Sam Bennett ANNIHILATES Jaccob Slavin With Massive Hit

[Boris Zubov]

Might be one of the best hits I’ve seen in my 30+ years. No charge with the principal point of contact being the chest and the perfect transfer of energy to dummy Slavin.

Hope the guy is ok but,

Ghad dayumn!

Sucks we didn't get to see it as it happened live. TNT's camera angle pulled away from the shot just as Bennet was about to connect.

Eddie O was all over it, however. Including the part where he knew Slavin was going to be out on his feet when he tried to skate it off. He was calling for Anderson to support Slavin on his skates.

 

[HTFN]

oh don't get me wrong, I accept that these hits happen and that they're part of the game. it's not causing me anxiety these are grown men that accepts the risks of playing. but i do find it weird when fans react so enthusiastically to injury caused by violent hits. is that clearer for you?

What I find weird is this loaded assumption that all of the enthusiasm is for the injury and not the hit.

 

[HTFN]

Maybe we should just ban hockey altogether and switch to ringette instead. Oh, and also everyone has to wear full cages. That way we'll minimize head and face injuries.

Who's with me?

Seems very hard on the knees. Maybe a turn-based tabletop game?

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Why do you watch hockey? Are you one of those hate-watchers? You don't seem a fan. Hockey at the NHL has ALWAYS been a contact sport. You knew it was a contact sport when you started watching it. I don't understand what you're on about.

On one end of the spectrum there is no hitting and nobody gets hurt. On the other end of the spectrum a player gets killed on the spot from a legal hit. Those are the extremes. Where in the spectrum that lies between those extremes is your line of acceptability.

Like other posters have suggested, maybe track and field, or auto racing, or women's basketball would be more your speed. Maybe soccer?

as I've explained many times in this thread, I don't have an issue with the hits themselves. but I do find it very strange when fans have a reaction

"that's awesome he aNniHiLaTeD him hahahahaha!!! wakey wakey Slavin keep your head up this is a MAN's game"

"OMG hope he's ok though"

that's all. just embrace the fact that you're here for violence first and player safety second. if you'd be upfront about that I wouldn't have an issue.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

What I find weird is this loaded assumption that all of the enthusiasm is for the injury and not the hit.

it's for the hit that causes the injury, isn't it? some fans love seeing players get concussed, even by a 'clean' hit, don't you agree?

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I played non-contact sport soccer for many years and probably took more hard hits to the noggin (via headers) than most hockey players.

Enough hand-wringing.

 

[HTFN]

it's for the hit that causes the injury, isn't it? some fans love seeing players get concussed, even by a 'clean' hit, don't you agree?

Maybe? There was a time when I was younger and didn't get it and watching Sami Kapanen being completely lost didn't fully make sense to me, it was just strange human behavior so it's possible there are people who don't get it.

But I get it plenty right now, I've had a few concussions myself, and even knowing how very serious that is it doesn't subtract from how absolutely excellent that hit was. A lot of adequately developed humans can compartmentalize and experience both excitement and concern and they don't have to step on each other.

I played non-contact sport soccer for many years and probably took more hard hits to the noggin (via headers) than most hockey players.

Enough hand-wringing.

Dude, getting to one of those late or with your feet rooted was one of the more shocking experiences of my young life, had no idea that could f*** you up that bad

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Dude, getting to one of those late or with your feet rooted was one of the more shocking experiences of my young life, had no idea that could f*** you up that bad

Yeah, as a kid it's not quite as bad, but as a developed teenager or adult? Getting blasted in the head by a ball going 60mph f***ing sucks. Obviously you're not always taking them that hard, but sometimes it just happens.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

But I get it plenty right now, I've had a few concussions myself, and even knowing how very serious that is it doesn't subtract from how absolutely excellent that hit was.

it was an excellent hit, i agree! very impressive. and couldn't have been cleaner according to the rules, credit to Bennett.

A lot of adequately developed humans can compartmentalize and experience both excitement and concern and they don't have to step on each other.

I guess that's the part I disagree with, I suspect that when fans tack on "hope he's OK though" it's just a bull**** performance, they don't really care. they're here for violence and maybe that's OK, but they should be more upfront about it. happy to move on at this point

 

[HTFN]

Yeah, as a kid it's not quite as bad, but as a developed teenager or adult? Getting blasted in the head by a ball going 60mph f***ing sucks. Obviously you're not always taking them that hard, but sometimes it just happens.

The first time I heard a soccer ball make actual noise moving through the air my whole world changed.

And then for some reason I couldn't feel my thigh for like 10 minutes, strangest thing.

