The Butt Check, a Brent Burns special

[vilpertti]

Not like he was looking at Marleau the whole time or anything.

Not many know Brent Seabrook only has eyes in the back of his head.

Which makes the decision to wear his helmet the way he does a bit questionable.

 

[cholewhat]

Burns had an EPIC buttcheck tonight! He put his stamp on the game.

I also seem to remember a butt maneuver where he popped out with the puck between two defenders. Maybe that's the beer clouding my memory. Either way, his butt work is fantastic.

 

[pappaf2]

Anyone the little segment they did on Burns after the game tonight? It was practically a butt check montage!

 

[Alwalys]

Anyone the little segment they did on Burns after the game tonight? It was practically a butt check montage!

yeah that needs to find its way to youtube

 

[SactoShark]

Finally the league is taking notice to this revolution in body checking.

 

[ChubbChubby]

I think it has mostly to do with his size. If he checks like a normal person, it'll most likely be a high hit. Butt first means clean lower hits.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

I think it has mostly to do with his size. If he checks like a normal person, it'll most likely be a high hit. Butt first means clean lower hits.

Exactly. He will lay a regular body check on guys in or around his height. If he hit Mike Richards normally at his rate of speed and size..Mike would look like a popped tube of colgate tooth paste.

 

[Alwalys]

Exactly. He will lay a regular body check on guys in or around his height. If he hit Mike Richards normally at his rate of speed and size..Mike would look like a popped tube of colgate tooth paste.

I'm really warming up to the style. Wanna see him really catch someone.

 

[McDeez]

Booty booty booty booty rockin everywhere!!

 

[NWShark*]

Gif or clip?

And what I think of when someone says butt check

One of the single greatest ass checks ever. He sent that guy flying airborn into the boards and he was done after that.

 

[NWShark*]

Here's a possible Blake-worthy hip check from Burns:

Burns check on Ekman-Larsson

THat was all ass. No hip at all.

 

[NWShark*]

http://youtu.be/OzyHHorFKIY

Holy crap that's one of the best hits by marleau. He rag dolled a pretty tough dude in Seabrook. Patty is solid. Just think if he tried to get one of those per game like Nolan used to... Marleau could let some Raffi rub off on him and I wouldn't be sad at all.

 

[NWShark*]

i play in a non-contact ice league. obviously there is contact. and i have actually done this maneuver.

1. it makes it look more innocent (trying to avoid)
2. but it also moves the player away from the puck and puts you in the right direction to skate away/shield from defender.

havent got called yet haha.

I once slammed into one of the zamboni doors ass first like that and shattered the glass above. All the glass fell down the back of my hockey pants... Had to drop em on to get it all cleaned out.

Ass checking someone like that is kinda like playing croquet how you displace the guy with the puck...

 

[cholewhat]

I tweeted him re #ButtCheck, which means he more than likely will skip it and not respond... But I'll await a response.

#ButtCheck

 

[WantonAbandon]

Burns has to do this otherwise he would be suspended.

 

[Dan K211]

Subban will do this buttcheck. Here's one.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Burns has to do this otherwise he would be suspended.

Unless the player hes checking is over 6'2..then he just runs them over.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Seeing the clips of Marleau shows that he doesn't hit often, but when he does, he hits like a truck and hits 100% legal.

wish he would do it more, but that's not who he is.

 

[Sleepy]

Seeing the clips of Marleau shows that he doesn't hit often, but when he does, he hits like a truck and hits 100% legal.

wish he would do it more, but that's not who he is.

He's really ramped up his physical play this season and has crossed the line a bit more than he has in the past. He was on pace for his most PIM's in a season ever, which I believe is a result of his attempting to play the body more and "cheat" a bit more in the offensive zone (interference, hooks, etc).

While his total hits were on-pace for a career low, my eyeball test has disagreed with that statistic. He's played the body more this season IMO, and it's improved his game and helped him create more opportunities for his linemates without necessarily touching the puck. This part of his game is going in the right direction, not that it'll ever be at Cal Clutterbuck levels.

 

[do0glas]

He's really ramped up his physical play this season and has crossed the line a bit more than he has in the past. He was on pace for his most PIM's in a season ever, which I believe is a result of his attempting to play the body more and "cheat" a bit more in the offensive zone (interference, hooks, etc).

While his total hits were on-pace for a career low, my eyeball test has disagreed with that statistic. He's played the body more this season IMO, and it's improved his game and helped him create more opportunities for his linemates without necessarily touching the puck. This part of his game is going in the right direction, not that it'll ever be at Cal Clutterbuck levels.

partially due to his F1 role this season. he is the first in on the forecheck and will lay out a hit to separate a body from a puck. but hit counters may or may not count those.

 

[ChubbChubby]

I don't mind Marleau hitting less during the regular season. Hitting takes its toll on the body and he's good enough with his stick to contribute in other ways.

But in the playoffs, I wish he would play like that all the time. When he plays physical, he's so much more noticeably better in every facet of the game.

 

[SharksFan1]

I don't mind Marleau hitting less during the regular season. Hitting takes its toll on the body and he's good enough with his stick to contribute in other ways.

But in the playoffs, I wish he would play like that all the time. When he plays physical, he's so much more noticeably better in every facet of the game.

Yep, and he can lay some pretty solid checks when he feels like it.

 

[dwood16]

He's really ramped up his physical play this season and has crossed the line a bit more than he has in the past. He was on pace for his most PIM's in a season ever, which I believe is a result of his attempting to play the body more and "cheat" a bit more in the offensive zone (interference, hooks, etc).

While his total hits were on-pace for a career low, my eyeball test has disagreed with that statistic. He's played the body more this season IMO, and it's improved his game and helped him create more opportunities for his linemates without necessarily touching the puck. This part of his game is going in the right direction, not that it'll ever be at Cal Clutterbuck levels.

Yep and he definitely threw some good hits in the vancouver series. He's been throwing hits against the kings from time to time too.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

He's really ramped up his physical play this season and has crossed the line a bit more than he has in the past. He was on pace for his most PIM's in a season ever, which I believe is a result of his attempting to play the body more and "cheat" a bit more in the offensive zone (interference, hooks, etc).

While his total hits were on-pace for a career low, my eyeball test has disagreed with that statistic. He's played the body more this season IMO, and it's improved his game and helped him create more opportunities for his linemates without necessarily touching the puck. This part of his game is going in the right direction, not that it'll ever be at Cal Clutterbuck levels.

I agree. He has looked as good on the forecheck as I can ever remember.

 

[WantonAbandon]

Seeing the clips of Marleau shows that he doesn't hit often, but when he does, he hits like a truck and hits 100% legal.

wish he would do it more, but that's not who he is.

He has been doing it a lot this season. Marleau seems to do whatever the coaches tell him to do