Pettersson Headshot Controversy

[Hammman]

Seems like a blatant, unnecessary headshot to me, but only got 2 minutes for interference. Pettersson left the game and didn't return.

Worthy of supplemental discipline?

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[Play]

Damn, over a clean hit too? Unfortunate

 

[Fatass]

2 games,

 

[Phosphophyllite]

Should be multiple games, elbowing unsuspecting victim in the back of the head miles away from the puck. There was never any intention aside from hurting Petterson there.

 

[Just Linda]

It sucks that the good Elias Pettersson got hurt

 

[canadianmagpie]

Should definitely get a couple games at the very least. Retribution for a clean hit and the puck nowhere near. Should have been 5 and a game.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Needs to be at least a 3-game suspension. D-Petey could be out for a while, he didn’t return to the game.

 

[Wildcarder]

2 games + 1 extra for standing up for Kadri.

 

[Brookbank]

For the record, the player didn't play the rest of the game

 

[CraigBillington]

Damn, over a clean hit too? Unfortunate

Ya such a clean hit....

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Should be 2 games, or atleast 1.

Its pretty cut & dry to me: we want good clean hits in our game like D-Petey threw, we don't want blindside headshots like Zary threw.

I wish Zary had just went for the body.... I like Zary & can atleast respect a guy jumping in for a teammate, but targeting the head is exactly what we need to get rid of.

 

[notsocommonsense]

Easy suspension, should have been a major

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

It's an intent to injure away from the puck, three seems minimum, I am not sure he doesn't end up with 5+ given those circumstances. I get that it isn't super violent, but I don't know how you defend that in a hearing for anything but what it was, clocking a guy in the head intentionally.

 

[wonton15]

I hope it’s at least one game.

Zary could’ve at least challenged him. Cheap shot to the back of the head is cowardly.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

2 games

 

[Fatass]

What I do t get is why this Zary guy doesn’t just man up and fight? It’s kind of a chicken move to get a guy who ain’t lookin’. Is Zary not a glove dropper?

 

[Another Empty Netter]

We can bring back 44 for a game or two maybe

 

[byrath]

What I do t get is why this Zary guy doesn’t just man up and fight? It’s kind of a chicken move to get a guy who ain’t lookin’. Is Zary not a glove dropper?

You're more likely to hurt your own hands than your opponent in a fight

 

[Fatass]

You're more likely to hurt your own hands than your opponent in a fight

So he’s a feared of getting hurt?

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

From the posts so far consensus seems to be this is a multi-game suspension all day

....so I'm 100% confident the league won't do anything

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Geez that’s nasty. Should be 5 games.

 

[super6646]

Didn’t see it, but yikes!

 

[potatowejj]

Man f*** that.

EP25 is having a great start to his career and then takes a cheap shot like that? That should be 5 games, elbow to the head, unsuspecting player, not eligible to be hit, injury. Total garbage.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

The most surprising thing is Kadri wasn't the one to take matters into his own hands elbows.

 

[potatowejj]

Oh and that should've easily been a 5 minute major and a game, seriously. Awful hit.