As you can imagine, Okposo’s teammates are less than thrilled with Dion Phaneuf:
Islanders Players, Fans Displeased With Mr. Phaneuf
“I don’t know he’s going to put a guy on the stretcher like that and not step up to the challenge,” Blake Comeau said.
[Martin] Biron added, “We have a long memory, and we’ll see them Saturday in Saskatoon. If you’re going to play that way, you have to respond when challenged.”
Islanders’ blog Lighthouse Hockey takes issue about Phaeuf’s disinterest with taking on any Islanders who wanted a piece of him afterwards:
You also have to wonder why Phaneuf, who makes a habit of such hits and clearly thinks himself a bad-ass, was protected by his teammates (usually Giordano) every time an Islander tried to fight him according to hockey’s nebulous “Code.” If Phaneuf is god’s gift to hockey’s physicality, why can he not handle his own battles? And if “it’s only preseason” and he shouldn’t risk himself for some fight in some meaningless game, why can he risk the neurological health of one of the game’s young stars in the same meaningless contest?
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