Kronwall dangerous boarding against Matthews

[sharks9]

2 minute minor was deserved, but nothing more.

 

[Master P]

Same for Claude lemieux

digging deep on that one lol

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Too trigger happy here. Not much to see if it were anyone else!

A penalty.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Just a questionable penalty. I thought this was going to be a typical Kronwalling.

Eh, maybe not. Matthews does touch the puck, but its after Kronwall is already into his check. Not boarding though.

 

[TOGuy14]

It was a legal and strong looking hit that if not for Matthews notoriety would be overlooked if it happened in every single game this season.

It was completely legal if by legal you mean a the textbook definition of boarding

 

[bossram]

That is an unfortunate interference. Nothing more in my cleary unbiased non-homer opinion.

No I agree. I'm as big a Matthews fan as there is, but it just looks like an unfortunate collision. They're battling for position to get to the puck, Matthews probably ends up a bit off balance and crashes into the boards. It clearly was not in the numbers.

Just hope Auston is alright.

 

[Strangelove]

Is there a new rule against hitting Leaf players?

 

[bossram]

It was completely legal if by legal you mean a the textbook definition of boarding

It was very clearly not in the numbers. So no, it is not a textbook boarding.

 

[nucks88]

Is there a new rule against hitting Leaf players?

Wait for the 30 minute TSN special news feature on “ the hit” to get the answer....

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

5 and game I assume? ****ing dirty ass hit on a player who deosn't even have the puck. If he's injured I could easily see a few game suspension.

edit - sad to see so many biased leaf haters commenting in here. If it was their star player they would be up in arms, sigh.

Sometimes the irony that comes out of posts from Leafs fans is just brilliant. This would be one of those examples.




2 mins is borderline but fine since it was a couple feet away from the boards, but if Matthews hadn't put himself in the vulnerable position reaching for the puck and was more prepared for the hit Kronwall wouldn't have sent him flying like that either.. Anything more then 2 mins would have been an awful call.

 

[Christien]

Not thread worthy

 

[pown]

Still waiting for the OP to get 1 thread a week cap

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Still waiting for the OP to get 1 thread a week cap

Thats still 1 thread too many.

 

[Pens x]

Matthews looked like a baby giraffe skating towards the boards.

 

[taliababa]

It was completely legal if by legal you mean a the textbook definition of boarding

I guess if you can't read this could be true.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Have players forgotten this is a physical sport? You are rushing into the puck with opposition rushing to the puck with you, PROTECT YOURSELF!!!

What does Matthews do? He tries to poke at the puck and takes a hit.

 

[DJJones]

Pretty far away from the boards. Cant see anything else being necessary

 

[llamateizer]

what a waste of thread

 

[NotNotALeafsFan]

Looks shoulder to shoulder to me?

 

[tucker3434]

The landing was unfortunate but the hit itself didn’t seem lime a big deal to me.

 

[TOGuy14]

It was very clearly not in the numbers. So no, it is not a textbook boarding.

Checking from behind is not boarding, there is no mention of hitting a player "in the numbers" as part of the boarding definition...

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/rules/2018-2019-NHL-rulebook.pdf

Boarding – A boarding penalty shall be imposed on any player who checks or pushes a defenseless opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to hit or impact the boards violently or dangerously. The severity of the penalty, based upon the impact with the boards, shall be at the discretion of the Referee.

So yes, this is literally textbook boarding.

 

[Canadian Finn]

when the hit occurred I thought, gee, I wonder who is posting a useless thread in the mainboard.

and I am not surprised.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

2 minutes is fine. Surprised Matthews didn't shatter into a million pieces.

 

[Kimota]

Unfortunate accident

 

[The Worst One]

Good strong hockey play. Nothing to see here.