Zegras headshots Rasmussen. Will have a hearing today 02/24 - three game suspension

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Dude I’m sure Zegras didn’t mean to hurt
him.


Has Zegras been careless with his slashes in the past ? Sure, he never head shotted a guy before like this
Really? It looked like a blatant and unprovoked headshot. Wasn't even close to being a legit bodycheck that rode up on the opponent, or something done in the heat of a puck battle. That is a classic predatory hit aimed at the head.
 
and garland could've easily been concussed from taking a two hander to the head. both were deserving of what they got
BS. One was a heat of the moment situation where a player lost control, the other is a deliberate attempt to injure.
McDavid only got 3 because of what Myers did moments later, it’s not a secret lol

Otherwise yeah probably a game or two
 
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McDavid only got 3 because of what Myers did moments later, it’s not a secret lol

Otherwise yeah probably a game or two
you work for DOPS?

mcdavid also had a prior suspension. zegras had no history outside of a fine for slashing. 3 games for crosschecking a guy in the head was absolutely justified
 
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In a weird way is this a good thing for Zegras's rep? Nobody thought of him as being a physical player prior to this. I can see a guy like Guerin loving Zegras's transition from a highly skilled scorer to a cheap shotting, unproductive, bottom sixer. Watch out, Ryan Hartman!
 
I think Zegras would have only gotten two games if he got a major and a game misconduct for the late hit.
The refs failure to call that got the game out of hand.
 
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where did you see ducks fans downplaying the hit? every ducks fans i've seen in here has agreed that it was a suspendable offense
A hit is either clean or the dirtiest hit of the season apparently. Someone called the hit possibly the dirtiest of the season, quite possibly by the person you quoted. A couple Ducks fans said that while it was dirty, that was a stretch. Complete and utter homerism I guess

It dont matter....

Did you read the Zegras stetcher thread.... people have a real irrational hatred for zegras because of his game cover. Like people took those twitter lip readers posts and ran with it to pump up hate. That thread went like 40 pages over nothing lol.
I've seen the bad lip reading brouht into Zegras conversations this season. Irrational indeed
 
Definitely deserved a suspension. Man I get a kick out of how much this kid is irrationally hated though. The amount of false narratives that are spun every time his name is mentioned, it's just incredible.
It's not irrational hate though, he is extremely unlikeable. He is incredibly immature for a professional athlete, and runs himself like a loser frat boy. He really should man up, and start acting like a pro.

There is no denying the skill, I've mocked his production in this thread, but obviously the guy can put up points at this level, but if he doesn't change his pissy attitude, he'll need to learn Russian soon enough.
 
It's not irrational hate though, he is extremely unlikeable. He is incredibly immature for a professional athlete, and runs himself like a loser frat boy. He really should man up, and start acting like a pro.

There is no denying the skill, I've mocked his production in this thread, but obviously the guy can put up points at this level, but if he doesn't change his pissy attitude, he'll need to learn Russian soon enough.

Lol no this is an exact example of what I'm talking about. A lot of you have just decided this based on the most flimsy of evidence and then spew utter nonsense everytime his name comes up. His teammates love him, he's great in the community, you guys just have this really spiteful false narrative built up and it's not coming from a knowing place.
 
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So could have Detroit. Triple the amount of powerplays and still whining about the referees is a choice.
Whining about refs? A guy threw a hit that was bad enough for a 3 game suspension, any of the 4 officials can call it, review it and knock it down if they have to... and it was still missed. You see how dumb you sound pointing that out as whining about refs?

The Ducks aren't a good team, they employ two of the dirtiest hitters in the league in Trouba and Gudas, and an 8 minute a night hatchetman in Ross Johnston. They're going to consistently be penalized because of the way their team is built, saying missing a blatantly obvious major is whining because the refs did their job most of the game is idiotic
 
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It should give some perspective at the very least. I get being pissed about the zegras hit, but the rest of that crap is the same stuff teams do every game, red wings included.

You aren't as justified in your aggrievance as you think, and it comes off as whining while at the same time getting the benefit of the doubt. Give me a break.
Calling someone out for “whining” about no penalty being called on a suspéndanle head shot while you are literally whining about power play discrepancies…
 
Lol no this is an exact example of what I'm talking about. A lot of you have just decided this based on the most flimsy of evidence and then spew utter nonsense everytime his name comes up. His teammates love him, he's great in the community, you guys just have this really spiteful false narrative built up and it's not coming from a knowing place.
Well for starters, when USA beat Canada at the World Juniors, do you not remember the immature behavior from your frat boy?