 

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Solid clean hit. He got rocked.

 

[stampedingviking]

it's for the hit that causes the injury, isn't it? some fans love seeing players get concussed, even by a 'clean' hit, don't you agree?

No one in this thread has cheered for the hit causing a concussion, that's just your warped view.

 

[nowhereman]

Keep your head up.

 

[Boston Bandit]

Does anyone have the video when he tried to stand up and then collapsed into the back of the net? I have not seen it posted anywhere and only saw it live. That was the scariest part of the whole thing.

I hope he is ok.

 

[Chuck Testa]

Funny a brawl didn't break out after this hit...

Seems like these days any hit at all be it dirty or clean usually leads to a fight breaking out. Love Slavin as a player but this hit was without a doubt clean. Devastating, but clean.

 

[dirtydanglez]

good hit but you oversold it.

 

[Wats]

I can't believe this guy went so cheap

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

No one in this thread has cheered for the hit causing a concussion, that's just your warped view.

from first page of thread alone:

that hit was insane. Looked like a vintage NHL Hits hit.

Trucked

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Good hard hit.

Beautiful clean hit

great hit

 

[stampedingviking]

from first page of thread alone:

You've just proved my point. None of those were celebrating a possible concussion, they were just admiring a beautiful hit.

 

[HTFN]

from first page of thread alone:

Literally nobody there is saying "haha it's so awesome how his brain rattled around in his head, I bet it's bruised for sure!"

It was a good clean hit, fully within the rules of a contact sport, and that's basically all every single one of those quotes is saying. It's you who can't separate the two.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Who are these people?

Most notably, PK Subban posting a video titled “KNOCKOUT ALERT” which focused not on angles of the hit, but on angles of seeing Slavin in an obviously concussed state.

Of course people are going to enjoy the hit for its own sake, but the guy you’re responding to wasn’t talking about that. He was referring specifically to people enjoying the bloodlust. The guy he responded to originally went on to lay it out in clear terms in post #100 here. This was the same guy bragging about knocking someone completely out, to the point of fencing response, in a street fight. It’s fair to observe that this type of person seems like kind of a piece of shit.

I'm not sure why you removed the rest of the post because I'm just going to end up saying it again: contact sports fans shouldn't need to mute their excitement or feign no appeal for the physical side of the game by having it implied that the only reason they're excited is because someone is injured. Fighters punch each other and the guy who does best at turning the other guy's lights out is going to get a knockout bonus at the end of the night, that's literally a feature of the sport, and they don't stand there with a grave face when it's happening either.

If it's done within the rules I don't really see how somebody can come in and assert moral superiority there.

I mean gee whiz, maybe it’s a bad idea in 2023 to give people prize money for beating other people to the point of brain damage? Otherwise why not just go back to bare-knuckle street fighting?

 

[thedustman]

People are just p***yes nowadays. These are grown men playing a game where they know a hit can come at any time.

They're also very well compensated for playing this game. They've all weighed the risk/reward ratio and all came to the conclusion that getting paid millions for hockey is still better than a 9-5 day job.

Bennett's a Popeye for sure

 

[HTFN]

Most notably, PK Subban posting a video titled “KNOCKOUT ALERT” which focused not on angles of the hit, but on angles of seeing Slavin in an obviously concussed state.

Of course people are going to enjoy the hit for its own sake, but the guy you’re responding to wasn’t talking about that. He was referring specifically to people enjoying the bloodlust. The guy he responded to originally went on to lay it out in clear terms in post #100 here. This was the same guy bragging about knocking someone completely out, to the point of fencing response, in a street fight. It’s fair to observe that this type of person seems like kind of a piece of shit.



I mean gee whiz, maybe it’s a bad idea in 2023 to give people prize money for beating other people to the point of brain damage? Otherwise why not just go back to bare-knuckle street fighting?

Actually I agree with that very first part, Subban's tweet was weirdly tasteless for a former player and absolutely focused on the wrong part. I thought we were talking about here but I'm sure there are some cesspool people who went about as lowbrow as possible.

But the poster I quoted has now also given a nice little list of the people "celebrating concussions" and it's not knockout alert level stuff.

edit: and as for the bolded, maybe you can just stick to your lane and not try to stomp out all the elements of every sport you don't have the stomach for? They wouldn't call it the Brain Damage Bonus, it's just about being spectacular in your discipline and execution. That's what the whole sport is about.

 

[Sky04]

Damn he got rocked, great analogy to the series itself too. Carolina stunned and clueless.

Knockout alert.

 

[aylib]

Canes are softer than baby poo