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Wilson gets 20 god damn games..
richkrt99:
20 is a bit steep. I know Willy is a repeat offender, and I can grasp the reasoning put forth by DOPS in the escalation in the number, but I don't agree that the main point of contact was the head and that Willy targeted the head (or that he is solely responsible for the positioning, etc, etc)
I was expecting 10 games, but I am admittedly a homer, so....
I'm sure Cindy is happy. (and that's all that matters)
Fucking 20 games is season altering for the Caps.
I'm curious about what guys like Dale Hunter and Scott Stevens think about the current NHL and its direction. Somebody ask Alan May what he thinks of this.
Don't get me wrong, I mean Willy needs to curb this and the timing was epic stupid, and I'm not advocating head-hunting or deliberately trying to injure someone, but please don't take checking out of the game.
DC_1908:
what
the
fuck!
The Department of Player Marketing needs to get rid of the soy bots that infested it.
Let’s hope he wins in appeals
Ozzies09tc:
From a blues fans' perspective.
This hit -imo- is the epitome of old time hockey which is sadly no longer allowed in this nhl.
My 1st reaction to the hit was "ooooohhhhh" followed by "gotta keep ur head up there oskar".
Then i heard about the meeting with the Dept of Safety and itbwas "a hit to the head" which i cannot for the life of me see that as a hit to the head.
Chris pronger and zdeno chara used to get elbowing penalties all the time, not due to the use of their elbows in their hits, but due to their height over the other players'.
I bring that example up as -again as a blues fan- this was a taller bigger (monster truck) player running into a honda civic that should never have been in the nhl in the 1st place (the blues REALLY tried to make this kid a 2nd liner for some reason)
Its 20 games because he is a repeat offender. Which is a shame. He is bigger and stronger than 90% of the guys in the league yet somehow its his fault they get hurt.
I get it. I do. He should let up, etc. Im not advocating for stretchers in every hit.
But when can we stop the victim blaming and start telling these players to keep their heads up, stay alert, dont turn into the check in the corners as it will be boarsing and much more painful etc.
Sigh. I digress.
justwincaps:
Daaaaaayum. Was thinking 10 games - 20 didn't even hit my radar.
It was a dumb, unnecessary hit in a preseason game........and it was a couple of inches away from being the best open ice hit we've seen in years. Wilson's hits have been borderline aggressive hits. Marchand's elbow to MoJo last year was f'n intentional, by a repeater offender, to the head, and he only got 5 games. If this is the first step in the DOPS cracking down on headshots, cheapshots, etc then so be it - by they sure as hell better throw the book at all the other "repeat offenders" and not just punish Wilson for being Wilson.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Wednesday October 03, 2018, 04:43:28 PM Eastern ---20 is a bit steep. I know Willy is a repeat offender, and I can grasp the reasoning put forth by DOPS in the escalation in the number, but I don't agree that the main point of contact was the head and that Willy targeted the head (or that he is solely responsible for the positioning, etc, etc)
I was expecting 10 games, but I am admittedly a homer, so....
I'm sure Cindy is happy. (and that's all that matters)
Fucking 20 games is season altering for the Caps.
I'm curious about what guys like Dale Hunter and Scott Stevens think about the current NHL and its direction. Somebody ask Alan May what he thinks of this.
Don't get me wrong, I mean Willy needs to curb this and the timing was epic stupid, and I'm not advocating head-hunting or deliberately trying to injure someone, but please don't take checking out of the game.
--- End quote ---
Well, it is what it is. A few points:
(1) The hit was NOT blind side. He cut toward the middle, and Wilson was coming from basically the direction he was skating toward. Besides that, the video shows the player bracing just before Wilson hits him. He knew Wilson was coming. And Wilson did hit him from the side, not from behind.
(2) As I stated elsewhere, physics says that a lot of the force of the hit had to go to the side of his body, or he wouldn't have spun almost 360 degrees when Wilson hit him. I don't argue that Wilson got his head, but I don't think it was the main point of contact. However, "main" is a judgment call.
(3) I read a comment from another GM saying that Wilson deserved a long suspension. But he also said that if the Caps wanted to trade him there would be 30 GM's on the phone. And that's at $5 million + per year.
(4) This IS season-altering. With the tightness of the Metropolitan Division and the improvements of enough other clubs, it is quite possible that this single action could be the difference between the Caps making and not making the playoffs this season. And for those who would say, "just play through it," the Caps were 10 standings points from being out of the playoffs last season. That isn't a lot of wiggle room.
(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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