The Butcher
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Rangers put up 12 total shots on goal in a 60 minute hockey game today. They lost 5-0. What a mess.
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AbsentMojo
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This angle doesnt show how bad this was.. Main question is how. many games is Kucherov going to get.
Edit: he's back.. That looked like a major injury and it was not.
Edit: he's back.. That looked like a major injury and it was not.
VILARGOD
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We were right there
If they acknowledge it at all
Kucherov gets off from the Malkin school of "well we can't punish him because he's not a repeat offender" while he goes off and does it again and again and again
Axl Rhoadz
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Where would Faber be playing with Doughty, Spence and Clarke?
Vilardi on the other hand, Kings could use a skilled RH shot. That’s brutal.
Vilardi on the other hand, Kings could use a skilled RH shot. That’s brutal.
bland
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In front. Faber would be playing in front of them. There isn't a coach in the world that would resist playing Faber 25 minutes a night against the best players in the world. Likely the same results as Doughty at the moment, but with one player ascending while the other is on the inevitable path down.
Spence would likely have been dealt, Clarke getting the "this kid is really good" protected 3rd pairing minutes while ironing out his edges.
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Don’t get me wrong Kucherov has made some bad plays but Tkachuk was milking this. His leg was dangling out there and Kucherov looked like he was targeting the body. We’ve defended Brown for similar.
I really can’t decide if i think it was intentional or not.
bland
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Can you recall a more obvious situation of a player leading with a knee though? He had his leg braced outwards two full strides before contact.
I don't blame players for reacting like Tkachuk, just like I don't blame a lot of soccer players for prolonged stays on the floor after a hit to the knee or ankle. Those knocks feel really bad in the immediate moment and it takes a little bit of time to know whether its serious or not. Some minor injuries feel very similar to severe ones right after impact, it just takes a couple of minutes to assess. Of course there is milking as well, and a professional turd like Tkachuk loses the benefit of most doubts.
its interesting how well y'all are defending poor matthew tkachuk. obviously dont recall him shoving his stick blade inside quick's mask in an effort to blind or permanently injure him. an eye injury of the sort that tkachuk was attempting would have been career endiong as well as maiming. nothing that happens to that son of a bitch is too good for him
I can think he is a dirtball while also seeing this hit being dirty. The two are mutually exclusive.
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They are not mutually exclusive, and neither is the fact he is long deserving of what he gets.
Side note I think of him "reverse hitting" doughty and getting a suspension. How is reverse hitting not interference 100% of the time? You are hitting a player who does not have the puck. Fiala does it often to.
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Just from the video I watched and stills I’ve seen Kucherov looked set for the hit before Tkachuk put his leg in the position where contact occurre. It looked like he was trying to avoid it to me.
I’m hugely against these sort of intentional hits I’m just not sure on this one. However regardless of the outcome if they view it as intentional then it should be a significant suspension, which if won’t be.
FrozenKing18
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Hard to feel bad for Tkachuk especially after that elbow to Fleury. This was a shithead on shithead crime.
The Butcher
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If Tkachuk played for the Kings we'd be slobbering all over him, but he's not. Didn't like his dad, don't like his brother and don't like him but he gets results.
FrozenKing18
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Nah I wouldn’t be. Clown me if you want, but I like a somewhat honest hockey game. I don’t want a player that’s consistently doing dirty shit on the ice and then turtles like a little bitch. If you want pull ratty shit like that, at least have the stones to answer the bell.
The Butcher
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Nah no clowning, fair enough, but the Kings have a few players like that. Kempe was cheap with his glove sucker punches that I didn't love. But I feel ya, Matthew is on another level.
I do like winning stanley cups though.
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Good for Todd. Detroit is where he started his NHL coaching career.
His merits as a coach have been debated around here, it will be interesting to see if he's able to improve the Red Wings.
Detroit is currently 28th in the league and stuck in a cycle of losing. No where to go but up.
His merits as a coach have been debated around here, it will be interesting to see if he's able to improve the Red Wings.
Detroit is currently 28th in the league and stuck in a cycle of losing. No where to go but up.
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