"You fight with the bull, you get the horn"

Don Cherry and Ron MacLean before the end of Monday's third game between the Hurricanes and the Capitals.

They discussed the struggle between Alex Ovechkin and Andrei Svechnikov and finally came to opposite conclusions.

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Here is the transcript of Cherry and MacLean's comments about the incident.

Don Cherry: Now. I have something to show you. From the beginning, as they say. I'm going to ask you a question, because you and I understood.

Now look here: a little shot over there, a little shot over there, a little shot there. "Do you want to frolic?" A good look here. Now watch this, "Do you want to go?" It's a very good one. They only show the only bench [punch?]. "Want to have fun?" And he goes away.

Don Cherry: Now. You Can you repeat it anyway? Go from the front.

Ron MacLean: I say that he should not have taken it to the child.

Don Cherry: He has never taken a child! If you are a child and want to go – he gave Ovechkin a difficult time, Ovechkin did not want to go. This guy played for Barry [Trotz], by the way.

Ron MacLean: What do you mean [Ovechkin] I did not want to go? he guest him to go.

Don Cherry: Listen: When you stick to one guy and go after another, you better get ready. I do not hit [Svechnikov]he had a lot of courage.

Ron MacLean: It's funny, when Ovechkin hit Jagr at the Vancouver Olympics and Jagr was a little late in his career and Ovechkin was full of …[gestures with fists, perhaps attempting to convey Ovechkin’s youthful vigor]I thought I did not know.

Don Cherry: Look, [Svechnikov] was looking for trouble. I do not hit the guy …

Ron MacLean: He is a key player. Maybe there is a background [we don’t know about], right?

Don Cherry: When you search for problems, you find them.

Ron MacLean: Playing with a bull

Don Cherry: -Yes, you fight with the bull, you get the horn.

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