From all accounts Dowd should be on the Bears.Dowd is nowhere near Beagle offensively. Or just nowhere near Beagle generally.
Dowd is nowhere near Beagle offensively. Or just nowhere near Beagle generally.
Blindside hit with primary contact to the head. It's basically Matt Cooke's hit on Savard that ended Savard's career and really brought the headshot issue into the limelight.I find it so hard to judge these hits. What makes that one dirty? Head contact (it looks like mostly shoulder, but it's hard to tell from that angle/distance)? Charging?
Are blindside hits illegal? (Not a rhetorical question.)Blindside hit with primary contact to the head. It's basically Matt Cooke's hit on Savard that ended Savard's career and really brought the headshot issue into the limelight.
That's why Brett Connolly's roster spot is safe. Beautiful shot.
I find it so hard to judge these hits. What makes that one dirty? Head contact (it looks like mostly shoulder, but it's hard to tell from that angle/distance)? Charging?
Are blindside hits illegal? (Not a rhetorical question.)
Are blindside hits illegal? (Not a rhetorical question.)
So I’m going to put my vote in. It’s going to be 10 games with a warning the next one will be a monster, like 41-82 games.
Also should be a way to keep him beyond this season. Wilson is Wilson and Oshie is old Backup Connolly for top-6 W and PP slot position is valuable.
There's specifically a Checking From Behind Rule (Rule 43), and it can also come into play for Illegal Hits to the Head (Rule 48, "poor angle of approach").Are blindside hits illegal? (Not a rhetorical question.)