Xhekaj tossed from another game.

[DackellDuck]

Maybe but Struble's quote is very telling. The Canadiens have been getting massacred by injuries this decade, breaking man-games lost record for years in a row, losing a ton of key players to long-term injuries/career-enders every year. Tonight the Sens were dealing with a team that just watched Patrik Laine (and Reinbacher) go down for months before the regular season even starts in a season they're hoping to take a big step. I'm not surprised if they take whatever slight and go berserk over it. The franchise and the players are clearly sick of losing guys.

Dach was back on the bench at the start of the 2nd period. He went off for like 4 minutes. They need to relax.

Struble saying that it was premeditated to serve as revenge might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen, considering what Xhekaj already did last game.

 

[Rob Brown]

Maybe but Struble's quote is very telling. The Canadiens have been getting massacred by injuries this decade, breaking man-games lost record for years in a row, losing a ton of key players to long-term injuries/career-enders every year. Tonight the Sens were dealing with a team that just watched Patrik Laine (and Reinbacher) go down for months before the regular season even starts in a season they're hoping to take a big step. I'm not surprised if they take whatever slight and go berserk over it. The franchise and the players are clearly sick of losing guys.

That's fair, but also doesn't make it okay to go out and try to hurt players on other teams because you're upset and sick of losing your own players.

 

[Bring Bak Damphousse]

Your have to be incredibly stupid to think its the same thing.

Your have to be incredibly stupid to think its the same thing.

Late blindside hit, puck nowhere in the vicinity, I think they were closer than your going to admit.

 

[Canadienna]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841272954266464330

 

[jbeck5]

He’s talking about Struble. Struble threw the exact hit that Greig threw on Dach, on Greig himself, 5 minutes later.

The only difference is Greig just got up and kept playing whereas Dach ran to the room and the Habs melted down.



Again… best player? Kirby Dach?

Exactly. Thank you.

Struble is saying Greig needs to face punishment for a late hit, yet Struble himself had a late hit on Greig where the puck was long gone and Greig had taken a couple strides away.

So if Struble is a logical consistent thinker that we should be paying attention to when he speaks, he would have to think that he himself should face punishment for his late hit on Greig.

If not, then he his a hypocrite.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

That's fair, but also doesn't make it okay to go out and try to hurt players on other teams because you're upset and sick of losing your own players.

100%. I won't be surprised if a Habs player ends up doing something really stupid this year.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Apparently the axe took out 3 of their junior sens with his pure power and physical dominance and they are still mad at him

A player on your team is taken out by a dirty hit:

Either:

Retaliation on the other team by taking out one of their players is:

a) Justified.

or

b) Not Justified.

If a), like Habs fans are suggesting, then none of the players that the Habs have lost to injury this season warrants them being upset, because of Xhekaj's actions over the past 4 years.

If b), like nonpsychotic people would suggest, then Xhekaj's over the top reaction this game in trying to take off Stützle's head is not reasonable.

Which is it Habs fans?

 

[swiftwin]

Maybe but Struble's quote is very telling. The Canadiens have been getting massacred by injuries this decade, breaking man-games lost record for years in a row, losing a ton of key players to long-term injuries/career-enders every year. Tonight the Sens were dealing with a team that just watched Patrik Laine (and Reinbacher) go down for months before the regular season even starts in a season they're hoping to take a big step. I'm not surprised if they take whatever slight and go berserk over it. The franchise and the players are clearly sick of losing guys.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying you're dealing with a group that's clearly on edge and I'm not surprised to see Wifi going berserk.

Maybe the Habs should stop trying to injure others during preseason if they don't want other teams to return the favor

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Dach was back on the bench at the start of the 2nd period. He went off for like 4 minutes. They need to relax.

No disagreement from me here. I just hope a Habs player doesn't do something incredibly stupid at this point.

 

[Crazy Monkey]

Blame Parros on this one. Should have suspended him after the leaf game to send a message, but alas here we are

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Maybe the Habs should stop trying to injure others during preseason if they don't want other teams to return the favor

This all started from the Canadiens thinking Dach (who just missed an entire season) was done dirty the very next game after losing Laine and Reinbacher for months. These guys are clearly on one.

