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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I don't think contact with the head was "avoidable", though, and that's part of that rule. That is, I really don't see how Trouba could hit him without contact to the head. And that's Dal Colle's fault, because he's put his head down.
Basically, I don't want it to be the rule in hockey that a guy can skate around with his head down and thereby make it illegal to hit him straight on.
See, I understand that there's room for a difference of opinion on the hit itself, but this is just a bad, uninformed take. Every hit ever where two players are going in opposite directions will result in the hitter leaving the ice post-contact. That's just physics. He absolutely didn't jump into that hit.
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I agree, if Trouba was a bit shorter he probably wouldn't have even hit Dal Colle's head even though it was down. It definitely looked like Trouba was aiming for the shoulder and got as low as he reasonably could. I suppose he could have thrown a hip check instead but not sure if that's really any safer.
This sort of thing has me conflicted, as I can definitely see how this sort of hit can be dangerous, but at the same time it seems ridiculous to suggest that Trouba just shouldn't have hit him. Suggesting that he could have let up more also seems to be too much of a grey area - just how big of a hit is reasonable to throw at a vulnerable player?