oneill said:
The Elite league forum is a joke. U should buoycot it and get all the Cardiff members posting on here instead.
In fact, if you look at the EIHL forum page, you will notice that the most activity has always been in the Cardiff, Belfast, Coventry and Basingstoke areas. My guess is that 90% of the Steelers post on their "Steeltalk" forum. Who knows why, but they do. No derisive comments now, we already know them, okay.
There are many who are still over there posting in the Devils forum that are being very neutral. I believe they are doing this so they can continue having good conversations and discussions along with keeping in touch with those fans. I am not saying that anyone here is not capable of doing that. No, not in the least. Everyone here is very knowledgable about the game and the team, and you have great discussions. That is why I come to visit so often.
A boycott of the other forum will and will not serve any purpose. It will enable you to develop and grow your own forum. Continuing to plink away at the mods (with their "banned buzzwords") will only keep them mad, but also prevent anyone who does it, from ever being able to discuss hockey with any fans from the other teams.
I also agree that the ban was over the top. At the same time the league does have to stand by its decision (whether or not it was or was not influenced by the Steelers PR teams). From my view it was a typical scrum.
If anything, the league should institute the "Goon" rule like they have in the NHL. The rule states that if coach sends out a player in the last 5 minutes of the game to pick and start an altercation, the player is penalized, the coach is penalized and fined ($10K or about 5K pounds). That would give coaches a little bit more to think about, wouldn't it.
In the case of the Sheffield game, that rule would have applied as Matsos sent out his guy after Voth and Dagenais were off to pick the fight in the last few minutes.
