Miscellaneous NHL Discussion XCIV: From Ghost to Hakstol and all things in between

[BringBackHakstol]

You can be physical without blowing up players faces. Make it enforced and it will go away

 

[Curufinwe]

I don’t know why people think all head contact is illegal. It’s definitely not.

In determining whether contact with an opponent's head was avoidable, the circumstances of the hit including the following shall be considered:

(i) Whether the player attempted to hit squarely through the opponent’s body and the head was not "picked" as a result of poor timing, poor angle of approach, or unnecessary extension of the body upward or outward.

 

[bennysflyers16]

I'm sure it's barbaric of me but I will.never be able to summon pity for a Devil getting crushed.

100% agree. Most here wouldn’t have survived the Stevens era. I remember exactly where is was when the hit happened.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Just catching up on the third period. That Trouba hit was certainly something. Feel awful for Meier.

Not crying for the Devils, though, who had a guy that made a career out of that type of hit...

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Beauty.

Good night, Rangers. I hope you sign Kane for 7 more years.

 

[Cody Webster]

That'll do it. So long Rangers

 

[BringBackHakstol]

100% agree. Most here wouldn’t have survived the Stevens era. I remember exactly where is was when the hit happened.

I was 13, and saw my hero KO'ed like that, pretty much scarred me for life

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

f*** the rags

 

[DancingPanther]

Haula atchya bois!! Bye bye Trouba

 

[BringBackHakstol]

The devils are definitely far more likable than the rags in current form

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I don’t think that hit was illegal going by rule. You can certainly question the rule itself though.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Just catching up on the third period. That Trouba hit was certainly something. Feel awful for Meier.

Not crying for the Devils, though, who had a guy that made a career out of that type of

I was 13, and saw my hero KO'ed like that, pretty much scarred me for life

Was on a fishing trip in a cabin with a satellite dish. So defeating.

 

[Curufinwe]

Just catching up on the third period. That Trouba hit was certainly something. Feel awful for Meier.

Not crying for the Devils, though, who had a guy that made a career out of that type of hit...

The one angle I saw reminded me a lot of a hit Gudas got away with as Flyer because they said he hit thru the body and didn’t elevate. Might have been against Buffalo.

 

[BiggE]

F the Rangers, all day every day.

That bring said, sco Canes!

 

[Rebels57]

I don’t know why people think all head contact is illegal. It’s definitely not.

"48.1 Illegal Check To The Head A hit resulting in contact with an opponent's head where the head is targeted and the principal point of contact is not permitted. However, in determining whether such a hit should have been permitted, the circumstances of the hit, including whether the opponent put himself in a vulnerable position immediately prior to or simultaneously with the hit or the head contact on an otherwise legal body check was unavoidable, can be considered."

Its gonna be debateable but to me clearly targetted head, it was main point of contact, and it was avoidable. The NHL wont see it that way though. Not that it matters. Troubas season is over early again.

 

[bennysflyers16]

The devils are definitely far more likable than the rags in current form

In the same way chlamydia is better than genital
Warts sure.

 

[GKJ]

Rangers have no players who play inside. Kreider has been nowhere and is -3

 

[BringBackHakstol]

I don’t think that hit was illegal going by rule. You can certainly question the rule itself though

I don’t think that hit was illegal going by rule. You can certainly question the rule itself though.

The way these are worded, you can basically interpret it any way you want. Coward league

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Enjoying the Rangers impending exit here.

That said, glad no penalty on the Trouba hit on Meier.

Meier was crouched down, head down, staring at the puck.

He put himself in that terrible position. Bodychecking is legal. You don’t get to create an untouchable forcefield around yourself by squatting and placing your head in the line of contact.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Fitting for the Rangers to just completely give up for that empty netter.

 

[landsbergfan]

I was 13, and saw my hero KO'ed like that, pretty much scarred me for life

You should want that to not happen to someone else then, right?

 

[Deadpool8812]

2 teams that did a proper rebuild...meanwhile the Flyers are doing whatever it is they're doing for the last decade

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Somebody post the Dave Chappelle gif. You know the one

 

[Beef Invictus]

Someone that just hopped off the bench too.

He could have had his eyes up the whole way and all that would have let him do it mutter "oh shi--" before getting blasted into the multiverse. I guess he could have tried getting to either side to have his knee ruined.

 

[tictactoe]

Show Chris Drury for a second or 2.