I was at the game last night sitting in the attack zone. You could tell with 12 mins left that this game was going to get chippy due to the missed calls. Hell, the amount of times I saw Karlsson just slash Tkachuk was ridiculous. As a fan, if you can see this happening there is absolutely no excuse that as a player you shouldn't be aware of your surroundings. This hit was all on Simek. Unlike some, I totally believe the keep your head up mentality. This is hockey. If you don't like legal checks even if they are late in the game then do yourself a favour and go watch figure skating.
Nothing wrong with your take on this until the last self ritchious statement at the end that somehow those who don’t agree with your take are lesser fans. From this day forth we shall all understand that you are the true fan!
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Dumbas hit on Backs was not dirty, but not exactly gentlemanly to light up a guy like that in the dying seconds.
Bennett’s hit was textbook hitting, and although late in the 3rd, it was an obvious response to the dirty slash from the goalie so that’s why I have no problem with it.
I hope Bennett never stops sticking up for himself and his teammates. This is what championship teams are made of.
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Is the Bennett hit fine if it's mid-first period? Seems most people are opposed to the timing of the hit, seeing as it was entirely legal.
Hasn't it been a common thread for many years about the Flames playing a full 60 minutes? Now there are fans that are upset that Bennett made a legal hit in the final minutes of a game cause they were winning?! Would they rather the Flames ease up when they have a lead? Have they not seen the Flames themselves score twice in the final 1:07 to take a game to OT?
I don't care if the score is 25-0, I will never complain about the Flames playing with high intensity regardless if it's the 1st, 30th, or 59th minute of the game.
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Remember it wasn't all that long ago was that the biggest thing to dislike on Flames teams was that they were passive, they just accepted being abused and would skate way.
If this was last years team, the Flames would have cowered when the Sharks were running around like idiots.
Bennett showed some bite, I have no problem with it.
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I used to get absolutely enraged over the rights and wrongs of a game like this.
The Kane cheapshots, the Sharks whining about a clean hit. It would all drive me crazy. This guy was wrong for doing this! That guy deserved to get that, because he did this! The Oilers game had it, this one had it.
Now I just enjoy it. Its part of hockey. A nightly occurrance in the playoffs. I get why they were upset with the Bennett hit. But I don't have a problem with it. The Dell spear was garbage, but as crazy as it seems I actually believe that the refs didn't see what he actually did.
What is really starting to stick in my craw is the stickwork that goes on. The hacks and whacks on players. Its crazy to me that its just an accepted part of the game. Monahan needed multiple surgeries on his hands, Gaudreau has had fingers broken. Remember when Daymond Langkow was basically playing with 2 broken hands? How do non-fighting players have so many injuries to their hands? It just seems like such a needless part of the game. I wonder if over time there has been a rise in slashing with the crackdown on obstruction. The worst part is that 80% go uncalled. Bennett took a nice lumber chop across the forearms in the crease that went uncalled.
A stick that is slashed out of the hands is an automatic penalty, mainly because its likely easy to see. A chop across the hands or forearms is just part of the game.
In a long playoff run, the physical toll is part of what makes hockey great. The body aches and pains and the players' ability to play through them is all part of the package. But I don't think players should just expect to likely have broken hands as part of that physical toll. Especially when the slashes go uncalled.
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Beauty hit. Could care less about the time. The game was out of reach when burns and Kane were trying to fight tkachuk. The game was out of reach when Dell decided to lumberjack Bennett. If that is some code you're meant to abide by, both teams should have skated in circles without touching each other for the last 15 of the third.
Also, it was fairly obvious that tkachuk and Bennett were living in the Sharks heads all game. They forgot to play hockey on multiple occasions. If this spills into the next game, I'm all for it!
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Context is there was under a minute left in a 3 goal game
As I said I didn't like it when it happened to backlund so I don't like it when the flames do it either
For what it's worth I don't think either were suspensionworthy, I just didn't like the hit
The problem then becomes deciding what context the hit is okay in. If it's with 2 minutes to go? That's less than a minute from the "moratorium" on hits. A 2-goal game?
Seems much easier to say that as long as the hit is okay in the first period, it's okay at the end. If the hit is late and deemed interference in the second period, same at the end. Regardless of time and score, we don't need to add more qualitative judgment to the reffing arsenal.
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Nothing wrong with your take on this until the last self ritchious statement at the end that somehow those who don’t agree with your take are lesser fans. From this day forth we shall all understand that you are the true fan!
Awesome. Maybe I'll get a jersey with that on the back! Thanks for the idea my man
I really doubt most of the reasonable people here would be ‘screaming for a lengthy suspension’. Believe it or not, som can look objectively at hockey plays. Taking issue with this hit because of the game situation is silly.
Is anyone screaming for a lengthy suspension?
I felt a game or two would be appropriate or even a fine
I don’t see a single person suggesting a lengthy suspension was warranted
Is anyone screaming for a lengthy suspension?
I felt a game or two would be appropriate or even a fine
I don’t see a single person suggesting a lengthy suspension was warranted
Well according the the ATL...
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10 games.
That’s a predatory hit with 20 seconds left in an 8-5 game. Disgusting play.
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That's a 20 gamer for Bennett right there.
****ing Gutless cheapshot.
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suspension for WEEKS
mother****er
In all seriousness though I can see your side as well Jiri. I disagree with you but I can understand your viewpoint on this.
Is anyone screaming for a lengthy suspension?
I felt a game or two would be appropriate or even a fine
I don’t see a single person suggesting a lengthy suspension was warranted
1 or 2 games for what? Which rule was broken exactly? Can't suspend people for no reason. The NHL has a hefty rule book and a lot of precedents.
How about we dock a few days of your pay as some sort of a message to other employees? For no good reason.
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Nothing wrong with your take on this until the last self ritchious statement at the end that somehow those who don’t agree with your take are lesser fans. From this day forth we shall all understand that you are the true fan!
It’s such a silly take
If you don’t like this check go watch figure skating?!?! Why would I do that?
But the spirit of it is if you don’t like the hit you are somehow a lesser fan
That was not how I intended it to come across at all. As I mentioned in my previous post, I understand your view and can respect it even though I disagree with you. I do apologize that it came across the wrong way. I was just being my sarcastic self but I do see how it can be interpreted in another way. No one is a "lesser" fan for disagreeing with me, I never even brought that up... another poster did.
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I like the hit. Bennett is a beauty. Nice clean hit. Just because the world juniors is experimenting with elimination of finishing checks doesn’t mean the NHL is. Clean as a whistle, right to the chest.
If a Flame took a good clean hit, I would be fine with that as well.
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Surprising to me that only one guy so far in this thread has noted how the ref went after Bennett. Clear as day at 0:25 of the video. I don’t think I have seen this before.
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Dan O'Halloran should be held accountable for his pathetic refereeing. Plain as day he watched Dell slash Bennett and then the prick punches at Bennett's chest when he see's Bennett going toward the guy who slashed him.
Lots of slashing by the Sharks, Karlsson and Dell being noteworthy, plus a very sleazy Kane directly targeting Tkachuk, trying to start pull Tkachuk out of the scrum from behind to start his own fight. (Kudos to Hathaway for getting in there).
When the temperature gets high and a guy sees that the ref has lost control of the game and wants to get in on the action, you can kind of understand it.
But not when it is a ref trying to get in on the action! Do your job, no picking sides!
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Is anyone screaming for a lengthy suspension?
I felt a game or two would be appropriate or even a fine
I don’t see a single person suggesting a lengthy suspension was warranted
Sorry, it was a quote from someone else stating flames fans would be, were the tables turned.
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