Autographed photo of Reaves hit on Tom Wilson 'destroyed'

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Photographs signed by Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves that celebrated his hit that concussed Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilsonhave been "destroyed," according to the Knights.

On Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Reaves caught Wilson admiring his pass and laid him out with an open-ice hit. Wilson's helmet came off, and his head hit the ice, leaving him concussed. Reaves was ejected from the game with a major interference penalty.

"That was a man's game out there," Reaves said after the game. "I thought he was just looking at his pass, and he ran into a lion in the jungle."

After the game, Inscriptagraphs, a Las Vegas-based memorabilia company, began selling a photo that showed Reaves looking down at an injured Wilson, whose head was in his hands and whose face was down on the ice. The photo was signed by Reaves in red ink and inscribed with his postgame boast: "He ran into a lion in the jungle."

Capitals fans, including the blog Russian Machine Never Breaks, took notice of the photograph and railed against it being in poor taste, considering that Wilson is currently out of the lineup because of the concussion.

On Thursday afternoon, Inscriptagraphs removed the photo from its website, and a copy of it that had been for sale on eBay was taken down as well.

A request for comment from Inscriptagraphs wasn't returned. Eric Tosi, vice president of communications and content for the Golden Knights, told ESPN that "the photos were not distributed and they have been destroyed."

Reaves didn't receive any supplemental discipline for his hit on Wilson, as the two battled all game.

"Reaves targeted him the entire game," Capitals coach Todd Reirden said after the game.

"You could hear it on every faceoff. You could hear the things that were being said, and it's a blindside hit where an unsuspecting player hits his head on the ice. That's disappointing. You can put two and two together, but he targeted him the entire game."

Wilson was suspended by the NHL's Department of Player Safety for the first 14 games of the season for an illegal check to the head during the preseason. He has been suspended four times since September 2017.

Knights: Signed pics of Reaves' hit 'destroyed'

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[John Price]

Just seems like poor taste to have something like that sold.

 

[crackdown44]

I mean I don’t have a problem with it but I understand why some people would and that it’s probablyyyyyy in poor taste

 

[CookiesAndMilk]

The hit already was enough of a "punishment". You don't have to humiliate him on top of that. That's just cheap and shows you're even worse than Tom Wilson.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Just seems like poor taste to have something like that sold.

Well the photo is just that, a photo

Meanwhile Tom Wilson will return to the ice and injure somebody else

Im pretty sure I know which leaves a poorer taste in my mouth

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

2018....

The Capitals whining is very ironic.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

But, but, his "personality"!

 

[StrangeVision]

The hit already was enough of a "punishment". You don't have to humiliate him on top of that. That's just cheap and shows you're even worse than Tom Wilson.

Nah, Wilson deserves every bit of this.

 

[Phil68]

Tom Wilson will not i repeat wants no parts of Reaves in a 1 on 1.. Lmao. Wilson has been dealth with.

 

[FeatherHead]

It would appear that it’s a popular opinion here that because Tom Wilson has undoubtedly made some questionable hits in his career that not only is it not therefore dirty when someone else does it to him, that it’s deserved.

Torch and pitchfork crowd.

Had Wilson done that to Reaves, he’d be suspended, again, and people would be losing their ****.

Moving goalposts. No standards.

 

[CookiesAndMilk]

Nah, Wilson deserves every bit of this.

I'm not against punishing him in general but leave it on the ice. Fight him, hit him, I don't really care. He's an idiot. But signing such pictures? That's just idiotic.

 

[EhlersChin]

No big deal, Tommy Boy doesnt need a signed photo he will remember the moment he was physically abused and left facedown by the lion. If Tommy was gonna run scared against LV he could have saved himself a concussion by taking a healthy scratch. There's always a alternative Tommy Boy, dont be scared.

 

[mashedpotato]

I am a fan of neither of the two players - I think they should just fight each other and get it over with.

 

[Midnight Judges]

No league should be tolerating the outright celebration of a brain injury.

I question the decency of any fan who would either, regardless of the victim.

 

[Midnight Judges]

I am a fan of neither of the two players - I think they should just fight each other and get it over with.

They already have. Twice.

Fights don't actually serve to end these types of disputes.

 

[CookiesAndMilk]

No league should be tolerating the outright celebration of a brain injury.

I question the decency of any fan who would either, regardless of the victim.

Well said.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Glorifying Reaves and putting Wilson down (figuratively and literally) is the biggest hipocrisy in the NHL..

 

[McDLT]

This was taped to almost every door in my office this morning. I am not a fan. I dislike Reaves, and I REALLY dislike Wilson. I think that the league would be a better place without these two players in it, so I kind of hope that they repeatedly concuss/suspend themselves into retirement.

 

[StrangeVision]

I'm not against punishing him in general but leave it on the ice. Fight him, hit him, I don't really care. He's an idiot. But signing such pictures? That's just idiotic.

I don't understand this. The injuries Wilson caused didn't stay on the ice, did they? If he can affect other players on and off the ice, he's fair game for the same treatment.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

This has already been discussed and the thread locked. We don't need to discuss it a second time.