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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
^Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
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.
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Take another look at the play, Nielson could have leaned in and nailed Kesler but instead he cuts him off and turns his back to Kesler to pursue the puck. This is a lot different than some plays where guys come in at full speed and lean into a players head. What I see here is after Nielson cuts him off Kesler swings himself around making it look like a shoulder to head the only problem is he does it a bit late and comes off the back of Neilson's shoulder. This reminds me of that gif where "I think its was Kesler" flip flops on the ice near the blue line after the player had already skated by him. I think we just need to look at the reputation to see this is another well embellished dive.