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There seem to be just as many grown men here (like you) outraged that any other grown man on a hockey message board would criticize dirty plays and forced fights in response to a clean hit.
Lighting reaction to hit on Hedman completely embarrassing
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Fatass
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Actually before the league got watered down with (seemingly) endless expansion every player could handle the tough stuff. The guys who couldn’t take if of themselves weren’t in the league. Over the years the talent level has dropped so there are “roles” for players, who honestly should never see nhl ice.
In old time hockey Hedman takes a number on that clean hit. He takes care of himself.
To me it looked like they both knew the fight was coming. Probably had a chat about it. Both teams banged sticks to cheer for their teammates.
Both got 5 min penalties so I think the fight was expected on both sides.
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Yeah it sucks but what are you gonna do , guy is sticking up for his team mate in a pre season game , total nothing burger lmao.
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It’s a paradox, sort of. You want hitting in the game, right? So why do the players act like they don’t want it? Some guy hit Hedman cleanly, Kuch jumps him immediately like how dare you hit our captain. If every hit get reacted to like this then players will stop hitting, theoretically speaking. It shouldn’t be ok reacting like this. We want good clean hits remain in the game. What Kuch, and then Geekie, did is what we don't want.
The Gr8 Dane
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I agree , alot of it is on the players , they don't really understand the code very well , it ain't taught like it used to
It's not that. Players don't really know what happened. The league completely fails to protect players with supplemental discipline, and they know they'll be under increased scrutiny if they try to settle a score after the fact. So they reasonably conclude that they'd better react first even if their reaction is wrong.
In this case the hit was clean, and the lightning were wrong. (Kuchero has a hair trigger temper. And everyone knows that. The league has avoided punishing him on several occasions, which is part of the problem.) But the reasoning still applies.
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I don't mind the Kuch jump. But that should of been the end of it.
Hit was clean, Hedman wasn't injured etc...
That being said, not outraged or anything. Like what I've seen from Davies.
Hit was clean, Hedman wasn't injured etc...
That being said, not outraged or anything. Like what I've seen from Davies.
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I would like to see Ryan Reeve's do this, just to see everyone's heads spin from the 180 they'd do.
Too many pre game nose beers for Kuch?
Too many pre game nose beers for Kuch?
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Meh.. I don't mind teammates sticking up for eachother even on a clean hit.
The Gr8 Dane
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How so? I really don't get how you got to that , I enjoy the physicality and violence in the game so I'm actually not bothered at all by this lmao
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Unfortunately Hedman and Kucherov sustained season ending (not playoff ending) injuries on these plays. RIP (Rest Into Playoffs)
Beau Knows
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The culture around hitting in the NHL is strange.
Fans love to brag about how tough and ruthless the sport is, but when players throw clean hits, you often see this kind of overreaction.
There's some massive hits in the NFL, and yet for the most part, players just get up and get ready for the next play after getting rocked. They accept that taking a hit is part of the game.
Fans love to brag about how tough and ruthless the sport is, but when players throw clean hits, you often see this kind of overreaction.
There's some massive hits in the NFL, and yet for the most part, players just get up and get ready for the next play after getting rocked. They accept that taking a hit is part of the game.
That's the thing though. I understand people hating going after someone for a clean hit, but if you have a star player get hit hard, whether clean or dirty, you tend to go after them....you want to deter people from hitting your star player....it makes total sense. That said, you can't do it just because a guy gets hit.....the hit on Hedman wasn't only super clean, it was really just a nice hit, knocked him down, but he wasn't remotely rattled by the hit or anything, nothing to worry about.
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Yup. Imagine the suspensions if this kind of stuff happened in any of the other pro sports. It doesn’t happen because of the suspensions. The nhl needs figure this out.
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The point is it shouldn't be for a clean hit. It's a recent history thing and it's dumb.
Run a guy from behind, head shot; all good. Send the message. Clean open ice hit that's textbook, shouldn't see a guy get jumped twice.
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No it's not a recent history thing. Fights after clean hits have been happening for decades, f*** when I started watching a borderline hit could lead to a line brawl, maybe even a bench clearing brawl and a coach beating a fan with a shoe
