Kucherov gets 5 and a game for knee on knee hit on Tkachuk.

[Kennedys]

Not a dirty hit, just an unfortunate result.

Kuch could have destroyed his own knee on the play so yeah. Not intentional for sure

 

[Oilslick941611]

Bitch play by a bitch player on a bitch player

Yah. Nothing to get worked up over. I am surprised Matty didn’t try to turtle though

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Like this when a sniper was loose in the building and then he was completely fine? I remember when everyone was calling Tampa PD to get him locked up for life

You've clearly never been slashed on the back of the knee if you think that won't put you on the ice.

 

[The Panther]

Wow, I feel bad for Matt Tkachuk.

If anyone in the NHL didn't have it coming due to their graceful, classy actions on and off the ice, it was him.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Kuch could have destroyed his own knee on the play so yeah. Not intentional for sure

Yep, I'm of the opinion that the large majority of knee on knee hits are unintentional. Nobody's out there think "I'm going to risk blowing my knee up to try and blow someone else's knee up." Almost always the result of someone shifting to avoid or make a hit.

 

[Pierre Larouche]

His knee took it all

There was also upper body chest contact.

Dude is just fine. People can let go of their Kucherov blood lust now

I agree.

Dude is just fine. People can let go of their Kucherov blood lust now

I agree.

Kuch is such a scumbag man, dirty dirty.

Tkachuk faked it. He was back later.

Dude is just fine. People can let go of their Kucherov blood lust now

I agree.

Yeah. Looked more like thigh on thigh than knee on knee to me.

Same to me.

 

[Pierre Larouche]

Not a dirty hit, just an unfortunate result.

Embellishment

 

[ItWasJustified]

Not a dirty hit, just an unfortunate result.

Leading a hit with your leg is always dirty.

 

[Orca Smash]

Leading a hit with your leg is always dirty.

Tkachuk stuck his leg out the last second....

 

[JoVel]

A major is fine, but there isn't a chance someone who's not a repeat offender will get suspended for this.

 

[Shocker]

Kucherov is a dirty player, he leads with his knee on to the hit, but i still don't think it's more than major.

 

[DearDiary]

Kucherov is the type of player to whack his stick at someones knee, not risk injuring himself by using his knee as a weapon. I doubt there was intent to go for a knee on knee.

 

[Score08]

I’m sure Calgary Tkachuk was wild but he’s been a choir boy on Florida. And I’d love to see those “slew foots.”

Yeah he’s a saint, it’s good thing he stood up to that goon pasta and pounded him into ice.
Btw you’re conspicuously absent after asking for proof.

 

[YukonCornelius]

If you can show some examples I’m all ears. He’s just a meanie head.

Lol hasn’t Tkachuk been suspended like 4 times?

 

[FinlandPanther]

That’s the old Tkachuk. He’s been reborn baby

Lol hasn’t Tkachuk been suspended like 4 times?

Yeah he’s a saint, it’s good thing he stood up to that goon pasta and pounded him into ice.
Btw you’re conspicuously absent after asking for proof.

Oh did Pasta not challenge him to a fight? Lmao. I missed the part where Tkachuk forced him LMAO

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

He got tossed for that?!

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Honestly don’t see this as a dirty hit as per the rulebook but I think Kucherov knew exactly what he was doing.

Kuch doesn’t extend or reach for the leg, he goes straight ahead and that’s what Tkachuk was sticking out so that’s what got hit. The bigger thing to me on intent is that he completely avoids the puck at all costs which was coming right by him in order to deliver the hit.

It’s a dirty hit based on intent but not based on the physics of it.

 

[Chainshot]

Not the first time Kuch has taken out a knee. Eh, high skill dirty wins.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Oh yeah, 100% intentional. Kuch would never hit Tkachuk cleanly…being smaller and lighter.

 

[v00d00daddy]

Wow, I feel bad for Matt Tkachuk.

If anyone in the NHL didn't have it coming due to their graceful, classy actions on and off the ice, it was him.

He came back, played the rest of the game and was his usual self.

So…was he ever even hurt? Or is he just a good actor?

 

[DFC]

If anyone doesn't think Kucherov has it in him to try to hurt someone, you haven't been paying attention. He's a psycho and it's part of what makes him so good.

 

[Master P]

If anyone doesn't think Kucherov has it in him to try to hurt someone, you haven't been paying attention. He's a psychic and it's part of what makes him so good.

Cool story bro

 

[Eddie Munson]

If anyone doesn't think Kucherov has it in him to try to hurt someone, you haven't been paying attention. He's a psychic and it's part of what makes him so good.

Are psychics usually violent?

 

[Ghost of Murph]

It looked dirty to me, but not egregious enough to warrant supplementary discipline. If Kucherov wanted to try something devastating he would put himself at risk as well. I don't think he's that stupid.

 

[blankall]

Idk what got him so fired up leading up to this. Was at the game, he ran Ekblad pretty hard into the boards near the penalty box and was clearly pissed and literally as soon as he finished that check he just made a bee line and tried to take a run at whoever he could. Idk how you don’t see that as dirty. At bare minimum it’s reckless. Thankfully he was just hurt and not injured. With knee on knee collisions you never know if the result is going to be a bad sting from the blunt force or a serious injury like a ligament tear

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Definitely looks like the first point of contact is the shoulders. Kucherov just kind of skates through Tkachuk, as Tkachuk is bringing his back leg forward, resulting in the knees hitting each other. Seems more like a potential vulnerable position hit, if anything, as opposed to an intentional knee on knee.

Leading a hit with your leg is always dirty.

First point of contact is the shoulders. Look at the screen grabs.