JT Miller Hit on Kevin Rooney

[canadianmagpie]

Clean hit, unfortunate injury. Fans likely didn't realize the seriousness of the injury and quickly stopped chanting (reminds me of when Raymond broke his back on a hit in Boston and the fans cheered that).

 

[kanucks25]

Clean hit, unfortunate result.

Canucks fans are absolute clowns for chanting Miller's name while Rooney was obviously in trouble.

 

[eviohh26]

Looks like they are about to collide so Miller goes for the hit. Bad result but not exactly dirty imo.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

How is it a dirty hit?

It wasn't.

 

[Anglesmith]

for the sake of discussion,

he looked to want to be still engaged in the play and attempting to retrieve the puck

also, i have no vested agenda in sides it this matter

There is a definitely a connection between this and the "reverse hit." When someone is coming to pursue the puck and you are possessing it, where is the line for what you are allowed to do to "protect yourself?"

If all reverse hits are legal, I guess this is also potentially just another example of that. Potentially? But does the fact that Miller himself had lost the puck already change that?

 

[Kegs]

looked clean to me.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Rooney never has the puck

The puck rolls of his stick

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Clean hit, no bad intention by Miller. Just an unfortunate result. And Miller is solid as f***.

 

[Phrasing]

Thought it was clean watching it live. Refs seemed to agree. Unfortunate for Rooney and hope he’s better. Game on.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Miller is a clean player, he would be the last guy in the league to throw a dirty hit.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844203473677734378

Video taken with an etch a sketch?

 

[VIPettersson]

Clean hit, shame on the morons chanting Miller's name while the guy was laying on the ice without much motion

Nothing wrong with the hit but the chant was clearly moronic/classless.

 

[2014nyr]

please tell me people aren't trying to say there's anything bad about this hit...

 

[robertmac43]

I don't think the hit is dirty. Just happened at an tough place on the ice and it kind of looks like jT lands on him afterwards.

 

[EXTRAS]

OP probably never played hockey if he thinks this is dirty. Standard play.

 

[Wildcarder]

Honestly, where is Miller supposed to go there? I think he was expecting Rooney to have the puck and he turns to brace himself for the hit at the end rather than drive into him.

That head bounce into the board is not good and it's even more unfortunate that Miller falls on his head area at the end. Don't see any ill intent and hope that Rooney is ok.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Seems like Miller has no intention to play the puck there.

Just looking for a hit really. Watch his head. On Rooney the whole time.

 

[MM917]

It is a clean hit, with a unfortunate result because of Rooney being off balance. The chants while Rooney was down was classless.

 

[Ezekial]

Clean with a bad result hitting his head on the boards.

 

[StreetHawk]

Unfortunate result but that looks like a textbook shoulder check.

It was a slow motion replay. NHL allows a certain amount of time as the Flames Rooney had touch the puck to be hit. What is the time lapse in real time?
But, as the color guy Ferarro said, it's like a reverse hit where the puck carrier Miller initiates contacts.

 

[josra33]

please tell me people aren't trying to say there's anything bad about this hit...

It’s probably the same classless fans who booed cheered for Rooney being injured.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844203473677734378

From that angle what are you hoping for as a response by blokes here? Battle for a pick, Miller hits a smaller player and that angle really doesn’t show anything but that.

 

[krutovsdonut]

technically that is rooney hitting miller late.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

At live speed you can count it out.

Rooney touches it at the start of the video, the hit is as it becomes 2 seconds:



The argument for Miller is he throws it near Rooney and then acts as if Rooney has the puck, but Rooney doesn't really move to possess the puck before being blasted.

Ultimately the interference penalty is to protect players from being hit when they (reasonably) aren't expecting to be hit, and this is exactly that. I guess the question is whether this should be a valid strategy as a puck carrier when a defender is skating towards you.

A play that happens more often than not, nothing about that seems like it’s dirty or predatory at all. Anyone making it out to be is clearly after some sort of agenda or narrative against the Team, Player, or both really.

Seems like Miller has no intention to play the puck there.

Just looking for a hit really. Watch his head. On Rooney the whole time.

It’s almost as if Miller is looking at the opposing team’s players like every other player, it’s diabolical of him. Sinister possibly.

 

[TooManyHumans]

The OP didn't say it was dirty (unless in a subsequent post). He just shared the video.

Eta: just noticed he said Rooney never had the puck, but he did have the puck.