Matt Cooke should have went to prison.
Michael Bunting kicks Trent Frederic with his skate. Intentional or lost balance?
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Romang67
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Given that it wasn't called a match penalty, I would say those are the two possible reasons for why it wasn't a match penalty, yes.
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Definitely intentional. It looks like he thought better of it as he was doing it as it was a half hearted kick. But still a pretty clear intentional kick.
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It just isn't that big of a deal. In no way was that dangerous, the retaliatory slash was worse that that little nudge with the top of the boot. Snowflakes abound but we all know this has everything to do with the uniform and nothing to do with the little boot. People are so full of it here
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I think Bunting's was intentional and he should be suspended a game or 2 for it, no place in the game for kicks with how dangerous blades are
But man I'm not giving kucherov the benefit of the doubt at all. He's dirty as f*** and I wouldn't be remotely surprised if that was an accidentally on purpose kick
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To any of the Bruins fans on here, I'm honestly asking did the NESN broadcast happen to see Bunting kicking Frederic? If so wouldn't Jack Edwards have complained about that and want Bunting suspended for life?
Neither Chris Cuthbert or Craig Simpson mentioned it during the 3rd period and the Sportsnet panel didn't mention this after the game.
Neither Chris Cuthbert or Craig Simpson mentioned it during the 3rd period and the Sportsnet panel didn't mention this after the game.
Isn't SN talking about it in the video the OP posted?
"...and heres the things that happen away from the puck that you often don't necessarily see"
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He takes too many penalties. The last time a Leaf player won one was 2003.
Yeah, Sportsnet ignoring it was just some made up BS.
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Matt Cooke was a psychopath on skates (and thus protected).
There have been some others, but that guy pretty much defined intent to maim.
Absolute pile of garbage player. That's why the ref filled him in a few weeks ago. It was unprecedented, and that should tell you something about what the league thinks about Bunting. Players and staff have no respect for him. I mean, he desperately lobbied hard for the Calder at the age of like 35. It was sad.
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Yeah, Bunting sure dives a lot when you see something like this where he gets a stick in the face, and his helmet falls off as he's falling to the ice and no penalty is called.
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It was dangerous. If Frederics knee buckled, the skate would have slid across the back of his calf where there's very little padding.
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Intentional for sure! Not something players should ever do, that said he also did it very lightly, which to me means he wasn't trying to cut or injure him.
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DistantThunderRep
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How when bunting legit just does his best cobra kai kick while squaring up with Frederic? Seriously dude, stop drinking the kool-aid, it's not good for your mental health.
They aren’t talking about the kick, they were showing the sequence that led to matching minors.
During the next intermission they are trying to show why the Bruins were going after Bunting and why that scrum happened at the end of the period and didn’t show or mention this once. Just showed a few other unrelated clips and said that Bunting was agitating.
Didn’t mention the kick a single time.
It’s pretty dangerous to kick someone when you have a razor sharp blade on your boot which is why it’s supposed to be an automatic match penalty . And we all know this defense has everything to do with the uniform and nothing to do with the kick. You are so full of it here.
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As much as you love bellyaching about the leafs, even you should be able to see the leafs get no favours. Bottom 5 in powerplay opportunities since Matthews / Marner entered the league, even as an elite puck possession team. Also the only team in the league without a 5 on 3 pp this season.
How was that stick throw tonight? Goal right after when the leafs should’ve been on the PP. the refs pull no favours for the leafs even if you want to will the narrative into existence.
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