Trouba goes Superman!

[BurnabyJoe7]

Trouba's elbow comes out to stop himself from literally going head first like superman into the boards. Nothing burger play. The Cane fell down to avoid the hit.

That's an absurd statement. His elbow comes out because he's a dirty mf and he's trying to make contact with the guy's head.

His hits are legal but there is zero regard for the well-being of the player he's hitting. It's legal so you can't really fault him but the guy is going to paralyze someone soon.

 

[Koivu11]

That's an absurd statement. His elbow comes out because he's a dirty mf and he's trying to make contact with the guy's head.

His hits are legal but there is zero regard for the well-being of the player he's hitting. It's legal so you can't really fault him but the guy is going to paralyze someone soon.

He almost paralyzed himself.

 

[Xirik]

Meep Meep Trouba, Meep meep.

 

[Turbonium]

Trouba's elbow comes out to stop himself from literally going head first like superman into the boards. Nothing burger play. The Cane fell down to avoid the hit.

His elbow comes out well before he is even thinking about stopping himself but sure?

 

[TheNumber4]

That's an absurd statement. His elbow comes out because he's a dirty mf and he's trying to make contact with the guy's head.

His hits are legal but there is zero regard for the well-being of the player he's hitting. It's legal so you can't really fault him but the guy is going to paralyze someone soon.

Agreed he’s a dirty mf. But If his elbow hit there it wouldn’t have been legal. Well shouldn’t be anyways, you never know with this joke league.

 

[ItWasJustified]

This really exposes all other of Trouba's big hits and people who said he never lifts his feet because the one time he completely misses a hit, his feet are 1 meter up in the air.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Suspended for attempt to murder? Wtf

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Disgusting human being. Hope his career ends as soon as possible.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Reckless, dirty, and stupid.

 

[TheNumber4]

This really exposes all other of Trouba's big hits and people who said he never lifts his feet because the one time he completely misses a hit, his feet are 1 meter up in the air.

Plus it shows how he intentionally tries to pick the head. If that Elbow winged out any further he’d be flying. Oh wait he did go flying.

 

[The Pale King]

to be honest, i didn't know what a pommel horse was but i knew it's some kind of a thing that's waist high.

A pommel horse is a horse fed mostly on apples, like what Napoleon rode into the Battle of Watergate against the upstart Americans in the Crimean War.

On topic, obviously not suspendable but at least we got an all-timer gif out of it. Anyone who says they haven't wished that exact outcome (ie assuming the Trouba Position) on their least-favourite player is lying to themselves.

There's something really strange about the visual of the attempted hit though, like Trouba does not look like a professional athlete there. He's kind of lucky he doesn't break his neck there. Sort of like watching the bad amateur Jackass Era stunts that they had to issue the disclaimers about, kids paralyzing themselves riding shopping carts down steep hills into traffic etc. Crash Test Dummy vibes, looks extremely vulnerable and unathletic as he planks neck first into the boards.

 

[Score8]

The peoples elbow, classic move from a classy guy.

 

[NyQuil]

It really does look like a WWE move.

 

[ORRFForever]

Thoughts?

He's an idiot and he could have snapped his neck.

 

[ijuka]

Trouba went for the classic flying elbow directly to the face again, but missed... Wonder what would have happened if he landed it.

 

[VaporTrail]

Trouba was definitely trying to land his left elbow on the head of the Carolina player

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

Sad to see that Trouba isn't even the most talented elbower on his team considering the sneaky one master diver Fox threw in Jarvis' face earlier.

 

[Mirinho]

Haha very gj by Necas

 

[CanadienShark]

Ban that f***ing loser from the league. How he constantly gets away with shit like this is beyond me.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Bobby Orr'd into the board.

 

[Satire]

Trouba is one of my least favourite players in the league, but this is a really tough play to analyze in real time. There are so many awkward split second decisions happening here I think it would be a mistake to be sure of anything.

For all we know Trouba was leaning in to make a big hit, noticed the dude was going down, and was trying not to knee him in the head so jump as high as he could. The elbow is a thing sure, but he could've just been leaning into the hit too and when it was clear he wasn't making contact he further extends to cushion the impact.

Honestly I don't know. My guess is with you all that this probably would've been a dirty hit if he connected, but there's way too much going on here to really be sure either way.

 

[phillyb]

Sad to see that Trouba isn't even the most talented elbower on his team considering the sneaky one master diver Fox threw in Jarvis' face earlier.

I don't even think it was that sneaky, but for some reason SN almost refused to acknowledge it as an elbow. Fox definitely elbowed Jarvis (at least that's what it looked like live and the one time I saw a brief replay).

 

[mattihp]

Thoughts?

It looks like he bends his knees to keep his blades from the back of Necas' legs. Then it could have gone much, much worse.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Something wrong with this guy. Like he ate one too many crayons or was never hugged as a child. Maybe both.

Funniest thing is that some even bigger idiot made him Captain of the New York Rangers and gave him 56 million dollars.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Jesus Christ, what the f*** was that? This guy is a complete psycopath.