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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
You'd have to have a strange notion of what proof is to suggest that you even can prove such a thing. It's a judgement call. But to me it doesn't look like a natural motion that happens all the time - if that was the case, we'd see these injuries all the time. I don't think Cooke is losing his balance that badly either.
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I think you don't have a clear understanding of how that pinning motion works
It was an unfortunate accident and nothing more, it looked like a pretty natural pinning attempt to me, unfortunately his balance was off. TSN show two of the same play early in the game and the motion was exactly the same.
Putting into slow motion or taking one frame out of 50 is bullsh%t prosecution.
It seems strange that Cooke who has actually worked really hard over the last year to rehabilitate his image would go out of his way to do something like this now.
The NHL has also already called it a hockey play and no further action will be taken, TSN basically polled a bunch of GM's and hockey people and said the same thing. Paul McLeans comments were kind of BS and amateur, he's right to be angry that the whistle wasn't blown, but his alluding to deliberate play was pretty much garbage. If anything Neil should be fined or suspended for his headshot to Cooke.