Zucker taking Vengeance against Nick Cousins after his hit on Valimaki (suspended 3 games)

[PBPantherfan]

The glove falling off from cousins was a nice acting job by him.

He must have participated in theatre with that performance seeing as he sprung up almost instantly after.

Acted himself right into concussion protocol.

 

[Ratsreign]

Is that a Marcus Aurelius quote?

I thought it was from Plato

 

[PBPantherfan]

Nah that's bullshit. Cousins has enough time to let up but instead he wants to make contact and even kind of jumps into it. There's time to stop or skate to the sides and he doesn't because we know Cousins has zero regard for player safety and saw his opportunity and took it anyway because that is just the type of player and person he is. He's a disgusting person and just as disgusting as a player.

In this one you can see Cousins can slow down or turn and he doesn't because he's an opportunistic cheap shot artist and this is right in his wheel house.


Another good view - ignore or don't ignore then commentary, bloke makes valid points either way.


Other examples this season.

Elbow high on this hit.

Cousins played the puck, he tipped it before the hit. Even the Coyote’s annoucers said there wasn’t much he could do when Valimaki dropped right before the hit. Look at the reverse angle of the whole play not just still shots or clips starting with the contact. I can’t stand Cousins but as far as dirty hits go this isn’t even close.

And the hit on McAvoy was retaliation for McAvoy’s dirty hit on OEL, isn’t that what everybody is championing here?

 

[Leafshater67]

God, I hate Cousins so much. The Gudbranson mugging and now this.. very satisfying to watch.

I wish someone could beat the scumbag out of him.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Nah that's bullshit. Cousins has enough time to let up but instead he wants to make contact and even kind of jumps into it. There's time to stop or skate to the sides and he doesn't because we know Cousins has zero regard for player safety and saw his opportunity and took it anyway because that is just the type of player and person he is. He's a disgusting person and just as disgusting as a player.

In this one you can see Cousins can slow down or turn and he doesn't because he's an opportunistic cheap shot artist and this is right in his wheel house.


Another good view - ignore or don't ignore then commentary, bloke makes valid points either way.


Other examples this season.

Elbow high on this hit.


Head shot here, no suspension


Gudbranson hit, incredibly dirty. No suspension


Cbj players talking about it - which should have been enough for Parros to be in trouble over yet hes bulletproof. This is as much as the players can even say without being fined because questioning the league further for not doing their job means they get in trouble, not the league.

I will say, he’s pretty good at feigning ignorance/accident. “Whoa, I had no intention of hitting you in the face when I put my elbow where your face is! Why is everyone so angry?” It’s almost more obnoxious than a goon who will own being a piece of shit.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

So the players association are leading the charge to protect those that injure PLAYERS and not players that get injured

This is continually mind-boggling to me. The PA will take up for someone facing suspension (and rightly so as a member) but won’t use its voice for protesting its members from other members.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Is that a Marcus Aurelius quote?

Plato, I believe

 

[ZJuice]

What the actual f*** is this word salad supposed to mean?

He did a big nose gesture to a known Jewish player. I added that Cousins is probably ignorant to the antisemitic meaning behind the gesture

 

[Sheppy]

I often wonder if cousins and marchand are related.

You should know. You’re more obsessed with Marchand than anyone.

 

[Tom Polakis]

Play it all you want in super slow motion, but the Cousins hit was fine. He was simply finishing his check when Valamaki went to his knees. Three games for Zucker sounds about right.

Love it when the Panthers' color guy uses the word "nowheres." Both of them make the Coyotes' homer TV idiots seem almost tolerable.

 

[miscs75]

God, I hate Cousins so much. The Gudbranson mugging and now this.. very satisfying to watch.

I wish someone could beat the scumbag out of him.

He’ll turtle when someone actually challenges him to a fight. At best it’ll be like Ryan Whitney fighting Tim Jackman with a sprinkle of Alex Semin.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

OP seems to like the word Vengeance?

YES.

Is that a Marcus Aurelius quote?

Plato, I believe

Tomáš Vokoun to unsuspecting Russians in the 2010 Worlds Finals.

 

[CrownofThornton]

Cousins played the puck, he tipped it before the hit. Even the Coyote’s annoucers said there wasn’t much he could do when Valimaki dropped right before the hit. Look at the reverse angle of the whole play not just still shots or clips starting with the contact. I can’t stand Cousins but as far as dirty hits go this isn’t even close.

And the hit on McAvoy was retaliation for McAvoy’s dirty hit on OEL, isn’t that what everybody is championing here?

If I remember correctly, the hit on McAvoy occurred in the first period, before the hit on OEL.

It was unprovoked, so no, this is an incorrect sequence of events in your mind.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

3 games?! I'd have given him a medal.

 

[Strangle]

Would you even blame Zucker for his reaction? If I was Valimaki I am buying him dinner.

You reap what you sow in this league, or you should.

The refs and DOPS is a joke, so absolutely I agree with players policing themselves in situations like this.

Cousins is a piece of shit and deserves some of his own medicine

 

[Number8]

He did a big nose gesture to a known Jewish player. I added that Cousins is probably ignorant to the antisemitic meaning behind the gesture

Words fail me......

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Now THIS is how you respond to a perceived dirty hot on a team mate.

Big ups to Zucker worth every game of the suspension.

If Hartman had done this to Dillon for the Kaprisoft “crosscheck” I wouldn’t have liked it. But I could at least respect it as opposed to highsticking an unrelated player in the face at a face off.

Zucker - 3 games for being too much man

Hartman - $5000 fine for peeing sitting down.

 

[Strangle]

Cousins is trash, but the initial replay in the OP gives a false impression. Watch the angle at 0:23 instead. He’s going in for a routine check and his target inexplicably drops to his knees at the very last second. What’s he supposed to do? He’s already committed and starting the hitting motion. He can’t teleport around the guy.

Totally understand Zucker retaliating, but that was a much more flagrant attempt to injure than the Cousins hit. Wouldn’t be surprised to see only Zucker getting a call from the league.

This hit resulted in a player being suspended for the entirety of the first round of the playoffs.

Cousins needs to be suspended

 

[Mez]

Acted himself right into concussion protocol.

for real though, there doesnt seem to be major head contact except for maybe when he fake rag-dolled at the end.

 

[ZJuice]

Words fail me......

People in general never fail to meet my rock bottom expectations. Does my being annoyed with the gesture offend you?

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

How much of this bullshit retaliation would go away if the Refs didn't constantly blow the call on the initial play?

 

[Gentle Man]

If I remember correctly, the hit on McAvoy occurred in the first period, before the hit on OEL.

It was unprovoked, so no, this is an incorrect sequence of events in your mind.

Different games

McAvoy injured OEL the first game in Boston

The hit on McAvoy was game 2 in Florida

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

This is continually mind-boggling to me. The PA will take up for someone facing suspension (and rightly so as a member) but won’t use its voice for protesting its members from other members.

People often try to blame the NHLPA but they are duty bound to represent all players in these matters. They have no authority to punish members in the NHL. It’s not their purpose or role.

They could and should do more about educating members about head injury and promoting respectful play but that’s about all they can do.

 

[KapG]

Cousins just laying there like a little bitch too. Still not sure how he didn’t get a big suspension. Someone explain thet one to me lol

 

[1specter]

All my homies hate Cousins