theYman
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Buff's lucky Granlund's skate didn't hit him in the head.
^this Not sure but I think Big Buff would've been out for awhile too.
Buff's lucky Granlund's skate didn't hit him in the head.
Things like this are why I keep arguing for suspensions for interference calls...its an illegal play that resulted in an injury...same premise as a check from behind or slash or anything suspend-able...there was intent and it was illegal and resulted in an injury.
Sure its a case of a much bigger guy demolishing a smaller guy which is part of the game but only when legal...you have to have the puck...
edit to clarify the hit was in no way a huge deal, and by suspend-able I mean the bare minimum 1 game, I just wanna see a precedent sent for hurting guys on interference calls to maybe try to check it a little bit.
eh, he rag dolls people suter's size too. Buff is 6'5 265, hes one of the biggest guys in the NHL and possibly the strongest.The injury precedence does get taken into effect, but in this rare scenario, so does the size difference. If this is Ryan Suter coming down the ice, do you really think Buff is throwing him around like that with ease?
probably doesn't occur if the player is bigger because Buff wouldn't be able to toss him around the way he does Granlund
Clothesline from hell.
Granted it was from the Wild - Jets game on Saturday, not tonight's game but I think it deserves a thread now that Granlund is out for at least a month due to wrist surgery from the hit. Looks like he landed on his wrist the wrong way.
I guess the argument is if the hit was legal or not but to me it wasn't illegal. This is just a case of a big strong hockey player throwing a small player around like a rag doll.
This is what would happen if I ever played in an NHL game.
Someday a player will be seriously injured by hits of this nature. It might be a big man on little man run in but Granlund was off balance and unaware. He has no time to brace himself.
I know a penalty was called but these things IMO need be outlawed before serious injury occurs.