Ovi’s Questionable Hit on Pysyk

[Hint1k]

there’s just no way the league will suspend him

Nice conspiracy theory. He was suspended at least twice as far as I remember. Try another theory.

 

[Beezeral]

Shoulder on shoulder beauty. That’s how they teach it. Textbook.

Ovi’s lead foot comes off the ice before making contact with pysyk which is not textbook.





Sure looks like shoulder to chin here.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Ovi’s lead foot comes off the ice before making contact with pysyk which is not textbook.





Sure looks like shoulder to chin here.

What has hockey become....

 

[Bedards Dad]

Ok this is getting a bit much. This is a nothing play. OP, I say this in the nicest way possible, stop watching hockey.

 

[Beezeral]

What has hockey become....

Don’t hit people in the head? Panthers just had a player suspended because someone pushed a player down too hard then two days later one of their players gets a concussion from a shoulder to the chin. You don’t think we are going to be pissed off about it?

 

[Bedards Dad]

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I suggest mods make a sticky, "Suspension worthy hits" so the rest of us don't need to put up with the bull**** and the complainers have a place to complain.

Best idea yet. It's being unbareable in here. So little discussion and so much whining/complaining

 

[Prettyisland]

Fine him, if that makes people happy. We are on the fast track to a rub out league. You can crack down on predatory hits but people need to remember that hockey is a tough game and should stay that way

 

[Spazkat]

Ovi’s lead foot comes off the ice before making contact with pysyk which is not textbook.




Sure looks like shoulder to chin here.

While it looks like the shoulder is headed towards the chin, the entire rest of Ovi's body/arm is already hitting solidly through the body of Pysyk. This is the very definition of incidental contact (head is neither the primary, nor the principal point of contact). Perfectly legal

 

[Beezeral]

While it looks like the shoulder is headed towards the chin, the entire rest of Ovi's body/arm is already hitting solidly through the body of Pysyk. This is the very definition of incidental contact (head is neither the primary, nor the principal point of contact). Perfectly legal

Shoulder pad directly making contact with pysyk’s face, calls it incidental. Wat?

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

While it looks like the shoulder is headed towards the chin, the entire rest of Ovi's body/arm is already hitting solidly through the body of Pysyk. This is the very definition of incidental contact (head is neither the primary, nor the principal point of contact). Perfectly legal

I'm pretty sure this is about people loving Ovi/star player on a non star player. Now I'm not saying take out the hit, but just watch when a Pysyk like player does that to an Ovi like star player, and watch the outrage that erupts. I'm just saying be consistent. Or at least don't specifically make a point to talk about it being a non illegal hit, and then when another carbon copy hit happens, due to the people involved, everyone decides to get up in arms.

 

[4thTierSport]

Don’t sell out on a pass with fore checkers coming in hot...

 

[Spazkat]

Shoulder pad directly making contact with pysyk’s face, calls it incidental. Wat?

48.1 Illegal Check to the Head – A hit resulting in contact with an
opponent’s head where the head was the main point of contact and
such contact to the head was avoidable is not permitted.
In determining whether contact with an opponent's head was
avoidable, the circumstances of the hit including the following shall be
considered:
(i) Whether the player attempted to hit squarely through the
opponent’s body and the head was not "picked" as a result of poor
timing, poor angle of approach, or unnecessary extension of the body upward or outward

For it to be an illegal check to the head, the head would have needed to be the main point of contact. The photo in the post I quoted showed that this hit was, in fact, squarely through the body prior to any head contact being made (ie: incidental).

 

[pantherbot]

My preference is that hits like this are perfectly normal in the NHL, but that's not what is being debated here. It should be about consistency when it comes to what is or is not suspension worthy, and there are been other similar plays to this that resulted in a suspension. There was a hit later on Barkov that Ovi made, just leveled Barkov, and we were all fine with that being a clean hit.

This kind of hit was allowed in the NHL a couple years ago, and to be honest I would have been fine if the rules didn't change. I like hard hitting hockey and players should also be responsible for their own safety. But the problem right now is that the league sometimes suspends players for hits like this, but sometimes not.

The formula for suspension decisions seems to go like the chart from below...and that's the problem.

 

[pantherbot]

For it to be an illegal check to the head, the head would have needed to be the main point of contact. The photo in the post I quoted showed that this hit was, in fact, squarely through the body prior to any head contact being made (ie: incidental).

he purposefully lifted his shoulder into his head and most definitely did not attempt to hit square through the body.

Again, I'm not even saying whether or not these hits should be allowed in the NHL. The problem is that hits like this have in the past resulted in a suspension, but Ovi is a superstar so different rules apply

 

[Beezeral]

For it to be an illegal check to the head, the head would have needed to be the main point of contact. The photo in the post I quoted showed that this hit was, in fact, squarely through the body prior to any head contact being made (ie: incidental).

read the rest of the rule. "unnecessary extension of the body upward or outward"

Ovi extends upwards towards Pysyk's head before ever making contact.

 

[skillhockey]

He could stop launching, do the hits like he did Barkov. Same for all players. Less head hits that way.

 

[Il Stugotz]

not even close to the type of hit the league is trying to eliminate

 

[Beezeral]

not even close to the type of hit the league is trying to eliminate

I disagree with you but a fellow member of the #StuGotz Army will always have my respect

 

[4thline]

Watching the April 30th video on rule 48.1 and actually understanding it should be mandatory for posting in these.

 

[tacogeoff]

click bait. expected some kind of crazy headshot but received a half assed check that was far from dangerous.

 

[Mrb1p]

How is that shit questionable ? Come on.

 

[Beezeral]

click bait. expected some kind of crazy headshot but received a half assed check that was far from dangerous.

borderline play that resulted in a concussion. NHL just established this week that those kind of plays are a suspension.

 

[Helistin]

borderline play that resulted in a concussion. NHL just established this week that those kind of plays are a suspension.

Nope. You are confusing illegal with borderline.

 

[maacoshark]

This is becoming a joke already. Are we going to start reviewing every hit now?

 

[IamNotADancer]