2018-2019 Around the league thread #5

[expatriatedtexan]

Stealing this from reddit:

Eriksson Ek blocks 3 straight Weber bombs and receives applause from the Montreal crowd

I'm not normally a fan of having a guy jump someone from the other team for clean hits or whatever. But in this case, I wouldn't have opposed a team-mate just jumping Weber straight up and beating him to a pulp. It's one thing when EJ who has a terrible shot hits a shin-pad. I gotta believe at some point Weber is doing this on purpose.

 

[Balthazar]

I'm not normally a fan of having a guy jump someone from the other team for clean hits or whatever. But in this case, I wouldn't have opposed a team-mate just jumping Weber straight up and beating him to a pulp. It's one thing when EJ who has a terrible shot hits a shin-pad. I gotta believe at some point Weber is doing this on purpose.

Why the f*** would he do that? They are on the PP and Weber is throwing bombs at the net because that's what he always does. He's not aiming at Eriksson EK.

This isn't baseball.

 

[Ivan13]

I'm sorry, but what in the hell is Fox doing on that hit? I saw the hit from another angle and the guy crouches as he is about to get hit. No wonder he got drilled in the head.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Why the **** would he do that? They are on the PP and Weber is throwing bombs at the net because that's what he always does. He's not aiming at Eriksson EK.

This isn't baseball.

So you are saying Weber is as bad as EJ on getting shots through to the net?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I've seen countless games over the years were folks with heavy shots laid up because they recognized someone was in dangerous situation. If Weber is just teeing it up regardless, good for him. But I would still have jumped him if he hit my team-mate three times on one shift.

 

[avs1dacup]

I'm not normally a fan of having a guy jump someone from the other team for clean hits or whatever. But in this case, I wouldn't have opposed a team-mate just jumping Weber straight up and beating him to a pulp. It's one thing when EJ who has a terrible shot hits a shin-pad. I gotta believe at some point Weber is doing this on purpose.

Terrible shot? It's terrible because he can't get it through. It's still a heavy shot when he gets good wood on it. Let's not forget he broke Hjalmarsson's leg with a bomb from the point just a week ago...

 

[Balthazar]

I've seen countless games over the years were folks with heavy shots laid up because they recognized someone was in dangerous situation. If Weber is just teeing it up regardless, good for him. But I would still have jumped him if he hit my team-mate three times on one shift.

Even if he did it on purpose (and he didn't) who the f*** would "jump Shea Weber and beat him to a pulp"? Wild player would look like Greer when he tried to fight Byfuglien.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Yes, EJ has a terrible shot. He's wildly inaccurate and has never once hit the same guy three times in one shift. He might get some shots off that are heavy, but when I think of EJ, heavy shot is not what I think of. Weber is known for a heavy shot. The fact that he hit the same guy three times in a row...yeah, beat that ass.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Even if he did it on purpose (and he didn't) who the **** would "jump Shea Weber and beat him to a pulp"? Wild player would look like Greer when he tried to fight Byfuglien.

Okay, the phrase I used was completely wrong, but the fact remains, this dude just took three pot-shots on a player that all connected while on the power-play. I get that the game has changed over the years, but at some point, I still believe someone on the team needs to get on Weber. I guess I'm just a dinosaur.

 

[Nzap]

Okay, the phrase I used was completely wrong, but the fact remains, this dude just took three pot-shots on a player that all connected while on the power-play. I get that the game has changed over the years, but at some point, I still believe someone on the team needs to get on Weber. I guess I'm just a dinosaur.

If EE was standing between Weber and the net, I really do not see how it would be in any way justifiable to get on Weber.

If Weber was specifically aiming for the guy and didnt even aim at the net, then sure, but not if EE was blocking shots going towards the net.

 

[McMetal]

31 teams playing 82 games each... weird, unexpected stuff is bound to happen. I don't think for a moment Weber was actually aiming for the guy. He was throwing one-time bombs, those are hard to control even for an elite shooter like Weber. Shit happens when you go out on the PK, blocking shots is part of your job. It's just unfortunate that he had to do it three times in a row.

Blame the rest of the Wild for not retrieving the puck so he could change, that would be equally as valid as blaming Weber for doing his job.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

That's probably gonna require unpaid leave...

Decreasing trade value???

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I don't think Weber was aiming for Ek.
But I'm with xpat, someone should've tried to put a beat down on him.
Respect for Ek, to take any of those and still get up for more.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I'm not normally a fan of having a guy jump someone from the other team for clean hits or whatever. But in this case, I wouldn't have opposed a team-mate just jumping Weber straight up and beating him to a pulp. It's one thing when EJ who has a terrible shot hits a shin-pad. I gotta believe at some point Weber is doing this on purpose.

Yikes.... That's a ridiculous take.

 

[Gatorbait19]

It's hilarious watching the Wild right now. Such a sorry team with little hope for the future. I hope they pick it up a bit as the season goes along and once again finish in that 10-14 range.

They’ve easily got the worst outlook of any franchise. In today’s nhl it’s one thing to be bad and talentless, and another if you’re paying 3 over the hill players (suter, parise and Zucc) a combined $21m for the next 5 years (6 for suter and parise).

 

[Avsavsavsavsavs]

Gusev hasn't been perfect by any means definitely still getting used to the NHL, but man that guy is a gamer, wish we grabbed him.

 

[S3rkie]

If Weber had that kind of accuracy to hit a moving player 3/3 as hard as he was firing the puck dude would be a 40 goal scorer. He's just aiming on net, and Ek was crazy enough to get in the way of all 3.

But I guess I'd try and get a break from that wild team any way possible as well.

 

[henchman21]

Yeah there is zero chance that is intentional...

 

[Freudian]

Needs to change name to Joel Eriksson-Eek

 

[GirardSpinorama]

So you are saying Weber is as bad as EJ on getting shots through to the net?

No, Ek is just a good/fearless/stupid shot blocker.

 

[The Kingslayer]

So you are saying Weber is as bad as EJ on getting shots through to the net?

Lol nobody is worse than EJ in that regard....well maybe Sekera.

 

[Freudian]

Stars lose again and are 1-7-1. Assuming you need 95 points to make the playoff, they need 92 points in the remaining 73 games. That's 46-27-0 (or 40-21-12 etc) rest of the season. If they don't snap out of it quickly, they might be out of it after two months of the season.

 

[forsbergavs32]

These Oiler jerseys are hideous

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Neal scored again. 8 already.

How that team is winning with that lineup is very Avs 2013-14

 

[The Abusement Park]

Neal scored again. 8 already.

How that team is winning with that lineup is very Avs 2013-14

9 actually