen?  Well, Matt Cooke happened is what.  With the Penguins having a 2-1 lead in the third period of their contest, Cooke decides that it would be a great time to go about throwing an elbow into Ryan Callahan's head.  That my friends is a 5 minute major penalty, a game ejection and most likely will result in some sort of suspension from the league, since Cooke is a repeat offender.  Of course the Rangers would score twice on the power play and end up with 4 third period goals on their way to a 5-2 and I am left with the same question I have had since last year, when is this madness going end?  When is Lemieux going to stop turning a blind eye to the very cheap shot artists that are in his own employ?  Because as long as he keeps these types of people in his organization, any complaints he makes such as "We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players." one of two things will occur; either those complaints will fall on deaf ears, and/or Lemieux will be branded as a hypocrite for bringing them up in the first place.