Close call - Michael McCarron cut by skate to the neck

[johnnyonthspot]

Is it me or does this seem to be happening more often lately? It seemed like we used to go years and years without an incident.

I think players are more reckless. The Stars player did a full on karate kick not intentionally but definitely recklessly

 

[Whoot Whoot]

would have been above the turtleneck

 

[johnnyonthspot]

In both recent cases I’m still trying to figure out why a skate is neck high. It’s one thing if you caught a hip check and flipped ass over tea kettle but that’s not this and I’m questioning some instincts of the players. The second you feel your leg go high you bend a knee or twist something to make sure your attached knives don’t hit anything. You don’t just go with the momentum and see what happens. This one definitely seems avoidable? I’m not saying he’s intentionally trying to kick the guy but there was nothing about the body momentum that seems like the full follow through had to happen. Isn’t McCarron really tall? He’s standing straight up. It’s hard work to get keep a foot that high. There was zero effort to avoid this.

Agreed 100% I am not sure if the Stars player was trying to get a call there but he was reckless.

 

[wickedwitch]

would have been above the turtleneck

Yeah. I wonder if a full cage/bubble would prevent it.

 

[bleedgreen]

I made a thread a few days ago about a jumping incident that didn't result in a bad injury but I think there should be a conversation about skate blade safety. Not really sure how to address it honestly.

Well the Kadri incident/goal wasn’t this to me. These guys are the best of the best and they absolutely can make adjustments mid air. If Kadri wasn’t going to make it he could’ve put his legs out so he landed on his ass instead of his skates. Or tucked his feet under himself so he landed on his knees. He could’ve and would’ve (imo) made the adjustment so he wouldn’t have landed on the player beneath him skate first. He had intention. This? There’s supposed to be an “oh shit” feeling when your feet go above your waist and you feel the desperate need to start making those adjustments. This guy (and the one that killed the player) had no such instinct it appeared. They just went not only with the momentum but to the highest and fullest extent of it. Zero recognition of the moment they’re in. I don’t know if there’s been a generation switch there or what. Flying through the air is not new to the game. You don’t get anywhere in hockey over a lifetime without your share of involuntary and voluntary airborne moments. These guys know how to control themselves mid flight.

 

[Habby4Life]

That shit is scary, thankfully he is ok.

Not sure a neck guard would have stopped that but this might have to be implemented by the league just like they did with visors.

Man that was a close call.

 

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In both recent cases I’m still trying to figure out why a skate is neck high. It’s one thing if you caught a hip check and flipped ass over tea kettle but that’s not this and I’m questioning some instincts of the players. The second you feel your leg go high you bend a knee or twist something to make sure your attached knives don’t hit anything. You don’t just go with the momentum and see what happens. This one definitely seems avoidable? I’m not saying he’s intentionally trying to kick the guy but there was nothing about the body momentum that seems like the full follow through had to happen. Isn’t McCarron really tall? He’s standing straight up. It’s hard work to get keep a foot that high. There was zero effort to avoid this.

You just spent a whole ass paragraph creating a conspiracy when you could've just said you don't know how physics works.