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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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Yeah there's no split second decision there. All his focus is on destroying Evans, he commits early on, puts his shoulder down and forward and then throws his body towards the hit at the moment of contact to put some extra juice into it. It's only physics in the sense that yes if you make that push motion with your body, the legs might leave the ice... But if you push late enough, you might get away with it, as it's not specifically mentioned in the rulebook, unlike jumping, even though it's the same thing in practice. You just jump into the player at the moment of contact instead of just before the contact. The player you hit stops your body/feet from leaving the ice in the way the rulebook mentions.
So this hit is really a pretty good example of why the NHL rulebook is badly written, overly focused on details.
He clearly does not care of he hits the head or if it's an illegal hit or a dangerous hit.
It even looks like he might have been trying to get the head but just missed.
In case this should be an easy suspension. Scumbag play.
Of course DOPS is a joke and nothing matters.