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Originally Posted by Mike F
We're talking about a split second. He starts the hit with his left arm trailing behind him. As he makes the hit he's bringing his arm forward to fold both hands in front of his chest, and it's the glove/forearm that hits Ferland's head, not the elbow. Ya, there's still a bit of movement in the arms due to the timing, but I don't see anything other than a guy bracing for a hit and driving through, not up, with contact to the head because Ferland's in a crouched position.
Let's put this another way: say Volchenkov's hands/forearm/elbow remain perfectly stable. Do you think the hit looks any different? I don't. Contact was made as it was not because Volchenkov targeted the head, but because of their relative positions as he went through Ferlund. Careless, but not malicious, IMO.
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Yes I do. His forearm went into Ferland's face as the principal point of contact. If his forearm weren't moving forward, that wouldn't have happened. How on earth can you argue against that fact?