Zibanejad 5 and a game for ‘boarding’ Faksa

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Trash call is trash

 

[serp]

Force doesn't neccesarily mean anything.

Ok.

People get sometimes serious concussions from really harmless looking staff and others are ok after really bad looking things. Brain injuries are well complicated.

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

Yea that didn't look too bad, Dallas player looked in an awkward position which was probably the reason it was called.

 

[HTFN]

At that slow speed?

Lol no. The guy who's recieving the hit must be responsible for what kind of situation he put himself in. Stupid of Faksa for getting that low on the boards.

I wouldn't even want someone to disco hip bump my head into a wall from a standing position. You think guys with tree trunk quads can't get a little force through their body without a running start?

 

[serp]

Force doesn't neccesarily mean anything.

Ok.

Stephen Johns doesn't even know when he got his concussion in training camp and hasn't played the whole year with concussion related issues. It just sometimes happens. Its not that easy.

 

[Oddbob]

OOOooohh, you could really feel that breeze as their jerseys nestled into each other.

 

[Jugitsu]

Maybe Zibanejad released a nasty and violent fart and that knocked Faksa out cold. It's debatable whether that warrants an ejection or not.

 

[SaskCanesFan]

I mean, he drove his hip directly into a vulnerable players head and into the boards. It wasn't at full speed but it was still dangerous and unnecessary, hard to argue with that.

 

[Sheppy]

You’re going to see more and more players act injured to draw 5 mins.

 

[BostonBob]

Good call. Of course I do have Zibanejad in 2 Fantasy Hockey Leagues where PIMS are a scoring category.

 

[Kunta Kinte]

LOL. Okay ref, Ok.

 

[JeffP]

don't be so fired up over it, the most disgusting part of the exchange was the 5-on-3 that came shortly after where NYR the better scoring opportunities. DAL pp == penalty.

 

[angusyoung]

Had time to NOT hit him,blatant late hit,so...goodbye,see ya next game.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

So our #1 C got a game misconduct, dramatically screwing up our chances of winning this game. Also the team who we got 2 conditional 1st rounders from got a well needed win? Yeah I'm fine with that.

A top 5 pick would do wonders for our rebuild.

Weak call though.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Dirty play, should get more than Rafffi Torres on Silfverberg.

 

[JeffP]

So our #1 C got a game misconduct, dramatically screwing up our chances of winning this game. Also the team who we got 2 conditional 1st rounders from got a well needed win? Yeah I'm fine with that.

A top 5 pick would do wonders for our rebuild.

Weak call though.

its cool, we were just going to reach for an unknown to eventually bust- DAL does its big business in the 5th round

 

[JeffP]

i feel like most of the stars fans here feel it should have been ~2mins,
but since we've moved on.. its time to take the piss

 

[Hellraising Senator]

Worst game misconduct ever? Maybe not but it's not far off either.

Terrible officiating is terrible

 

[serp]

Zibanejad isn't getting suspened for this , Rangers are not playing to win and the game is over lets just move on. I have actually only have a problem with that stupid nonsense Strome did at the end of the game not with Zibanejad .

 

[Anomie2029]

Faksa was in a vulnerable position, and Zibanejad had ample time to react to that. He didn't, so it's a fair penalty.

Because Faksa left the game, that's why it was a game misconduct IMO.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

That's an incredibly weak call. I'm all for player safety, but that's just soft

 

[n00bxQb]

BS Call. Refs are morons, should be fired. It’s called hockey, it’s called making a hit. Not Zibanejad’s fault Faska was in a bad position.

RE: bad position, league made it clear years ago (shortly after the DoPS was created) that the onus is on the hitter to NOT hit a player in a vulnerable position. Of course, the DoPS has been notoriously inconsistent in applying it, but it has been stated many times over the past decade.

Not saying it isn't a super soft call (by the book, it's a 5 and a game for a boarding penalty that results in an injury ... but refs have found creative ways to avoid the 5 and a game assessment many times before).

 

[Section88]

Clearly a vicious, malicious hit
That said concussions are complicated. There doesnt even need to be contact with the head on a hit to end with a concussion.

 

[EscapedGoat]

Lol no. The guy who's recieving the hit must be responsible for what kind of situation he put himself in. Stupid of Faksa for getting that low on the boards.

That's simply, 100% untrue. You can say you believe that or that's your opinion but the DoPS has made it clear hundreds of times that the onus is on the player making the hit to not hit a vulnerable player.

Whether you like that or not is your opinion. But you can't make a blanket statement that the player receiving the hit is responsible when thats patently false.

 

[Tomas W]

One of the worst call ever. But refs are humans, humans make mistakes.