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A two handed baseball swing happens all the time.?..Come on man.that kind of slash happens all the time. If Soucy had just left it as a whack back (which he did give him) it wouldn't have been an issue. He didn't, and Russian Shrek decided that McDavid had lingered in his swamp for too long, so here we are.
Well, I had the avatar before this thread, so I don't really care if some picture I found on the internet pleases you or not.I wouldn't use "man of steel" to describe McDavid, either. Especially hilarious considering the topic of this thread.
If a baseball player swung his bat like that, the ball wouldn't reach the pitchers mound. Stop trying to categorize it as something it wasn't.A two handed baseball swing happens all the time.?..Come on man.
Are we? I haven't seen anyone suggest that.All the Oilers in here pumping their chest like a Soucy suspension gives them the edge and right back into the series.
One heck of a “swat” here
Who’s going to retaliate? Janmark? Nuge?
I don't really see anyone suggesting that.All the Oilers in here pumping their chest like a Soucy suspension gives them the edge and right back into the series.
I'm sure the Oil would like that but Big Z will play and will keep rustling jimmiesZadorov should offer to serve or cover any discipline, it's entirely his fault this ended up being anything.
huh?All the Oilers in here pumping their chest like a Soucy suspension gives them the edge and right back into the series.
It wasnt an intentional crosscheck to face eitherIf a baseball player swung his bat like that, the ball wouldn't reach the pitchers mound. Stop trying to categorize it as something it wasn't.
Let’s compromise. We will offer to triple the suspension and have Cole serve it.Zadorov should offer to serve or cover any discipline, it's entirely his fault this ended up being anything.
People who make stuff up like that should just get an instant thread ban. They aren't here to converse.I don't really see anyone suggesting that.
I mean, it’s 2-1.All the Oilers in here pumping their chest like a Soucy suspension gives them the edge and right back into the series.
No need to be sorry.Sorry, but the league was adamant both in its initial judgment and in its response to Toronto’s appeal that scoring a goal is not an instigating act and therefore Rielly was not retaliating but rather instigating against a defenceless opponent.
Not similar.
Could work either way imo. Could wake up the non contributing Oiler players or could embolden the Canucks with an us against the league mentality.
Personally I’m hoping the Oilers try to get revenge like the Leafs did against Marchand.
Campbell was a decent player that just can't handle the load as a starter from what I remember. He could play decent in stretches but needed rest.Campbell didn't suck worse than Skinner with Woodcroft coaching. Both were equally bad. Campbell was waived to change things up and was never tried with new coach and new defensive strategy.
Skinner could've been pulled after the 3rd goal if not after period 1. Even I'm 3rd Oilers had plenty of time for a comeback. It was a good game with Oilers fighting til the end. The issue here is the assault after the final buzzer .. I don't think many saw what happened to McDavid otherwise the bench could have cleared if McD stayed down on the ice and replays of that play shown.
Big Z has been a force. Love that hit on Kane. Right into the bench.I'm sure the Oil would like that but Big Z will play and will keep rustling jimmies
Soucy doesn't have to be afraid of anyone for things to go sour for him.Nobody is afraid of Kane and Perry in 2024. Ekholm has like what, 3 career fights?
A two handed baseball swing happens all the time.?..Come on man.
So is slash and tap, and we can argue semantics all day. But the fact is that Saucy initiated by first contact, which makes McDavid the respondent. If you want to argue further then this that is your right but to make the statement of McDavid initiated is factually wrong.Cross check and push are two very different things
You really think that guys don’t swat at each other with their sticks after the play is over as part of a scrum activity? And often it doesn’t get called?
Really?
I’m beyond amazed. It’s like you’re watching a completely different sport.
Most games aren't heated, tight, second round divisional playoff games. That type of slash happens post whistle, if not post game, a dozen times a game at least.
One heck of a “swat” here
Who’s going to retaliate? Janmark? Nuge?
No need to be sorry.
Griegs action was more of a passive aggressive act vs a blatant act of aggression. Much softer than this instance.
I’m not interested in what the “league determined” regarding Grieg as it’s not relative to this discussion. However it was easy to see what Grieg was doing.
Both plays garnered a similar response, either way. And both infractions happened after the play was dead. I believe this is where the DOPS compare the 2 incidents.
It was a cross check to the face. I think many Oiler fans have acknowledged that it would have been in the chest had Zadorov not cross checked McDavid in the back. I also think that if you were being honest about it, if you were asked to rank which was the worst act of 1) cross check to the back, 2) slash on the hip, and 3) cross check in the face, you would determine that the slash on the hip is the least egregious.It wasnt an intentional crosscheck to face either