 

[Baksfamous112]

“Dropped the gloves”

They both fell. What do you want me to say? I’m sure next time they meet each other and Brady challenge him Arber will gladly accept the invitation.

He’s talking about Struble. Struble threw the exact hit that Greig threw on Dach, on Greig himself, 5 minutes later.

The only difference is Greig just got up and kept playing whereas Dach ran to the room and the Habs melted down.



Again… best player? Kirby Dach?

Well, no one challenged Struble, so what am I supposed to say here?

Huh? He did not drop the gloves with Tkachuk.

You're confusing the Struble hit with the xhekaj hit. It's ok, long night lol

I got confused, I thought we were talking about Arber. As I said to your fellow mate, no one challenged Struble after the hit, so what am I supposed to say here? If someone did and he chickened out then yeah, I would have called out his behavior like I’m doing with Grieg

 

[CanadienShark]

Wifi's last game in the league. Book it.

This is an embarrassing and absurd take from you.

 

[Bring Bak Damphousse]

Shockingly, that doesn't mean it is okay.

No, the only thing that’s shocking is people are still surprised when players police themselves, when the refs fail to do so. I don’t like the response from Xhekaj, it cost them the game, but 2 habs players have left the ice due to dirty hits in two games, there’s going to be a response.

 

[waffledave]

STAGGERING!!!

 

[The Expert]

They both fell. What do you want me to say? I’m sure next time they meet each other and Brady challenge him Arber will gladly accept the invitation.

You could say what happened, his gloves were glued on to his hands and he turtled.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Your have to be incredibly stupid to think its the same thing.

Take your homer glasses off for a minute. They were very similar hits

 

[Hawkaholic]

Terrible call. Didn't even hit his body lol

 

[jbeck5]

They both fell. What do you want me to say? I’m sure next time they meet each other and Brady challenge him Arber will gladly accept the invitation.

Well, no one challenged Struble, so what am I supposed to say here?

I got confused, I thought we were talking about Arber. As I said to your fellow mate, no one challenged Struble after the hit, so what am I supposed to say here? If someone did and he chickened out then yeah, I would have called out his behavior like I’m doing with Grieg

I didn't ask whether anyone challenged him.

Struble was of the opinion that Greig deserves punishment for greigs late hit on Dach.

Does Struble also believe Struble deserves punishment for strubles late hit on Greig?

Didn't think this was so hard, but hopefully you understand now.

If the answer is no, he's hypocritical.

It's just comical having a guy callout another player for a hit saying he deserves punishment for his hit, when he himself made an identical hit.

 

[Baksfamous112]

You could say what happened, his gloves were glued on to his hands and he turtled.

Oh sure. I’m pretty confident Xhekaj would not hesitate to drop the gloves with Tkachuk the next time they meet. Don’t be silly

 

[Habby4Life]

Wifi's last game in the league. Book it.

Haha, oh man these guys are good for a laugh.

 

[SensFactor]

Wifi will get a few games

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

60 pages for Habs trash. Regular season can't come quick enough.

 

[Baksfamous112]

I didn't ask whether anyone challenged him.

Struble was of the opinion that Greig deserves punishment for greigs late hit on Dach.

Does Struble also believe Struble deserves punishment for strubles late hit on Greig?

Didn't think this was so hard, but hopefully you understand now.

If the answer is no, he's hypocritical.

It's just comical having a guy callout another player for a hit saying he deserves punishment for his hit, when he himself made an identical hit.

What are you even saying? Struble didn’t say Grieg deserved a penalty, he said he deserved punishment for not answering the bell after being challenged after a dirty hit.

Nobody challenged Struble for his hit. No one. Your argument makes no sense

 

[CraigBillington]

I have no hat in this ring and want to see headhunters get suspended so those types of hits are out of the game.

Refs obviously did what they felt was right in getting him out of the game. Given what happened vs Toronto and then this, things could have really gotten out of hand. The hit looked terrible at any first glance, and with heightened emotions, things could have gotten serious.
I thought it was horrible at first and felt there would be multiple games. Then saw the slow motion.... But while I don't think it was a clean hit, I think a game misconduct is the perfect response from the ref to keep the game going out of control - especially a meaningless preseason game.