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Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:20 pm to Mizzeaux
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:20 pm to Mizzeaux
Puck or no puck really isn't the issue.
You have 3 full seconds to complete a hit after a player gives up the puck.
The issue was he saw his head down and deliberately went for the head. It's one thing to see a guys head down and make him pay, it's another thing to hunt for the head.
The hit was a penalty, but more importantly it was a code breaker. There could be so many hits like that in a game but guys usually don't cross that line.
It wasn't an outrageously dirty hit, but it was dirty and Seabrooks intentions were malicious.
It will be in the back of the Blues mind the rest of the series, chances of a line brawl just went up dramatically.
You have 3 full seconds to complete a hit after a player gives up the puck.
The issue was he saw his head down and deliberately went for the head. It's one thing to see a guys head down and make him pay, it's another thing to hunt for the head.
The hit was a penalty, but more importantly it was a code breaker. There could be so many hits like that in a game but guys usually don't cross that line.
It wasn't an outrageously dirty hit, but it was dirty and Seabrooks intentions were malicious.
It will be in the back of the Blues mind the rest of the series, chances of a line brawl just went up dramatically.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 7:22 pm
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Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:27 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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The issue was he saw his head down and deliberately went for the head. It's one thing to see a guys head down and make him pay, it's another thing to hunt for the head.
My point is that Backes head isn't where it is if he doesn't lose the puck. He was going to make a turn in response to losing the puck. He got low to turn back or turn up, and his head was where it was because of it. Backes wouldn't have been making the move he did if he didn't lose the puck. Meanwhile, Seabrook was already committed to a hit by the time he lost the puck.
Seabrook obviously didn't know what the situation was, because he fricking fell afterwards. If he thought he had Backes in the boards, he wouldn't have fallen he'd have followed through.
I just don't see the ill intent, really.
I guess I'm not out.
ETA: Again, the result is what mattered, and he'll get hit with something. That being said, I take issue with calling it "dirty."
It was bad, it wasn't dirty, and I don't see how it could be said he was aiming to take him out by hitting the head.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 7:28 pm
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