Ekblad hit on Hagel - suspended 2 games

[Coopers Gum]

And they are now derservedly done like dinner

Deservedly? Lmao is someone a little jealous?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

the fans need to start holding this trash officiating accountable if the nhl wont. its happening every game i turn on.

Fans will still always show up no matter what

 

[HabzSauce]

Suspension? Give me a break. Not even close to suspension worthy in the playoffs

 

[Pablo El Perro]

This should get Ekblad a Mark Messier leadership award since he's so good at leading with the elbow just like Mr. Guarantee. He must have watched the how-to instructional video that Trouba put out.

Are the Nucks still paying Ekblad?

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

They're gonna need to Zapruder this and figure out if the point of contact was the head or the camera angle just made it look that way. My guess is he gets suspended.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Suspension? Give me a break. Not even close to suspension worthy in the playoffs

Fans love complaining about officiating way too much in the playoffs.

 

[Coffee]

Fans love complaining about officiating way too much in the playoffs.

Every teams fans besides maybe Central division do that

 

[Folignos Helmet]

NHL not serious at all about hits to head.

All these should be three games Hagel, Mikkola, Tkachuk, Zub, Eckblad, etc etc.

A game is no deterrent to try to take out a star player.

 

[notsocommonsense]

Suspension? Give me a break. Not even close to suspension worthy in the playoffs

By that metric, was Hagel’s hit suspendable?

 

[Plural]

Which is completely irrelevant if it was a cheap shot.

Not a cheap shot. He should learn how to take a hit. And apparently also learn how to give a hit.

What a loser.

 

[Anglesmith]

This isn't an elbow. That's just disingenuous.

The relevant rule here is Rule 48. With his arm he creates unnecessary head contact in a hit that could've been delivered with the body. If there's an injury as a result of that then it's absolutely going to be suspended, and should have been penalized in the game.

 

[TotalHomer]

Seems like an overreaction to me.

There's no elbow.


He sees him and puts his arm up to brace himself.

Two to four minute penalty, but no suspension.

Yeah. I don't see any intent there other than Ekblad being a lot bigger and gets him high because of that. Arms tucked in. Should've been a penalty but the way Tampa is playing on PP it's a detriment and would've been fine from our POV.

 

[VinikToWinIt]

Easy 1-2 here IMO. Mikkola was worse, he’ll be done for the series and a good chunk of the next.

 

[TheImpatientBoomer]

Easy 1-2 here IMO. Mikkola was worse, he’ll be done for the series and a good chunk of the next.

Why? If anything it's one game for Mikkola, aka the rest of this series.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

People need to look at the second angle shown in the OP's video clip. Sure looks to me like a forearm to the upper chest. Roughing? Sure. Headshot? I don't think so. Wilson's hit the other night was far worse and...poof.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Throw dirty hits and then get upset when they come back your way. That's rich.

Ah yes because the Panthers haven't been running our players from the first minute of this series.

What Mikkola did was even more disgusting. You don't hit a player to the numbers who's kneeled at the boards. Complete disregard for the safety of another player.

 

[TotalHomer]

Why? If anything it's one game for Mikkola, aka the rest of this series.

Yeah I think they'll give Mikkola a game to cool things down but that's it. This Ekblad one would be a joke if he gets a suspension.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Im not sure if its suspension worthy but hard to have any faith as they cant even get the calls on the ice right

Its been brutal in almost every series. From flopping to missed calls to flat out, im watching but im not going to call it cause, well, i have reasons apparently

Is it worse than any other playoffs im not sure as we have short memories

 

[wunderpanda]

how many games would ekblad get? he just came back from suspension. would it be 40 games because of that? or PED suspension doesn't count as repeat offender?

 

[HabzSauce]

By that metric, was Hagel’s hit suspendable?

Hagels looked worse but honestly I wouldnt give a suspension to that either.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Ref standing there with a clear line of sight 10 feet away just reinforces the shit job they're doing in the playoffs.

Call the game consistently from regular season to playoffs and throughout the games into OT and players know what to expect.

Curious if there's a review of refs post games and consequences for shit performance?

 

[Goose]

I kind of liked the Panthers until I started watching them.

 

[Stephen]

A concussion case like Ekblad throwing head shots isn’t the best. But this is a street justice series and there’s no DoPS to protect anyone so it is what it is.

 

[Summer Rose]

how many games would ekblad get? he just came back from suspension. would it be 40 games because of that? or PED suspension doesn't count as repeat offender?

The PED suspension doesn't count when considering a player as a "repeat offender" for the purposes of supplementary discipline. I also believe that suspensions are effectively "expunged" after something like 18 months when looking at whether or not a player is considered a repeat offender for on-ice disciplinary reasons, but assuming it's 18 months, I don't imagine that a player being considered for a suspension is really in the clear if his last suspension was 19 months ago (or so), considering the human bias of DOPS.

 

[I am not exposed]

Ekblad after finding out Hagel voted for Carney.

If that was the case he should be giving be him Champagne and chocolates!