Whitecloud hit on Knies | Knies did not return to the game.

MoreMogilny

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Reaves hit was certainly more vicious and telegraphed. He deserved what he got.

However, the Whitecloud hit was a hit to the head. If nothing else, that’s what it is. Seems also pretty clear he launches his body upwards into Knies head. Makes it worse.

But not even two minutes? AND the Leafs end up on the PK as a result? Hard to buy that.

The NHL should want to eliminate these hits. I think any fan watching one of their team get hit in this exact way would likely agree with that. I don’t file this under “keep your head up, kid”
 

PatriceBergeronFan

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Toronto fans not so concerned when Pacioretty left the ice to injure Peeke. This hit looked fine. Perhaps missed two minutes and 4v4 after the roughing. Not very comparable to the Reaves hit. Not a suspension.
 
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Toronto fans not so concerned when Pacioretty left the ice to injure Peeke. This hit looked fine. Perhaps missed two minutes and 4v4 after the roughing. Not very comparable to the Reaves hit. Not a suspension.
Ah man I dunno. He did jump upwards and catch nothing but head. Reaves didn’t mean to target the head either and got 5 minutes and 5 games.
 

LeafGrief

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Whitecloud is exploding upwards when he hits Knies in the chin. He doesn’t jump, but he’s early in exploding through the hit and that contributes to this being a head shot.

The obvious difference between this and the Reaves hit is that Reaves hits Nurse’s head as the principal point of contact and gets very little body. Whitecloud catches Knies completely square. Contact can start with the head if the player is hitting the body, which is the case here. This is a clean hit.

If the DoPS is going to look at this, it will be for the early upwards motion leading to the head contact. The DoPS are clowns and they are absolutely biased against us, that’s not just a meme, but a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.
 

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