Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

[DevilishWon]

Big Buff has a hearing tomorrow with the Dept. of Player Safety:

What was the hearing for?

 

[DevilishWon]

Dave 'Tiger' Williams
Dave 'The Hammer' Schultz
Dave Semenko

/Parents need to stop naming their kids 'Dave' and continue with Tucker, Taylor, Jordan, and Kyle

Finally an analysis of violence in hockey based on science!

 

[dash]

What was the hearing for?

Hitting a Habs player too hard?



/I kid comeds.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Hitting a Habs player too hard?

/I kid comeds.

 

[dash]

Similar to how fans clamour for goals in which it appears the puck “obviously” crossed the goal line, the Department of Player Safety needs conclusive evidence of an infraction. Echevarrieta said that simply didn’t exist in this case - saying Zetterberg could have “gotten lucky” that the video angles did not paint a complete enough picture.

Echevarrieta said behind the door in his New York office, there is a list of comparable hits that the league uses as reference points for infractions and borderline plays. He works with Stephane Quintal and Chris Pronger and in his 17 years with the league, he can recite hits and plays from their playing careers.

Pronger and angles eh?

NHL says video of Zetterberg hit was inconclusive

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Similar to how fans clamour for goals in which it appears the puck “obviously” crossed the goal line, the Department of Player Safety needs conclusive evidence of an infraction. Echevarrieta said that simply didn’t exist in this case - saying Zetterberg could have “gotten lucky” that the video angles did not paint a complete enough picture.

Echevarrieta said behind the door in his New York office, there is a list of comparable hits that the league uses as reference points for infractions and borderline plays. He works with Stephane Quintal and Chris Pronger and in his 17 years with the league, he can recite hits and plays from their playing careers.

Pronger and angles eh?

NHL says video of Zetterberg hit was inconclusive

“We’re subject only to what we see. We didn’t have a real good angle on the play - that’s what made this an inconclusive replay,” Echevarrieta said. “I don’t think Pageau’s head was targeted. I can’t see if this was a rough or an elbow, or the degree of force in which Zetterberg hit him. Did he leave his feet? He doesn’t appear to launch at him.”]

Seriously? I think I disagree on all counts. It's pretty obvious that Zetterberg went for the head, led with his elbow and left his feet. Plus, I kind of feel like he was hitting the head of a player from his blindside, or at least going high on a player who was in a vulnerable position.

Look at it slow-mo. I can't un-see a predatory hit here.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

when twig meets berries

 

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That might staal OV's plans on starting a family...

 

[esls79]

when twig meets berries

Does Lucic get royalties for that?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

It doesnt look like much of anything from the replay but this is brutal

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[forty_three]

It doesnt look like much of anything from the replay but this is brutal

Aw, hell. I love Chris Kelly. Get well, you scrappy lil bastard.

 

[dash]

Hey 43, strap on your gear, we need a goalie in Calgary asap.

 

[forty_three]

Hey 43, strap on your gear, we need a goalie in Calgary asap.

Am I being traded for Kris Russell?


/Tabasco probably still knows his way around there...

 

[forty_three]

Good guy Tyler Seguin.

 

[pixburgher66]

It doesnt look like much of anything from the replay but this is brutal

It's a distal fx, right at the knee...can tell simply by how it just flops. I think the issue was skate getting caught in the ice and his momentum taking him forward. I really can't believe they didn't splint/cart him off. Dangerous stuff.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Hey 43, strap on your gear, we need a goalie in Calgary asap.

When u start the season with 3 goalies on the roster, it actually means you dont have a single one

 

[dash]

lol - I posted the same tweet in the Comedy Silver thread. It certainly sums it up.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol - I posted the same tweet in the Comedy Silver thread. It certainly sums it up.

Mine took longer to type because i included the quote by confucius

 

[davnlaguna]

Kopitar missed the rest of the game