Dumba high hit on Backlund

Paralyzer

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If Calgary actually had a problem with the hit, Tkachuk should've taken care of things as he was on the ice and Dumba certainly is no Kassian.

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Kupo

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44 seconds in on the first replay. That's the moment of impact.

Both of Dumba's skates are on the ice at that point.

Backlund needs to keep his head up there.
 
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@FeatherHead It seems like you're expressing outrage, but the answers to most of your rhetorical questions are "actually, yes."

The current NHL rules still entirely tolerate hits to the head where the hit cannot be made without hitting the head. The general premise is that any player carrying the puck is allowed to be hit. There is no body position they can adopt to prevent a player from legally hitting them. As long as Dumba here keeps his feet on the ice prior to the hit, which he does, keeps his arms tucked, which he did, and plants the hit through the centre of Backlund's body, which he does, then head contact is deemed to be inevitable in the process of making a clean hit, and there is no violation of Rule 48 on the play.

The NHL is a different animal than the IIHF and (apparently) the NFL, though I don't know about that league's rules. In international hockey, all head hits are illegal, but the NHL still has very different rules.

And yet we've seen those "head down" hits get penalized often... The NHL doesn't agree with you or itself.
 

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The rule book will be a better rule book once it's changed to make any head contact, accidental or otherwise, an automatic suspension.

That would be a dumb ****ing rule considering the speed of the game and how easy it is for player to stumble, lose their balance, or simply turn.
 

StoneHands

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Wasn't a headshot.
I don't know what you define as a headshot but he clearly hits him with a shoulder to the head. I still don't think it was a dirty hit. Players need to stop lunging and putting them in a position to not be able to avoid major contact. If he's skating upright he's got a good chance to side step the bulk of that hit and completely avoid any contact to his head.
 

S E P H

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It was a total predatory hit by Dumba and not arguing anything against it and Wild are just plain garbage, but the Flames are just a bunch of psychopaths. If Bennett was on the ice there, he lose his ape **** and just go beyond crazy flinging crap and ice skates towards Dumba like he's Happy Gilmore two-point-o.
 

Edmonton East

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The rule book will be a better rule book once it's changed to make any head contact, accidental or otherwise, an automatic suspension.
People like you are ruining hockey.

Those who have this opinion generally fit two criteria:

1) They never played the game at any competitive level

AND

2) They skipped physics class in high school

Hopefully this doesn't get edited or deleted. People with this guy's viewpoint are literally ruining the game by over correcting a problem.
 
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Foppberg

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People like you are ruining hockey.

Those who have this opinion generally fit two criteria:

1) They never played the game at any competitive level

AND

2) They skipped physics class in high school

Hopefully this doesn't get edited or deleted. People with this guy's viewpoint are literally ruining the game by over correcting a problem.

Yup. Obviously want players to be safe... but not to be forgotten is that it's a physical game, the players know what they've signed up for, injuries are going to happen.
 

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