Vatrano cross-checks Kostin and gets knocked down with a left hook

[Alex K]

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[Shark Finn]

A rivalry between two bottom feeders doesn't feel like much of a rivalry, but that's some good action.

 

[Neil Racki]

Vatrano should be embarrassed

 

[Laus723]

Frankie’s always feisty, just went back at the wrong guy.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Love it

 

[Sticktape]

Love to see it

 

[BruinLVGA]

Glass jaw Frankie. Sounds like a mob nickname.

 

[OysterForever]

Kostin a well known cheap shot artist

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Glass jaw Frankie. Sounds like a mob nickname.

I feel like a lot of folks sharing this sentiment would still be down if they took an unexpected shot on the chin from Kostin.

Crap call by the refs as well. The elbow from Kostin and retaliation crosscheck from Vatrano should have been off setting minors. Then the sucker punch should be another at least 2 + 10. To make Vatrano out to be equally guilty out of the whole sequence is just nuts.

 

[MXD]

FAFO

 

[BruinLVGA]

I feel like a lot of folks sharing this sentiment would still be down if they took an unexpected shot on the chin from Kostin

I‘ve had my fair amount of fights in life, FYI. By the way, lighten up, Francis.

 

[Cheapshot]

without seeing the whole clip, did franky take the dive to get a call or was he actually folded?

 

[JPT]

without seeing the whole clip, did franky take the dive to get a call or was he actually folded?

Looks embellished

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I‘ve had my fair amount of fights in life, FYI. By the way, lighten up, Francis.

Lol calls a guy glass chin, brags about fight history and then tells me to lighten up, if that's not some classic shit posting....

I think you've completely missed my point, which was that this was not a fight. There's a big difference between eating a shot when you are squared up and ready for it, versus when you aren't. Hence why a boxer can stand in and eat shots for 12 rounds but will still get absolutely floored if sucker punched.

10/10 HFboards members would get put on their ass by that punch in that same scenario

 

[jfhabs]

He embellished, that was more of a push then a punch

 

[The Macho King]

Street justice.

Don't know how dumb you can be to cross check someone and then not expect to get popped for it?

 

[Peltz]

Glass jaw Frankie. Sounds like a mob nickname.

I laughed out loud at a coffee shop and got some weird looks. Nice one.

 

[Drake1588]

I wish cross checks earned more players punches to the jaw. There's entirely too much acceptance of cross checking in the game versus, say, a star player on your team getting checked hard to the boards (which immediately creates a scrum and an offer to fight).

I hate cross checking and I hate that more players won't respond strongly to it. Players break their arms, wrists, fingers from cross checks/slashes, and they're easy fouls to conceal from officials. It's dirty as hell but low on the list of things people want excised from the game, and I don't understand why.

 

[Reality Czech]

Kostin a well known cheap shot artist

Well you gotta do something when you're unable to contribute in any other significant way

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Klim "Alex Pereira" Kostin

 

[BB79]

Only penalty should go against Vatrano. No penalty for defending yourself

 

[PB37]

Bit of a sucker punch there by Kostin, who was the one that really started it with the high chicken wing elbow despite what the announcer/ref said.

 

[Hunter368]

Kinda of funny TBH

 

[tarheelhockey]

That looks a lot more like embellishment than a glass jaw.

 

[PB37]

That looks a lot more like embellishment than a glass jaw.

Don't think it was embellished at all. He caught a player much smaller than him and who wasn't expecting a gloved punch to the jaw in that situation.