Trouba huge hit

[Fatass]

When will people get it to their heads that whenever the head is the main point of contact it is never a clean hit

Great check. Keep head up and this won’t happen. Drop head and it’s bad news. No aren’t by Trouba to hit head. 100% on Baron. He needs to keep his head up.

 

[swiftwin]

I'm sure you would be ok if Xhekaj did the exact same thing to matthews right?

Xhekaj did the exact same thing (actually worse) to Stutzle in preseason.

 

[SI90]

Dirtiest Train in NYC!

But this one might have been ok actually.

 

[OKR]

You can’t logically point anything wrong with this hit, like we’re at the point where every hard hit is illegal according to certain people.

Barron is low and Trouba still manages to catch him trough body. Trouba has his history of illegal checks, this ain’t one them.

 

[DuneGoon84]

Not dirty

 

[Xirik]

Well he got his big hit out of the way, Now there will be the comical Trouba missed hits for the next while.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

When will people get it to their heads that whenever the head is the main point of contact it is never a clean hit

This is false.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Good hit

 

[jfhabs]

It's a clean hit by the book. And at some point maybe people have to start bitching about the book, instead of players playing by it...

Open ice hitting will eventually be banned from the NHL, but we are not there yet.

They made a rule specifically for this type of hit. It's at least. 2 min clear as day.
Principal point of contact is the head.

Just like many other rules sometimes they apply it sometimes they don't. The book isn't the issue here.

 

[Fatass]

My guy, there's 100's of play like that a game that a player doesn't have his head f***ing rung by a shoulder.

Exactly! Players need to skate upright with their heads up. Barron has his head down there. It’s right at contact level. Head up means more than just being aware. It also means literally keeping your head up and not in the zone where contact occurs. This is not the responsibility of the player delivering a hit. It’s the responsibility of the player carrying the puck.

 

[StreetHawk]

Barron needs to keep his head up there, looked like a 9 year old iPad kid

He skated the puck up from just outside his blue line. Should have seen who was defending him. Saucers a back hand and isn’t prepared to protect himself vs a known hitter in Trouba.

 

[Sheppy]

Good lord.

 

[LOFIN]

They made a rule specifically for this type of hit

No they didn't LMAO

They made a rule for a hit where the players specifically picked the head. Going through the body with the principle point of contact being the head, is not that. And it's not illegal either BTW.

 

[Karma Police]

Exactly! Players need to skate upright with their heads up. Barron has his head down there. It’s right at contact level. Head up means more than just being aware. It also means literally keeping your head up and not in the zone where contact occurs. This is not the responsibility of the player delivering a hit. It’s the responsibility of the player carrying the puck.

What?

It is EXACTLY the responsability of the guy delivering the hit to not target the head, wherever it is.

EXACTLY like the high stick penalty, you are responsible for your stick, wherever the other guy is on the ice

 

[TheDoldrums]

Players have to take some responsibility for protecting themselves, Barron couldn't have put himself in a worse position by gliding in with his head down while going against a big hitter

 

[Sol]

So he thought the best way to defend himself from the hit is to make himself smaller right before the hit. Genius.

 

[Leafidelity]

Beautiful hit, keep your ****ing head up kid

 

[jfhabs]

No they didn't LMAO

They made a rule for a hit where the players specifically picked the head. Going through the body with the principle point of contact being the head, is not that. And it's not illegal either BTW.

It is sometimes

 

[theMajor]

Jesus christ the people crying about this being dirty, go watch another sport and stop ruining this one.

is that you Raffi Torres?

 

[Hobnobs]

What?

It is EXACTLY the responsability of the guy delivering the hit to not target the head, wherever it is.

EXACTLY like the high stick penalty, you are responsible for your stick, wherever the other guy is on the ice

The responsibility of the the hitter is to go through the body. It has nothing to do to with high sticking. Go watch golf.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Dirtiest Train in NYC!

But this one might have been ok actually.

G Train though

 

[Chainshot]

I mean, have some f***ing awareness of who is on ice and don't put yourself into that spot eh Barron? FFS. Trouba keeps his arm in. Yes, he gets Barron in the head but that's more due to Barron.

 

[Hullois]

Xhekaj did the exact same thing (actually worse) to Stutzle in preseason.

The diver extraordinaire hit himself with his own stick in the face. But even then Xhekaj got the game while dirty ass trouba actually draw a powerplay from it.

Nice try

 

[MXD]

It's clean by the book.
But that says more about the book than about the hit.

 

[Fatass]

What?

It is EXACTLY the responsability of the guy delivering the hit to not target the head, wherever it is.

EXACTLY like the high stick penalty, you are responsible for your stick, wherever the other guy is on the ice

Sorry but you’re 100% wrong. In the national league the responsibility to keep their head up is on the player. If a player has their head down while carrying the puck then this will happen. A clean hit will be delivered and the guys head will be in the h contact zone. Barron had his head up there and this is just one of the many collisions that happen. But he has his head down in the contact zone. So he gets hurt. His own fault.