Mikkola Hit on Girgensons. Given 5 mins and game misconduct (fined $5000)

[YMCMBYOLO]

Seriously, this is how you break a neck. GIVE HIM THE BOOK.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Malicious and premeditated

 

[SteelCityCannon]

I love the physical edge of playoffs but that's wayyyy too far. Unacceptable. That's more than intent to injure. They could end a career.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Yeah that’s a predatory hit

 

[bleedthenorth]

Florida's the dirtiest team in the league, nothing new here

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

Ok that's just one of the dirtiest hits I've seen in a while. If you don't throw the book at him, the rest of that series is going to be a complete shit show.

 

[phillyb]

The Ekblad hit was bad and warrants a suspension. This hit was worse and won’t get anything additional because Mikkola had to sit the remainder of the game and the NHL is run by morons.

 

[SenzZen]

Panthers hit the moron juice pregame.

 

[Do or Die]

Not a hockey play. Unacceptable.

 

[stevo61]

Kucherov type hit on Nutivaara. Greasy af and he earned himself a 1 playoff game suspension, at the very least it's gotta be that

 

[Danarqhy]

What's up with the Panthers headhunting and trying to injure all game long? They must be lowkey one of the dirtiest teams in the league, and I don't even like TBL.

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

What's up with the Panthers headhunting and trying to injure all game long? They must be lowkey one of the dirtiest teams in the league, and I don't even like TBL.

Not very low-key anymore

 

[Il Stugotz]

Kucherov got a playoff game for doing this, but Florida gets away with a lot so who knows?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Kadri got 3 for this one I believe.



I bet this one gets zero, though, because it’s not really clear why Mikkola made such a dirty and dangerous hit, kadri’s was kinda obvious. If that logic sounds stupid, it is, but I feel like I’ll be closer to right than wrong on this.

 

[stevo61]

Kadri got 3 for this one I believe.



I bet this one gets zero, though, because it’s not really clear why Mikkola made such a dirty and dangerous hit, kadri’s was kinda obvious. If that logic sounds stupid, it is, but I feel like I’ll be closer to right than wrong on this.

This was 1 game

 

[Big Trout]

Seriously, this is how you break a neck. GIVE HIM THE BOOK.

Getting slammed into a digital ad board is like the cherry on a shit sunday

 

[Tobias Kahun]

3 games.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

This was 1 game

Ya, I think 1 game is a lot more the precedent, Kadri’s was longer ago (back when Parros occasionally did stuff) and he may have had a previous run-in.

But this was also kinda the dirtiest in some ways- really dangerous, and what if he does mess Girgensons up there? Statistically it happens sometime, and I don’t think the NHL’s record would help with the PR and lawsuit there.

 

[MikeK]

That was brutal. Could have been far worse than it ended up being.

 

[CanadienShark]

Wtf. Clear intent to injure. No excuse for that.

 

[stevo61]

Ya, I think 1 game is a lot more the precedent, Kadri’s was longer ago (back when Parros occasionally did stuff) and he may have had a previous run-in.

But this was also kinda the dirtiest in some ways- really dangerous, and what if he does mess Girgensons up there? Statistically it happens sometime, and I don’t think the NHL’s record would help with the PR and lawsuit there.

Yeah I believe that was Kadri's 5th suspension

I think they'll go with 1, they'll probably go off precedent and the no suspension history for Mikkola.

 

[pb1300]

real dumb play by Mikko. He’s not really that type of player too. Just not something that belongs in the game.

 

[Master P]

real dumb play by Mikko. He’s not really that type of player too. Just not something that belongs in the game.

He's that type of player now.

 

[McFlyingV]

If Hagel got 1 this deserves multiple games. Rams his head into the boards on a defenceless player. Ekblad's deserves multiple games as well. What a bunch of idiotic plays in this series.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Malicious and premeditated

Wow. That’s f***ing dirty.