Couturier head shots Dach. Couturier drops the gloves with Xhekaj. Seeler comes in as a 3rd fighter. Xhekaj gets the penalty...?

[Koivu11]

because the never actually engaged in a fight I can see not getting third man in.
but should have been at least offsetting.

I did like couturier there. Drops his glove. Looks at the ref. Ref doesn’t step in. Shakes his head and squares up.

He was going to try it. Good for him.

Couturier literally punched Xhekaj in the head before Seeler jumped in.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Eh, I thought Xhekaj was tough.

 

[Leafs87]

Who gaf it’s Xhagssh. Guy always jumps un expecting opponents

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Couturier literally punched Xhekaj in the head before Seeler jumped in.

When does that happen? I only see Couturier grabbing for his jersey.

As for the instigator, Xhekaj tosses his stick away. It's pretty clear what his intentions were.

Like I said there should've been more offsetting penalties but this doesn't look like some great miscarriage of justice.

 

[Hunter368]

I don’t see any fight thus no third man, see no head shot. I would say both teams should have gotten 2 mins offsetting pens. So it’s a missed two min call in a game, how many times does that happen in every single game.

 

[bov]

This reminds me of Stevie Downie squaring off against Ovechkin back in the day, then Matt Bradley came in at the last moment to take the fight himself.

But in this case, no real fight occured. Seeler was being a good teammate, not letting his captain get beaten down by a true beast in Xhekaj.

 

[herashak]

At this point it seems confirmed Xhekaj is a bottom pairing dime a dozen player, nobody needs to fight him unless it’s egregious

 

[Michoulicious]

Don't we have a GDT for this stuff? Why is this a thread?

It's 5 pages long already. I think a thread was warranted.

 

[swiftwin]

At this point it seems confirmed Xhekaj is a bottom pairing dime a dozen player, nobody needs to fight him unless it’s egregious

It was always obvious

 

[Xirik]

Who gaf it’s Xhagssh. Guy always jumps un expecting opponents

I am Xhagshh

Who be you?

 

[TKB]

why are people saying the fight hasn't started. coots throws a right and seelers attack from the xhekajs blindside after xhekaj had already dropped the gloves and squared up with coots. should have been called.

You could call it that way , but then you end up with:

Couturier 5 for fighting
Seeler - game misconduct 3rd man in

Xhekaj - 2 for instigation (based on what was actually called on the ice) , 5 for fighting and ten minute misconduct for the instigator.

Seems like overkill to me, and the on ice manpower is the same result.

 

[GrandmaCookie]

Xhekaj deserves it
Cant wait until he is suspended for good

Being a Leafs fan must be brutal

 

[Albatros]

They should leave officiating to the IIHF.

 

[Bileur]

That’s the “head shot” on Dach?

Dach snaps his head back like that quite often. Not surprising with his injury history.

 

[Stringer Bell]

Being a Leafs fan must be brutal

I am a Leafs fan and can confirm that it is tough.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

They should leave officiating to the IIHF.

I hope this is a joke...im just imaginaing a chippy, rowdy Stanely Cup Playoff game being mediated like an IIHF game and now im gonna go kill myself.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

suspend the ref for a week lol. What's the logic there?

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

That penalty was given to the Habs because they drafted Reinbacher over Michkov...

 

[Koivu11]

That penalty was given to the Habs because they drafted Reinbacher over Michkov...

Good one, very creative!