GDT: HFBoards GDT: 11/20/2024 | 5 games today

[TheBeastCoast]

Feet still on the ice.

No.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Thats a stupid rule or distinction. If the guy gets crushed in the head, who gives a f*** if he brushed his shoulder 1st or left the ice.

The NHL just needs to make head hits a call, like hooking or slashing a hand. Of course, they aren't consistent with that call either, but it would be a start.

 

[Orfieus]

Thats a stupid rule or distinction. If the guy gets crushed in the head, who gives a f*** if he brushed his shoulder 1st or left the ice.

Because that's called incidental content and if you don't allow that you may as well remove all contact. It actually makes sense

 

[Edgelord]

Our PP takes 1 minutes to gain the zone and get set up is the problem

yea it comes with age lol

 

[MoreMogilny]

The NHL just needs to make head hits a call, like hooking or slashing a hand. Of course, they aren't consistent with that call either, but it would be a start.

This is the NHL, where pushing away an opponents discarded stick is an automatic two minutes. But feel free to drive your shoulder into someone’s face and knock them out of the game into concussion protocol.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Booo the players have calmed down and decided to play hockey instead of letting animosity take over.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

Because that's called incidental content and if you don't allow that you may as well remove all contact. It actually makes sense

Nonsense. Head shot is not incidental contact and if you didnt mean it too bad

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Because that's called incidental content and if you don't allow that you may as well remove all contact. It actually makes sense

Garbage. Players will learn to keep contact to the chest.

Because that's called incidental content and if you don't allow that you may as well remove all contact. It actually makes sense

Garbage. Players will learn to keep contact to the chest.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Nonsense. Head shot is not incidental contact and if you didnt mean it too bad

Most high sticks are incidental.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

I like Berube's influence on this Toronto team.

 

[PaulD]

NHL Snorefest Wednesday

Net Flicks !

 

[HockeyVirus]

I like Berube's influence on this Toronto team.

They are playing a heavy style that is for sure

 

[MoreMogilny]

Grebenkin should fit in nicely with the Berube style

Hopefully next season he is up full time.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

They are playing a heavy style that is for sure

That and they are blocking shots and taking pride in their own zone more than in past seasons. Vegas had every chance to get a goal or two in the second period, but tough play prevented that.

 

[PuckFather]

Leafs could have used a healthy Auston this game. They really miss his presence.

 

[hatterson]

"Good, clean hockey hit"

The NHL deserves everything bad that ever happens to them.

 

[cliffclaven]

It's a legal hit by the rules, but it's the typical BS that happens all the time in today's game with players who launch upwards into a hit which serves no purpose except to injure someone.

Last I heard it’s still a contact sport. And yes, you can get hurt.

 

[HockeyVirus]

That and they are blocking shots and taking pride in their own zone more than in past seasons. Vegas had every chance to get a goal or two in the second period, but tough play prevented that.

Leafs also have arguably the best goaltending duo in the NHL so far this season. They are built pretty strongly this year, just a bit thin up front

 

[hatterson]

Last I heard it’s still a contact sport. And yes, you can get hurt.

And if he had kept himself level and drove *into* Knies it would be a great hit. Instead he crouched and then launched himself upwards.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

And if he had kept himself level and drove *into* Knies it would be a great hit. Instead he crouched and then launched himself upwards.

With Knies positioning, it was going to be head contact.

 

[cliffclaven]

And if he had kept himself level and drove *into* Knies it would be a great hit. Instead he crouched and then launched himself upwards.

And yet… no penalty.

 

[hangman005]

I feel like we need to succeed at scoring to win this one.

 

[cliffclaven]

They are completely different hits. But Whiteclouds wasn't a clean hit lol

Evidently, it was.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Grebenkin should fit in nicely with the Berube style

Hopefully next season he is up full time.

I've really liked his game tonight from when I've tuned in

 

[hatterson]

And yet… no penalty.

Right. As I've said multiple times, including in the post you quoted, it is a legal hit as far as the NHL is concerned. It being legal is different than it being a good hit.

With Knies positioning, it was going to be head contact.

Agreed. Sometimes head contact isn't avoidable. But the approach he took, by crouching and then launching upwards, ensured far more impact went to the head than if he had leaned into the hit.

Now, as I've said multiple times, the NHL has determined that if you keep your feet touching the ice, even if only by a millimeter, at the point of contact, then you're free to launch upwards as hard as you want. I think that's a deeply stupid approach, but it's the one the league has taken.