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Originally Posted by Rikster
Really?
The Tkachuk hits were in my opinion one of the most cowardly things you can do on a sheet of ice...
Predatory blindside hits to a player engaging with another player...
The type of hits the NFL has outlawed...
The type of hits that has an almost unanimous reaction from current and former players who think it was a dirty hit...
The turtle job was one for the ages, you gotta give Tkachuk credit for that...
Kassian's reaction and whether it was over the top is a totally different discussion..
But to say after this incident that Tkachuk is cleaning up his dirty play is comical...
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You’re out in left field. Predatory? How are bodychecks not predatory? You’re aiming to physically remove a player from the puck which requires forethought and intent. You may not like the hit but it was clean by the rule book and there was no call on the ice or disciplinary action by the league later on. Sorry, but you’re wrong.
Turtle job? Why the hell would he ever fight Kassian? Haven’t we been over this a hundred times before in this thread? Kassian got
played. Tkachuk suckered in the village idiot of Edmonton and as a result got a power play which setup the game winning goal. That’s genius.
You may not like Tkachuk’s game, but it’s not dirty.