Trouba with another high hit on Kyrou

stl76

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Thought it could've been charging but he caught enough of Kyrou's shoulder to avoid a hit to the head call.

Thoughts?
 
Even the DoPs can't drop that ball...
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I feel like he was going for shoulder contact and Kyrou was going lower so the hit looks higher than intended. I know Trouba can be dirty, but this doesn't look like an intentional head hit to me.
 
A classic Trouba: Always try to get as much elevation when hitting as possible. Make sure you get some incidental head contact if you can't take the head off clean.
 
I feel like he was going for shoulder contact and Kyrou was going lower so the hit looks higher than intended. I know Trouba can be dirty, but this doesn't look like an intentional head hit to me.
Doesnt matter what his intent was. He got him perfectly on the head.
 
Then why is he always jumping up into his hits?

Jumping is always overplayed by everyone on bad hits. Two players going into each other is going to lead into a collision, and jumping or moving upwards is many times bracing for impact. There are very few big hits where either player didn't go up at some point. I am not saying this was a clean hit, just that he has had far worse than this.

Doesnt matter what his intent was. He got him perfectly on the head.

Intent definitely matters and you know this, because DOPS even mentions this a lot when handing out suspensions or not.
 
Jumping is always overplayed by everyone on bad hits. Two players going into each other is going to lead into a collision, and jumping or moving upwards is many times bracing for impact. There are very few big hits where either player didn't go up at some point. I am not saying this was a clean hit, just that he has had far worse than this.
He is literally jumping into Kyrou's head. He has elevation before any contact is even made. The sole intention here can only be that Trouba is trying to hit as high up as possible.
 

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