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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I think most reasonable people would agree that both of the Tkachuk hits were borderline. Were they charging?
The NHL rulebook says charging is this:
Charging is a penalty in ice hockey. Rule 42 of the NHL rulebook dictates that charging "shall mean the actions of a player or goalkeeper who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A 'charge' may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal frame or in open ice."[1] The infraction may warrant any severity of penalty or combination of penalties as the officials deem fit, including a major plus a game misconduct, or suspension if the infraction results in injury to the opposing player.
After reading that I'm not sure if the NHL even knows what charging is.
I always remember hearing and talking about 3 strides. Don't know if that was just a fan invented thing?
I think if the hit were Kassian on Gaudreau or Lucic on McDavid a penalty would have been called. I'd seen big guys bump a smaller guy with half that force and get penalized. Basically anytime Penner started to get physical for instance.
I think that's the type of hit you'd see fans be outraged by if it happened to Gaudreau or Monahan. I didn't care too much because its Kassian and he has been the aggressor on stuff like that in the past so whatever.
Kassian should have took a number and tried to deliver the same type of borderline hit back. He'll probably get suspended. That's fair. I think anyone trying to paint Tkachuk as an innocent in the scenario is a little off base though.
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I think the 1st hit was pretty borderline and probably deserved a penalty. The one where Kassian went off was clean though, and I can't see how anyone can enjoy having a moron like that on their squad. Such embarrassing behaviour.
You're a level headed poster, what do you make of Kassian's overall attitude towards the incident, and the media?