Hit on Weaver

[BaseballCoach]

If Garbutt's hit crushing Mike Weaver's head had been on another, more popular Hab player, fans would be calling for a ten-game suspension!

Of course, ten is too many, but from the angle I saw, that was nevertheless a hit where the back of the head was the principal point of contact, plus it was clearly boarding. A very, very dangerous hit that not only COULD result in an injury but DID.

The league has to at least review this from all angles.

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[ottawa]

Weaver is just dumb...2nd time he put himself in a dangerous situation. Neither of those hits were the hitters fault...you'd think he'd learn his lesson after the first hit from behind but nope, repeats the same mistake and gets injured this time.

 

[Hackett]

If Garbutt's hit crushing Mike Weaver's head had been on another, more popular Hab player, fans would be calling for a ten-game suspension!

Of course, ten is too many, but from the angle I saw, that was nevertheless a hit where the back of the head was the principal point of contact, plus it was clearly boarding. A very, very dangerous hit that not only COULD result in an injury but DID.

The league has to at least review this from all angles.

Garbutt was challenged a couple times after the play.

Not only did he not fight, he dove and drew a couple penalties... And I think he was the one to get the EN goal.

Pretty frustrating how that all worked out.

Lindy ruff teams seem to have this type of stamp going back to his buffalo days. Change up barnaby, grosek, kaleta etc... With roussel, and garbutt.

 

[dkd]

Garbutt was challenged a couple times after the play.

Not only did he not fight, he dove and drew a couple penalties... And I think he was the one to get the EN goal.

Pretty frustrating how that all worked out.

Lindy ruff teams seem to have this type of stamp going back to his buffalo days. Change up barnaby, grosek, kaleta etc... With roussel, and garbutt.

Prust tried to engage with him but he wouldn't. He knew he'd had to eat from a straw for a few weeks.

 

[cajmonkey]

The hit on Weaver looked worse than the Tangradi on Folin hit that got Tangradi a major and ejection from the game.

 

[habamillions]

The hit on Weaver looked worse than the Tangradi on Folin hit that got Tangradi a major and ejection from the game.

Different color of jersey.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Weaver is just dumb...2nd time he put himself in a dangerous situation. Neither of those hits were the hitters fault...you'd think he'd learn his lesson after the first hit from behind but nope, repeats the same mistake and gets injured this time.

Garbutt definitely did not need to hit Weaver like that after he played the puck. It was gratuitous, it was boarding, and it should probably have been supplemental discipline worthy.

 

[otto bond]

Garbutt definitely did not need to hit Weaver like that after he played the puck. It was gratuitous, it was boarding, and it should probably have been supplemental discipline worthy.

Call it what you want, he saw numbers and still laid into him. Where is the line?

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Call it what you want, he saw numbers and still laid into him. Where is the line?

I think people don't care that much because Weaver put himself in vulnerable positions constantly and that he's been playing poorly instead of Tinordi or Beaulieu to boot.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I like less how MTL never responded at all. Period.

Didn't turn up offense, didn't engage physically, and didn't even "force" him into a fight.

Just start force feeding Garbutt some punches, he either responds and fights or MTL is shorthanded in a game they were playing like crap once again anyhow

 

[Kimota]

meh I don't mind the two hits Weaver got, he just has to stop being an old fart dwarf.

 

[DJ Breadman]

the injury was a result of him being short, yet another reason to add to a long list of why we should stop signing/drafting/trading for midget players

 

[Habs]

the injury was a result of him being short, yet another reason to add to a long list of why we should stop signing/drafting/trading for midget players

You know that nothing you just wrote ,is correct, right?

 

[HCH]

You know that nothing you just wrote ,is correct, right?

Throw that comment in with Kimota's and it makes you wonder what kind of fans they really are.

 

[Kimota]

Throw that comment in with Kimota's and it makes you wonder what kind of fans they really are.

We're fans tired of the Habs hiring weak little people.

 

[Habs]

We're fans tired of the Habs hiring weak little people.

Yeah but, Weaver is built like a tank...

I agree this is a small team, pushed around too much, but it's not because of a guy like Weaver.

 

[dcyhabs]

Ruff teams get the calls, Therrien teams get phantom penalties.

 

[Kimota]

Yeah but, Weaver is built like a tank...

I agree this is a small team, pushed around too much, but it's not because of a guy like Weaver.

And those two hits says otherwise.