blankall
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- Jul 4, 2007
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I didn’t mention the head contact at all in my post, more focused on the blindside nature of the hit. Chiasson definitely is not at fault there, doesn’t lower his head at last second or at inopportune time. Trying to bat a puck out of mid air with Hamonic coming from the blindside at an extreme angle, nothing he could’ve done. No player will be able to see and protect himself in this scenario so usually the defending player will avoid the hit or try to minimize the impact. That didn’t happen. I don’t think Hamonic purposefully saw that and took advantage but he did initiate the hit and should’ve known not to. His reaction afterwards backs that up. It was a mistake
I’m not going to argue if it’s thread worthy as that’s not up for any of us to decide and the personal attack really isn’t needed
We must be watching different videos. Chiasson's head is up at the beginning of the video, as he looks to intercept the puck in mid air. Then he lowers his head into Hamonic. How is that not last second? Chiasson's head looks to be following the puck. The puck starts high and ends low, and so does Chiasson's head.