Zadorov’s hit on Kotkaniemi

[Muckngrinder]

Do you guys think was a clean hit?

Looked similar to Matthesons hit on Peterson.

Hope Kots recovers quickly.

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[_habsfan9]

any video, i missed the start

 

[McRpro]

100% clean.

 

[IndustryLeech]

100% clean hit. I hope he's ok, but that was just an unfortunate outcome.

 

[Ncit3]

 

[General Fanager]

Pretty obvious slew foot....Zadorov foot behind kotkaniemis legs and clearly twisted to push his upper body down......

 

[Nocashstyle]

Unfortunate result, but absolutely nothing wrong with that hit

 

[IndustryLeech]

Pretty obvious slew foot....Zadorov foot behind kotkaniemis legs and clearly twisted to push his upper body down......

Nope. He flipped at the point of contact, the hips.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Skates hit yes, I can see why people say slew foot. But Zadorov followed through and threw his upper body, it really wasn't from their legs hitting.

Hope Kotka is ok

 

[Papa Francouz]

Obviously clean shoulder-on-shoulder hit.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Pretty obvious slew foot....Zadorov foot behind kotkaniemis legs and clearly twisted to push his upper body down......

No bias in this assessment....

 

[The Merchant]

Just about the last hit I expected to produce a mainboard thread, but here we are I guess.

Clean.

 

[Avs71]

It’s too bad Kotkaniemi got hurt, but there was nothing dirty about that hit.

It looked like a 260 lb defenceman hitting a 160 lb forward.

 

[Ararana]

Hope he's okay. Not sure how you could blame Z on that one.

 

[Advanced stats]

Clean. Solid solid hit. Would love zad on my team

 

[_habsfan9]

body to body contact is clean

Right foot kicks up under his left to take him down. Clear slew foot there boys

 

[ole ole]

Pretty obvious slew foot....Zadorov foot behind kotkaniemis legs and clearly twisted to push his upper body down......

Good eye. Never looked at that part. 53/54 seconds of the video clearly shows the slew foot you mentioned.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Clean hit. Like every hit Zadorov lays. Never had so much as a hearing or fine in his life. He gets a bad rep because he hurts people but they’re always clean. He simply hits hard.

 

[Jacob]

People will see a slewfoot the way his right leg swept under Kotkaniemi’s feet as he went down but he went down due to his lower half’s forward momentum, not the minimal (if any) leg/foot contact.

 

[ole ole]

People will see a slewfoot the way his right leg swept under Kotkaniemi’s feet as he went down but he went down due to his lower half’s forward momentum, not the minimal (if any) leg/foot contact.

When a players leg sweeps under another players feet that is called a slewfoot.

 

[Tuggy]

Habs fan here...I don't think it's dirty.

Really unfortunate result.

 

[Chips]

Looks like an unfortunate hit. I will re watch later, but I feel confident in that right now.

 

[Jacob]

When a players leg sweeps under another players feet that is called a slewfoot.

Not if there’s no contact.

 

[HuGo Sham]

after watching it numerous times, it's not clean. the body doesn't react to a 'clean' hit like that. He's being slew footed and thrown back simultaneously. No one lands like that from a simple hit

 

[a mangy Meowth]

after watching it numerous times, it's not clean. the body doesn't react to a 'clean' hit like that. He's being slew footed and thrown back simultaneously. No one lands like that from a simple hit

That's not really how science works, but ok