Tom Wilson late hit on Mark Jankowski

[SkinsFan09]

Very late hit. Not dirty so Wilson gets credit there considering his history, but the hit was late and unnecessary. Jankowski really should have braced himself though. There was so much time from when he batted the puck away to the hit.

After batting the puck he swiveled his head around and was looking at Wilson for like a full second and still didn't brace for it. That was strange.

It was all within about a second in real time. The slo mo is messing up all analysis on this.

 

[Hatfield]

Someone help me out here. In the slo mo the OP posted, I just watched it again and from the puck leaving his stick to the hit, I counted one thousand one. against slow motion. Looking at it again, I don't even think it was interference, I think it was legit follow through. What am I missing?

Nothing. It was perfectly fine.

 

[SkinsFan09]

you can see how people desperately wish wilson would do something dirty again so they can be outraged. the actual play/replay does not matter anymore, a dramatic topic will do the job for them. go ahead and rage, it entertains me.

"You see this. This is an HFBoards "dirty hit" thread. 90% of this is bull .... . But it's entertaining. That's why I read them. They entertain me." - Alonzo Harris

 

[Kingspiracy]

Perhaps a little late but the other guy shouldnt be standing there watching his cool out of the air pass.

 

[Mr Burns]

It was a great hit, he certainly not deserves to be suspended for that. LOL Pens fans

 

[Il Stugotz]

This one wasn’t that bad, but he’s getting more and more reckless. It’s only a matter of time before he earns his 20+ gamer.

 

[ss53mech]

My fetish about trying to relevant on the internet was supposed to be kept secret

This has been a fun game of misrepresenting posts hasn't it?

 

[TheAngryHank]

Penguins fans should probably start watching badminton instead if this hit is that offensive.

Just think of the poor birdy.

 

[TheAngryHank]

He did a high hit on Ryan Strome a few days ago that maybe missed by an inch or two of concussing him.

Are you an expert?

 

[bambamcam4ever]

That’s just an unbelievably dirty play. Yes the hit was technically sound but good god, you’re really going to light up a guy in that position? Why?

Jankowski never even had control of the puck. Wilson was only looking for a vulnerable player to injure.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

What sport do you think this is?

This is hockey, but if you're looking for a sport where guys beat the shit out of each other, you can watch Tommy in the prison yard in his post-hockey career.

 

[shtorm2005]

As long as Wilson hits will hurt, ppl will hate/complain.

 

[tarheelhockey]

What has happened to hockey fans? Holy overreaction in this thread! I'm speechless...

Seriously guys, go watch German hockey if you want to see hockey without physical play and tell me if you like it. To me it has become unwatchable. Overreacting to hits like this that are just a tad late leads to horrible soft hockey.

It comes from 30 years of watching players have their careers altered by pointless crap hits like this. It’s down to random chance whether this ends up being Jankowski’s head smacking the ice, and for what?

Players like Wilson are the reason the game is softening, because we know what it ends up looking like when this stuff is permitted.

 

[Chips]

Hahaha log back on and this thread still here

 

[ClydeLee]

Yeah, these conversations only exist because of slo mo. Not sure it’s even late in real time. Not offended by it at all.

The refs called it an interference though, how does someone come to the thoughts you have of it.

 

[Chips]

Jankowski never even had control of the puck. Wilson was only looking for a vulnerable player to injure.

To hit, sure. To injure is a stretch when he hit no head, no leap anything. It was interference, a penalty for sure, tryna rough up a division rival. Super mean.

he almost definitely anticipated, poorly, and over committed, recklessly, while looking for a big hit in a game heated by default, that the player would knock down the puck.

you basically never ever see a baseball swing that place on the ice because of high stick; pucks in the air, put your stick up try to catch it right and down. If he knocks that down, presumably he has it at least another second at that hit is *riiight there.

*Definitely a penalty. Definitely. Reckless yea, he very clearly was hoping Jankowski would play it down/at all and that he’d catch him, and committed way too early hoping for a big “momentum shifting hit”. Obviously the player never took possession, Wilson gets there late, interference.

He didn’t leap, extend elbow, target head, target knee etc. If he played the puck down and Wilson caught him the same way, That’s quite possibly still an injury. Wilson hits hard.... that’s not against the rules in itself. Skating fast into a hit isn’t illegal either. it was just late. Mean? Sure lol. Ideally not do that? I agree. But Wilson plays hard and wants the other team pissed at him.

You’re going to have injuries when grown men are ramming into each other. Doesn’t mean that was his goal. This hit is wayyyyyy less bad than his worst. It’s just a penalty, people are so soft.

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In addition to context + real speed;

just common sense... can a player take a risk without specifically wanting to kill someone, and commit a penalty? Yes, actually.

like a player who’s one of the most important players on his team in a variety of areas, not least the penalty kill. Forechecker, decent scorer in big games, etc.

A player who’s been suspended for reckless hits, majorly, maybe wasn’t trying to blatantly intentionally kill someone in front of dozens of people, and a bunch of cameras lol.

Tl;dr

I’ll call someone an idiot all day for making a mistake, and he deserved the penalty, and if he caught the head he’d deserve a suspension. But interference is just interference. Boo hoo.

 

[MattMartin]

The only difference between this hit and the one laid on Wilson by Reaves was the outcome.

 

[DropTheGloves]

Despite what Pens fans ITT are saying, this isn’t The Matrix where these guys can control time and space- at normal speed this hit was a nothing burger outside of being a bit late. Hopefully the few synapses that Parros has left after a career of taking blows to the head win out and lead him to the same conclusion.

 

[HTFN]

This one wasn’t that bad, but he’s getting more and more reckless. It’s only a matter of time before he earns his 20+ gamer.

Literally the opposite but that's cool. You guys will just say whatever the f*** you feel like, clearly, and let the facts resolve somewhere well afterwards.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Despite what Pens fans ITT are saying, this isn’t The Matrix where these guys can control time and space- at normal speed this hit was a nothing burger outside of being a bit late. Hopefully the few synapses that Parros has left after a career of taking blows to the head win out and lead him to the same conclusion.

The problem with this is on its own, you’re right. 2 minute interference/late hit and that’s it. But when you have the track record of predatory plays Wilson has, and you watch him stare down Jankowski through the hit and not let up(and that’s the issue I have with this, is that he has an opportunity to let up on the hit and doesn’t) this play gets bucketed into his entire history of complete disregard for other hockey players’ safety. And that’s why when someone tries to say Wilson’s really a great guy off the ice, I have to ask how great a person he can be if he’s constantly trying to injure guys on the ice.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Meh, I guess it's a penalty. Barely late unless you're only watching games on slow-motion twitter gifs.

Yeah slow motion for this type of stuff is so ridiculous to put in an OP.

And it's worth a 2 minute penalty and that's all.

But....Wilson has some kind of predatory mind going on to be honing in for a hit on a guy who is not even in possession of the puck on the ice yet but simply about to bat it out of the air.

Wilson was looking to hit someone, and that's fine. Just saying. Keep your head up around that guy for sure.

 

[featherhawk]

its a really late hit that was not necessary, TW does this as often as TW (Tiger Woods) pops painkillers (pre-car accident) which was FAR too often...

he is a repeat offender and this should be a suspension

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

its a really late hit that was not necessary, TW does this as often as TW (Tiger Woods) pops painkillers (pre-car accident) which was FAR too often...

he is a repeat offender and this should be a suspension

Tiger Woods joke, really doesn't work here?

 

[SlimCharles]

Late hit, deserves a penalty but that's it.

 

[Doublerum1975]

I hate tom wilson but nothing wrong with this hit