John Tavares injury

[supsens]

How would you suggest he does that? You think he expected Tavares to turn right in front of him with zero reaction time?

Normal human reaction is to move over and avoid hazards, he did not try to hit him but he had zero concern if he had to skate through him or not.

 

[JPeeper]

Coming in to say I also hope he recovers. This is one of the most brutal collisions I have seen in sports, Perry (completely accidental) essentially punts JT right in the head at speed. JT's neck snapping back, f*** man, then he collapses before he is even conscious, the f***.

 

[ScaredStreit]

Terrible injury that you never want to see anyone get. Hope he pulls through fine.

 

[34]

That looks sneaky intentional. I don’t know about That.

 

[Colt.45Orr]

Neutral fan and there is a zero percent chance Perry did that "accidentally on purpose".

 

[34]

Just brutal for Tavares. The play happened fast and I hate to say it, but anything involving Perry makes me wonder if it was accidentally on purpose.

Yup, almost looks intentional.

 

[The Enemy Within]

I really hope he is able to pull through... Just a horrible injury. Best of luck, John.

 

[Ronnie Residue]

Yup, almost looks intentional.

In what world?

 

[ScaredStreit]

I know it's Perry who isn't a choir boy but I don't think that was intentional and in real-time I'm not sure how he could have avoided it since it was sudden and he was skating fast. With that said potentially life-changing injury for Tavares...let's hope not.

 

[Habby4Life]

In what world?

None, because it was an accident. In real speed there was nothing Perry could do.

Freak accident, hope he is ok.

 

[The Macho King]

That's one of the scariest reactions I've ever seen.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Those eyes remind me of the hardest hit I ever saw live. It was AHL, perfectly clean hit, very similar to Wendel Clark / Bruce Bell. This one saw Ken Belanger rock almost 20 year NHL vet Gaston Gingras behind his own net. He was down for several minutes and eventually his teammates picked him up with his arms over their shoulders. He went right in front of me, legs still dangling, eyes all glassy. He retired from hockey after that hit.

 

[waffledave]

Some real smooth-brain takes in this thread with the whole "accidental on purpose" nonsense. Embarrassing stuff.

 

[Zarpan]

Normal human reaction is to move over and avoid hazards, he did not try to hit him but he had zero concern if he had to skate through him or not.

There was 0.2 seconds between when Tavares landed on the ice and Perry hit him. Reaction time for elite sprinters is around 0.15 seconds and that is when they are ready and expecting the starting gun to go off. And even if Perry was able to react that quickly, the amount of movement he'd be able to do once he reacted (in the remaining 0.05 seconds) would be minimal.

 

[Frank the Tank]

I dislike Perry as much as anyone after all his years of his shenanigans as a Ducks player, but that was an unfortunate accident. Hope Tavares is OK.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Normal human reaction is to move over and avoid hazards, he did not try to hit him but he had zero concern if he had to skate through him or not.

If you watch it at real time, Perry would need some pretty great reaction time to the hit in front of him.

 

[Lobsterski]

I'd chalk that up as the worst looking leaf injury since Berard took that stick from Hossa...

Game doesn't even matter anymore, I don't smoke but I feel like a need a cigarette, witnessing him collapse backwards like that trying to sit back up will be permanently engrained in my brain. Scary shit

 

[Wretched Oil]

What would you have the guy do? He doesn’t have a collar, the crew with the stretcher have that bag. They don’t exactly fit in your back pocket. He knows his player took a blow to the head and is dazed. The priority is making sure the airway is clear, which seems fine and then holding c-spine so in case there’s a cervical fracture JT doesn’t severe his spinal cord by moving around while he’s seeing stars. What would you have him do?

Tell him he's had a head injury and that it's very important not to move. Please stay down until we can assess the situation John. Hold up, just stay still for a bit.

 

[SFKingshomer]

That was brutal to watch and I really hope Tavares can recover. I never thought I’d say this but I feel for Perry and all the players. These guys hate each other on the ice but have enough respect where things rarely cross the line with intent to injure and end a guys career. No one on either team wanted this...

 

[authentic]

That's about as far from intentional as it gets. All you can do is hope it doesn't end up nearly as bad as it looked.

 

[deadinthewater]

Oh man, I really hope he's okay. That was very scary.

 

[Bruin4Life]

This was horrific. Johhny T were all awaiting your speedy recovery.

This was the definition of an accident. Scary

 

[Mickey Marner]

Tell him he's had a head injury and that it's very important not to move. Please stay down until we can assess the situation John. Hold up, just stay still for a bit.

He was concussed though. He obviously wasn't going to be following instructions.

 

[supsens]

If you watch it at real time, Perry would need some pretty great reaction time to the hit in front of him.

Watch it real time from the second camera Perry’s view. He had time to flinch or lean or move he chose his path if it went through JT that was just a free bonus

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

Hope Tavares is ok. I agree it was accidental but good on Perry and Foligno for the fight so that everyone can move on.