Foligno fined for hit on Dwyer

[Urkie]

I think it's a bit of a joke that such a big deal was made about this hit. In my opinion, it did not fit the criteria at all as I didn't see it as being from the blindside.

Senators' Foligno fined for hit on Hurricanes' Dwyer

What do you guys think?

YouTube - Nick Foligno big hit on Pat Dwyer

 

[dash]

Urkie, I think that the league is just very sensitive towards headshots and that's the reason for the fine. However, if that's the case, shouldn't Mark Fistic be fined for this elbow to the melon of Johan Franzen?

 

[Rossinole]

Totally avoidable hit to the head.

 

[Urkie]

Urkie, I think that the league is just very sensitive towards headshots and that's the reason for the fine. However, if that's the case, shouldn't Mark Fistic be fined for this elbow to the melon of Johan Franzen?

Absolutely dash. That was worse then what Foligno did but since TSN didn't whine about it, nothing was done about it.

To me though, Foligno didn't hit Dwyer from the blind side. Pretty soon hitting somebody at all is going to warrant a suspension...

 

[puckhead]

clean hit. Dwyer had the puck, and it was a shoulder.
gotta keep your head up.

 

[Urkie]

Totally avoidable hit to the head.

It was but more because of the pass that set the hit up. What's Foligno supposed to do? Let Dwyer go? He had his head down coming out of his zone.

I see the blindside hit more as coming from outside of a players field of vision. Meaning, there is no way they could have seen the guy coming. In this case Dwyer could have seen him coming if he had his head up.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

clean hit. Dwyer had the puck, and it was a shoulder.
gotta keep your head up.

Hear hear.

The league is being pussified before our eyes.

 

[Automattic]

Foligno should be "jumpin" mad...

 

[dash]

Hear hear.

The league is being pussified before our eyes.

Mike Milbury approves this post...

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Mike Milbury approves this post...

Hey!!!

Let's not say things we can't take back, Dash!

Seriously though, this was quite simply the right HOCKEY play for Foligno to make. I might try an NHL career if all I have to do is skate around leading with my head and eyes on the puck.

This hit was in no way outside of normal competitive action and was in no way predatory.

Bad plays and passes need to be punished.

 

[wings-pens2166]

Hear hear.

The league is being pussified before our eyes.

Letang just kick out of the pens-isles game for almost the same hit....

....pussified indeed

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

$2500.00??
That's not a fine.
That's a slow night at the bar with RatBoy and Patrick Kane.

hey-yoooo.....


<rimshot>

 

[Darkstone42]

The hit was clean. It wasn't even really a hit, as Foligno appeared to me to be attempting to play the puck and the contact was the result of two players reaching the puck at about the same time.

 

[juliansteed]

Looked pretty clean to me. It doesn't even look like the Canes took exception to it from that clip.