Wilson high hit on Aston Reese UPD: 3 Game Suspension *Warning p. #65*

[Jaded-Fan]

Have they officially renamed it the Department of Penguins Safety yet?

The Pens pay hundreds of thousands of dollars bribe money to the league every year to favor them.

Last round the Pens played the Flyers. Owned by Comcast. Have you seen my cable bills?

This round the Caps, in Washington where a turtle could get bribed with a hundred thousand dollars there is so much graft floating around.

I wish people would stop whining and get on their teams to pony up.

I mean you can not out bribe Pittsburgh? PITTSBURGH?

You and your team should be embarrassed.

 

[Captain Mountain]

He's a repeat offender and they had a damning angle. Its as reasonable as any suspension we've seen.

 

[Connor McConnor]

He's no Zac Rinaldo

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Don't want to get suspended? Don't make the principle point of contact be someone's head.

 

[CupsOverCash]

It's his 3rd suspension in 8 months. The guy's a maniac, a renegade.

There ya go..

 

[IceNeophyte]

There was no intent to injure from Wilson....he gets THREE games suspension?? The same suspension as when Kedri tried to kill Wingels last month. This has both hits:

Tom Wilson’s 3-Game Suspension Is Overkill by NHL

They need to get some parity back.

This is your opportunity to see if Washington can win without Wilson out there trying to put opponents in the hospital. You should cherish this!!!

 

[pucka lucka]

I wonder how Byfuglien, who is bigger and heavier, is able to destroy players without hitting their heads. Maybe he could teach a seminar during the offseason?

 

[kladorf2005]

But before they shut it down - have we set a record for most pages in a non-GDT thread yet? You know, like Wilson has set a record for most suspensions in a single season.

 

[TNT87]

Have they officially renamed it the Department of Penguins Safety yet?

Have they raised the banner in Washington for most suspensions in a season for Wilson yet?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Mike Sullivan and the pens basically forced the leagues hand. Disgusting. Should be an investigation into this.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Of all the possible and actual suspension situations in these playoffs, this would be the last one I'd complain about.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Do you really want to see all of this seep into the various series threads?

Keep it here IMO.

 

[Pilky01]

I believe you misunderstood. He exploded upwards and the impact of the hit brought him off his feet into the bench. When he made contract, he was on his feet and if he missed the hit, I do not believe he would have left his feet at all.

Hockey fans are a special breed of stupid.

 

[Incognito]

To me, Wilson's hit was a bit worse than Kadri's. I'm not saying that Kadri's wasn't bad, because it was, but his was an emotional response to seeing Marner take a cheapshot from Wingels. Wilson's hit seems to be completely predatory and unprovoked.

 

[CapsDC]

Crappy situation for the Caps. This really hurts them going forward. I would say Wilson needs to be smarter but that's just the way he plays, not sure he can learn how to hit guys at 80% instead of 100%. This was a bang bang play and I don't think there was any intent to actually hurt. Intent to level the biggest hit he possibly could..yeah. They both squared up and lowered shoulders, the problem is the little guy folded like a shitty lawn chair upon contact. When that happens it doesn't matter where contact begins, the force will inevitably reach your head/face. If the guy had gotten right up nobody would be complaining at all. Suspension was definitely given due to player reputation and injury severity.

 

[RockTheRedDC]

Have they officially renamed it the Department of Penguins Safety yet?

LOL

 

[Syrinx]

I believe you misunderstood. He exploded upwards and the impact of the hit brought him off his feet into the bench. When he made contract, he was on his feet and if he missed the hit, I do not believe he would have left his feet at all.

So jumping and running into something he went higher than if he had jumped and not hit anything? Like, reverse physics?

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Crappy situation for the Caps. This really hurts them going forward. I would say Wilson needs to be smarter but that's just the way he plays, not sure he can learn how to hit guys at 80% instead of 100%. This was a bang bang play and I don't think there was any intent to actually hurt. Intent to level the biggest hit he possibly could..yeah. They both squared up and lowered shoulders, the problem is the little guy folded like a ****ty lawn chair upon contact. When that happens it doesn't matter where contact begins, the force will inevitably reach your head/face. If the guy had gotten right up nobody would be complaining at all. Suspension was definitely given due to player reputation and injury severity.

Ovechkin adjusted after his last suspension. Even Matt Cooke adjusted his last couple of years.

For where this league is heading you either adjust or will not have a job.

 

[SportsJunkie]

I see a guy going in for a hit hard which is fine...going for the shoulder...smaller player can see Wilson coming lowers for contact...

Wilson follows through with the hit as you should...first contact shoulder...second contact head...Repeat offender though so I kinda get it? ish

Clean hit for me!

 

[ziggyjoe212]

Mike Sullivan and the pens basically forced the leagues hand. Disgusting. Should be an investigation into this.

Why didn't Sullivan force the league after the Dumo hit?
You should investigate.

 

[Fataldogg]

3 games in the playoffs is a lot from a borderline hit. Every news outlet and sports radio that I listen to all have different takes. Voting from fans here is mostly split too.

I thought he deserved a game. 3 games in the playoffs is excessive.

Hope Reese gets better though. Tough injury to take as he tries to pave out his NHL career.

 

[FlyersFanSinceBirth]

Why do people come on here asking mods to close threads? You know if you don't to read a thread anymore you can just stop opening it, right?

 

[madinsomniac]

People accuse Pens of tanking in 84? Caps tanked in 2004 for OV.

People bash the Pens of employing Cooke (over 5 years ago)? Wilson has more suspensions this season than Cooke EVER had in one season.

irony.

I keep saying if you look at the trajectory of some of the biggest NHL dirty jackasses through the years, Goony McGoonerson over in Washington is on pace to surpass all of them, chalking up events at a younger age in fewer years... Unless an AHL guy gets called up specifically for meyhem, The NHL typically takes well over a half decade for a POS player to just get on the radar of DPOS to the point they are fining and suspending them... this guy is into major suspensions and he is what, 25?

 

[kladorf2005]

I see a guy going in for a hit hard which is fine...going for the shoulder...smaller player can see Wilson coming lowers for contact...

Wilson follows through with the hit as you should...first contact shoulder...second contact head...Repeat offender though so I kinda get it? ish

Clean hit for me!

Did you watch the replay? He literally did the opposite.

 

[HomeAndHome]

I see a guy going in for a hit hard which is fine...going for the shoulder...smaller player can see Wilson coming lowers for contact...

Wilson follows through with the hit as you should...first contact shoulder...second contact head...Repeat offender though so I kinda get it? ish

Clean hit for me!

Right, going for a hard big hit is fine.

Sure we'll say he was aiming for the shoulder.

I disagree that ZAR lowers himself before the hit, he braces and if anything raises up a bit.

This is where I differ and why he was suspended, the initial point of contact may have been the shoulder, also may not have been. But, we can see that the principal point of contact was the head, which explains why it is not a clean hit because the brunt of the force was to the head.

The repeat offender part is why he gets 3 games instead of 1-2.