Ill-timed Stone puck dive causes Heiskanen to blow out his knee

[hangman005]

Lmao the other angles of what? A tap on your skate when you're standing still doesn't cause you to lunge like that.

Why are we making excuses for this guy?

You need to push the play button on the video.

 

[Cloned]

This play could have just as easily led to a situation where Heiskanen is fine and Stone gets a major concussion as his head hits Heiskanen in the knee. We were a couple inches away from that happening. Then we'd have a thread about Hintz' trip injuring Stone.

No, we’d have a thread about how Stone gave himself a concussion trying to sell a trip by diving into somebody’s knee.

 

[North Cole]

You need to push the play button on the video.

Nice

 

[895]

Stone gets tripped/dives whatever. He begins to fall. He doesn't want two Stars going the other way. So he tries to ensure that as he falls, he impedes Heiskanen in any way possible. He doesn't intend to hit Heisk in the knee with his head. That's stupid. But he does intend to slow him down with his falling body. This doesn't require you to believe Stone has some sort of ultra fast processing power brain. It's instinct to do this when you've played long enough.

It's a high IQ play and 99% of the time no one gets injured. You can call it reckless or dirty and I would agree but it's the type of thing that wins you games.

 

[CorgisPer60]

What the f*** was that, Mark Stone? Better be a call from the league. You can't just f***ing dive and throw your entire body at someone's knee.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Taking out Dallas and Finland in one fell swoop.

 

[Timo Time]

Stone gets tripped/dives whatever. He begins to fall. He doesn't want two Stars going the other way. So he tries to ensure that as he falls, he impedes Heiskanen in any way possible. He doesn't intend to hit Heisk in the knee with his head. That's stupid. But he does intend to slow him down with his falling body. This doesn't require you to believe Stone has some sort of ultra fast processing power brain. It's instinct to do this when you've played long enough.

It's a high IQ play and 99% of the time no one gets injured. You can call it reckless or dirty and I would agree but it's the type of thing that wins you games.

I'm not too sure describing winning plays as "high IQ" but "dirty and reckless but wins you games" is conducive here. What in the f*** is that rationale?

 

[895]

I'm not too sure describing winning plays as "high IQ" but "dirty and reckless but wins you games" is conducive here. What in the f*** is that rationale?

You play to win the game.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

"Pointed out by Ferraro, but it looks like Roope Hintz caught Mark Stone in the skates with his stick, which is what caused that unfortunate Miro Heiskanen sequence."

Yeah...no. Stone didn't do this on purpose but it had nothing to do with that tiny tap on the toe of his skate. It's entirely Stone's fault but again, I don't see it as intentional at all. Really sucks for Heiskanen.

 

[shenmue16]

You play to win the game.

You play to uphold the standards of the NHL and with respect to the other players. You don't play to blow someone's knee out. You don't give the opposition a powerplay with 12 minutes left in the third and down by a goal. It's a two minute penalty any day of the week, when he was trying to draw a trip himself.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

I'm not too sure describing winning plays as "high IQ" but "dirty and reckless but wins you games" is conducive here. What in the f*** is that rationale?

Just saying, regular people like me don't understand the high level these guys operate at. Maybe you're one of them and an elite athlete but almost nothing these guys do is by accident. I think this particular play with Stone was an accident though. I personally don't think this one was an accident though and I never will:

 

[RapidKnight]

Teeheehee look at his leg bend.

He’s flabbergasted because the player who tripped him attacked him after the play.

 

[dahrougem2]

Was Stone put off balance by Hintz? Yes.

Did that render him SO off balance to lunge at Heiskanen in open ice like that? I don't believe so.

It is an intent to injure? I don't believe so.

Is it INSANELY reckless? Yes. He won't be suspended so Dallas is better off taking this into their own hands next time they play and going after Stone's back.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Dallas fan here, it's clear this wasn't intentional, more likely Stone was diving to get a call. My only issue is with Stone laughing on the bench watching the Ipad. Maybe he was watching something else, but doesn't look good.

Regardless, hopefully Miro is ok

 

[PocketNines]

Stone is genuinely dirty he isn't good enough to beat the game straight up

no suspension for this btw

 

[Hale The Villain]

Stone is genuinely dirty he isn't good enough to beat the game straight up

46 points in 37 games says otherwise.

 

[DuklaNation]

One of the dirtiest plays I've seen in a while, mostly because it appears to have fooled many. Disgraceful

 

[Hale The Villain]

He tried to poke the puck away but ended up hitting Heiskanen in the knee in the attempt.

Dumb and reckless? Sure. Worth of a penalty? Absolutely. Dirty/intentional? Not even a little bit.

People letting their hate/jealousy of Vegas and Stone overwhelm their brain in this thread. Pretty embarrassing.

 

[DuklaNation]

Stone gets tripped/dives whatever. He begins to fall. He doesn't want two Stars going the other way. So he tries to ensure that as he falls, he impedes Heiskanen in any way possible. He doesn't intend to hit Heisk in the knee with his head. That's stupid. But he does intend to slow him down with his falling body. This doesn't require you to believe Stone has some sort of ultra fast processing power brain. It's instinct to do this when you've played long enough.

It's a high IQ play and 99% of the time no one gets injured. You can call it reckless or dirty and I would agree but it's the type of thing that wins you games.

You've got to be joking. High IQ is recklessly diving at another player's leg? League has gotten dirtier over time.

 

[RedHawkDown]

I don't really see that this was intentional.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I don't really see that this was intentional.

I'm sure the end result wasn't, but Stone's just so goddamn greasy it's hard to give him the benefit of the doubt, you know?

But he was penalized for "tripping", really should've been clipping, and as we all expected, that's the end of it as far as the league's concerned.

Still waiting on the diagnosis for how injured Heiskanen is, though.

 

[Juxta Position]

He tried to poke the puck away but ended up hitting Heiskanen in the knee in the attempt.

Dumb and reckless? Sure. Worth of a penalty? Absolutely. Dirty/intentional? Not even a little bit.

People letting their hate/jealousy of Vegas and Stone overwhelm their brain in this thread. Pretty embarrassing.

And people letting their bias/love for a proven dirty, POS player blind them to the truth is much more embarrassing.

 

[Sombastate]

I don't think the intent was to injure. But i also don't think it had anything to do with Hintz.

It was a stupid and reckless play that injured Heiskanen. If you wanna call that dirty, i can accept that. But it certainly wasn't because he was "tripped"

 

[MessierII]

Big blow to the stars if he’s out for the playoffs.

 

[Knave]

He's in the middle of his stride reaching in for the puck when he gets the stick on his left foot. I'm not seeing a lunge or anything like that.

I think it's an unfortunate play. Hintz has his stick out to receive a pass but hits Stone's left skate. Stone is mid stride reaching in to steal the puck and get a breakaway and the stick is enough to f*** his left leg stride and cause him to fall face first into Heiskanen's knee.

Sucks for everyone involved.