1. Boro's back is turned to Vaak.
2. It is a hockey play in the sense that he's protecting the crease, in my screen shots, all 5 Sens are collapsing in on Anderson with Bergeron trying to push in.
3. Vaak is skating in with his head up and sees Boro and does nothing, why? Tunnel vision?
4. There was hook.
5. You have 5 sens players there and there was no and I mean absolutely no reason for Vaak to skate in like that, 9 times out of 10, you do that, you're gonna get put on your wallet. Every time.
It was an unfortunate play.
So, I’m assuming all of the Sens fans with this POV thought that Marchand’s elbow on Johansson was “unfortunate” and a “hockey play” and that he didn’t deserve the suspension?
On that play, Marchand was on the top of the NJ crease and was battling for the puck. He sees MJ charging in and he has to assume that he’s going to clean him out, so he throws the elbow out to protect himself.
I mean you said it yourself, guy comes charging in, 9 times out of 10 he’s going to end up on his wallet.
Am I right?
What a crock of shit.
1. Boro clearly looks over his shoulder and sees Vaak.
2. If Vaak was in the crease when Boro threw the elbow to “clear him out”, your premise would be a little more plausible. He’s clearly outside the crease area when Boro hits him.
3. Vaak skates in, looking for a rebound. Was he supposed to use his Finnish Psychic Hockey Superpowers to figure out that Boro was going to throw an unnecessary elbow to his noggin? Be more “aware”? What a f***ing joke.
4. What does the uncalled hook have to do with anything, except for yet another example of the awful officiating in the game?
5. UV skates in because the puck was loose and he was trying to bury a possible rebound. It’s not like there was a fight and he came charging in. He was trying to score a goal, you know, an actual “hockey play”, unlike Boro’s elbow.