GDT: 12/23/24 - 7:00PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ Florida

[These Are The Days]

The boards are gonna break now and I can't be sure the Cats aren't gonna stomp our ass now

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Five and a game, come on

 

[The Gongshow]

Clean hit. Love to see it

 

[Point21]

The boards are gonna break now and I can't be sure the Cats aren't gonna stomp our ass now

we are 100% blowing this lead right here. Twitter and HFB are gonna blow up with Kuch hate posts

 

[T REX]

Stupid

 

[Stormbreaker]

#FreeKuch

 

[Soul Assumption]

this is 2 min penalty imho, game management

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Getting the game might prevent a suspension. Dumb hit anyway. I will put money on Tkatchuk coming back though.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Thats a penalty but five and a game? Its not Kucherovs fault that he was reaching for that puck like that.

 

[StammerHammer]

Unfortunate for all.

 

[The Gongshow]

Lmao that's not a suspension. Kuch gets good contact with his hip and crotch. It's leg too but not just leg

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Thats a penalty but five and a game? Its not Kucherovs fault that he was reaching for that puck like that.

I don't disagree, but we have seen a standard of if a guy is leaning like that, you don't take the hit. I don't have to like th 5 + the game. Would have been fine with 5 too. But I get why they did it.

 

[Point21]

this is gonna be a fun night

 

[LTIR Trickery]

I don't disagree, but we have seen a standard of if a guy is leaning like that, you don't take the hit. I don't have to like th 5 + the game. Would have been fine with 5 too. But I get why they did it.

Lmao that's not a suspension. Kuch gets good contact with his hip and crotch. It's leg too but not just leg

He got his moneys worth with that hit for sure, between he and Bennett there are a lot of guys that haven't forgotten the playoffs.

 

[DaBolts]

Good first period boys. Now kill this major. #FreeKuch

 

[RussianGuyovich]

kucherov is innocent!

 

[bigdaddio]

Can somebody who really knows hockey rules explain how that is a game misconduct?

Pukechuck was clearly eligible to be checked, the puck was almost still on his stick. Kuch hit him in the body and leg and Kuch's leg was not extended out. Maybe some element of it does make it a game misconduct that I'm not aware of.

That being said, I hope when Pukechuck's leg heals I hope somebody on the Lightning does a Joe Pesci in Casino and does it again.

 

[Steazy Doo]

Can somebody who really knows hockey rules explain how that is a game misconduct?

Pukechuck was clearly eligible to be checked, the puck was almost still on his stick. Kuch hit him in the body and leg and Kuch's leg was not extended out. Maybe some element of it does make it a game misconduct that I'm not aware of.

That being said, I hope when Pukechuck's leg heals I hope somebody on the Lightning does a Joe Pesci in Casino and does it again.

There’s no reason that’s a 5. They caved to the score and crowd.

 

[Hoek]

Karma for all the chirping last game I suppose.

 

[bov]

Not a good play at all and 5 mins is understandable, but it's also Tkachuk. Hanging at the end of the bench, talking all that shit yesterday doesn't look so hot now.

 

[bigdaddio]

Not a good play at all and 5 mins is understandable, but it's also Tkachuk. Hanging at the end of the bench, talking all that shit yesterday doesn't look so hot now.

I hope the Lightning bench was chirping back at him as he got helped off the ice whatever BS he was repeating over and over again last game.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

The cats broadcast is fairly red-assed about all this, no surprise

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Oh boy I missed everything I guess

 

[DistantThunderRep]

The cats broadcast is fairly red-assed about all this, no surprise

Their broadcast has always been shit.

 

[bigdaddio]

After watching the video again, Kuch's legs are in tight together. Khachuck is the one who splayed his leg out. BS call.