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Originally Posted by Azure
There was forward motion to make the hit while the players till have the puck, but after it was passed away there is no reason to be that brutal. His head is down, he's not looking, etc, etc. Sure he was admiring his pass, but that hit isn't necessary, and certainly had zero to do with removing the player from the puck which is what hits are intended to do. And if anyone thinks it isn't possible to let up, it is. Players let up all the time. Its the difference between smoking someone from behind in the corner and not. At some point you need to just NOT make the hit when you see the guy is in a vulnerable position.
The NHL needs to make an example out of garbage like this. 20 games.
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He glided into the hit and literally spun away from him instead of driving through like we normally see. He finished the hit but had two hands on his stick and didn't even look like a guy finishing a hit.
I don't know why this particular discussion fascinated me so much, but it was clean with an unfortunate result.
Also it happened Tuesday... nothing is coming of this.