Habby Gilmore
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Of course any puck carrier is eligible to be hit. JUST NOT BY FLYING IN AND HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD.
While I agree, I’d be curious to see what the numbers would say on a poll.
Of course any puck carrier is eligible to be hit. JUST NOT BY FLYING IN AND HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD.
Why not? Is it because Wilson do it too fast? That fast that when opponent put his shoulder down the last moment, Wilson can't avoid the head? So, new rule you suggesting is that you can make a hit but don't skate too fast? I would like to see linesmen with radars lol.This isn't a simple matter of missing the shoulder.
We really need a dislike button on this site. No one is blaming Sundqvist for getting hit in the head but if he continues to cut across the middle with his head down Hus career will be very short. Players have to start learning how to protect themselves a but better.This sounds dangerously like victim blaming Sundqvist for Wilson crushing him in the head.
This got 5 and a game.
Unfortunately, refs will look at the outcome and just throw out a game misconduct if a player is injured. Honestly, look for guys to start selling hits in order to gain a 5 minute major, that's where we're heading.
Tell me on what planet this is a 5 and a game. This is as clean of a hit as you could deliver.
In today's game this is not a clean hit. He made contact with his head. But this is another one of those hits where the guy had his head down. It was already too late for Miller to avoid hitting him and its almost impossible to not make contact with his head on that play because his head was down.
I absolute disagree with your take on this hit. It was f***ing beautiful.In today's game this is not a clean hit. He made contact with his head. But this is another one of those hits where the guy had his head down. It was already too late for Miller to avoid hitting him and its almost impossible to not make contact with his head on that play because his head was down.
How can you disagree with my take on this hit? I actually liked the hit too but with the rules now that wasnt a legal hit. He got him in the head with his shoulder.I absolute disagree with your take on this hit. It was ****ing beautiful.
He went through his chest.How can you disagree with my take on this hit? I actually liked the hit too but with the rules now that wasnt a legal hit. He got him in the head with his shoulder.
Short answer: no
Longer answer: Every time an elite player hits a scrub, the scrub would be incentivized to fake an injury to draw a penalty/suspension.
Simple question, Player A hits player B hard with a check that is within the rules. Player B gets injured on the play. Should Player A be penalized or suspended because Player B was injured?
Take the Wilson hit for example since its fresh. If Wilson had delivered a clean check in that moment and Sundqvist was still injured on the play. Should Wilson still be penalized/suspended? If so, why?
There was once a time when hitting/checking was about separating the man from the puck. Those times and intentions have clearly passed us by.
Simple answer is no, are you going to extend that to an accidental high stick too?
You're continuing on the premise that the only reason this happened is because the hit happened at high speed. Bullshit. I'm so sick of people acting like when a high hit happens, it was the only physical course of action the hitting player had. And then many times those same people will be like "people around here must not have played hockey"Why not? Is it because Wilson do it too fast? That fast that when opponent put his shoulder down the last moment, Wilson can't avoid the head? So, new rule you suggesting is that you can make a hit but don't skate too fast? I would like to see linesmen with radars lol.
Wait that's not a new rule, that's an old rule called charging...Why not? Is it because Wilson do it too fast? That fast that when opponent put his shoulder down the last moment, Wilson can't avoid the head? So, new rule you suggesting is that you can make a hit but don't skate too fast? I would like to see linesmen with radars lol.
Like it was said before, he should have get on his knees to hit his shoulder because Oskar put his dow after shot.Wilson dipped the shoulder low before making the hit and lifted it high when he sought impact. He didn't have to do that to a player he knew wasn't expecting it. He absolutely could've hit through the body going through the arm.