HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: Off-Season Edition

[sampollock]

Pens areca old team, we see how this year goes

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[HuGort]

Did that happen tonight?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I still remember Clint Malarchuk spurting blood on the ice. I'm getting too old.

Poor guy.

 

[GrandBison]

Man, that's terrible. Maybe that' s my professional background but hockey world has to figure a way to prevent those accidents and fatalities. I'm in mining industry and our people started to be safer when we stopped calling major accidents "freak accidents". That's not freak, that's avoidable with better PPEs.

 

[sandviper]

Did that happen tonight?

Yeah, I believe early evening our time. Tragic.

 

[ReHabs]

Man, that's terrible. Maybe that' s my professional background but hockey world has to figure a way to prevent those accidents and fatalities. I'm in mining industry and our people started to be safer when we stopped calling major accidents "freak accidents". That's not freak, that's avoidable with better PPEs.

Kevlar neckguards may be the solution but they'll never be implemented until they're refined and improved. Right now they're cumbersome.

 

[GrandBison]

Kevlar neckguards may be the solution but they'll never be implemented until they're refined and improved. Right now they're cumbersome.

I'm not a specialist and I don't want to derive a debate from that tragedy but they'll never improve until it's mandatory. Hockey leagues, especially lower level, has to be proactive. "I feel more comfortable with my PPEs than without" is something I never heard someone said.

 

[windycity]

So tragic. I wear an undershirt with a kevlar neck guard for this very reason. I had blade cut my jersey up high on my chest one time during a collision, scared the sh** out of me.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

The game has gotten so fast and the guys are all so much stronger now, I know I'd want as much protective equipment on me as I could , including ear guards and neck guard. Losing someone so young is just terrible

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

Milanos is next level hand eye and puck control, jeebus.

That's actually crazy impressive. I've noticed that Milano guy a few times. Good player!

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

What?! Holy smokes!

 

[HuGo Sham]

I'm absolutely not posting the Adam Johnson video but it looks like a crazy kung fu kick. I know it's an accident, but it seems reckless. I don't know what the f*** the other player was trying to do there. Looks like a direct shot to the carotid. I don't know how anyone survives that


RIP Adam

 

[morhilane]

Looks like Ottawa will be punished for the poor communication with Vegas on the Dadonov trade....2 years later.

 

[HABitual Fan]

Looks like Ottawa will be punished for the poor communication with Vegas on the Dadonov trade....2 years later.

Montreal should get their 1st round pick for helping the NHL out of that fiasco

 

[Walrus26]

UK Ice Hockey is popular with familes with pre-teen kids....god knows how anyone unsees what happened to poor Adam Johnson :-( Apparently an 8k sell-out at Sheffield, as their opponents Nottingham are from just down the M1 and would have had a fair few of fans there too.

RIP :-(

 

[Tyson]

UK Ice Hockey is popular with familes with pre-teen kids....god knows how anyone unsees what happened to poor Adam Johnson :-( Apparently an 8k sell-out at Sheffield, as their opponents Nottingham are from just down the M1 and would have had a fair few of fans there too.

RIP :-(

As a hockey fan the thought of this happening is always in the back of my mind.
Pretty somber day thinking about a young kid who dies this way.
Why players don't wear neck guards with how insanely fast this game has become....

RIP sir

 

[red devil]

RIP Adam, and thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates. I can't even imagine what they are going through at the moment. Playing the sport you love and then passing away from playing it, I can't even put it into words how to describe it.

 

[Mudz]

So tragic. I wear an undershirt with a kevlar neck guard for this very reason. I had blade cut my jersey up high on my chest one time during a collision, scared the sh** out of me.

It's one thing to learn from your mistakes, but it's even better when you can learn from others. I saw someone cut their own ankle with a skate and bought some kevlar socks. Time to buy an undershirt with a kevlar neck guard. So sad to see

 

[windycity]

It's one thing to learn from your mistakes, but it's even better when you can learn from others. I saw someone cut their own ankle with a skate and bought some kevlar socks. Time to buy an undershirt with a kevlar neck guard. So sad to see

I was actually wearing it when my jersey got cut, I'd just read about it or someone told me about them. As an older guy I've learned to be a bit more cautious.

 

[dinodebino]

Man, that's terrible. Maybe that' s my professional background but hockey world has to figure a way to prevent those accidents and fatalities. I'm in mining industry and our people started to be safer when we stopped calling major accidents "freak accidents". That's not freak, that's avoidable with better PPEs.

Easy: wear the godddam collar like kids do or used to do. It was created for that specific purpose, after at least one death.

 

[HuGo Sham]

UK Ice Hockey is popular with familes with pre-teen kids....god knows how anyone unsees what happened to poor Adam Johnson :-( Apparently an 8k sell-out at Sheffield, as their opponents Nottingham are from just down the M1 and would have had a fair few of fans there too.

RIP :-(

and apparently no ambulance at the arena?

 

[OnTheRun]

Easy: wear the godddam collar like kids do or used to do. It was created for that specific purpose, after at least one death.

It's the first piece of equipment that get ditched the very moment a player is allowed to do so. And it's also something I never understood, maybe there is something wrong with my neck and al, but the neckguards was never an impediment for me to turn my head.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Looks bad

 

[Mrb1p]

Looks bad

Another one that is never gonna be healthy lol. Incredible the bad luck some players get. Makar, Crosby, Dach, Guhle, Byram... Sigh.