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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I don't see a second part, he simply followed through on the hit.
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That's not a follow through on a hit. The hit was done. He could easily just skate off there without driving Elias into the ice.
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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
Also, if you watch the ref, he was very close, saw the whole thing and began looking up the ice after the hit.
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After the hit and before the judo toss. He starts to follow the play immediately after they come together.
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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
It does not appear to even enter his mind that this could be a penalty, you never see any arm movement or even a long look that a ref usually takes. He seems surprised that the Canuck player was even hurt as the play moves up.
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Because the hit he saw wasn't a penalty.
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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
To me, this is what happens when an NHL player checks someone who has the body of a tall and skinny bantam sized player encountering body checks for the first time.
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No. Driving someone to the ice is not what happens. DoPS makes that pretty clear.
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Originally Posted by Royle9
Unfortunate, but not nearly as malicious as the hit thrown on Dube by the same team who wouldn't recognize the dirtiness of it in the media.
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Other than the guy who threw the hit saying to the media that he knew it was bad on his part and he needs to be more careful.