Kaleta Takes Yet Another Cheap Shot

[Dergula]

No offense to you honestly but this post is pretty ridiculous on the whole...

worse (not worst) than Avery? Youve got to be joking right?

and comparing Kaleta to idiots like Avery and Downie?

oh and the most ridiculous part of your post... "kaleta had it coming (boarding)"...no explanation needed to illustrate why I find this ridiculous

Yep. Kaleta is just like DOWNIE and AVERY. Don't tell me otherwise. I've seen him enough to judge.

[07mears07]

Kaleta hits refs and calls out players... yep he is so Downie and Avery... yea right..

[Dergula]

I like Kaleta and the hit was dirty - but any Sabres fan saying he isn't dirty himself, is just being a homer.

Do I love having him on my team? Yes
Do I love his style of play? Yes
Do I think he goes out of his way to hit people? Yes

Kaleta is going to have a target on his back every game he plays until he proves he isn't out there just to run people and backs it up with his gloves off more often.

Again I like him, he plays for my team - but him being a pansy for example on Friday night against Brad May is sad.

Thank you. Nothing wrong with the way he plays. Hes an agitator. He did it well. However don't you dare tell me for one minute he is not dirty.

[07mears07]

Well im going to dare and say he isn't dirty, at least not Downie like. Avery isn't as dirty as a PLAYER much less a human.

[TMacfreak91]

Yep. Kaleta is just like DOWNIE and AVERY. Don't tell me otherwise. I've seen him enough to judge.

Do you have any idea how ridiculous that is? Downie is just a downright dirty player. To be honest, I don't have much of a problem with Avery because, most of the time anyways, Averys hits are clean or if they aren't he takes the penalty for it. Avery is an agitator on the ice. That is the only way I feel Avery and Kaleta are similar. To me it is the methods that Avery Avery will constantly make dirty hits and take stupid penalties that put his team in a position to lose. In that regard, Kaleta is nothing like Avery. Kaleta may take penalties every once in a while but from what I have seen, a majority of those penalties are for things like tripping or hooking which are excusable penalties, not penalties for hitting people from behind that are inexcusable like Avery and Downie do. I will acknowledge that Kaleta HAS made several dirty hits for which he was rightfully penalized. I do not think that makes him a dirty player.

Steve

[Dergula]

I will acknowledge that Kaleta HAS made several dirty hits for which he was rightfully penalized. I do not think that makes him a dirty player.

Steve

So a dirty hit does not make him a dirty player? What constitutes a dirty player in your opinion? I'm just curious.

[griff2311]

I'm gonna redirect the conversation here a little bit. Did anybody notice that Lapierre did not get suspended for the hit? Is it because of who he hit? As far as i'm concerned that should have been at least a game suspension. More realistically if you want try and curb the hits from behind 2-3 games.

[geschrocks33]

I'm gonna redirect the conversation here a little bit. Did anybody notice that Lapierre did not get suspended for the hit? Is it because of who he hit? As far as i'm concerned that should have been at least a game suspension. More realistically if you want try and curb the hits from behind 2-3 games.

This is my exact protest and the entire reason for this thread...Lapierre deserved to be suspended AT LEAST one game. Only a 2 minute penalty for a hit like that? Disgusts me.

[TMacfreak91]

So a dirty hit does not make him a dirty player? What constitutes a dirty player in your opinion? I'm just curious.

No it does not. Erik Cole has made several dirty hits throughout his career. Would you say that he is a dirty player? I think not. My point is that making an occasional dirty hit doesn't make that player dirty. To me, a dirty player is someone who makes those kinds of hits on a more frequent basis or is well known throughout the league for throwing hits that are dirty such as head shots and hits from behind.
A player like Brenden Witt who has thrown several cheap shots that have resulted in injury is who I would consider dirty.

Steve

[BeeZeR]

Kaleta is just another one of these players that will run all over the ice, run his mouth but wont drop the mits. Hes an agitator and he does his job effectively, he draws penalties because ppl wanna beat the tar outa him. Although what he does is effective its not the kind of hockey i like to watch.