I will give you that there are not many in the last few years. The big ones that come to mind are probably 5 to 10 + years ago.The worst of this sort of hit all look pretty much the same and this hit was basically straight out of the Tom Wilson/Raffi Torres playbook and the worst hits those guys threw.
Like, maybe Cooke on Savard 15 years ago was worse, or whatever. Laperriere on Savage was probably the worst I ever saw. But there have been very few that have been worse than this in the last several years. This was late, high, about as blindside as it gets, directly to the head, and by a fringe NHLer on an All-Star.
No talent thug??That's about as dirty of a blindside late cheapshot as you'll ever see, and it's by a no-talent thug against a 40-goal scorer.
That should be a 10-15 game suspension.
What an absolute piece of garbage.
15-20 games? Some of y'all are dreaming. Not saying that there shouldn't be suspensions like that for dirty plays they want out of the game, but there have been far worse hits that have gone unpenalized, let alone suspended for more than a handful of games.
sometimes it writes itself huh?Hits like this shouldn’t be allowed in this league.
If there is convincing evidence that the intent of the hit is to injure the other player, it should be an automatic season suspension with no pay to deter incidents like this.
I will give you that there are not many in the last few years. The big ones that come to mind are probably 5 to 10 + years ago.
I think Tom Wilson has 2 or 3 substantially worse. The hit on Wennberg (5 years ago already?)was more blindside, more head contact and at a faster speed. Of course it was a 20 game suspension for Wilson with a history (dont know if Jeannot does).
Cooke hit on Savard was many x worse IMO. And got no games.
5 + 1-2 games seems more than reasonable
What’s fans want and what DoPS actually does is two very different things. Based on previous DoPS suspensions 1-2 games fits. Hits to the head are still not treated how they should, but the NHL is unlikely to change.Hmmmmm......... so if Boeser misses 30 games and fumbles his way to 15 goals in his contract year where he was playing well and is as honest a player as there is in the game and you are good with 1 - 2 games.
Bad take Fella.
$2,000 fine in 2022 and that’s itI’ll guess 3 games. I don’t know about his history though. Can’t remember any suspensions.
JT Miller! … JT Miller! … JT Miller
You know what would actually protect them? Eliminating checking entirely.This is the type of nonsense that if the league actually cared about player safety it would throw the book at.
Shit like this is why I’d never let my future kids play hockey - the concussion risk and quality of life hit you take because some bum couldn’t be bothered to take your safety into account is insane.
Really hope Boeser is okay.
You know what would actually protect them? Eliminating checking entirely.