Game 6 - Bruins @ CBJ
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I get that Anderson was leaning slightly forward, and there was some shoulder contact...but that's absolutely still a major. Wow.
The Bruins better win this game because they will be arguing for a suspension on McAvoy and it could happen.
How he only got 2 for that I don't understand. That should be a well deserved suspension, Anderson or not.
Should be a game regardless of Anderson’s condition. He targeted him and hit him blind side.
Lucky to have only a 2 min PP
Lucky to have only a 2 min PP
How could he miss the next game if he was only assessed 2 minutes?
Just because 'illegal check to the head?' Don't understand how still in game AND can be suspended.
Just because 'illegal check to the head?' Don't understand how still in game AND can be suspended.
And they still fucked it up.
Bruins caught an enormous break there and frankly that’s an embarrassing call.
I agree with the second part, but not sure what the rest means. You think he tried to hit him in the head? And if he hit him in the chest, that's not a blind side. Dude was looking at his feet.
Edit: no doubt a bad hit and should have been 5. Not a bright play.
That is true and I think him only getting two minutes increases the chance of him getting suspended. Almost like the league making up for the missed call and ensuring he gets penalized (which he should).
Not saying it’s right but I think that’s what’ll happen.
Back in the day Scott Stevens used to end guys careers on hits like that without a penalty thinking of Lindros and Kariya.
I think he targeted Anderson from the blindside. That he made head contact, minimal or otherwise, is separate from his intent. He saw him engaged w Chara and wanted to hit the shit out of him.
If he did it shoulder to shoulder, great - but he didn’t IMO and it’s dumb regardless w 20 seconds left to go in the period and nothing going for CBJ momentum-wise
Any hockey players in here? Is that (McAvoy moving into a check) a highly difficult move(ment) to reconcile while flying down the ice? To my untrained eye, it seems like it would be very easy to miss a body or shoulder and accidentally hit a head/jaw, depending on the offensive players decrease of speed and/or change of direction.
Obviously, if Mac was gunning for the dudes head, then that is not good. It looked like the offensive player slowed at the last second.
Obviously, if Mac was gunning for the dudes head, then that is not good. It looked like the offensive player slowed at the last second.
He targeted him from the blindside to lay him out and looked to me like he went shoulder to chin. That was a dumb unnecessary hit and he deserves the suspension. Which sucks because he’s our best player right now.
I think it's funny how they're only showing the replay that looks the most like it was a direct hit to the head. They showed three replays just now and all three were that same clip, not the one from the opposite angle that looks like he hit mostly the chest.
McAvoy doesn't have a history at all. He did make initial contact with the chest... I don't see a suspension, but you know Columbus is going to scream long and hard if they win the game to get him out of the finale.
Yes it is hard to do but that’s not an excuse. You should only go for the green light hit if you know it can be clean. Coming in out of control like that increases the chances and is what they’re trying to get out of the game.
Watching it a couple times Anderson was leading with his shoulder trying to pick up the puck when he went behind Chara from Charlie's view. Im not saying how the penalty should be called but I think Charlie was not intending on that hit, hence the call for 2 minutes with the hit to the head
That's true, but as what happened tonight, the defense can essentially get a free stoppage and faceoff at Center. And the ice is worst at the end of the period. Maybe another option would be to allow the team to delay the penalty to the first 2 minutes of the next period.
I suggest they shoot the puck through a geared wheel, where the wheel lands on either “continue period” or “period ends”
Either 2 or match if there was a deliberate attempt to injure. I think the 2nd angle showed the chest as the principal point of contact. Based on the rule I think 2:00 is the right call.
There’s no major penalty for illegal check to the head. Refs can give 2 or a match penalty if they determine there was intent to injure. So there’s the rub. They didn’t think there was intent to injure.
I look forward to,the broadcast spending 5 minutes talking about how it was the right call like they did with the mesh goal
That’ll be changed again this offseason. How there can be no major is insane and typically NHL.
Might also give some wiggle,room for no suspension. But who knows with dops. They’re even more random than interference reviews.
Given that DoPS has made "caused injury" criterion their primary decision making factor on suspensions, I would think he's in the clear. But you never know with this league.