^Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
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Originally Posted by GettinIggyWithIt
I wouldn't call those angles clear by any means. As Lord Carnage mentioned, Nielsen is in the way in at least two of those angles, so you can't really see the point of contact. In my opinion, the best angle is the one that shows it from the side and to me it looks like a well orchestrated dive on Kesler's part.
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Which is odd, because I can't see much of anything from the side, so I wouldn't prefer that angle. Meanwhile, on the angle starting at :54, it looks pretty obvious to me that he clips him in the head. What I see on that play is light clip to the head, Kesler goes off-balance, and decides to fall down and hold his face for a few seconds in the hopes of getting a call. Which is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect from Kesler, but it's still a hit to the head and still a dangerous play if things go differently if someone's skating a bit faster or at a slightly different angle.
But anyway, that's what I see. My problem isn't so much with calling Kesler out for going down like... well, like Kesler, it's for giving players a free pass on these plays because there were no stretchers as a result. This happens a lot and it's really frustrating beause no one seems to care unless someone's legitimately hurt.