2019-2020 NHL season thread

This is homer BS. You don’t expect to get hit when you are tied up by a linesmen. Doesn’t excuse what he did but Gudbranson shot was cheap.

 

Yeah, it was cheap, but should have been expected. Just go back to the beginning of this. If the ref calls the charging penalty on Leipsic (coming from the top of the circle to behind the net), it doesn't happen, these guys aren't dancing 2-3 minutes later.

Over 40+ years following this sports, I've learned to look back to the root of the incident if you can. Just like on a goal -- usually the goal is the result of pass or a check or a turnover before the scorer got the puck.

Go back to the Ducks comeback to beat the Oilers in the playoffs a couple of years ago. All you could see was Kesler pinning Talbot's pads to the ice. But you neglected to notice that Nurse was on Kesler's back, preventing him from getting up.

 

Think Shanny enjoyed firing Babs?
Babcock has nothing to blame but his ego
He thought he could waltz into Toronto, end the Cup drought and become a national hero
Life rarely works that way

 

I just watched the beginning of that video again, and I just don't see a charge. He doesn't leave his skates. Maybe his right skate is off the ice at the point of contact? But he doesn't launch. It wasn't a headshot, either time. It was a rough play, shoulder to shoulder. Leipsic isn't tall enough to hit Gudbrandson in the head. Again, it had been building throughout the back half of that period. Leipsic got run earlier in the period on what I thought was a clean--but rough--hit. He wanted his pound of flesh. Then shit got weird.

 

Charging is rarely called and the ref calling a penalty is not stopping the immediate reaction, and the hit was not that bad. And, no, you should not expect to get hit when you are tied up by a linesmen. Does it happen? Yes, but you can’t defend yourself. What could he have done to defend himself in that situation? It is the epitome of cheap.

The Kesler stuff is laughable. Not worth even going down that road.

What is being overlooked is Hathaway hitting the Duck Player when he was down with his forearm and elbow.

 

What do you mean by this? He hired him.

 

Cosmo, Leipsic originally hit Grant. Nobody said it was a head shot. From the top of the circle he took a couple of strides toward the goal then veered right at Grant. JC is proving my point. They rarely call charging -- I've seen a couple this year -- and if they did, it would have ended this right from the start.

Enough, now go back to your dance with OOP.

 

What dance with OOP?

 

They generally won't call charging unless your skates have clearly left the ice.

 

They didn’t get along in Detroit, to put it mildly

 

And yet he hired him in Toronto?

 

I don’t think it was his call