Injury Report: Landeskog out with head and neck injury

[hockeyball]

According to a co-worker in Denver, we are officially on the Avalanche fans hated list... they are none too happy with the hit and its non-suspension by Shanaban.

Seriously you suspend that hit you might as well take anything but hip-checking out of the game. That is as clean as a huge body check gets.

 

[Kitten Mittons]

Somebody's in trouble for letting him play after the hit...

Seriously, how do they not learn?? He's a twenty year old kid, you tell him to sit his ass down and he will.

 

[SnarkAttack]

(Obligatory clean hit statement) I hope Landeskog gets better ASAP. I really appreciate how maturely he handled a clean play even though it resulted in an injury. If this same hit happened the day after I can't even imagine what Vancouver would have done...

 

[beertelescope]

According to a co-worker in Denver, we are officially on the Avalanche fans hated list... they are none too happy with the hit and its non-suspension by Shanaban.

Maybe that anger would be more appropriate if redirected towards their team's under-performing penalty kill.

 

[JS19]

Seriously you suspend that hit you might as well take anything but hip-checking out of the game. That is as clean as a huge body check gets.

This. I'm gonna go insane if people think this hit warrants a suspension compared to other hits...

 

[ChubbChubby]

Aw. You never want to see anyone injured.

I can name a few

Not Landeskog though. Here's hoping it's a minor injury and he comes back soon.

 

[HighAndTight]

Hope he's okay. Landeskog is fun to watch.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I can name a few

Not Landeskog though. Here's hoping it's a minor injury and he comes back soon.

Well, I'm not counting Raffi Torres as a person.

 

[The Nemesis]

Well, I'm not counting Raffi Torres as a person.

Of course not. I believe that biologists recently classified Torres as some species of weasel. Its an offshoot of the species which Cory Perry and Steve Ott belong to.

 

[The Nemesis]

According to a co-worker in Denver, we are officially on the Avalanche fans hated list... they are none too happy with the hit and its non-suspension by Shanaban.

and that's our fault how exactly?

 

[Coily]

Avs fans more *****y than Blues fans.

 

[Brokencow]

Avs fans more *****y than Blues fans.

Well you have to admit they have a reason to be sensitive:

1.) Peter Mueller comes in a surprise trade and ratchets up 20 points through 15 games before Blake destroys him in a questionable hit.

2.) Steve Downie just got hurt for the season.

3.) Stuart hits Landeskog, who is not out indefinitely with 'head and neck' injuries.

This fan base keeps seeing all their hopes lost to injuries.


Lastly it seems almost half the hockey nation thinks ANY hit to the head is suspension worthy or the 'principal point of contact' etc. Shanahan needs to spend some more time educating the general public on how a hit to the head can be legal under certain circumstances, such as this one. It's time for more of his videos, I guess.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Well you have to admit they have a reason to be sensitive:

1.) Peter Mueller comes in a surprise trade and ratchets up 20 points through 15 games before Blake destroys him in a questionable hit.

2.) Steve Downie just got hurt for the season.

3.) Stuart hits Landeskog, who is not out indefinitely with 'head and neck' injuries.

This fan base keeps seeing all their hopes lost to injuries.


Lastly it seems almost half the hockey nation thinks ANY hit to the head is suspension worthy or the 'principal point of contact' etc. Shanahan needs to spend some more time educating the general public on how a hit to the head can be legal under certain circumstances, such as this one. It's time for more of his videos, I guess.

All this plus the Ryan O'Reilly holdout is not helping them either.

 

[Winky]

I saw Stuart's hit as clean (no elbow), with the point of impact being Landeskog's head ... which I thought was illegal according to the rules.

I was surprised to hear Stuart wouldn't be suspended.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Avs fans didn't cry for us when Adam Foote broke Sturm's leg on a dirty dirty hit into the boards and pretty much screwed us for those playoffs.

I'm not going to shed any tears for them. But, I do hope Landeskog is just sore and not seriously hurt.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I saw Stuart's hit as clean (no elbow), with the point of impact being Landeskog's head ... which I thought was illegal according to the rules.

I was surprised to hear Stuart wouldn't be suspended.

Point of contact only matters when intent has been established. There was no attempt to hit his head here, just unfortunate.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Bad luck for SJSharks opponents when it comes to career-ruining injuries off of clean hits.

Good luck for SJSharks opponents when it comes to bounces in the playoffs.

Why can't they switch roles?

 

[Brokencow]

Bad luck for SJSharks opponents when it comes to career-ruining injuries off of clean hits.

Good luck for SJSharks opponents when it comes to bounces in the playoffs.

Why can't they switch roles?

Stuart's hit was textbook big clean hockey hit in my eyes.

Blake on the other hand caught Muller slightly behind his shoulder. You can argue Mueller turned his back into the hit but Blake still pushed his forearm into Muller's back which injected a lot of force into Muller's already awkward position. I think if that same play happened today Blake would be suspended.

Farther back:
Thornton's hit on Perron wasn't that bad to in my opinion as Thornton just stepped out of the box and it would have been a good hit to the chest if Thornton wasn't 6'4" bracing for a hit vs Perron's 6'0" handling the puck. Caught Perron partially under the chin and Shanahan wanted to show the rest of the league he was serious.

If you want to go even farther back we had Bryan Marchment who delivered a series of knee injuries to other players.

Shark's arn't always clean.

 

[209]

Stuart's hit was textbook big clean hockey hit in my eyes.

Blake on the other hand caught Muller slightly behind his shoulder. You can argue Mueller turned his back into the hit but Blake still pushed his forearm into Muller's back which injected a lot of force into Muller's already awkward position. I think if that same play happened today Blake would be suspended.

Farther back:
Thornton's hit on Perron wasn't that bad to in my opinion as Thornton just stepped out of the box and it would have been a good hit to the chest if Thornton wasn't 6'4" bracing for a hit vs Perron's 6'0" handling the puck. Caught Perron partially under the chin and Shanahan wanted to show the rest of the league he was serious.

If you want to go even farther back we had Bryan Marchment who delivered a series of knee injuries to other players.

Shark's arn't always clean.

I miss Mush on the back line - that cat would be constantly suspended in this era of the game.

 

[209]

Of course not. I believe that biologists recently classified Torres as some species of weasel. Its an offshoot of the species which Cory Perry and Steve Ott belong to.

That is the funniest thing I have heard all day. well done

 

[209]

and that's our fault how exactly?

Dont shoot the messenger now; I thought it was clean too; not his fault he is taller. I am taking same Av fan to Red Wing game. He has to cheer for us. No way an Avs fan will cheer on DET.

 

[WTFetus]

Its an offshoot of the species which Cory Perry and Steve Ott belong to.

Corey Perry

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Of course not. I believe that biologists recently classified Torres as some species of weasel. Its an offshoot of the species which Cory Perry and Steve Ott belong to.

I wonder if you can get a penalty for being Corey Perry. Steve Ott got a penalty for Steve Otting, so why not?

Avs fans more *****y than Blues fans.

A-Freaking-men. Can't stand both tbh, but crying over a clean hit like this? How is this our fault exactly?

 

[Grave]

This sucks Landeskog is easily my favorite player that isn't on the Sharks. I hope he is back and he doesn't change his style of play any.

Except for keeping his head up, remember Sutton hit him pretty damn hard as well.




Get well soon Landy!

 

[CrazedZooChimp]

Sucks for Landeskog, I'm a fan of him. I hope he gets healthy quickly. Surprised he was allowed to keep playing, maybe the NHL needs to implement rules like the NFL where players basically have to come out if there's a chance they were concussed.