The notion of 'picks his head' is rubbish to me.
Things happen absurdly fast in an NHL game. Even in a beer league game you're skatingskatingskating-identifyatarget-trytohitthemiddleofit in like an 8th of a second. You aren't doing math and angles and you can't always anticipate how the opponent will move in that 8th of a second.
That said, this hit did look a bit worse than I originally thought in one of the alternate angles.
Why does Beagle have more icetime than Pettersson?
He dips his shoulder to come up at his head. I like hard hits as much as anyone. That clipped the head. There’s hits like Rome on Horton that are full body checks that also hit head but this clipped head and that mechanism of injury with the twist is a total brain injury creator.The notion of 'picks his head' is rubbish to me.
Things happen absurdly fast in an NHL game. Even in a beer league game you're skatingskatingskating-identifyatarget-trytohitthemiddleofit in like an 8th of a second. You aren't doing math and angles and you can't always anticipate how the opponent will move in that 8th of a second.
That said, this hit did look a bit worse than I originally thought in one of the alternate angles.
When 3 of your D men go down with injury ,(and another one will be suspended)....Thats a 'step back' for any team...This seems like more than a “step back”? @Pastor Of Muppetz
from a financial standpoint that makes more sense to an owner
fire the guy, and just have some rando in the clubhouse takeover to finish out the year.
There is no point to this hit. He hit a vulnerable player in garbage time. Just stupid and unnecesssry.
On the bright side, we can't get much worse!Where do we go from here.
Hey mods, I’m on my phone right now, can someone start the post game thread please!
Thanks
I'm thinking some ex-owner of the New Jersey Generals might make a better GM than Jim Benning.Lou Lam used to come down from his GM office and coach after firing a coach. Did it at least twice with the Devils.
Let Jim do it. He knows what he expected from all the crap he's got out there. Certainly he can get it out of them.
On the bright side, we can't get much worse!
Brutal butterfly by Demko....this kid's technical issues aren't going away. Hopefully somehow he gets some practice time soon.
Also before the dumb Myers penalty I was going to say that he got beaten 6 times by being on his knees too much and he's still casually watching the play in the corner from his post....unbelievable. Really on Clark/CLoutier that this hasn't been addressed at all in three seasons.
On the bright side, we can't get much worse!
Screw that, why should Holtby be punished? Travis Green should start in net4 of 6 D potentially out Saturday. Have fun, Holtby.