David Backes vs Clayton Stoner

[uncommonsense52]

We'll use the Hockey Fights video.

0:08

Here we see Stoner grab a Blues player from behind around the neck.

0:09

Oshie grabs Stoner from behind to pull him off of whoever he is strangling from behind.

0:17
Here, in the top right, we can see Stoner roughing up Oshie after Oshie had grabbed him.

0:25
Stoner attempts to throw a punch. It is unclear if he is aiming for Oshie and misses, or is aiming at the incoming Backes and misses.

These two possibilities lead us to two conclusions:

1) Stoner was going to punch Oshie, in which case Backes was coming in to defend Oshie.

2) Stoner threw the first punch (though it missed) in the Stoner/Backes altercation.

0:26
Backes first punch lands (after the ambiguous Stoner punch).

So again, who instigates what here? Oshie pulls Stoner off a Blue he was strangling. Stoner throws a punch before Backes.

 

[rynryn]

We'll use the Hockey Fights video.

0:08

Here we see Stoner grab a Blues player from behind around the neck.

0:09

Oshie grabs Stoner from behind to pull him off of whoever he is strangling from behind.

0:17
Here, in the top right, we can see Stoner roughing up Oshie after Oshie had grabbed him.

0:25
Stoner attempts to throw a punch. It is unclear if he is aiming for Oshie and misses, or is aiming at the incoming Backes and misses.

These two possibilities lead us to two conclusions:

1) Stoner was going to punch Oshie, in which case Backes was coming in to defend Oshie.

2) Stoner threw the first punch (though it missed) in the Stoner/Backes altercation.

0:26
Backes first punch lands (after the ambiguous Stoner punch).

So again, who instigates what here? Oshie pulls Stoner off a Blue he was strangling. Stoner throws a punch before Backes.

absolutely hilarious.

instead, why not just look at the video instead of showing snapshots and adding your own captions that are speculative at best.

 

[MK9]

Interesting what those blue glasses have you seeing. Assemble the pics any way you want. Argue it all you like. Don't let the facts get in the way. It was an entertaining 2 games. We'll take our 4 points and see you in a few weeks.

 

[WildisLaw]

Oshie ties up Stoner, they twirl around nothing towards any fighting, Backes freaks out when he spots that out of the corner of his eye and makes a bigger deal out of it then it was. Starts throwing punches and then gets his ass kicked. The end.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Strangling? Be more dramatic. You see that **** all the time.

 

[CaseyJones65]

We'll use the Hockey Fights video.

0:08

Here we see Stoner grab a Blues player from behind around the neck.

0:09

Oshie grabs Stoner from behind to pull him off of whoever he is strangling from behind.

0:17
Here, in the top right, we can see Stoner roughing up Oshie after Oshie had grabbed him.

0:25
Stoner attempts to throw a punch. It is unclear if he is aiming for Oshie and misses, or is aiming at the incoming Backes and misses.

These two possibilities lead us to two conclusions:

1) Stoner was going to punch Oshie, in which case Backes was coming in to defend Oshie.

2) Stoner threw the first punch (though it missed) in the Stoner/Backes altercation.

0:26
Backes first punch lands (after the ambiguous Stoner punch).

So again, who instigates what here? Oshie pulls Stoner off a Blue he was strangling. Stoner throws a punch before Backes.

I'm sorry, but it seems as though you omitted a shot of Backes getting COMPLETELY OWNED by Stoner.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

The video shows that Stoner does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to Oshie. And that punch you froze was, at worst, simultaneous. Two guys squared off, one of them won.

And the guy in your first picture isn't even Stoner, it's Cullen. And your 4th picture isn't a punch, it's reaching for Backes' collar, perhaps he was looking to fight Backes, considering he was throwing gloved haymakers at our guy (I believe it was Clutterbuck). Grasping at straws...

 

[uncommonsense52]

The video shows that Stoner does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to Oshie. And that punch you froze was, at worst, simultaneous. Two guys squared off, one of them won.

