Toronto Sports Media Discussion Thread - v7 (2022 Edition)

[Nineteen67]

That Steve Kouleous (sp?) On the NHL Network on Sirious was seriously condescending to Leaf Nation in his analysis of the Knies hit, saying Leaf Nation has revealed themselves as being as knowledgeable about hockey as the Florida fanbase.
And typical to all hockey media, convrniently tailoring the facts of the incident and then assigning positions to Leaf Nation as if we have a spokesperson who expresses our ond and only opinion on thd matter.

A lot of Leafs fans still don’t understand the hit. Many actually think he jumped and clearly it wasn’t despite still images of his feet on the ice creating a snow shower at the point of impact.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

I know Ray has a lot on his plate, but they need to find a way to have him as a weekly guest

Overdrive was at its best when he made daily appearances

 

[Enga Olly]

It's really close i think the skates leave the ice immediately after the impact, my main issue is i belueve the initial contact eas to the head, i dont have the rule book commited to memory but those head contact rules regardless of how they are written are there for the players safety. Head shots are an unsafe aspect and should be virtually eliminated from the game. Not some cleverly worded rule, opening the door to allow certain types of headshots provided they are delivered like Whitecloud delivered his. Knies head isn't doing any better today because Whitecloud delivered this perfect "by the rules" head shot.

 

[wingman75]

It's really close i think the skates leave the ice immediately after the impact, my main issue is i belueve the initial contact eas to the head, i dont have the rule book commited to memory but those head contact rules regardless of how they are written are there for the players safety. Head shots are an unsafe aspect and should be virtually eliminated from the game. Not some cleverly worded rule, opening the door to allow certain types of headshots provided they are delivered like Whitecloud delivered his. Knies head isn't doing any better today because Whitecloud delivered this perfect "by the rules" head shot.

This is the issue I have with it. The hit itself fell within the rules, however, contact to head was made (not principle). Not sure why that matters? It should still be a penalty. Lots of penalties are as a result of an unintented play (trips, high sticks, etc.). It's not 5 min worthy but I would like to see a double-minor for hits that result in clear contact to the head. So then everyone can be happy right? The hit in itself is legal, the contact to the head is not. Sometimes the rules are not right and need to be ajusted... I mean, this is based on the NHLs stance of creating a safe playing area for the players. Otherwise, their words are just that. If they really cared, they'd make adjustments.

TL;DR - Hit clean by the rules, rules need to be adjusted.