Power is an embarrassment. I think Sabres fans have called out Samuelson as well. They just stand around and watch.
I would trade Power in off season for some more jam in the lineup.
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I would trade Power in off season for some more jam in the lineup.
He got paid.
Dahlin's lowlight reel has got to be almost as long as his highlight reel. Does some seriously idiotic stuff out there lol
Ryan MacCleod getting some measure of respect back on the scoreboard....but still, Buffalo needs to play the rest of this game with hair on their teeth
The backside replay is not flattering to Howden at all.
No idea, but that hit still happens and then Reaves would go out and fight Koleslaw and we'd still be here.
What ? He has the puck until a millisecond before he gets destroyed.
There's no interference at all on the play.
Hill is usually good for one banana nut muffin per game.
I expect him to not throw a hit like that at all. The game is meaningless. Sabres are just playing out the string. Why try to hurt a player that means nothng to Vegas? And i believe all hard hits should have your enforcer go after the hitter or the other teams star players. Otherwise it will just keep happening.
It's pro hockey not a bake off. Hard hitting is allowed.
But maybe coleslaw would be laid out and the Sabres fans could be happy for 5 minutes in this dreadful season.
Yeah. Looks like it. Puck was gone when I saw the play. Still unnecessary. Howden should have gone after the puck instead of Kulich.
Okay, I don't see interference anymore. Twitter/X's playback must suck though, because after watching it at full speed once, I tried putting the video in full screen to see if I thought there was any head contact and playback gets stuck.
Where's Norris ?
Some of you might not believe, but here in Ontario it's nice enough for shorts and a t-shirt while there's still plenty of snow around
Now I'm hoping one of the teams takes a sizeable lead so things get nasty
Some of you might not believe, but here in Ontario it's nice enough for shorts and a t-shirt while there's still plenty of snow around
Absolutely. I don't like those hits, but they're allowed.
Now I'm hoping one of the teams takes a sizeable lead so things get nasty
Don't know but they had him out of practice for medical evaluation yesterday. Don't know what it is, they haven't said.
It shouldn't be. But regardless of that you shouldn't be allowed to target a player that is battling for the puck with an other player. And if you do it should be just enough contact to keep him away form the puck.
His head looks like the main point of contact NOT the body since he head is ahead of his body.
Good clean hit however I understand the angst against it. Like targeting in football where the defensive player is just trying to separate the ball from the ball carrier. If hockey wants to cut out these hits then penalize a player going specifically for the hit as opposed to trying to get the puck away.
Now, how you make on-ice judgement calls for these is a whole other can of worms.
Now, how you make on-ice judgement calls for these is a whole other can of worms.
Problem is the way Kulich is leaning down. If Howden is going for the hit and the player ducks down like this as he's cutting across, it's impossible for Howden to stop progress. The player being hit has to bear some responsibility for safety as well.
Its not relevant the way Kulich is leaning. Thats the thing, there is no excuse that allows a player to hit another player in the head.
Do you think if a player puts himself in a vulnerable position that means its open season to smoke him in the head?
The rule is you have to avoid contact if the point of contact is the head. Thats the rule.
It 100% is if Kulich decides last second to lower his head into contact. Obviously he's not intentionally trying to do that, but hockey is fast. Howden's body position is a straight hit if Kulich remains on his path. Players changing direction last second makes it impossible to adjust.
And everyone knows I'm one of the biggest Vegas haters here so I ain't just giving Brett the benefit.
The onus is on the player doing the hitting to avoid contact.. You are now characterizing it to suit your scenario.
Howden was going for and allowed contact there. It would have been a clean check. The kind of hit that the NHL wants. Problem is Kulich suddenly cut inside and lowered his upper body. Nothing Howden could do when you're moving that fast. I loathe people who say what I'm about to say, but if you've ever been on skates going 12-15 mph then you'd know even if you have the reflexes to assess and adjust that quickly, you simply can't just cut into the ice and avoid contact.
Not sure why you're saying something about my scenario. I'd sooner all Vegas players be banned for life than root for them.