After winning Gold, they brought out a garbage can with Canada's logo on it, do I really need to remind you what your 5.75 million dollar guy did? Sore loser behavior, and that reputation has followed him to the NHL.

Also when you say "you guys", like you can't be referencing me. I haven't even brought up his name on this site since his rookie season when he was right up there with Raymond and Seider. He's not important enough, or good enough to discuss on a regular basis. Just funny to me that 2 of those 3 rookies are now stars, and the other has 16 points this year and a mullet.
 
BS. One was a heat of the moment situation where a player lost control, the other is a deliberate attempt to injure.
Such a weird take.

1 is at fullspeed where if he was 6 inches to the right would have been a shoulder to shoulder hit.
There is literally never a reason to crosscheck someone up high.

Zegras deserves his suspension but it's hilarious that this hit is viewed as an intentional act to injure, but a crosscheck to the face gets a pass, because he was mad. lol
 
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Well for starters, when USA beat Canada at the World Juniors, do you not remember the immature behavior from your frat boy?

After winning Gold, they brought out a garbage can with Canada's logo on it, do I really need to remind you what your 5.75 million dollar guy did? Sore loser behavior, and that reputation has followed him to the NHL.

Also when you say "you guys", like you can't be referencing me. I haven't even brought up his name on this site since his rookie season when he was right up there with Raymond and Seider. He's not important enough, or good enough to discuss on a regular basis. Just funny to me that 2 of those 3 rookies are now stars, and the other has 16 points this year and a mullet.

Lol I'm Canadian and that "incident" from a junior tournament five years ago is a complete nothing burger, a poor excuse for still hating the guy.

I'm definitely putting you in the same category as the other irrational haters when you are currently engaged in the exact behavior I'm talking about lol. You despise him and for what? Something slightly offensive he did in celebration of a junior tournament several years ago and his current hair cut? Yeah totally rational reasons to hate someone
 
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Lol I'm Canadian and that "incident" from a junior tournament five years ago is a complete nothing burger, a poor excuse for still hating the guy.

I'm definitely putting you in the same category as the other irrational haters when you are currently engaged in the exact behavior I'm talking about lol. You despise him and for what? Something slightly offensive he did in celebration of a junior tournament several years ago and his current hair cut? Yeah totally rational reasons to hate someone
Well I mean, you already know why I am "currently" talking about him, its the chicken shit dirty headshot. What is almost worse is his reaction to it, immediately trying to justify it. This is the only reason I'm talking about him, because like I've already said, statistically he is irrelevant and not worth discussing.

Yeah the Junior incident was 5 years ago, but that's enough for me to not like him, I find him childish and immature.

As for the haircut, nope not a reason to hate him, but definitely a reason to make fun of him and laugh at him. He's a professional athlete, but looks like a loser frat boy. If there are some posters who constantly dunk on him, I guess I agree with you, and am not really sure why, because he's an irrelevant player.

Hope he reflects a bit on his career during the next 3 games. Would be a shame for such a talented player to not live up to his rookie hype, because that is exactly what is happening.
 
Well I mean, you already know why I am "currently" talking about him, its the chicken shit dirty headshot. What is almost worse is his reaction to it, immediately trying to justify it. This is the only reason I'm talking about him, because like I've already said, statistically he is irrelevant and not worth discussing.

Yeah the Junior incident was 5 years ago, but that's enough for me to not like him, I find him childish and immature.

As for the haircut, nope not a reason to hate him, but definitely a reason to make fun of him and laugh at him. He's a professional athlete, but looks like a loser frat boy. If there are some posters who constantly dunk on him, I guess I agree with you, and am not really sure why, because he's an irrelevant player.

Hope he reflects a bit on his career during the next 3 games. Would be a shame for such a talented player to not live up to his rookie hype, because that is exactly what is happening.
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Blowing up a guy's head with a late blindside hit isn't much worse? Was the guy McDavid crosschecked injured? Rasmussen looks like he was concussed.
Is there video evidence that it actually was a late hit? Aka, not a slow-mo, because everything looks like a late hit in slow-mo. Real-time speed.
 
Is there video evidence that it actually was a late hit? Aka, not a slow-mo, because everything looks like a late hit in slow-mo. Real-time speed.

Yes. The Player Safety video announcing the suspension where the explicitly explain, and show, why it was a late hit.
 

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