Austin Watson fires a slapshot at Jeremy Lauzon at the end of the game

[AvroArrow]

Surprised there wasn't a thread made about this already, just saw it on the morning highlights. I don't know the exact rules on this, but is this suspension worthy ? There should be some sort of disciplinary action for that. That's about as dirty as it gets. Literally 1 second left, it's a 5-1 game and you fire a slapshot straight at your opponent ? Lauzon limped off, hopefully it's not a serious injury. Not sure what Watson is even thinking there, frustration ?

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Stupid shot, but wasn't on purpose. Was just pissed they lost. Can't imagine it's a suspension but possibly a minor fine just to send some sort of message.

 

[Divine]

It’s unreal how dirty Tampa is when they’re down - and they get away with it mostly because of the lack of media attention in Tampa.

If this happened on a bigger market team, there would be comments from the NHL already.

 

[MikeyMike01]

On brand for a Cooper team

They throw violent, dirty tantrums whenever they’re losing

 

[heretik27]

Not quite as egregious as when Alfredsson fired one at Scott Niedermayer.

 

[SEALBound]

Jesus Christ...not on purpose. No apparent malice. You say sorry and move on with your lives. It's hockey.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Scummy result but don’t think it was on purpose by Watson.

 

[Sheppy]

Guy is an idiot.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Bro was lucky he didn't get a stick to the head after that clown move. It would have cost Nashville only 5k and no suspension.

 

[Sheppy]

"It wasn't on purpose"

Look how much time he has. He's looking right at Watson, lol.

 

[Brookbank]

Based. But it wasn't on purpose at all. He was trying to get one last shot on net

 

[AvroArrow]

Jesus Christ...not on purpose. No apparent malice. You say sorry and move on with your lives. It's hockey.

He had about 50 feet of empty space to shoot the puck. I feel like his aim can't be that bad, that he misses half the ice that's empty, and strikes the only player standing in his way.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Lightning fan here - there was no reason for him to take that shot and he should be disciplined for it. Stupid play.

 

[MCR74]

Shades of Alfredsson on Neidermayer. Great move.

 

[Satan]

Dumb play by a dumb player

 

[SEALBound]

He had about 50 feet of empty space to shoot the puck. I feel like his aim can't be that bad, that he misses half the ice that's empty, and strikes the only player standing in his way.

I would 1000% go the way of "extremely low probability event coming to fruition".

There is a lot of empty to ice to miss, sure but... there are breaks sometimes.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

People saying this wasn’t on purpose lmao. Looks right at him and fires it directly at the only object between him and an open end of ice lol.

 

[Oilslick941611]

On brand for a Cooper team

They throw violent, dirty tantrums whenever they’re losing

Tampa is such a low class team.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Bro is just trying to get his Corsi numbers up.

 

[AvStock]

Georgiev ‘s infraction was worst

 

[LemonSauceD]

That was quite literally on purpose. I mean where else would he possibly think the puck would go? He shoots a bit more to his right it hits the bench. He shoots a bit more to his left, he hits Fabbro.

He knew exactly where he was shooting.

 

[EquivalentStay]

Stupid shot, but wasn't on purpose. Was just pissed they lost. Can't imagine it's a suspension but possibly a minor fine just to send some sort of message.

Not on purpose? There was like 5 seconds left. 100% on purpose.

 

[UrbanImpact]

lmao at anyone thinking that wasnt on purpose.

Thats the Daniel Alfredsson special.

Classless

 

[ijuka]

Before watching, was expecting a shot towards the net, which it was. You see one of these at the end of most games. Of course, it being 5-1, that's unnecessary. On the other hand, Lauzon could just not have stood in between the puck and the goal. If he was standing near the boards and the shot was still fired directly at him, then there would be a much stronger case for this being intentional. As is, this probably can be labeled an accident.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Before watching, was expecting a shot towards the net, which it was. You see one of these at the end of most games. Of course, it being 5-1, that's unnecessary. On the other hand, Lauzon could just not have stood in between the puck and the goal. If he was standing near the boards and the shot was still fired directly at him, then there would be a much stronger case for this being intentional. As is, this probably can be labeled an accident.

Why the hell would Lauzon be towards the boards?