Seras
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5 and a game for being big, eat less food and stop working out so much if you want to play in this league reaves
Ryan Reaves violent hit on Darnell Nurse. 5 min major + ejected
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I think Reaves was shocked he actually made contact with an opposing player. He's a battleship going after speedboats so Nurse was somehow unaware. No intent but a game or two will suffice.
I legit lol'd at this. Would certainly be a far harsher punishment for the Leafs vs. not having that plug in their line-up.
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To preface: I hate dirty hits and think they ruin the game.
Players are told to forecheck and punish defenders. Reaves took speed and went to blow up the defender. Nurse was completely unaware of the SCUD missile coming his way.
Out of respect for the game and its players: Reaves should've eased up. There is not much more upside in pulverising a d-man (to the point of injury) versus blowing him up and making him hurt. The tangible difference is the targeted player might be pulled out of the game due to injury... but then so could you (the hitter), and so could other players on your team who get targeted in kind. That's why it's disrespectful. You're trying not to hurt the player but to make the player get hurt... that's beyond the bounds of a sport.
Reaves should've let up a bit when he knew he had Nurse. A split-second decision would've changed a devastating "dirty" hit into highlight reel hit anyone could be proud to have as their own.
With that said, is it a filthy hit that aimed for the head? No. It wasn't a drive-by, a slewfoot, a raised shoulder, a flying elbow, etc. Reaves drove into Nurse with maximum force while Nurse was bent over, in the danger zone by the boards, and completely unaware of his impending doom. Terrible lack of awareness from Nurse and a terrible decision to hurt another player from Reaves.
tl;dr Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Have some respect for the fellow players and don't try to destroy them.
Players are told to forecheck and punish defenders. Reaves took speed and went to blow up the defender. Nurse was completely unaware of the SCUD missile coming his way.
Out of respect for the game and its players: Reaves should've eased up. There is not much more upside in pulverising a d-man (to the point of injury) versus blowing him up and making him hurt. The tangible difference is the targeted player might be pulled out of the game due to injury... but then so could you (the hitter), and so could other players on your team who get targeted in kind. That's why it's disrespectful. You're trying not to hurt the player but to make the player get hurt... that's beyond the bounds of a sport.
Reaves should've let up a bit when he knew he had Nurse. A split-second decision would've changed a devastating "dirty" hit into highlight reel hit anyone could be proud to have as their own.
With that said, is it a filthy hit that aimed for the head? No. It wasn't a drive-by, a slewfoot, a raised shoulder, a flying elbow, etc. Reaves drove into Nurse with maximum force while Nurse was bent over, in the danger zone by the boards, and completely unaware of his impending doom. Terrible lack of awareness from Nurse and a terrible decision to hurt another player from Reaves.
tl;dr Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Have some respect for the fellow players and don't try to destroy them.
Bouboumaster
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oilers4life5
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Yeah, I bet having to punch McDavid in the face a bunch of times would make Reaves think twice about throwing a dirty hit. He'd probably say to himself, "What I did was unacceptable, and I should feel shame."
And then a now also concussed McDavid would say, "I have avenged my teammate by bruising a 4th liners knuckles. Today I became a captain."
vandymeer13
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The oilers don't have anyone. The only guy in the system is josh brown and they sent him down which was dumb. Might need to look for a tough forward.
strattonius
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That whole sequence was disgusting. Hope Nurse is going to be okay.
You'd hope for at least 10 games but the NHL won't because they haven't figured out longer suspension durations might stop these hits from happening.
Boeser blindsided by Jeannot recently as well in a contract year and it may have a lasting effect the rest of Boeser's career. Meanwhile Jeannot plays 3 games later. Reminds me of this hit where Nurse could feel this the rest of his life.
Not interested in debating whether the hit was clean with anyone that wants to quote me ill dip out of that. I just wish these hits, that they've been trying to get rid of for 10+ yrs, had longer suspensions.
You'd hope for at least 10 games but the NHL won't because they haven't figured out longer suspension durations might stop these hits from happening.
Boeser blindsided by Jeannot recently as well in a contract year and it may have a lasting effect the rest of Boeser's career. Meanwhile Jeannot plays 3 games later. Reminds me of this hit where Nurse could feel this the rest of his life.
Not interested in debating whether the hit was clean with anyone that wants to quote me ill dip out of that. I just wish these hits, that they've been trying to get rid of for 10+ yrs, had longer suspensions.
