Ekblad hit on Hagel - suspended 2 games

[HockeyVirus]

No penalty btw...

 

[NVious]

Should be done for the rest of the series, head hunting, elbow, pure intent to injure

 

[Leonardo87]

Here’s the thread…

 

[teugen]

And here’s the thread……

And you could not believe who made it.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Sent to bed with no dinner

 

[Breakers]

What the hell has happened to this dude

-The PED’s
-Absolutely idiotic plays on their last playoff runs
-This elbow tonight
-His underlying numbers rival a bottom pairing d-man

This dude just completely checked out mentally?

 

[North]

Yeah he’s getting suspended.

 

[VaporTrail]

This is the playoffs, right ?

 

[bobholly39]

Panthers. Typical dirty play.

They're out in 6 this year.

 

[Turin]

Forearm shiver but I don't see that as that serious to be honest unless I can see proof it was an all out elbow

 

[StrangeVision]

Forearm shiver but I don't see that as that serious to be honest unless I can see proof it was an all out elbow

I thought the same initially, but on the view from behind you can see a pretty sharp impact to Hagel's head.

 

[TMLeafer]

Dirty, no surprise. Refs look away again.

 

[Fatass]

That was a very obvious elbow to the chips. Ted looking right at it calls nothing. Hopefully DOPS does something.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Forearm, not elbow, but still pretty nasty

 

[phillyb]

Yeah, give him a suspension.
Bad elbow/stiff arm. Whatever you want to call it.
Retribution/intent to injure.
Hagel’s head hits the ice, injured on the play.

I’m all for playoff hockey, but that’s a bad and stupid hit.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I would guess he gets a game for that.

 

[HighNote]

Yeah, there's intent to injure there, so I think you have to give him at least a game.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Wouldnt shock me to see a game for that.

 

[TheYardMachine]

Ekblad doesnt like to play hockey it seems

 

[Bocephus86]

Probably.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Yeap, easy peasy

 

[JFleegs]

gotta love the clear view over the refs shoulder looking right at it

edit: both refs shoulders

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Idk how anyone can pretend there’s no problem with officiating right now, it’s getting ridiculous

 

[Isaac Nootin]

This is the playoffs, right ?

Yes, it is, and it wouldn't be an issue if there was ANY attempt to play through the body. There wasn't.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

I have no faith in DOPS.

But he should be fired into the sun for the rest of this series bare minimum.