Eastern Conference Playoffs - Round 1: Habs vs Senators (Habs win 4-2)

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Slashes are a bad part of the game but they happen in every game and the NHL simply never hands out 5 and a game for them like the hits from behind on the boards. If Subban was out there running guys from behind sure you take him out before he injures someone's brain but this ejection thing for slashing is a little over the top unless it's a new league mandate and they are going to be consistent calling hard slashes as majors and misconducts. The fact that this never happens and it happened to Subban of all players kind of falls into the hands of the conspiracy theorists that think there is prejudice against him. This isn't my opinion of course but it certainly fuels that fire.

I think it wasnt a part of the game slash. He clearly turns his hands and changes his grip.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Slashes are a bad part of the game but they happen in every game and the NHL simply never hands out 5 and a game for them like the hits from behind on the boards. If Subban was out there running guys from behind sure you take him out before he injures someone's brain but this ejection thing for slashing is a little over the top unless it's a new league mandate and they are going to be consistent calling hard slashes as majors and misconducts. The fact that this never happens and it happened to Subban of all players kind of falls into the hands of the conspiracy theorists that think there is prejudice against him. This isn't my opinion of course but it certainly fuels that fire.

Good hits vs. bad hits are at least split second / matter of inches kind of things. That slash was just stupid.

McSorley on Brashear wasn't a terribly hard slash either...

[dammage79]

Curious if a pro athlete misses games for a bone bruise. Could be all that it is but I know that feels terrible too.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

He was probably telling them he was fine.

If a guy has a concussion and says he is ok should they take his word for it?

I dunno, I think they should have don't it regardless. What if his arm is broken and he does damage to a ligament playing like that?

[MotoRacer]

Dick subban

[nik-]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

I think it wasnt a part of the game slash. He clearly turns his hands and changes his grip.

Naw, slashes of that "viciousness" happen all the time. When I hear two handed slash, I think baseball swing or legit overhead chop. Not just simply having two hands on the stick when you slash someone.

The landing spot is bad, and it's definitely a penalty, but lets not act like this is uncommon.

[Flash Walken]

Habs taking all sorts of runs right now

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Slashes are a bad part of the game but they happen in every game and the NHL simply never hands out 5 and a game for them like the hits from behind on the boards. If Subban was out there running guys from behind sure you take him out before he injures someone's brain but this ejection thing for slashing is a little over the top unless it's a new league mandate and they are going to be consistent calling hard slashes as majors and misconducts. The fact that this never happens and it happened to Subban of all players kind of falls into the hands of the conspiracy theorists that think there is prejudice against him. This isn't my opinion of course but it certainly fuels that fire.

This did look like a really bad and deliberate slash, so the refs absolutely acted in accordance with the rule 61.4:

Rule 61 – Slashing
61.1 Slashing - Slashing is the act of a player swinging his stick at an
opponent, whether contact is made or not. Non-aggressive stick contact to the pant or front of the shin pads, should not be penalized as slashing. Any forceful or powerful chop with the stick on an opponent’s body, the opponent’s stick, or on or near the opponent’s hands that, in the judgment of the Referee, is not an attempt to play the puck, shall be penalized as slashing.

• 61.2 Minor Penalty - A minor penalty, at the discretion of the Referee based on the severity of the contact, shall be imposed on a player who slashes an opponent.
• 61.3 Major Penalty - A major penalty, at the discretion of the Referee based on the severity of the contact, shall be imposed on a player who slashes an opponent. When injury occurs, a major penalty must be assessed under this rule (see 61.5).
• 61.4 Match Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match penalty if, in his judgment, the player attempted to or deliberately injured his opponent by slashing.

As for Subban being "targeted" I don't buy it. He is a superstar player and he is viewed by the league/refs as such. I do find him obnoxious though, not that it matters in this case.

[White Out 403]

man I bet Stone took a wrench to his own arm to help sell that dive

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by nik-

Naw, slashes of that "viciousness" happen all the time. When I hear two handed slash, I think baseball swing or legit overhead chop. Not just simply having two hands on the stick when you slash someone.

The landing spot is bad, and it's definitely a penalty, but lets not act like this is uncommon.

It's a vicious slash but like you say we see this a lot just as we do vicious cross checks that only get two minutes. I got no problem with giving him a double minor but removing him from the game changes the balance of the contest.

BTW Stone doesn't look in pain on the bench at all right now. This is looking pretty suspicious with all the speculation.

[Hockeyguy15]

Stone is back now? This is so strange.

[Soliak]

Stone kinda looks like Glencross

[wingmaker]

and he's back. Very strange.

[Flash Walken]

can someone get a healy picture captioned "Green Side Up, Idiot!"

[powderjunkie]

Can we all agree that Subban was really incredibly stupid to put the refs in the position to make that call?

[Hockeyguy15]

How did that not go in?

[CaptainYooh]

For no particular reason, tt just occurred to me that Subban and Phaneuf together would form the most intolerable defensive pairing in NHL.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

can someone get a healy picture captioned "Green Side Up, Idiot!"

I almost lost a mouthful of Harp when he said that ... Healy is braindead.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

For no particular reason, tt just occurred to me that Subban and Phaneuf together would form the most intolerable defensive pairing in NHL.

What about Bieksa?

[nik-]

oh man ... that Galchenyuk shot was weird to not go in