McDavid Crashes Into Net; Helped Off Ice

[SI90]

Really hope he’s ok and it’s not serious. Definitely the icing on the cake of a frustrating season.

 

[CartographerNo611]

That’s a loss to hockey. People saying Gio intentionally did it need to be slapped and sent back to pre school.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

Think on it for a moment, you'll sort it out.

That's pretty twisted thinking, but considering that the Oilers board is now calling for people to decapitate Johnny Hobbit, I'm not surprised.

 

[Super Hans]

Not a fan of the way Gio has played at times over the years (kneeing incidents), but I can't put this one on him.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Stupid play by a stupid player in a meaningless game.

Giordano's an idiot.

I guess you'll never played competitive sports. You don't stop defending just because it's a ''meaningless'' game.

 

[Hank Plank]

Wtf does Gio think he's going to accomplish there. Stupid unnecessary play injures the game's best player in a meaningless game.

Wonder if the NHL will finally stick up for McDavid. Suspend him for a playoff game.

If the game is meaningless then why did McDavid drive the net at top speed?

 

[The Madrigal]

I love how every time McDavid gets hurt it's because someone ''cheap shotted'' him. Same thing happened with Manning. News flash, he's allowed to be hit just like any other player. Both situations were hockey plays that resulted in fluke injuries.

 

[Zybalto]

Gio was trying to make a good play there but in the end was a reckless challenge.

Was dirty in the sense there was a penalty called but that's going to be it......at least from the league.

 

[Jyrki Lumme]

If he broke his leg, it makes no sense because the net dislodged. And the reason the net dislodged was because of the Stamkos incident and to prevent players at high speed breaking their legs from crashing into the post. So it makes no sense to me if that McDavid would break his leg because the NHL made changes after the Stamkos incident to intentionally make nets easy to dislodge.

If I rear end a car and it gets pushed forward, doesn't mean my car isn't gonna get damaged.

 

[Mez]

That was an accident...I know it sucks but there was no dirty play there.

 

[Satan]

I cant believe we lost Bob Cole and Connor McDavid in the same night

 

[SullivanT]

This is so ridiculous.

He dove right at his feet to take him out it was completely uncalled for. It wasn't even a hockey play

 

[Dominance]

For f***’s sake.

At least he’s got a long offseason, 6+ months with no pressure to rush anything (because you know the Oilers management would if they could). I f***ing hate that this happened but trying to look on the bright side, shins usually heal without lasting damage like one could expect from an ankle, right? I’m no doctor. Someone please tell me I’m right.

 

[McRpro]

That's pretty twisted thinking, but considering that the Oilers board is now calling for people to decapitate Johnny Hobbit, I'm not surprised.

Can you really blame Oilers fans for being a little irrational and bloodthirsty? We've been kicked in the nuts forever and now this. Sigh.....

 

[North Cole]

So he should've just backed off completely?

Bud, go through the thought process here. You're Giordano, the game is tied, and the world's fastest player is bearing down on you and about to blow by. You're just gonna let him go?

It was fast, and it was an accident. There's no reason that Gio would want to take out McDavid at all.

Yeah he totally should have tried to back off. Instead of doing anything. In fact, I think he should have started skating to his bench, realizing that he was going to get scored on and try to salvage his +/-. Is that enough of a reach to answer your dumb question?

Didn't suggest he needed to back off, most guys when beat by that much just hook or try to grab, he was already totally beat and the puck was Connors stick length and the other side of his body away... Gio likes to do dumb things that "happen fast". Everyone in the league knows that when Connor has that step, you're beat. Throwing a hail mary into someone's legs isn't an intelligent play, 'bud'.

 

[BruinsBtn]

In what world would his legs banging together be the more likely cause of injury than his leg slamming into a metal post?

Torque

 

[LGB]

Maybe I'm just a bad lip reader, but I don't see him saying that.

 

[Snakepit]

Yeesh I get the frustration but anyone who says that's a dirty play is watching with blinders on

Hope McDavid is ok

 

[Hank Plank]

I cant believe we lost Bob Cole and Connor McDavid in the same night

Connor will be back.

 

[nbwingsfan]

If the nhl doesn’t protect the face of the league from a dirty play like that, star players are gonna be dropping like flies.

A dirty play is now diving for the puck? Wow, whole lot of dirty plays every game...?

 

[FourRings]

I really hope it’s something minor. Hate to see something like this happen to any player, let alone the face of the league.

 

[Iggys Dome]

Don’t think he broke his leg, sensationalist title good job OP. Giordano didn’t mean to hurt McD, he immediately asked him how he was feeling after.

And I really, really hope for hockey’s sake this isn’t a recurring thing. This sport is better when McDavid is at his best.

 

[Tkachuky]

He dove right at his feet to take him out it was completely uncalled for. It wasn't even a hockey play

He dove with his stick. Jesus look at he replay. McDavid graves his stick and they crashed the net. Ref called tripping.

If he doesn’t get injured, nobody bats an eye or complain that’s dirty play.

 

[coopooter]

Im sure it's not a broken leg. He would have been screaming. It's his knee and i think it happened when his legs collided, not when his leg hits the post.

You must have a low pain threshold
I had a tibial plateau fracture (shattered the crap out of my knee) skiing
I tried to ski down with it broke

 

[FytinSioux]

I’m surprised McDavid isn’t hurt more with the way he goes to the net 1,000 mph. Don’t want the guy to hold back but at the same time, all it takes is a play like this and any contact at that speed isn’t going to end well.