therealkoho
Him/Leaf/fan
Craig Button thinks 4 games, 2 for each incident He also said that the head was the principal point of contact on the Granlund hit
and Mike Johnston said that Kadri left his skates, good hit bad result
For all of you saying the Backstrom hit was incidental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQXQQ38jFE
I love the leafs, but Kadri's elbow was way more intentional than the Gionta hit, and you guys went nuts about that hit. Homerism is such a stupid part of any fan base. I would assume that being such a knowledgeable fan base that there would be some sort of objectivity with stuff like this. Kadri was reckless and cost us the game last night. I'm starting to think the kid doesn't have much between the ears. His hockey IQ might be through the roof, but in regards to self control and motivation, he seems to be lacking.
And kudos on the "hockey isn't for pansies" comments. Concussions are a very serious issue in all of sports. Lives can be ruined. If any of our players got hit like Granlund we would be screaming bloody murder.
it's awfully crowded down there and Kadri was snaking his way in, Kadri's lead skate makes contact with Backstroms left pad outside the crease just as he's pirouetting toward the net throwing off his balance and sending his body forward into Backstrom. If you've ever been on skates the natural inclination when you're going down is to put your hands out in front of you to keep yourself from face planting. It was a accident pure and simple
the Gionta hit was much different see for yourself, Gionta is skating towards Reimer and has a complete view of him the whole time, he sticks his elbow out at the last moment earholing James
http://youtu.be/ZOQXQQ38jFE
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