Xhekaj tossed from another game.

[All Mod Cons]

I could've sworn he would learn from his fine the other day. I'm at an absolute loss how this happened.

Parros enabled this to happen.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

The hit wasn’t as bad as Griegs and he didn’t even land it, a non story.

 

[jbeck5]

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

So you still don't understand.

Nevermind then.

I'll let someone else answer if they do. Clearly you don't understand what I'm asking and that's ok.

And I wasn't making any argument. I was asking a question. And you didn't come close to answering it.

 

[Martin Skoula]

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.

I bet this will make other teams be extra careful every time they’re within 5 feet of one of Montreal’s 5’5 superstars. There’s absolutely no way this will backfire and cut their careers short when tweener goons piss off guys who are 50 pounds heavier than Montreal’s only players of value and legitimize them as revenge targets.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Real talk though did Xhekaj actually make any contact at all with Stutzel?

Hit his gloves

 

[DackellDuck]

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.

Struble also hit Greig! So in retaliation for Greig throwing a late hit, he had to take a late hit no more than 5 minutes later. From Struble!

Struble himself served the retaliation he thought Greig deserved.

Shouldn’t it have ended there? An eye for an eye?

I guess not, according to big brain Struble and Xhekaj.

 

[Rob Brown]

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

His argument makes sense.

Struble also hit Greig! So in retaliation for Greig throwing a late hit, he had to take a late hit no more than 5 minutes later.

Struble himself served the retaliation he thought Greig deserved.

Shouldn’t it have ended there?

I guess not, according to big brain Struble and Xhekaj.

This.

 

[Fatass]

Real talk though did Xhekaj actually make any contact at all with Stutzel?

Are you asking if Stutzle is the best diver in the league?

 

[jbeck5]

Struble also hit Greig! So in retaliation for Greig throwing a late hit, he had to take a late hit no more than 5 minutes later. From Struble!

Struble himself served the retaliation he thought Greig deserved.

Shouldn’t it have ended there? An eye for an eye?

I guess not, according to big brain Struble and Xhekaj.

Exactly.

 

[Hunter368]

That’s not a good hit, I was right last time about him, I suspect this one will get a suspension. 1-2 games, contact to the head and looks like he jumped into it and feet off the ice. I would like to see better angle though to confirm

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I bet this will make other teams be extra careful every time they’re within 5 feet of one of Montreal’s 5’5 superstars. There’s absolutely no way this will backfire and cut their careers short when tweener goons piss off guys who are 50 pounds heavier than Montreal’s only players of value and legitimize them as revenge targets.

Doesn't matter. It's mental at this point. I think this is probably a dangerous group and I don't mean dangerous in a 'watch out for them in the standings/on the forecheck!' kind of way, I mean legitimately dangerous in that it clearly won't take much to light a keg and for someone (Habs or otherwise) to get seriously hurt.

 

[The Expert]

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

You also said he dropped the gloves when they stayed on his hands and confused Struble with Xhekaj in this thread, you might want to change your user name to Mr. Magoo.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Grieg deserves the blame for everything that happened this game. Throwing that hit on that player against a team who just lost two guys the game before? You knew it would lead to a shitstorm.

 

[DackellDuck]

Are you asking if Stutzle is the best diver in the league?

He’s solidly in 2nd behind Gallagher, the only guy in the league who falls down when taking contact from little Timmy.

 

[SergeConstantin74]

Strudle strudled himself with his stick. Xhekaj missed him.

 

[Baksfamous112]

So you still don't understand.

Nevermind then.

I'll let someone else answer if they do. Clearly you don't understand what I'm asking and that's ok.

And I wasn't making any argument. I was asking a question. And you didn't come close to answering it.

Yes, I did answer it previously but you completely ignored it. I said if Struble would have been challenged and for his hit and turned it down then I fully expected retaliation hit elsewhere.

Just because you didn’t like the answer doesn’t mean you have ignore it and push again and again for another one

 

[DackellDuck]

Grieg deserves the blame for everything that happened this game. Throwing that hit on that player against a team who just lost two guys the game before? You knew it would lead to a shitstorm.

I don’t think he expected the Habs minor leaguers to be so soft.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Grieg deserves the blame for everything that happened this game. Throwing that hit on that player against a team who just lost two guys the game before? You knew it would lead to a shitstorm.

Hard to feel bad for that team when they employ Xhekaj.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Grieg deserves the blame for everything that happened this game. Throwing that hit on that player against a team who just lost two guys the game before? You knew it would lead to a shitstorm.

And now we have a bunch of sens fans coping because they got served a taste of their own medecine

 

[DJN21]

I could've sworn he would learn from his fine the other day. I'm at an absolute loss how this happened.

Parros enabled this to happen.

An absolute loss lol?

 

[jbeck5]

Yes, I did answer it previously but you completely ignored it. I said if Struble would have been challenged and for his hit and turned it down then I fully expected retaliation hit elsewhere.

Just because you didn’t like the answer doesn’t mean you have ignore it and push again and again for another one

Because you didn't answer my question.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and ask it again using different terminology.

If Struble thinks Greig deserves to get beat up because Greig made a late hit on Dach, does Struble think Struble deserves to get beat up for making a late hit on Greig?

I'm not asking if anyone challenged him so don't answer a question no one is asking.

 

[DackellDuck]

And now we have a bunch of sens fans coping because they got served a taste of their own medecine

I mean, Stützle is fine, Greig fought Dach and is fine, and the Sens won the game.

Meanwhile the Habs AHLers are crying to the media and Xhekaj turtled and is going to be suspended…

What a big taste of their own medicine!

If anything this game will embolden a player like Greig…

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Brady is one of the last players in the league I'd ever want to get mad. Xhekaj is a pretty tough customer and he got manhandled by Tkachuk who was seeing red after watching Stutzle go down like that.

 

[Siludin]

Welp, in such proximity to one another, that's gonna be quite a few games.

 

[HuGo Sham]

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.

You have no hat in the ring so…Greig’s blindside, late hit to the jaw was ..clean and not a game misconduct?