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Mickstix:
Boarding? While facing him? Up against the wall?  :huh: NHL gonna do away with checking all together before long. Sad.

richkrt99:
He should appeal it and probably will but it will do no good. The league commissioner will schedule the appeal meeting in about.....14-15 days or so and then after a few days review will reduce it to 5 games about the time the caps have played 7 games without Willy.
They need to apply the rules of suspension exactly as they are laid out in their criteria regardless of the player  or it’s total BS. Which we all know it is.
How can it be boarding when you hit the guy in the chest?
It’s unfortunate Willy caught him in the head on the follow through of the hit. Doubt his intent was that and another meeting with the Dipshits ...DOPS

Chaos43:

--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Sunday March 07, 2021, 01:07:11 PM Eastern ---He should appeal it and probably will but it will do no good. The league commissioner will schedule the appeal meeting in about.....14-15 days or so and then after a few days review will reduce it to 5 games about the time the caps have played 7 games without Willy.
They need to apply the rules of suspension exactly as they are laid out in their criteria regardless of the player  or it’s total BS. Which we all know it is.
How can it be boarding when you hit the guy in the chest?
It’s unfortunate Willy caught him in the head on the follow through of the hit. Doubt his intent was that and another meeting with the Dipshits ...DOPS

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    It wasn't a high hit or boarding.
They are saying that it was a hit on a defenseless player. The only thing that made him defenseless was himself by lowering his head to look for the puck.

Mickstix:

--- Quote from: Chaos43 on Sunday March 07, 2021, 07:53:24 PM Eastern ---   They are saying that it was a hit on a defenseless player. The only thing that made him defenseless was himself by lowering his head to look for the puck.

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Yep, they're making shit up to fit a narrative. Narrative being, they don't want big hits in their league. We'll still be alive when you can no longer hit in the NHL, guaranteed..

Chaos43:

--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday March 08, 2021, 08:34:23 AM Eastern ---
Yep, they're making shit up to fit a narrative. Narrative being, they don't want big hits in their league. We'll still be alive when you can no longer hit in the NHL, guaranteed..

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    I agree. This hit didn't really meet the criteria for a suspendable play. So they made up a rule specifically for Tom Wilson. No hard hit allowed.
And you notice how they never say a word about the guy getting hit when he is endangering himself by putting himself in a vulnerable position.
Why put it all on the player delivering the hit? Teach these idiots how to take a hit.
If you listen to any old school player about hits like this and they will tell you that if you have your head down like that you are going to get rocked.
There is less hitting in the league now than there ever has been but it seems there are more injuries. It's because the new breed of pussy players think they can prance around the ice with there head down and not get hit. And for the most part those players are right because there just aren't as many big hits anymore. The problem is that there are still a few guys like Wilson around and the players don't have a clue how to protect themselves.
    I honestly think that the drop in physical play has made players oblivious to their surroundings. In today's game you see all these sissy skilled players trying all these fancy moves like toe drags, deeks and shots between the legs, spin moves. In the past if you tried those types of moves, you got put on your ass.
    I'm getting close to giving up on this game.

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