Colby Cave board on Aleksander Barkov

[Benched]

No call. Barkov sat on the bench for a few minutes then left and didn’t come back at around the 10 minute mark. Panthers won the game without him.

May have to do the same on Saturday to have a shot at the playoffs (if Philly loses).

Silver lining: Borgstrom plays Saturday.

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[A4T1L6]

who

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

looks unfortunate but not overly malicious

 

[Benched]

looks unfortunate but not overly malicious

When he turns his shoulder you gotta pull up. Rookie mistake to keep piling in. Or just stupidity.

 

[FlaPanthers11]

You hate to see a scrub take out a star but it wasn't dirty. Unnecessary sure but the guy is probably trying to to everything right and finish his check. Bad timing led to a bad result. Split second play.

 

[Grasshopperking]

Yeah, maybe also don't turn like that last second? Bad timing. Nothing more

 

[Trap Jesus]

He made a crazy last second turn to make a great pass. It cost him.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Late turn, not much could be done. He didn't drive through the hit, that's barely a 2 min IMO

PS not a Bruins fan at all.

 

[Martinez]

Title confused me. I had no idea Colby cave was a person

 

[Benched]

He made a crazy last second turn to make a great pass. It cost him.

Barkov always plays like that on the boards and has never been spiked. Just a dumb decision by Cave to not at least try to turn away from a hit. Rookie move and he should be put in his place. We play them Sunday, makeup game from a snow out, last game of the year. Paging Michael Haley.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Barkov always plays like that on the boards and has never been spiked. Just a dumb decision by Cave to not at least try to turn away from a hit. Rookie move and he should be put in his place. We play them Sunday, makeup game from a snow out, last game of the year. Paging Michael Haley.

Both of the replays you showed were in slow motion and it still looks like a split second decision. He went to finish his hit and Barkov turned at the last second. It's a non-issue. Unfortunate for Barkov that he was injured, but it was a risky play to make.

 

[Oates2Neely]

Barkov always plays like that on the boards and has never been spiked. Just a dumb decision by Cave to not at least try to turn away from a hit. Rookie move and he should be put in his place. We play them Sunday, makeup game from a snow out, last game of the year. Paging Michael Haley.

McQuaid will gladly feed Haley his lunch again...

 

[tapi]

Expecting several games. You don't go bona fide after a superstar like that. In the 90's he would have had his face smashed in.

 

[duxfan1101]

How much time did Cave even have to change his mind about the hit once Barkov turned toward the boards? Even in slow mo I could tell he had no time to react. Not to mention he didn't follow through at all. Honestly I think he did a good job minimizing the potential damage there.

Oh, and who the hell is Colby Cave?

 

[Harhis]

When he turns his shoulder you gotta pull up. Rookie mistake to keep piling in. Or just stupidity.

Do you realize that there is like 0.5 seconds between Barkov turning and hit landing?

 

[Android 16]

You can knock a player off the puck without leaving your feet. You leave your feet if your intent is to knock them into next week. He glided into Barkov, but both feet come off. Intending to do more than just separate man from puck imo.. Oh well. Barkov is basically done. Cave is a nothing player. Move on.

 

[missingchicklet]

A thread for "that"?

 

[canadianmagpie]

Yeah, that was more on Barkov than Cave. That was a late turn by Barkov so I don't think you'll see supplemental discipline for this one.

 

[Rygu]

Unfortunate if Barkov misses time, but there was nothing illegal done on that play.

 

[Ainec]

Barkov is one of my fav player

This is a dirty hit, however I don't think it's overly malicious. You're a rookie, the other team's top player has the puck in the offensive zone... clearly won't be able to stick check him so you go for the hit

 

[snipes]

The Finns will be out for blood when Suomi wakes up in a few hours

 

[Il Stugotz]

Would’ve guessed Colby Cave is a porn star by name alone.

Anyway it sucks if Barkov is hurt but this was just an unfortunate play that’s not even a penalty

 

[OVO16]

lmao who in the blue hell is Colby Cavs

 

[FinlandPanther]

McQuaid will gladly feed Haley his lunch again...

Mcquaid might be as good as Haley. That’s not a compliment.

 

[Beezeral]

Cave was looking to blow up Barkov not separate him from the puck. However Barkov turned late. No penalty necessary.