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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Frankly, Dal Colle is just as responsible for this hit as Trouba was. Can't be looking at your feet with the puck at the blue line.
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This is the point exactly. The onus isn't on Trouba to softly skate up to Dal Colle and try to stick check the puck away in a contact sport. Doing as much would basically give the Islanders a clear path out of the zone and down the ice on the attack.
If you can't make this hit in the NHL anymore, hitting has no place in the sport. Trouba even lowered himself to be more aligned shoulder to chest, where in the past some guys would have just plowed through his head from an angle.