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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
What?
He’s facing the endboards in every single screenshot there. His skates are parallel with the red line in every single screen shot.
Demelo needs to protect himself better but Lucic can’t try to run him through the end boards in that situation
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No. Demelo was showing he was going in the direction toward the net. Lucic make the intention clear he was checking the body.
As Lucic commits to the hit, Demelo tried to be cute and change it up. You can’t stop a freight train and you pay the price.
Bieksa honestly had great analysis of the hit.