Savard Out For Season, Cooke Buys Bullet-Proof Escalade

While Savard sat in front of the cameras, somewhere Matt Cooke was cherishing his remaining six teeth.

After his likely season-ending concussion, Savard spoke to the cameras about the hit, about Cooke, and about the continual effects of the play which created quite a stir around the league. The hit ended up setting a precedent throughout the league until the GM's decided to push forward the "No Head Shots" rule that was going to be initiated at the beginning of the '10/'11 campaign.

The Bruins came under fire after their lack of response after Savard went down, and it wasn't until Scott Thornton stepped up at their next meeting where they showed any backbone. Cooke, known for being a pest, refused to take off his visor, losing whatever respect he could have gained by dropping the mitts with a visor-less Thornton.

While I applaud Thornton for sticking up for his teammates, and Savard was happy about Thornton's response, I was disappointed in the rest of the Boston squad that seemed to gain no energy from the fight, and ended up losing a disappointing 3-0 game to the Penguins.