Chara crosscheck to Gallagher’s neck (Update: fined $5k)

[LouJersey]

Honest question...why the deflection? Me being a Leafs fan doesn't take away a crosscheck to the neck.

You whining about it makes no sense to me. He got a 2 min penalty like he should have.

 

[Brownies]

Isn't it cool that Montreal finally has something to talk about after yet another garbage season, even if it is as mundane as a two minute penalty?

edit : If hurting someone was your goal, this Habs fan sure felt it...

 

[skuzzycuzz]

It’s Boston so absolutely nothing will come of it!

 

[Liferleafer]

You whining about it makes no sense to me. He got a 2 min penalty like he should have.

Deflect
Deflect
Deflect

I'm not whining, i am just amused the lengths Bruins fans are going here. I mean you are allowed to be human and admit that maybe you shouldn't crosscheck a guy in the neck.

All good though. Have a great day.

 

[jbeck5]

Not to the face/neck it doesn't.

Before you go down that route, being taller isn't an excuse. See high sticking penalties and being in control of your stick.

But this is a cross check, and both players in the video attempted a cross check. Rulebook doesn't specify that neck is more punishable than stomach when it comes to cross checking.

If your argument is that Chara should have gotten a 2 min high sticking, then I can agree...or they should have both went for their crosschecks.

 

[BruinLVGA]

50 games as a makeup call for the pacioretty incident. In fact this untalented oaf should be kicked out of the league altogether.

Guaranteed Hall of Famer, more than 1500 games played, captained a team to the Stanley Cup.

 

[Realgud]

They won't suspend him and use the excuse "he has never been suspended before, so he won't be suspended". I'm not kidding, that happened before. I think it was on Pacioretty. That's the most illogical bs excuse ever. It's an infinite cycle so they never have to suspend him. The guy has been dirty his whole career and the NHL never took the time to suspend him.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Amazing how the two evil empires are joining forces on this one. Don't one of you have spring tee times to make, and the other to prepare for another first round exit (if you even make it?)

More like two homeless people shaking their fist at you because you're calmly strolling by in a nice suit and wearing a Rolex, with a big smile on your face, really.

 

[koyvoo]

Guaranteed Hall of Famer, more than 1500 games played, captained a team to the Stanley Cup.

Thing is, no is going to take that away from him. But in the same vain as guys like Messier and Bobby Clarke, who are also Hall of Fame Stanley Cup winning captains, we also can’t take away the fact that a part of their arsenal was/is being dirty players.

 

[ItWasJustified]

They literally both made the same attempt to cross check each other. One is just taller and more successful.

If cross checks disgust you, then you should stop watching hockey because they happen about 78 times a game.

You blind? Gallagher shoved Chara with his stick. Chara used 10 times the force. And if you're taller than the guy you're gonna cross check you better use your fornicating brain before and not cross check against the head area.

 

[Godzilla]

Par for the course with Chara. Nothing will happen OR even get looked at.

 

[haas]

This should be two games-you can't cross-check someone in the neck/face. I know when I played in that league-which is 26 years ago-that was a suspension.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

I feel like it is not a good thing for someone to crosscheck a guy in the neck.

Seems a bit greasy if you ask me.

 

[Therick67]

You blind? Gallagher shoved Chara with his stick. Chara used 10 times the force. And if you're taller than the guy you're gonna cross check you better use your fornicating brain before and not cross check against the head area.

Maybe because Chara is 10 times stronger. Gallagher was trying to get under Z's skin all night, maybe he will rethink that strategy next time.

It's a 2 minute penalty and it was called..

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Yes, if Weber crosschecked Krug the exact same way, I’m sure it would be forgotten by bruins fans seconds after the fact.

Deflect, deflect, deflect.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Thing is, no is going to take that away from him. But in the same vain as guys like Messier and Bobby Clarke, who are also Hall of Fame Stanley Cup winning captains, we also can’t take away the fact that a part of their arsenal was/is being dirty players.

Matter of opinion (in regards to Chara). But in any case... So what?

 

[BigBear83]

Chara has always been a P.O.S

And you would take him on your team any day of the week .

 

[sr edler]

Chara could drive onto the ice on an ice resurfacer fully loaded with mustard gas, chemical weapons, biochemical weapons, nuclear weapons and viking axes, and launch everything at once directly at someone's neck, and he still wouldn't get suspended even a game.

There's always some lame ass excuse with this guy. "It's not his fault he's so tall" (like being Nathan Gerbe short would give anyone a free pass to crosscheck someone in the balls). "He's never been suspended before" (everyone's never been suspended at one point in their careers), et cetera, et cetera.

I don't know what it is with Chara that makes people run to his defense faster than they would for friends and family.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Par for the course with Chara. Nothing will happen OR even get looked at.

The NHL was better when we appreciated toughness and defending oneself.

This and the Marchand-Petry scrum are good entertainment.

It's Bruins vs Habs. We should be seeing this. The officials handled it well.

 

[Loosie]

It's Chara and Boston....so no.

 

[MetM]

I'm no fan of the Habs, and I love Chara, but just seemed totally unnecessary and pretty hard to dispute that he's aiming for that general area.

Does Gallagher do a little flourish for the ref? Right after contact, he throws his head sideways to the left. Anyway, I don't really blame him if he did.

This.

He hits the collarbone area and it goes up to the neck (but not a direct brute force).
Stop calling it a "crosscheck to the face" guys, it's not.
Gallagher adds a little after (check the slowmo without bias) and no one can blame him for it, fair game.

 

[BruinLVGA]

You blind? Gallagher shoved Chara with his stick. Chara used 10 times the force. And if you're taller than the guy you're gonna cross check you better use your fornicating brain before and not cross check against the head area.

"10 times the force"...

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

It's Chara and Boston....so no.

You'll be surprised to see the NHL's only recent suspension went to a Bruin!

 

[Blueboy]

Add to the long list of dirty plays by the Bruins and Chara that will be brushed away without appropriate discipline.

Then Bruins fans will make a bigger scene when McAvoy embellishes again.

 

[MetM]

Looking back at what Kadri did and what Chara did tonight, both those cross checks are virtually the same.

I have no doubt you virtually made them the same in your mind.
Reality is something else though.