
Look at Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa (on the left). Feel the menacing aura emanating from his icy gaze. He’s thinking: “What’s the matter, Keith Carney? Are you upset because you know if it wasn’t for me and my 30 points, you may have stuck with this team? Now get your stinking glove off my throat, you swarthy swine, or I’ll gut you in the street in broad daylight, like Vito Corleone opened up Don Ciccio, while your loved ones scream in terror on the sidewalk.”
Of course, he would never say any of that. He doesn’t have to. It’s all in his eyes.
You can almost see Carney backing down, relenting in the face of such a fearsome presence. In fact, he’s probably about to drop his hand, dust off Bieksa’s shoulder and cast his eyes downward, while muttering things like, ‘Look, kid, I’m sorry. I just got a little hot under the collar, is all. No hard feelings, eh?”