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Brad Marsh · 10-15-2018, 03:29 PM

It was a rough play for sure, and I wouldn't have thought twice had there been a 2 minutes roughing penalty called on the play. But let's be honest, this type of check-pin-push to the ice play happens multiple times per game. Any time a forward and defenseman come together in the corner really, some version of this happens. The problem is Pettersson's size.

This is a MEN's league and it's a full-contact sport. These are large, strong, athletic players. I see larger kids than Pettersson on a JR. High School Basketball team. Pettersson is too small to engage in this kind of play - and as a result of that, the result of this play was way more violent than it is 99% of the time. I have a hard time thinking the defenseman should "let up" just because it's a smaller guy he's going up against? It's Pettersson's choice to play in the league, to go into the corner, etc.

Maybe I need to watch the play again, but after several slow-motion viewings, I'm really not seeing anything different than what I see multiple times per game, other than the size of the player on the receiving end. He just isn't able to handle the physicality of an NHL defenseman, IMO.

10-15-2018, 03:29 PM	#229
Brad Marsh Scoring Winger Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dar es Salaam Exp:	It was a rough play for sure, and I wouldn't have thought twice had there been a 2 minutes roughing penalty called on the play. But let's be honest, this type of check-pin-push to the ice play happens multiple times per game. Any time a forward and defenseman come together in the corner really, some version of this happens. The problem is Pettersson's size. This is a MEN's league and it's a full-contact sport. These are large, strong, athletic players. I see larger kids than Pettersson on a JR. High School Basketball team. Pettersson is too small to engage in this kind of play - and as a result of that, the result of this play was way more violent than it is 99% of the time. I have a hard time thinking the defenseman should "let up" just because it's a smaller guy he's going up against? It's Pettersson's choice to play in the league, to go into the corner, etc. Maybe I need to watch the play again, but after several slow-motion viewings, I'm really not seeing anything different than what I see multiple times per game, other than the size of the player on the receiving end. He just isn't able to handle the physicality of an NHL defenseman, IMO. Last edited by Brad Marsh; 10-15-2018 at 03:34 PM.