And the guy in your first picture isn't even Stoner, it's Cullen. And your 4th picture isn't a punch, it's reaching for Backes' collar, perhaps he was looking to fight Backes, considering he was throwing gloved haymakers at our guy (I believe it was Clutterbuck). Grasping at straws...

No, it's Stoner, not Cullen. Watch the video closely. Number 7 moves out of view to the left of the scrum while Number 4 grabs around a Blues player, and then is grabbed by Oshie.

Who are number 7 and 4 on your roster, please?

If the punches were simultaneous, how come they aren't both in the shot? If they were simultaneous, they would both be in the shot.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

No, it's Stoner, not Cullen. Watch the video closely. Number 7 moves out of view to the left of the scrum while Number 4 grabs around a Blues player, and then is grabbed by Oshie.

Who are number 7 and 4 on your roster, please?

If the punches were simultaneous, how come they aren't both in the shot? If they were simultaneous, they would both be in the shot.

I have. 5 times now. #7 is Cullen, and Cullen is the one in your picture. Stoner is #4 and he comes from by the net over to where Cullen already is.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And please explain Backes' haymakers on Clutterbuck. Are you saying he wasn't asking for something to happen? He threw the first actual punches of the whole ordeal. You say he coming to Oshie's aid, I could very easily say that Stoner was coming to Clutterbuck's aid.

At 11 seconds of the video, by the way.

 

[Fel 96]

 

[uncommonsense52]

I have. 5 times now. #7 is Cullen, and Cullen is the one in your picture. Stoner is #4 and he comes from by the net over to where Cullen already is.

Since my captions seem to be in dispute, I'll just do this one like a flip book.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Ha! I didn't even notice Stoner in the background at first look. On hockey day, Minnesota blood shall be shed...

 

[Fel 96]

Wild feed.



Slow-mo replay @ 1:48 = amazing.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And I just noticed that Backes tried to sneak a left in on him while they were down on the ice. Hmmm...

Oh man, if he would've connect on the uppercut, it could've been way worse.

 

[El Nino22]

at :08 its Zanon. Notice the red beard

 

[Celtic Note]

A Minnesota-Blues TROLLFEST. Congrats to pretty much everyone here for partaking.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

A Minnesota-Blues TROLLFEST. Congrats to pretty much everyone here for partaking.

We have differing opinions on what happened at the end of the game. How is that trolling? Man, after "classy" and "karma", that's a word that gets thrown around too much.

 

[rynryn]

i'm not even mad. I love when high profile players on a team show emotion, get fired up, and are willing to fight. May not always be the wise choice, but it shows you actually give a **** about what is going on, how your team looks, and what is happening to your team mates. We need some of that on our top lines.

 

[Fel 96]

I'm amazed by the amount of Wild fans in this thread.

 

[mnwildfan79]

Since my captions seem to be in dispute, I'll just do this one like a flip book.

Haha flipbook. Dude there is HD video of the event. Your flipbook shows Stoner pulling Backes off Clutterbuck. Why wouldn't he do that? Backes was throwing gloved punches at a much smaller player.

 

[luiginb]

Wild feed.



Slow-mo replay @ 1:48 = amazing.

Wow, Stoner's knuckles were all bloodied up.

 

[RandallRitchey]

Backes and Janssen both lost.
Backes got his tail whopped. Plan and simple, that was a fight he shouldn't have been in.

But the Wild announces on the D'Agostini fight cracks me up.

"D'Agostini is just holding on now."
Barker didn't even through a punch, and D'Agger had a few land.

 

[loadie]

Not sure what team the feed was from in the D'Ago fight, but there certainly wasn't much said, maybe because he handled the much bigger Barker?

 

[RandallRitchey]

Not sure what team the feed was from in the D'Ago fight, but there certainly wasn't much said, maybe because he handled the much bigger Barker?

That was the Wild feed. Here is the Blues feed.