Tom Wilson late hit on Mark Jankowski

[MMC]

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[Hatfield]

Nice hit.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Bu-b-but caps fans told me he had changed!

 

[Craig Button]

Should only be 2 minutes.

 

[Mr Burns]

Great hit!

 

[MardyBum]

"Clean, just playing the man, Wilson would never hurt a fly"

A pointless hit thrown by a human-potato hybrid.

 

[blankall]

I'm sure the hit wasn't legal, but I would also like to start seeing real time playbacks in threads like this....All of these late/high hit threads where all we get a is a slow motion replay are starting to get frustrating.

 

[Brown Cat]

Penalty was fair tbh. Why didn't jank brace himself?

 

[Muston Atthews]

Just a little interference

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Wilson was a little late in his hit and the appropriate sanction was imposed.

Head wasn't hit, elbows down and didn't leave the ice. Solid hit just a little late is all.

 

[mrv52]

Ah.....

A Wilson thread!

Mothers milk.

 

[Chips]

I'd be surprised if thats more than two games. Wouldn't be surprised if its none considering Wilson has massively toned down years now. Hunting for a big hit for sure, dont think that was malicious, no head just late

Interference is interference

 

[member 298589]

Late, yes, but not terrible. Seems later in slow motion. It was also good contact and the receiver saw it coming.

Minor was a good call.

 

[Tripod]

Penalty was fair tbh. Why didn't jank brace himself?

Probably because he hit the puck when his feet were on the blueline...and Wilson was still in the center ice circle....so didn't expect a hit that long afterwards.

 

[robes1]

It's an unnecessary hit.

 

[BHD]

Ah.....

A Wilson thread!

Mothers milk.

And a Caps fan responding, like clockwork.

 

[HTFN]

2 minutes in February, maybe 0 in the playoffs, straight through the chest. What else do you really want to do about it?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I'm sure the hit wasn't legal, but I would also like to start seeing real time playbacks in threads like this....All of these late/high hit threads where all we get a is a slow motion replay are starting to get frustrating.

I agree, but in this case I think the on-ice ads help give perspective- he travelled far enough where that hit coulda/shoulda been pulled out of.

 

[Chips]

Bu-b-but caps fans told me he had changed!

Interference.. lol

He's definitely changed. He was looking for a big hit, made a mistake and was late. 2 min. Wilson hits hard. Most players high stick the puck to their feet in that situation in that area of the ice. A baseball swing there is rare, he anticipated, wrongly, took a penalty

 

[Chips]

I agree, but in this case I think the on-ice ads help give perspective- he travelled far enough where that hit coulda/shoulda been pulled out of.

Only thing i can think of is he thought the guy was going to high stick the puck down to his feet as seems more common in that area of the ice

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Why are giving Wilson partial credit because his skates were on the ice and his elbows were tucked? It's still a hit on a player who was ineligible to be hit.

But I guess it not being super dirty is the bar for him?

 

[BHD]

Late, yes, but not terrible. Seems later in slow motion. It was also good contact and the receiver saw it coming.

Minor was a good call.

This is minor, hence the minor penalty. Even if a Joe Blow threw the hit, I wouldn't be that mad. The only part I have an issue with (and this goes for most hits by him) is how far he travelled to lay the hit.

 

[HTFN]

Twenty bucks says it doesn't happen if they call either penalty committed on Wilson earlier in the game. Refs basically did their part in waking the guy up and turning this game into what it is by failing to call the early hook or the interference, and Wilson started skating as a result. If you're not going to get anything you need to work extra hard to earn it, they dialed him up.

 

[blankall]

I agree, but in this case I think the on-ice ads help give perspective- he travelled far enough where that hit coulda/shoulda been pulled out of.

It's a penalty for sure. Now we're discussing whether it warrants something more. How can we possibly do that with a slow-mo replay, as we're literally discussing the amount of time between when Jankowski got rid of the puck and when the hit happened.

I'm quickly hating all these threads where we're analyzing what a hitter should have been thinking, but doing so based on a slow-mo replay.

 

[Demandedace]

I mean, this is a late hit. What are you wanting here? The penalty is a minor as he hit late, so he was assessed two minutes.

You penalize the action, not the result. Put away your pitchfork.