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Wilson gets 20 god damn games..
alta:
Both of Willy’s preseason suspensions last year were for hits that happen damn near on a nightly basis, and the only reason he was suspended in the playoffs is partly the history of those two previous and because Shitsburgh jumped up and down and threw themselves on the floor(what a spoiled 5 year old does) about it. The Shitsburgh press were pretty much the only ones that thought Willy should’ve been suspended for an unfortunate hockey hit. Now, as I see it, Willy will be a target in an effort to get him off the ice because everyone knows his next bad hit/suspension will likely be his last. I’m looking forward now to several mediocre years from him just as we got from OV after the league unfairly targeted him.
apace41:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Wednesday October 03, 2018, 05:02:21 PM Eastern ---
(5) Perhaps the alteration Wilson needs to make going forward is, instead of hitting players more straight up, he needs to lower his shoulder like a running back trying to finish a run, and hit his opponent in the chest or stomach. Heck, that might be more damaging than how he is now hitting, because his force would be more concentrated rather than "stretched out."
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This IS the adjustment he needs to make. Make SURE the hits are through the "core" of the body. Stay away from the head -- I don't care if he's 6'4" -- he can get low when he hits.
And it will hurt not to have his energy but I don't think it is season altering. It would be if it happened 20 games in but not at the start -- they can adjust to this because teams don't get playing really physically until the standings start to sort out after the midpoint of the season.
KitFisto:
Well, if he doesn't learn this time his contract may go down as one of the worst ever. They'll have guy count in the cap that never plays. Like it or hate it today's NHL won't allow it so he HAS to adjust or may as well retire.
Maacoshark:
20 games is excessive for a bad hit on a hockey play. It wasnt like he deliberately barracked someone from behind like Bertuzzi did. Yet the suspension is similar.
I'm pissed about the number if games he got but I'm also pissed at Wilson himself. He knows the league has their eye on him but he does this in a meaningless game. Not sure if you guys realize this but 3 of his 4 suspensions were on plays that happened during the preseason against the Blues.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: alta on Wednesday October 03, 2018, 05:22:06 PM Eastern ---Both of Willy’s preseason suspensions last year were for hits that happen damn near on a nightly basis, and the only reason he was suspended in the playoffs is partly the history of those two previous and because Shitsburgh jumped up and down and threw themselves on the floor(what a spoiled 5 year old does) about it. The Shitsburgh press were pretty much the only ones that thought Willy should’ve been suspended for an unfortunate hockey hit. Now, as I see it, Willy will be a target in an effort to get him off the ice because everyone knows his next bad hit/suspension will likely be his last. I’m looking forward now to several mediocre years from him just as we got from OV after the league unfairly targeted him.
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YOURE GOD DAMN RIGHT!!!!
How everyone is fuming with anger over this “predatory” supsension is humiliating!
This mean you TED!! Why doesn’t he stop counting his move and sipping soy milk and raise a fuckin assault on the NHL officers? Get on camera speaking out, vote against/for everything those assholes want and STAND UP FOR PLAYERS AND FANS FOR ONCE!!!
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