Langdon Alger
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Tommy W is probably gonna have to sit for a game for that one
I hope VGK lose in game 7. That would be beautiful.
For a late shoulder-to-shoulder hit that got called?
I don’t think the new arena will change anything.Cap projected to rise by 5M next season to 80M.
Becoming harder and harder to compete with the rich teams that can spend at the cap.
The new arena can't come soon enough.
I don’t think the new arena will change anything.
There was no call on the hit.
Did he not go to the box after? He went for 2 and so did Perron
You're correct. If memory serves, the play-by-play guys said something along the lines of "the hit was late and the call was late, but at least they got it right."Ok, I thought there was no call on the hit but Perron and Wilson were given two minutes each for roughing after the hit.
I think what happened was that initially there was no call on the hit, but then the officials got together and decided to give Wilson a penalty. Perron got one for going after Wilson.
Am I the only one who finds it funny that people are vilifying Wilson for that hit when Domi’s very similar (but worse) hit on Havlat is still included in highlight packages/montages?
A lot of hits in those days were dirty, but weren’t seen as dirty at the time. It was seems as good hard hockey. Playoff hockey baby! The kind of stuff Don Cherry loves.
Stevens on Kariya was awful, but no penalty. Was Rome’s hit on Horton worse than that one? In my opinion, no, but the consequences were different. Rome got kicked out and suspended for the rest of the finals, and Stevens wasn’t even given a two minute penalty.
You're correct. If memory serves, the play-by-play guys said something along the lines of "the hit was late and the call was late, but at least they got it right."
Which... I call bull**** on. They got him for two, but that NEEDED a suspension. It was flagrantly late, and now the message is that you can play dirty as long as you don't target the head.
I really fail to see what makes the hit dirty outside of it being late.
He was called. Why should he be suspended for a clean hit that was late that was called?
Late hit = dirty hitI really fail to see what makes the hit dirty outside of it being late.
He was called. Why should he be suspended for a clean hit that was late that was called?
You're missing the distinction between late (e.g., most standard interference calls) and FLAGRANTLY late (e.g., Dale Hunter on Pierre Turgeon [although, obviously different situations].)I really fail to see what makes the hit dirty outside of it being late.
He was called. Why should he be suspended for a clean hit that was late that was called?
Because suspensions don't really have anything to do with whether or not the penalty was correctly called on the ice during the game.
Also: If it was late, then by definition it wasn't a clean hit.
You are correct to point out that what is considered dirty has changed over time but that change should also be reflected in the highlights they choose to use in today's montages as well. Continuing to play highlights of hits that are considered dirty by today's standards condones that type of hit today, particularly when there a plenty of equally impressive legal hits to choose fromA lot of hits in those days were dirty, but weren’t seen as dirty at the time. It was seems as good hard hockey. Playoff hockey baby! The kind of stuff Don Cherry loves.
Stevens on Kariya was awful, but no penalty. Was Rome’s hit on Horton worse than that one? In my opinion, no, but the consequences were different. Rome got kicked out and suspended for the rest of the finals, and Stevens wasn’t even given a two minute penalty.
Suspensions shouldn't have anything to do with the play getting called. But they do.
Clean, to me, refers to where the contact occurs. There was nothing dirty about how Wilson hit, it was just really late (and wrong).