Zary headshot on Elias Pettersson (the other one)

[Bouboumaster]

Unnecessary hit, behind the head

5+

 

[potatowejj]

One of the dirtiest hits of the year, full stop.

 

[Lunatik]

Stupid. Should never happen.

 

[eviohh26]

Zary legit went head hunting over a clean hit. What a goof.

 

[quat]

D Petey put his shoulder square into Kadri's chest. Really nice hit and Zary cross checks him in the back of his head for his efforts. Can't stand when guys do that sort of thing.

 

[Jumptheshark]

2 games,

I say 3

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...first offense??...

 

[WolfgangPuck]

Epitome of dirty hit.
Was head hunting

 

[Canuck Luck]

Clear headshot on an unsuspecting player with intent to injure as it was no where near the play. Of the leagues serious about eliminating headshots, especially completely unnecessary ones like this, this should be 20+ games. However this league never would do that. They think 1-2 games is enough if you’re not a repeat offender, 3-5 if you are as long as you don’t jeopardize a career or life

 

[Szechwan]

Awful hit, on a rookie who was having a great start to his career too, that sucks even more.

Hope they throw the book at him but I have very little faith in the NHL on this stuff

 

[Coffee]

I say 3

You’re just saying that cause it’s Zary

 

[domiwroze]

3 games minimum, it’s an automatic.

Dirty play, away from the puck, intent to injure, elbow to the head, Canadian team, blind side, elevates himself and results to an injury.

 

[Jumptheshark]

You’re just saying that cause it’s Zary

Clear elbow to head and there was intent. First time a message is always sent by the nhl. A few places are saying he wont be suspened

 

[Coffee]

Clear elbow to head and there was intent. First time a message is always sent by the nhl. A few places are saying he wont be suspened

I mean I won’t be surprised with 0 games and won’t be surprised with 3 either.

My comment was just more tongue in cheek because it doesn’t seem you like Zary to begin with

 

[Raistlin]

As blatant and text book dirty hit as it gets. Premeditated, blindside, elbow/forearm to the head away from the play.

3-5 games.

 

[kanucks25]

Garbage "hit", only intent was to cause head injury.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I mean I won’t be surprised with 0 games and won’t be surprised with 3 either.

My comment was just more tongue in cheek because it doesn’t seem you like Zary to begin with

He is a Flame and I am an oiler fan. Yeah. How about if we just castrate the guy instead--is that is an option?

 

[Coffee]

He is a Flame and I am an oiler fan. Yeah. How about if we just castrate the guy instead--is that is an option?

Most underrated poster on the site

 

[sbhnur]

Unnecessary hit, behind the head

5+

Main point here it was intend to injure, so give him a lot of games. Unnecessary describes this "hit" very inaccurate. It was unnecessary for sure, but a lot more worse than that.

 

[Kryten]

Shit like this should be punished as hard if not harder than the token doping scapegoat every other year

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Shit like this should be punished as hard if not harder than the token doping scapegoat every other year

If the league was serious about head injuries absolutely, they've had many opportunities over the last few years to lay the hammer down, but they don't... I guess that tells the whole story.

 

[duckpuck]

I'm usually pretty lenient about these things, but there is literally no excuse for that in any scenario. Not a hockey play. Clear intent to target the head. If the Zegras hit was 3 games (and I understand why it was though I thought it should be 1-2), then this has to be at least that and probably more.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Upon watching/thinking on it more... my expectations are so low that even a 1 game suspension feels like an underwhelming yet positive result.

Realistically this should be taken way more seriously. I like Zary alot as a player & I'm not trying make him into a massive villian, but this one play isn't much better than what Matt Cooke used to do, and he ended Savard's career with this kind of a thing.

How long will it take for the league to treat these things properly? It probably should be 3-5 games. What Zary is responding too is literally the kind of clean hit that all fans love to see, the league promotes, and all the players respect. Kadri's a great veteran, I doubt he has any ill-will taking that hit.

Just drop the gloves or alteast shove him around, no need for that kind of blatant cheapshot.

 

[potatowejj]

Didn't even have the stones to come at him from the front. Gutless cowardly play.

 

[Jay26]

Inexcusable and nobody did anything to defend the rookie because our team is broken.