Ekblad elbow to the head of Jackson Blake

[RussianBum86]

Repeat offenders Ekblad elbowed a player in the back of the head after the whistle.

 

[voxel]

Repeat offenders Eklund elbowed a player in the back of the head after the whistle.

Huh? Is there even an Eklund playing in the playoffs, right now?

 

[RussianBum86]

Huh? Is there even an Eklund playing in the playoffs, right now?

Stupid auto correct

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Repeat offenders Ekblad elbowed a player in the back of the head after the whistle.

We love our Ekblund and you can't have him.

 

[RussianBum86]

Why are the panthers getting preferential treatment and protection by NHL for their accident people's elbow?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

They’re the dirtiest team in league history (yes, dirtier than Broadstreet) and I simply won’t acknowledge their win as legitimate, should these scumbags make it that far.

 

[Esq]

Whoa, that's pretty bad. Should be gone for a few games.

 

[HanSolo]

Reverse angle makes it look completely intentional. Ekblad is getting too comfortable throwing elbows.

 

[Chaos2k7]

No DoPS hearings scheduled?

Non topic, there was a few dirty shots on both sides, doubt anything comes from it unless things escalate in game.

 

[BraveCanadian]

At this point, why wouldn’t you elbow people in the head?

No downside and you can take out other teams players to help you win. Panthers hockey baby!

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Hard to get up in arms when people wanted these kinds of guys to be able to run around freely.

 

[GMR]

Even Trouba was sickened by this video.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

This one is actually bad

 

[Gizmoskevich]

NHL is not expected to act on this play, or this one:



It's the playoffs and when you crash the crease, expect to get hurt. Bob understood that too in his after game comments. The players don't care nearly as much about playing this level than the fans do.

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

And yet fan bases will be lining up for Ekblad if he hits the market in the summer.... hypocrisy at its finest here

1. someone can be a good player and still not play dirty. Ekblad never used to play this way. roid rage i guess
2. whoever signs Ekblad long term is going to massively regret it in a couple years

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

zero sympathy

 

[Bizz]

Clean hit.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

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zero sympathy

exactly. not sure what the problem is when the canes knew that they shouldn't poke the bull or they'd get the horns.

 

[Saga of the Elk]

It is not shocking in the least that guys would skate into Bob after seeing Bennett's cheap shot on Stolarz get a shrug. It's frustrating for everyone -- except the morons at the league office.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

In Ekbalds defence, he'd gone over a week (Joe Woll) since throwing an elbow to the head. He was likely experiencing withdrawals.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I don't like either of the hits from Svech (on Bob) or Ekblad (on Blake) but the league has made it clear that these greasy elbows in the crease aren't going to be penalized so I guess you might as well do them. It's crazy and players should have to answer the bell for this stuff but it is what it is.

 

[Moose Head]

Dirty play, but it was a forearm, not elbow. Just sayin.

 

[enthusiast]

 

[bicboi64]

From Bennett doing it to Stolarz, to Svech doing it to Bobrovsky, to this bs that Ekblad just pulled, its not good for hockey.

DoPS is saying its open season on any player in the crease and any hockey fan should be against it because more players get hurt and are incentivized to take 'discipline' into their own hands.

 

[Sheppy]

You see these plays a lot with the forearm shiver to the back, but this was right to the melon. Dumb.