GDT: ECQF Game 2 - CAR vs BOS - Back at it in this marvelous series

[Tryamw]

Im not sure how that takes you out of a game for days tho. Dude is SUPER fragile

Well He's related to Mr. Glass. but if he hurt his jaw I could see some potential issues if he hurt his nose same thing..

 

[Chrispy]

Im not sure how that takes you out of a game for days tho. Dude is SUPER fragile

He got hit both in the face and the leg.

The face was likely some part of the mask pushed into him and cutting him. Visible injury, but I doubt it was the reason he didn't return.

The leg-to-leg contact may have tweaked the previous injury / brought back the cramping issue Raanta had before, which is more of a concern.

 

[Lempo]

Im not sure how that takes you out of a game for days tho. Dude is SUPER fragile

Did you mean:

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Shane Willis on the Adam Gold show speculated that the laceration on his face took a while to attend to / sew up and once a goalie gets cold, there's no reason to try and put him back in, risking further injury and Canes were doing fine with Kuchetkov, so they just kept him out.

Depending no how badly he was cut and how it affects his vision, I can see why it would keep him out, or at least not 100%.

 

[IronLion]

It was one of the most fun games at PNC in a long time. The place was rollicking almost the entire game. And it should be said, the building is not getting invaded the way it used to. That was a 95% Canes crowd.



Unfortunately, this is part of the evolution of having a contending team. It's why Bruins fans have the reputation they do, as well.

I agree. Was at Game 1 and expected to see a ton of Bruins fans and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I agree. Was at Game 1 and expected to see a ton of Bruins fans and was pleasantly surprised.

Yep, I was fully braced for it at Game 1 and a bit surprised to see almost no Bruins fans there. But chalked it up to a Monday night and thought the big wave would come Wednesday. There were definitely more last night, but it was on the level of what you'd expect against the Blues or something.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Goading Marchand into that stupidly blatant penalty given the history between him and our franchise (just remember his antics against Williams in 2019) is the exact kind of play that will have an entire team willing to run through a wall for you.

I have said it all along and believe it more with every game he plays. He is going to make it extremely difficult if not impossible for us to not have him at least being our AHL starter and first callup next year, if not outright backup.

Yeah TDA alluded to this in his postgame interview too.


Really hoping to hear some good news on Raanta and/or Freddie soon. Love Pyotr, completely comfortable with him starting. But not comfortable with those behind him...

 

[Svechhammer]

Yeah TDA alluded to this in his postgame interview too.


Really hoping to hear some good news on Raanta and/or Freddie soon. Love Pyotr, completely comfortable with him starting. But not comfortable with those behind him...

Judging by postgame comments and seeing that he practiced, I think Raanta is probably fine and would be able to play and play well if called upon. But with the team up 2-0 in the series and Pyotr looking plenty capable, we'll go with him for the next couple in hopes he can get us at least 1 win before Raanta or Freddie is back to 100%,

 

[MisterDobz]

Deliver? Yes. Unfortunately, the first hit that came to mind was the Doug Weight hit on Sutter.

Clean? Absolutely. Major problem in that the skater had his head down making the head part of the contact on a body check? Yes.

There are only 2 ways to get rid of this kind of head contact in the NHL:
1) Coach players to keep their heads up at all times.
2) Stop allowing players with their heads down to be checked.

#2 is an NFL type solution and I don't think the NHL will go this direction as it only encourages skating with your head down, which will lead to more injuries.

The obvious solution is to ban all hits to the head regardless of the initial point of contact. That would effectively eliminate 80-90% of all hitting I’m afraid. If you want to see what this looks like, watch some international hockey, that’s the way the international rule has been for quite a while. It’s really not bad.

im not proposing or supporting one thing or the other, but just want to point out that the NHL has made a conscious decision to risk player injury by allowing these big hits.

as for me, i loved seeing svetch‘s legal destruction of Lindholm, I’m less in favor when one of my team’s player is stretchered off the ice.

