Brady Tkachuk refuses a power play

[Clint Eastwood]

I think players deny the penalties not out of class or sportsmanship but they're playing the long game. If he doesn't get hit and flinches (which is a normal human action but alas), he'll get a reputation as a diver and that reputation is not an easy one to shake. It'll give the refs a reason to not give you the benefit of the doubt in any situation in the future.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Just realizing now this was likely for the cameras for the prime series following Tkachuk around....

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Hockey Gods will remember this

Which is why the Sens won. Karma is real.

 

[geebster]

Everyone on HF is the toughest of people and never ever would they flinch. They're just sitting on the sidelines to be nice to the athletes. They don't need millions, that be greedy of them you know. They're all altruistic saints around here

This is pretty unfair. I'll have you know if you have the right kind of brainstem damage you can lose your ability to flinch.

We aren't tough guys, we are victims.

 

[OysterForever]

They should have called Tkachuk for embellishment then

You obviously have never skated before

 

[The Expert]

Have you ever grabbed your face with your hand when something's close to your face? Tkachuk only saved his own skin there.

Yeah, I play hockey with a visor so this isn't a foreign concept to me.

 

[Llewzaher]

Ultimate nice guy move from Brady, but don't know if thats the right thing to do in a wild card race this tight.

I am sure the coach thanked him

 

[Kimota]

Stuff like that should happy more often. It's good for the game cause refs tend to get trigger-happy with the penalties.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Tkachuck is a huge moron but this, I respect

He's like the Anti-Stützle

 

[Ghost of Murph]

I feel like I've been a wus all these years for flinching when I've seen something coming at my face high speed. Should have been aspiring to be an Internet tough guy.

 

[Dr Robot]

The people insisting he embellished and that flinching - and even bringing a hand up to your face - is not a normal human reaction are the perfect microcosm of what makes HF insufferable at times.

Sport is played at frickin light speed and most guys at this level have taken a stick or two to the face in their lives and know what it feels like. God forbid you flinch when a stick swings passed your face at a thousand miles per hour, or you even instinctively bring your hand up, expecting that you were about to have a tooth knocked out. No way. Impossible. In fact, Brady should probably be fined for this.

Even if they do take a stick directly to the face, they should stand there unflichingly staring at their love of the game. Anything less should get them added to the divers list and chased by moose through the town square.

 

[WolfgangPuck]

My god. Tkachuk !
Take the penalty
Help your team win
was inches from from getting stitches
let the refs do their job.
It’s not a matter of getting hit by the stick. It’s the other player has to control their stick.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Tkachuck is a huge moron but this, I respect

He's like the Anti-Stützle

Or an Anti-Canadien

 

[Bouboumaster]

Or an Anti-Canadien

Only in the sense that he's a f***ing moron, and Habs players have double digit IQ points above him

 

[FanCos]

Everyone on HF is the toughest of people and never ever would they flinch. They're just sitting on the sidelines to be nice to the athletes. They don't need millions, that be greedy of them you know. They're all altruistic saints around here

A typical HF member on the right:

 

[Bender Duster]

Brady…the most likeable of the family.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

A typical HF member on the right:

 

[Zalos]

Gotta love HF. Player shows rare sportsmanship, but people still find reasons to criticize him.

Give your heads a shake, guys.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

More of this is needed in sports. I'd rather have integrity than a small advantage in a game.

 

[Hennessy]

He said he probably wouldn't do it again. He didn't say anything about being told not to do it.

You're right. My memory glitched. Sorry for the inadvertent lie, everyone.

 

[jbeck5]

Tkachuck is a huge moron but this, I respect

He's like the Anti-Stützle

Why is he a huge moron? Is he not smart?

Or you just don't like him?

 

[D Wakaluk]

Hockey Gods will remember this

Too bad they are sadistic and unjust little Gods

 

[TeamRenzo]

Why is he a huge moron? Is he not smart?

Or you just don't like him?

Habs fans hate Tkachuk because they passed on him

 

[bobholly39]

Did he hit his helmet? It looks like it form video, but hard to say for sure. Couple thoughts:

1. If he hit his helmet, it 100% should still be a penalty. Glad it didn't hit him/player wasn't hurt, but it's still high sticking contact that should be penalized.

2. I wouldn't have minded if it was a penalty still, even if there's no helmet contact. You should be penalizing the action, not necessarily the result. Extreme example - player 1 gets pissed off, grabs his stick with both hands and take a baseball bat style swing at another player's head....but misses. Shouldn't he still be penalized for the action, despite no contact? Same idea here - the player raised his stick high very close to a player's face.

 

[Shark Finn]

Gotta love HF. Player shows rare sportsmanship, but people still find reasons to criticize him.

Give your heads a shake, guys.

Must be the last name..