Lighting reaction to hit on Hedman completely embarrassing

[Three On Zero]

Good clean hit and good teammate for sticking up for his player who was it.

Nothing to see here

 

[behemolari]

wonder if kucherov somehow hurt himself and is LTIR until postseason now

 

[DearDiary]

Good clean hit and good teammate for sticking up for his player who was it.

Nothing to see here

Jumping a player isn't sticking up for them, it's embarrassing them.

 

[Three On Zero]

Jumping a player isn't sticking up for them, it's embarrassing them.

This is a fairly common sequence of events, nothing embarrassing about it.

 

[Primary Assist]

Players don't benefit from instant replay when seeing their teammates get hit. A big part of hockey is you come after my guy, we come after you.

You as the fan don't have to like it, but it's part of the fabric of the game. And I freaking love it.

 

[Albatros]

Playing close to a hundred games in a year is corrupting NHL hockey, elements of the game becoming untenable because of the congested schedule.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Could be just the way the team wants to show that they have Hedman's back as the new captain.

Could be they didn't like someone going after their captain/number 1 dman.

If you don't want someone to potentially come after you, don't throw a hit.

ClEaN hItS sHoUlDnT rEsUlT iN hAvInG tO dEfEnD yOuRsElF

As mentioned above players don't have the ability to pause the game, go check out the replay and make a decision.

WeLl It NeVeR uSe To HaPpEn

It did. There use to be brawls over looking, or even talking to a good player

 

[barriers]

WeLl It NeVeR uSe To HaPpEn

It did. There use to be brawls over looking, or even talking to a good player

Players would fight their own teammates if they picked up the wrong half-smoked cigarette when they got back to the bench!

 

[Look Up]

This thread is embarrassing.

 

[Spargon]

It wasn't even a big or devastating hit. Hedman barely stumbled over and bounced back up like it was nothing (it was). People are wayyy to soft these days throwing a tantrum over clean checks. Mind as well go no hit ringette for those 10 ply players and fans.

 

[Roo]

This is simply what the nhl has become. If you hit a star you will likely need to answer for that. Doesn’t matter if it’s clean or not. Good way to get your team on the PP as the other side takes the instigator, but if you don’t want to be dealt with you’re probably not hitting a star again.

 

[Laus723]

Davies is a 6th rounder who plays this style. He goes out and hits, nailed kucherov twice before the temper tantrums, some other scrub, and Hedman here. Clean hits, all of em. Doucherov just didn’t like that Davies was owning all of them so he horse collared him after another clean hit, then Geekie earned more penalties thanks to Davies. Kid drew 8 penalty minutes iirc and ran over the Lightning. Great f***ing job.

Before Hedman he also threw a hit on Kucherov, even twice if i'm not mistaken. Just some AHL thug trying to show off but since he can't score or make an assist the only thing left to do is attack the star players. Of course Tampa doesn't like that because it could end in injury before the season even starts. Anyway, he was literally the only guy on the ice doing it but he stopped after Geekie beat the crap out of him.
What exactly is the problem, I don't quite understand?

Nope. Kuch got popped again in the corner and he hit others, though nothing was as nice as him hitting Hedman.

Everyone was hitting all game, actually.

 

[SoundAndFury]

This is simply what the nhl has become.

Has become in circa the 70s, you mean?

 

[snag]

To those talking about camera angles and on ice vantage points in Kuch's defence...Kuch didn't need multiple camera angles to see Hedman get up immediately and want to get back in the play BEFORE his dickery.

Hedman got up faster than Kuch's brain could process what he saw.

So yes....he should be embarrassed.

 

[wolfgaze]

Of course Tampa doesn't like that because it could end in injury before the season even starts.

Then Tampa shouldn't play those players in the preseason if they can't handle them being on the receiving end of clean hits. Tampa's problem - not the person deliverying legal checks. The rules of the game don't change regardless of whether or not it's preseason. I don't see why anyone expects special treatment from AHL players during NHL preseason games.

 

[Roo]

Has become in circa the 70s, you mean?

No, it’s been like this for a while. Some teams do this more than others. Hit a star hard, clean or not, someone will come after you so you don’t take more liberties. It’s not new.

 

[Coffees]

Hedman receives the cleanest open ice hit in the history of hockey and Kucherov and
Geekie respond like it was the dirtiest hit ever

f***ing embarrassing from the Lighting

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841636395246617005

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841632918684217772

Either post better videos , or keep it on your teams board , dude

 

[v00d00daddy]

When your star/captain teammate is put down with a clean hit you respond with clean hits on your opponents best players.

Pretty simple.

If Kuch doesn’t like that and chooses to do what he did…fine. What did Kuch do after dragging him down from the collar? Anything?

If he didn’t like it he should have grabbed him and fought him face to face. If he doesn’t have the balls to do that and chooses a dirty play then plays like hitting from behind, elbows to the head, slew footing and running the goalie are now open.

I don’t think Hedman would like that

 

[KingsFan7824]

Anything that increases the violence and bad blood between players and teams is good.

 

[Laus723]

Either post better videos , or keep it on your teams board , dude

Tf are you talking about? Those were the videos

 

[MXD]

Then Tampa shouldn't play those players in the preseason if they can't handle them being on the receiving end of clean hits. Tampa's problem - not the person deliverying legal checks. The rules of the game don't change regardless of whether or not it's preseason. I don't see why anyone expects special treatment from AHL players during NHL preseason games.

I'm pretty sure Tampa wouldn't play that many games if they weren't mandated to.

 

[Coffees]

Tf are you talking about? Those were the videos

Sorry I thought I was big and cool by adding on the flame that OP created but in reality I was just being a sheep by piling on and lacking empathy and lacking a mind of my own

Thanks for the check, I needed it

 

[wolfgaze]

I'm pretty sure Tampa wouldn't play that many games if they weren't mandated to.

You'll notice the comment wasn't about having to play preseason games - it was about the specific players they are concerned about being legally hit by AHLers during preseason. That's obviously not going to apply to their non-star players.

 

[MXD]

When your star/captain teammate is put down with a clean hit you respond with clean hits on your opponents best players.

Pretty simple.

If Kuch doesn’t like that and chooses to do what he did…fine. What did Kuch do after dragging him down from the collar? Anything?

If he didn’t like it he should have grabbed him and fought him face to face. If he doesn’t have the balls to do that and chooses a dirty play then plays like hitting from behind, elbows to the head, slew footing and running the goalie are now open.

I don’t think Hedman would like that

It's significantly easier to do this when there isn't any tangible consequence, because of course giving up an 8 min powerplay in the preseason isn't actually a consequence.

 

[LeafGrief]

At some point the NHL will need to pass a rule that gives automatic penalties/suspensions for players who engage immediately after a hit like this. Something like a major instigator penalty for forcing a player to fight on the same shift as a big hit. There’s nothing wrong with sticking up for your teammates, we all want our teams to do it, but it can wait a bit longer than .5 seconds. Let the team see if their guy is okay, let the fans enjoy/tweet the hit that just happened, and build some anticipation for the fight that’s coming up.