Matheson/Pettersson Incident | Matheson Receives Two Game Suspension
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SillyRabbit
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The bottom line for a play like this is simple:
Did Pettersson have the ability to protect himself?
- Matheson’s stick was between his legs, effectively tripping him and making him lose his balance
- Pettersson’s back is to Matheson, making him unable to properly stand his ground
- Matheson shoves Pettersson to the ice with an extremely long follow through, placing all his weight on top of Pettersson’s head as he drives it into the ice
From my perspective, there was pretty much nothing that Pettersson could have done differently on this play to protect himself except “weigh more” or “not dangle the hell out of Matheson 4 seconds earlier.”
In today’s NHL, neither of those should be a prerequisite for not getting a concussion.
Did Pettersson have the ability to protect himself?
- Matheson’s stick was between his legs, effectively tripping him and making him lose his balance
- Pettersson’s back is to Matheson, making him unable to properly stand his ground
- Matheson shoves Pettersson to the ice with an extremely long follow through, placing all his weight on top of Pettersson’s head as he drives it into the ice
From my perspective, there was pretty much nothing that Pettersson could have done differently on this play to protect himself except “weigh more” or “not dangle the hell out of Matheson 4 seconds earlier.”
In today’s NHL, neither of those should be a prerequisite for not getting a concussion.
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I said it was a fine hit.
And you seem to denying the fact that Matheson got spanked and embarrassed all over the ice Pettersson.
You just seem to be denying how weak Matheson is as a "hockey" player.
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would you blame the victim if it was Marner who got a stick between his legs so he was unable to protect himself when contact is made and then got thrown down to the ice?
why not hold plugs responsible for hurting other players instead of just telling skilled players "lol get rekt" when someone makes an illegal check on them? it's super toxic
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Two minutes for roughing or interference.
Not his problem that the kid is 160 pounds and dies from a hand to the chest.
Against the rules, yup; two minute penalty.
Not his problem that the kid is 160 pounds and dies from a hand to the chest.
Against the rules, yup; two minute penalty.
Sergei Shirokov
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That Thompson crosscheck was nasty. Good on the Flames for coming to his defense. Would have been nice if our players did that last night.
I watched Gaudreau take a big hit from Virtanen just a few games back in Calgary, Jake even got a penalty on it. Still have yet to see someone pin/can-opener/slam JG after the play had gone by though.
RainingRats
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I have Literally said multiple times in this thread that he got beat and has been beaten before many times. Like other young defenders he struggles with consistency. Facts escape you.
Pettersson needs to learn to defend himself
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Matheson needs to learn to defend period
end of story.
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Matheson needs to learn to defend period
end of story.
cowboy82nd
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Shh. Facts won't deter the troglodytes from defending their goon of choice. They should stick to old VHS tapes of Rock em sock em hockey, WWE, and that chainsaw scene from Scarface.
HandshakeLineRespect
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I don't think he should get suspended at all. It warranted a two minute roughing call but this is hockey. It is a tough sport or at least should be.
BigGulpsEh
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I think the throw down was too much and matheson is a big baby for doing it. He was just upset he got dangled and flopping around.
I do think Pettersson isn’t physically strong and easily got manhandled
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stick between the legs and shoving a player, putting them on their ass because you force them off balance and make it impossible to protect themselves from any contact. it's stupid and basically a slew foot
SillyRabbit
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Because it didn’t happen to their star player.
We as hockey fans should be interested in protecting all players from injury.
However people let their hatred and jealousy of certain teams cloud their judgement and end up being total hypocrites.
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he'll get suspended for making a retaliatory hit after getting embarassed by EP, giving EP a can opener and forcing him downwards towards the ice resulting in a head injury
cowboy82nd
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So, is fighting. And in the real world, if a person is shooting a hard rubber disk at me, I would also sue.
Using the feet/stick to knock an opposing players legs out from under them. It's why Pettersson was nearly horizontal after being shoved into the boards, only to follow up with some kind of wrestling slam into the ice.
Cheers, mate.
I suppose on the bigger ice of the SEL facing the boards is a lower risk play, but I shudder whenever I see NHL players do it. They should always be in a position to defend themselves when taking a check. Assuming an opponent will make the safe play is foolhardy, because sometimes they won't, intentionally or not, and when you're back is turned there's nothing you can do about it.
Again, I'm not blaming Petts for being abused like that at the end of the play, but some onus has to be on the player taking the check to defend himself properly.
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But if it the same thing happens to Clutterbuck does Matheson get a call? Of course not.
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