Miscellaneous NHL Discussion: "The March is On" edition

[ajgoal]

Wyatt has 6 points in 4 AHL games.......and all 3 leading scorers for Rockford are defensemen. 2 of which (Beaudin and Kalynuk) have played 3 and 4 out of 10 games. Goofy shit right there.

Fortunately, Kalynuk was only the 15th best Flyers prospect when he left the organization.

Where does that fall on the Hagg - Prosser defenseman axis?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

He sure gave a glowing one to Skinner after scoring his 1st of the season.

Krueger on his way out of Buffalo at this point.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

First time watching Lankinen for a full 60. Dude is good.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Chicago lost Hayes so it evens out.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

We got Mike Vecchione :/

who?

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Cernak just got K.O.'d. Damn.

Hawks twitter suggesting "clean hit", "clean hit to his chest", "chest was hit first", "Clean hit barley jump" [sic], and "Got this call wrong not even a penalty". Glad to see they've grown in hockey understanding since the cups, the true die-hards who stuck around.

Edit: My goodness. Check the team's official account, you can scroll through hundreds of tweets of defense before stumbling across the word 'dirty'. Is Flyers twitter this bad? I feel like we tend to eat out own more than usual.

 

[Rebels57]

Not surprised it was that scumbag Murphy.

That was a reckless hit and he should get suspended. He should have hit through Cernaks left shoulder. There was no way to hit him in the chest from the angle.

 

[ajgoal]

Dear god, NBC pumping up Jack Hughes because he's an American. Guy's a bust folks. Let it goooooo

 

[Tripod]

Dear god, NBC pumping up Jack Hughes because he's an American. Guy's a bust folks. Let it goooooo

I will take that bet.

 

[ajgoal]

I will take that bet.

I am almost always never serious.

 

[Tripod]

I am almost always never serious.

 

[ajgoal]

I should figure out how to make that what it says under my avatar.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

It boggles my mind that Rinaldo is still employed by an NHL team

 

[ellja3]

It boggles my mind that Rinaldo is still employed by an NHL team

Same applies to Hagg/Prosser, but here we are.

 

[YP44]

What's the season series at for Pens vs Flyers now?

Bet a Penquin's fan a bottle of whiskey on the season series at the start of the year.

 

[ajgoal]

What's the season series at for Pens vs Flyers now?

Bet a Penquin's fan a bottle of whiskey on the season series at the start of the year.

3-2 Flyers, I think.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Same applies to Hagg/Prosser, but here we are.

And of course the Flyers are tied to all of them.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Hawks twitter suggesting "clean hit", "clean hit to his chest", "chest was hit first", "Clean hit barley jump" [sic], and "Got this call wrong not even a penalty". Glad to see they've grown in hockey understanding since the cups, the true die-hards who stuck around.

Edit: My goodness. Check the team's official account, you can scroll through hundreds of tweets of defense before stumbling across the word 'dirty'. Is Flyers twitter this bad? I feel like we tend to eat out own more than usual.

Reminds me of Steve Downie on Dean McAmmond

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Reminds me of Steve Downie on Dean McAmmond

Thought the same, actually.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Thought the same, actually.

Almost the exact same spot on the ice, Downie may have left his feet a bit more than Murphy did but it's basically the same hit. Downie was suspended for 20 games on the hit after receiving a 5 and a game. This is a preseason game in the first pro season of Downie's career, so no history prior to this.

 

[deadhead]

What was wrong with that hit? Looks similar to the hit inflicted on Friedman by Friedman, that is, hit to the body that snapped the head, not a head hunting hit and not boarding.

It looks like he was trying to plant his butt into Cernak's mid-section.

 

[PALE PWNR]

What was wrong with that hit? Looks similar to the hit inflicted on Friedman by Friedman, that is, hit to the body that snapped the head, not a head hunting hit and not boarding.

It looks like he was trying to plant his butt into Cernak's mid-section.

His shoulder/back go directly into Cernak's jaw....
While leaving his feet.... or "launching upwards into the hit" as the NHL DoPS would say.

 

[deadhead]

His shoulder/back go directly into Cernak's jaw....
While leaving his feet.... or "launching upwards into the hit" as the NHL DoPS would say.

Actually, that's not what I see, I see him hitting Cernak's midsection with his butt, but Cernak's momentum slams his upper body into the back - if anything, I think the angle was chosen to avoid boarding that might have occurred if he hits him shoulder to shoulder and spins him into the boards.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Actually, that's not what I see, I see him hitting Cernak's midsection with his butt, but Cernak's momentum slams his upper body into the back - if anything, I think the angle was chosen to avoid boarding that might have occurred if he hits him shoulder to shoulder and spins him into the boards.

I'm not sure how you can watch that and say he hit him in his mid-section, he's clearly launching into the hit which leads to a higher point of contact.

 

[deadhead]

Because Cernak's upper body hits his back, he pushed his butt into Cernak but actually leaned away from him with his upper body.
He could have easily lead with his shoulder and potentially made a much more physical and dangerous hit.