 

[Svechhammer]

The obvious solution is to ban all hits to the head regardless of the initial point of contact. That would effectively eliminate 80-90% of all hitting I’m afraid. If you want to see what this looks like, watch some international hockey, that’s the way the international rule has been for quite a while. It’s really not bad.

im not proposing or supporting one thing or the other, but just want to point out that the NHL has made a conscious decision to risk player injury by allowing these big hits.

as for me, i loved seeing svetch‘s legal destruction of Lindholm, I’m less in favor when one of my team’s player is stretchered off the ice.

I don't like seeing anyone look like that on the ice, but if the league is going to allow those kind of hits, I'd much rather it be our players dishing them out than receiving. We've lost more than our fair share of man games to these kind of hits before.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Looks like Marchand and Forbort both got hit with 5K fines, Marchand for the slash and Forbort for the high-stick to Teuvo.

 

[Tryamw]

Looks like Marchand and Forbort both got hit with 5K fines, Marchand for the slash and Forbort for the high-stick to Teuvo.

DoPS Department of Pretend Safety

 

[UNCCHcane]

Looks like Marchand and Forbort both got hit with 5K fines, Marchand for the slash and Forbort for the high-stick to Teuvo.

Forbort's high stick was suspension-worthy. Clearly intentional and dangerous.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Did you mean:

Super-callous fragile lipstick extra halitosis

Looks like Marchand and Forbort both got hit with 5K fines, Marchand for the slash and Forbort for the high-stick to Teuvo.

Until DoPS starts suspending these kinds of things (the biased announcers even though the Forbort high-stick would get a suspension given how nasty it was) instead of a measly $5k fine, they'll continue to do it. Bet if we did it each would be 1-2 games.

 

[Svechhammer]

Well this is shitty. I saw this car on the way into the game, apparently an unhappy Bruins fan slashed his tires afterwards

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Well this is shitty. I saw this car on the way into the game, apparently an unhappy Bruins fan slashed his tires afterwards

Unlikely but hopefully some security cameras could catch the scum that did it. Obviously dude didn't deserve it and it's purely on the trash human who did it, but things like this are why I don't put anything on my vehicle to make it stand out in any way (potentially controversial stickers, flags, etc.).

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Well this is shitty. I saw this car on the way into the game, apparently an unhappy Bruins fan slashed his tires afterwards

There is... a lot going on in this picture.

 

[Svechhammer]

There is... a lot going on in this picture.

Its a giant rat in a yellow tshirt turned into a Marchand jersey with 'kill the rat' on it....

I wish I had gotten a pic as we walked past

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Its a giant rat in a yellow tshirt turned into a Marchand jersey with 'kill the rat' on it....

I wish I had gotten a pic as we walked past

That's cool because if somehow we end up playing the Panthers later he can throw it on the ice as a fun prop repurpose.

 

[Stubu]

Well this is shitty. I saw this car on the way into the game, apparently an unhappy Bruins fan slashed his tires afterwards

I hope this helped. Finland uses these to calibrate air defense radars.

 

[Neighbor Lee]

Ya know, BBs didn't really retaliate that much or go headhunting for Svech. Either they're as soft as their message board says or more likely they could see from ice level that is was clean

 

[tarheelhockey]

Ya know, BBs didn't really retaliate that much or go headhunting for Svech. Either they're as soft as their message board says or more likely they could see from ice level that is was clean

They went after him pretty hard every time they got a chance, he just didn't give them an opportunity to go for a killshot. They also took a huge run at Aho.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

That would mean he's not in protocol I would think. Good news.

Rod confirmed post-game that he hadn’t entered protocol.

Well this is shitty. I saw this car on the way into the game, apparently an unhappy Bruins fan slashed his tires afterwards

Comforting to know there are assholes walking around with knives at hockey games.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Blood in the water. We better win tomorrow night and effectively end this series. Don't let them have any momentum at all. With Lindholm out their D corps is a joke and Swayman this year has a .898 sv% and 2.81 GAA at home. We should light him up easily.