Does Foligno Get A Hearing For This "Move" on Myers?

[Chrisinroch]

This is why I'm rooting for the Wild. Jets fans have been getting out of hand. Either that or Marcus Foligno slowed down time a la The Matrix so he could rabbit punch Myers in the back of the knee and ruin him. Yes. That's it.

Even the Jets players are calling it an awkward fall and nothing more. But I'm sure you guys know more than they do from the vantage point of your sofas.

Thank you for some rare common sense.

 

[Bingo71]

This is why I'm rooting for the Wild. Jets fans have been getting out of hand. Either that or Marcus Foligno slowed down time a la The Matrix so he could rabbit punch Myers in the back of the knee and ruin him. Yes. That's it.

Even the Jets players are calling it an awkward fall and nothing more. But I'm sure you guys know more than they do from the vantage point of your sofas.

BINGO

 

[Chrisinroch]

Meanwhile, earlier in the game that same goofball did this... (no call on the play)

SHOCKING!!!

 

[DickSmehlik]

I get that things get magnified in the postseason but I really can't believe THERE IS A NINE PAGE THREAD on this incident.

 

[SUX2BU]

Looks like an elbow thrown to me .....

 

[Jeti]

You mean like when a player awkwardly runs into and hugs a ref?

If a player tackled a ref by the knees and punched the back of their knee like that, they'd be suspended for a year. Probably not a great analogy.

 

[HockeyMomx2]

So you're telling us that while falling down trying to get back in position after a sliding shot block...Foligno had a thought process to punch Myers in the knee with the express purpose of injuring him?
That dog don't hunt son.

Don’t have the body parts to be anyone’s son. Video doesn’t lie. He punched him in the back of the knee. Intent doesn’t matter, it’s what caused and/or exacerbated the knee injury.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Cannot we all just say that it sucks if Myers misses any time and it sucks that Suter is out for the season because we all rather see players healthy and teams fighting at full strength?

 

[Mez]

That looks like a punch to me....if it is....damn thats impressive coordination. If the Jets dont tell Buf to settle down a bit I think these cheap shots will be more common, wild cant answer buf so they go after other.

 

[Sheppy]

Mannnnnnn, relax a bit guys.

 

[Whileee]

He missed. You going to call him for charging on the check that only contacted the players stick?

Saw that he was going to miss the hit, raised his shoulder to hit Trouba in the head. That's what I see.

Don't think it's worth a suspension, but didn't look a whole not different than Doughty's hit. The refs were calling ridiculous ticky-tacky penalties at that point...

 

[Daximus]

Saw that he was going to miss the hit, raised his shoulder to hit Trouba in the head. That's what I see.

Don't think it's worth a suspension, but didn't look a whole not different than Doughty's hit. The refs were calling ridiculous ticky-tacky penalties at that point...

Yeah refs completely neautred the physical play last game. Nobody was hitting anyone for fear of a call so guys were resorting to cheap shots where ever they could get them in. Really some of the worst reffing I've seen so far in the playoffs last game. Peel is useless.

 

[McFlyingV]

So when they do commit a penalty, they do call it? Stupid point...

I think you missed the point, which was me mocking a terrible example of a "missed penalty". I think we both know NHL officiating is bad, but this example isn't why.

 

[McFlyingV]

If a player tackled a ref by the knees and punched the back of their knee like that, they'd be suspended for a year. Probably not a great analogy.

Its pretty common human instinct to try to grab onto something when you're falling. How about you ask the ref who slipped and grabbed onto Yakupov a few years back and ended up spraining Yak's MCL. Did he get suspended?

 

[rynryn]

and grain of salt if you wish but Foligno's first guess when asked about Myers leg was that he might have hit him with his shinpad. Is it possible this is a leg on leg injury and nothing to do with grabbing or "punching"?

edit: i mean especially if the reports that he's favoring the other leg are true.

 

[Goose312]

Will he? No. Should he? Also no. This is such a non-event that there won't even be an announcement that there won't be a hearing because no one who is sane actually thinks this is anything more than a fluky play.

 

[Heldig]

It is unfortunate that seemingly every questionable or slightly dirty play has people calling for a suspension.

 

[rent free]

Probably not which is unfortunate because he punched the back of his knee

 

[Over the volcano]

2 games for marchand

 

[Rygu]

All I saw was a punch to the leg as he went down. Could have maybe been 2 minutes for that. Otherwise hardly a serious play.

 

[TaLoN]

Saw that he was going to miss the hit, raised his shoulder to hit Trouba in the head. That's what I see.

Don't think it's worth a suspension, but didn't look a whole not different than Doughty's hit. The refs were calling ridiculous ticky-tacky penalties at that point...

Seriously? The only reason contact is made AFTER Foligno missed the hit, is because the hit pinned and broke the stick Trouba was holding, thus pulling Trouba back into Foligno after .

No, Foligno didn't even hit Trouba at all in that play.

 

[ZJuice]

Its pretty common human instinct to try to grab onto something when you're falling. How about you ask the ref who slipped and grabbed onto Yakupov a few years back and ended up spraining Yak's MCL. Did he get suspended?

Yakupov should sue that guy for ruining his career

 

[Atoyot]

2 games for marchand

As a Jets fan, I feel this punishment fits the crime.

 

[Fastfrde]

I don't like the out of control, just trying to get a piece of Myers. These sometimes do end up in someone getting injured, maybe even the initiator, but I don't think he was targeting a body part. Maybe a penalty for interference or holding at the time, nothing called, so not even a glance at it by the league.

 

[Whileee]

Seriously? The only reason contact is made AFTER Foligno missed the hit, is because the hit pinned and broke the stick Trouba was holding, thus pulling Trouba back into Foligno after .

No, Foligno didn't even hit Trouba at all in that play.

According to Maurice he hit Trouba in the head. Hard to tell about contact from that replay angle.