Brendan Lemieux jump and head shot on Michal Kempny

[Royale With Cheese]

Lemieux is a loser.

No idea where he would learn this behaviour.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

He should sit for that IMO

 

[Unpredictable1]

The Caps' announcers are a special kind of terrible but here's a full clip, unfortunately not showing a better angle. In the speed of the game, I think Lemieux was timing a solid shoulder to shoulder - but people calling for 5 games? Give me a break. That's a strong Wilson-type hit.

 

[Heldig]

Looked like a solid hit to me. We can't be calling for suspensions every time a player throws a big hit, can we?

 

[Daz28]

I don't like the term head SHOT cuz it assumes a guy was "shooting" for it. Most times it happens he prob wasn't "shooting" for his head

 

[Human]

Wilson’d... But seriously from that angle, that isn’t saying much, it looks like a case of Kempny being too short...

 

[Noldo]

Stupid question but should Kempny be eligible for a check at that point at the first place? He had already played the puck forward and Lemieux merely prohibited him from joining the play as it went to Rangers end?

 

[Eisen]

Stupid question but should Kempny be eligible for a check at that point at the first place? He had already played the puck forward and Lemieux merely prohibited him from joining the play as it went to Rangers end?

He should not. But the NHL is bad at interpreting it's own rules.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Stupid question but should Kempny be eligible for a check at that point at the first place? He had already played the puck forward and Lemieux merely prohibited him from joining the play as it went to Rangers end?

He should not. But the NHL is bad at interpreting it's own rules.

That’s absolutely not interference...and he was certainly eligible to be hit.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

The Caps' announcers are a special kind of terrible but here's a full clip, unfortunately not showing a better angle. In the speed of the game, I think Lemieux was timing a solid shoulder to shoulder - but people calling for 5 games? Give me a break. That's a strong Wilson-type hit.

I guess an elbow to the face is shoulder to shoulder if you stretch things out...

 

[Barrie22]

I have seen cap fans call alot worse hits then this clean when thrown by the king of the dirty hits.

 

[Midnight Judges]

I have seen cap fans call alot worse hits then this clean when thrown by the king of the dirty hits.

Fans of all teams have done this. Every fanbase has their homers.

 

[JoVel]

The Caps' announcers are a special kind of terrible but here's a full clip, unfortunately not showing a better angle. In the speed of the game, I think Lemieux was timing a solid shoulder to shoulder - but people calling for 5 games? Give me a break. That's a strong Wilson-type hit.

So 5 games is the bare minimum?