Ovechkin hit on Jake Evans

[Baksfamous112]

I thought that was a clean hit. I see nothing wrong with it. Ovy probably got a 2 because the refs felt they owed a few penalties to Montreal after 2-3 bad calls in a row

 

[Isaac Nootin]

You can hear Galley in the clip saying he looked to both referees after the hit and neither had their hand up.

Once again the Refs react to the crowd, and post little melee and decide to call 2 min interference. It wasn't.

Good clean, but devastating hit.

 

[SkinsFan09]

You can, and should, when it goes through the head.

It went through the body with incidental head grazing. So now any player with a more than 4 inch height difference cannot deliver a check.

 

[Natey]

As a Habs fan I find it disgusting people are saying he targeted the head. I think that's a bit silly.

However, I do think it was slightly late. Which is why it was an interference call.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Interference and it was called. Move on.

 

[Moose Head]

Imo, the refs got this one right. 2mins for interference. Evans went into his path, and seemed almost like one of those plays where teammate’s accidentally hit eachother, but at the end of the day, Evans wasn’t Eligible to be hit and was taken out of the play. The call seems appropriate.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

I love how we have one thread where people are like playoff hockey is dead there is no more intensity it stinks. And then a thread like this where a 2 min interference penalty is being played up like it’s some crazy dirty hit.

 

[Favster]

2 minutes for interference was the right call. Time to move on

 

[Mrfenn92]

Evans has bad luck for hits in the playoffs. didnt he get rocked a few years ago too?

Really dirty by Scheifele on him

 

[M2Beezy]

Ovechkin scores, crushes, does it all

Man I love this player

 

[TheBeard]

Rule of thumb: if you’re gonna whine about a hit, don’t use blurry screen shots as some sort of gotcha.

 

[HisNoodliness]

So do we just think every big hit is dirty and deserves a suspension now?

Hagel shouldn't have been suspended. Tkachuk shouldn't have been suspended (though he should have been considering that Hagel got a game for the same play, 1 game earlier). Ovechkin shouldn't be suspended. These hits are fine.

I will say that if this is Jake Evans hitting Ovi and Ovi pretends to be hurt for an afternoon, Evans is getting a 1 game suspension. That would be the wrong call, but the league has tipped it's hand on the "star players don't get suspended, people hitting star players do though, regardless of the legality of the play in either case." I personally hate that.

 

[paragon]

There was basically no way Ovechkin could have avoided a collision. Only way to avoid Evans was to skate directly into Dubois.

 

[TheBeard]

So do we just think every big hit is dirty and deserves a suspension now?

Hagel shouldn't have been suspended. Tkachuk shouldn't have been suspended (though he should have been considering that Hagel got a game for the same play, 1 game earlier). Ovechkin shouldn't be suspended. These hits are fine.

I will say that if this is Jake Evans hitting Ovi and Ovi pretends to be hurt for an afternoon, Evans is getting a 1 game suspension. That would be the wrong call, but the league has tipped it's hand on the "star players don't get suspended, people hitting star players do though, regardless of the legality of the play in either case." I personally hate that.

It’s getting really bad. We’re like a year away from practically any contact being “suspension worthy” here.

 

[Mattb124]

It's a word that's lost all meaning, like woke or something.

It lost meaning when the NHL removed it from the rule book. And yet some fans still believe it’s mere mention is a debate ender. I do love how those fans think that “blind side” is anywhere the hittee is not looking, even if the hit come from directly in front like this one or the Trachuk hit.

 

[Calicaps]

So do we just think every big hit is dirty and deserves a suspension now?

Hagel shouldn't have been suspended. Tkachuk shouldn't have been suspended (though he should have been considering that Hagel got a game for the same play, 1 game earlier). Ovechkin shouldn't be suspended. These hits are fine.

I will say that if this is Jake Evans hitting Ovi and Ovi pretends to be hurt for an afternoon, Evans is getting a 1 game suspension. That would be the wrong call, but the league has tipped it's hand on the "star players don't get suspended, people hitting star players do though, regardless of the legality of the play in either case." I personally hate that.

Except Ovi would never pretend to be hurt. He doesn't even act hurt when he is hurt.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Playoff hockey on hfboards- where every big hit and/or penalty is a possible suspension

 

[Calicaps]

Hockey's gonna suck when all these soft fans finally get their way.

 

[TheBeard]

Playoff hockey on hfboards- where every big hit and/or penalty is a possible suspension

Playoff hockey on HF - where every team is dirty and every player is a cheap shot artist (except for the team you root for).

 

[Golden_Jet]

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BoDy MaIn PoInT oF cONtAct. He's 6'2 and Evans is 6'0. He shouldn't be more than a head above him.

Thanks for posting, that gif proves it was a hit through the body, where if head contact results as a hit through the body it’s a legal hit, and it wasn’t late, within half a second, but 2 minute penalty was given, at least didn’t cost the caps.
Great hit OV.

 

[ovikovy817]

You can hear Galley in the clip saying he looked to both referees after the hit and neither had their hand up.

Once again the Refs react to the crowd, and post little melee and decide to call 2 min interference. It wasn't.

Good clean, but devastating hit.

This.

 

[HisNoodliness]

Except Ovi would never pretend to be hurt. He doesn't even act hurt when he is hurt.

That's true, but it's what most guys do (like Barkov and Guentzel from my other examples).

 

[Planetov]

I think what we need around here is an anti-whining ordinance.

 

[Giant Panda]

Thanks for posting, that gif proves it was a hit through the body, where if head contact results as a hit through the body it’s a legal hit, and it wasn’t late, within half a second, but 2 minute penalty was given, at least didn’t cost the caps.
Great hit OV.

I think the fact that Ovi leans out of it is also a great sign. It's a perfect hit, he could've destroyed Evans but instead keeps his weight into his core which saves Evans from a major concussion.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

The puck was long gone, at least a full second.

So it was a clean hut us what you're saying.