Tom Wilson episode against the Rangers

[Leafsdude7]

That's a punch to the cheek/jaw

I've said it twice, and I'll say it again: other than the fact that Buchnevich wasn't knocked unconscious, taken off on a stretcher and out for the next three weeks, there's absolutely no difference between this and Thornton-Orpik. None.

 

[Mr Burns]

That’s some quality content. This is more entertaining than watching the Islanders play that’s for sure.

Indeed.

 

[Ol' Jase]

Yes, not a wise decision by the little guy wearing #10 in blue.

You’re a real life cringe machine. It’s so embarrassing it’s getting tough to read your posts.

 

[Kreider NYR]

Hahaha. It clearly glances off the dude's name plate.

Look. A punch to the neck area doesn't make what Tom Wilson did better. Maybe we're both just seeing different things in different frames.

stevie wonder whats up man!

 

[Herregud]

Funny how fans of 30 teams see it one way, and the fans of one single team see it another way

Imagine that

Yes, imagine two mobs having mob mentality. Imagine that.

stevie wonder whats up man!

Unbiased bystander! How goes it?!

 

[CartographerNo611]

Wilson is done for the season and some playoffs. This Rangers team is butter soft, reminds me of the pre Orr Sather teams. They need to work on that this offseason.

 

[RedHawkDown]

stevie wonder whats up man!

Gotta admit this made me lol

 

[caps4cup]

He pulled Panarin down by his hair, That's pretty damn dirty.

I mean yeah when looking at the video that is slowed down to 1/10 of a second it clearly looks like that. When you watch it in real time, Wilson slams him down (still not good) and his helmet falls off all in one motion. Again, not defending what he did to Buchnevich, but the extremely slowed down version of the Panarin incident is pretty convenient for the “I hate Tom Wilson”
crowd.

 

[MattMartin]

Haha NYR PITT BOS fans uniting against the Caps, fun night. Glad nobody got hurt and we can laugh about this.

Don't leave us out brother...

 

[Fight4yourRight]

Flyers fan here, that absolutely hates the Rangers. But today Wilson made me a Ranger fan. Ban the POS and send a message.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Hair pullers got the shit kicked out of them on a whole other level in my day, kid.

I’m just going to assume you’re more of a slap fight kind of guy, as well.

I was born in 1976. I didn’t start fights but, for the most part, I ended those I was involved in. And if some hair got pulled so be it. Fight to win.

 

[space321]

What does Wilson have to do for Caps fans not to defend him?

Wilson could shoot someone and Caps fans will still defend him.

"Oh that guy just walked into the bullet, tough luck"

 

[Finesse]

Wilson needs to be sterilized..and lobotomized

Seems like the lobotomy may have already occurred.

 

[Beau Knows]

I was born in 1976. I didn’t start fights but, for the most part, I ended those I was involved in. And if some hair got pulled so be it. Fight to win.

This stuff is just pathetic.

 

[Ray Mercer]

The sad thing is that Islanders, Bruins, and Penguins fans will hold on to this tweet telling themselves that Wilson fell to the ground turtling away from Martin even though they know in the back of their heads that it isn’t true.

And before you shoot back with Caps fans blindly defending Wilson, I’m not defending what he did to Buchnevich. There was no place for that.

It also sucked seeing a superstar like Panarin get thrown on the ground like that but I don’t think that’s necessarily suspension worthy or “dirty” per say. You can slow down the video all you want that cuts everything else out and makes it seem like Panarin was helmetless the whole time and Wilson threw him to the ground anyways. But that was a scrum after the whistle and Wilson having 50 pounds on Panarin. I’m not blaming Panarin for sticking up for Buchnevich, but that’s not a matchup that you want. And just because Panarin is an incredible player and smaller, doesn’t mean that he’s going to get a pass if he gets into a scrum with someone.

Yeah I think I disagree with that take. If you're in a scrum and a smaller skilled player grabs ahold of you just to tie you up and settle things down there is no need to grab his head from behind and try to drive it into the ice. You really can kill someone easily like that. Wilson has 40 lbs on him, knows he's not fighter and Panarin was not throwing punches. It's one thing if Panarin starts throwing punches and trying to nail him but he was just tying him up. I don't have any real issue with the little shot he gave Buchnevich.

 

[EpicDing]

I mean yeah when looking at the video that is slowed down to 1/10 of a second it clearly looks like that. When you watch it in real time, Wilson slams him down (still not good) and his helmet falls off all in one motion. Again, not defending what he did to Buchnevich, but the extremely slowed down version of the Panarin incident is pretty convenient for the “I hate Tom Wilson”
crowd.

Lmao a hair pull is a hair pull, no matter the speed. That slowed down video is the only one I've seen of that angle. If you have a full speed one that "looks better" please post it.

Edit: and also what about pounding on Panarin once he's already on the ground, that's ok too?

 

[Ol' Jase]

I was born in 1976. I didn’t start fights but, for the most part, I ended those I was involved in. And if some hair got pulled so be it. Fight to win.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.....

It doesn’t get more completely pathetic than this.

 

[Lua]

I was born in 1976. I didn’t start fights but, for the most part, I ended those I was involved in. And if some hair got pulled so be it. Fight to win.

Get a load of this tough guy

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Imagine defending a hair puller

I’ll defend Dave Portnoy

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

You’re a real life cringe machine. It’s so embarrassing it’s getting tough to read your posts.

Then dont. I know folks of your generation are offended by words on a computer screen. The ignore function works wonders.

 

[Del Preston]

I was born in 1976. I didn’t start fights but, for the most part, I ended those I was involved in. And if some hair got pulled so be it. Fight to win.

This is Bat Dad from South Park.

 

[KidLine93]

Its weird how Wilson doesn't have this energy when hes on the ice with Reaves lol

 

[MattMartin]

So a... what was he, 38-39 year old man with one foot out the door already...

A guy who is still playing, just scored against the Caps like two games ago... By the way, he also got blasted on another non-Wilson suspension so give whoever that was partial credit for the ending of his still-very-active career.

And another guy who is still playing, just matched his season-high in goals, seems to be recovering okay. Arguably the "worst" of the three since he's now at just a ~40 point pace, but he's also been injured a few other times and it's been three years. How long does it all stay Wilson's fault for?

Yeah, why I wasn't upset with Lee taking out Backstrom, older player, who cares? Am I RiTe?

 

[Chaels Arms]

I was born in 1976. I didn’t start fights but, for the most part, I ended those I was involved in. And if some hair got pulled so be it. Fight to win.

I want to be just like you when I'm 45.

 

[Yeti of the Flow]

I’ll defend Dave Portnoy

He's a pedophile enabler. Gross.