Jacob Trouba Elbow On Rodrigues (Fined 5,000 Dollars)

[AvroArrow]

No it doesn't. You all would make absolutely terrible judges in a court of law and are way too emotional about this. What Trouba did in the past has nothing to do with what his intent was here. You look at what happened in the play in a vacuum and then decide guilt or innocence. When it comes to punishing him, after it reviewing the play, then you can take past acts into account.

Matt Cooke is a clean player too, oh no don't judge him on all the dirty plays he did before! They don't matter!

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Be my quest. I would gladly take the PP and having Trouba off the ice.

Win win baby!

yeah sure are hard to take seriously

 

[HANK30]

Matt Cooke is a clean player too, oh no don't judge him on all the dirty plays he did before! They don't matter!

So everything Matt Cooke did on the ice was a dirty play, including his 167 goals and 231 assists? Each of his hits was dirty?

 

[JoeSakic13]

Mark Messier probably just Venmo’d him the $5k to cover the fine

 

[M88K]

Mark Messier probably just Venmo’d him the $5k to cover the fine

That's leadership

 

[Ratsreign]

Matt Cooke is a clean player too, oh no don't judge him on all the dirty plays he did before! They don't matter!

You’re only reinforcing the point he made with this reply

 

[JoeSakic13]

That's leadership

 

[Grifter3511]

It also leads to not suspending a really dirty play for long enough with the "well, he hasn't been suspended for X number of months, so we can't just throw a 10 game suspension at him now" excuse.

I remember that was the excuse of the DoPS for Wilson a while back when he finally did something that warranted a multi-game suspension. They cited his lack of suspensions prior as a reason for only X amount of games rather than Y, not realizing that the reason he hadn't had suspensions is BECAUSE they were so soft on his dirty plays prior to that.

Look at Trouba now. Because this only resulted in a fine, then his next dirty act will be his "first" dirty act according to the DoPS.

Except he was suspended this very calendar year for elbowing to the head.....so I guess your theory doesn't really hold up.

 

[theMajor]

Trouba didn’t hit him in the head until after hitting his shoulder, though. If it was straight to the head, both he and Erod would probably be missing some games.
You can’t say definitely intent to injure without previous bias towards Trouba. Look at the play with no names and it’s simply a defender caught badly out of position making a desperate (reckless, maybe) attempt to defend his net.
Hockey happened let’s go on to game 4

well thats certainly one way of looking at it

 

[Arthur Morgan]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795265691727368496

Karma. Oh and more Karma when we scored shorthanded on the penalty.

not even remotely close to his head thee bud, they arent the same

 

[JEM28]

How is that clown keep getting away with this shit? Throw the book at him.

How did Bennett get away with his punch to Marchand? How did other similar acts go unpunished in the playoffs?

Incompetence maybe? At the ref level and at DoPS.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Look closer. Predatory blindside elbow to the head. Difference being Vesey is not a little diving bitch like your players.

except Erod did get hit in the head.

 

[Slats432]

 

[ShootIt]

Hopefully that elbow knocked some scoring consistency in ERod's brain.

 

[Siddi]

Matt Cooke is a clean player too, oh no don't judge him on all the dirty plays he did before! They don't matter!

Matt Cooke had a history book full of suspensions. Not the best comparison.

 

[cptjeff]

Matt Cooke had a history book full of suspensions. Not the best comparison.

Back when the DOPS was run by somebody who gave a shit, yes. Trouba would have a similarly long rap sheet of suspensions if the old regime was still in charge of DOPS. Trouba has an extensive history of extremely dirty play, and to deny that is not exactly a credible position to take.

 

[Siddi]

Trouba has an extensive history of extremely dirty play

Says who? Fans of opposing teams who get trucked by him with clean hits?

How is golfing season? Or is it maybe more diving practise for your guys?

 

[AvroArrow]

Matt Cooke had a history book full of suspensions. Not the best comparison.

Aka a history of making dirty plays like Trouba has ? Trouba should have been suspended numerous times over the last 4-5 years.

 

[cptjeff]

Says who? Fans of opposing teams who get trucked by him with clean hits?

How is golfing season? Or is it maybe more diving practise for your guys?

Says anyone who watches the sport who's not a massively biased Rangers fan.

 

[Siddi]

Aka a history of making dirty plays like Trouba has ? Trouba should have been suspended numerous times over the last 4-5 years.

Should have, would have, could have....

He wasnt. Let it go.

 

[cptjeff]

Should have, would have, could have....

He wasnt. Let it go.

They were still dirty plays and he's still an extremely dirty player with a long record of extremely dirty plays, even though the goon-led DOPS hasn't done their job.

 

[AvroArrow]

Should have, would have, could have....

He wasnt. Let it go.

Can't help you lmao

 

[AvroArrow]

You should look into helping your own team. They need it more.

Thanks bro, I'll be sure to lace them up and ride shotgun to Matthews next year, your Rangers better watch out!

 

[Siddi]

Thanks bro, I'll be sure to lace them up and ride shotgun to Matthews next year, your Rangers better watch out!

That actually made me chuckle. Well played sir. Hats off

 

[Hunter Gathers]

not even remotely close to his head thee bud, they aren't the same

The only reason they "aren't the same" is because Rodrigues missed even worse than Trouba did. He was somehow out of position even further than Trouba when he reached.

These are identical plays. Stop it. This is silly at this point. The tortured logic required to get to your position isn't even worth debating.