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Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:27 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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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Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:30 pm to Mizzeaux
What response do you have to kilo's accusation that Seabrook had been targeting Backes during the whole 3rd period? I missed missed a lot of the 3rd and didn't pick up on this, but I do remember the announcer mentioning that Seabrook had been targeting Backes.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:36 pm to Mizzeaux
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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.
It was a head hunt. He knew what he was doing from start to finish. He saw an opportunity to punish Backes and he too full advantage of it.
It's impossible to transfer something to words that is understood through experience and seeing things thousands of times. Any hockey player would tell you that everything that happened during that hit was deliberate. Backes losing the puck and changing his head level is really irrelevant.
He saw him in a vulnerable spot, and he wanted to hurt him. Because of that it was dirty.
And I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that he'll be hit with a suspension. It was a dirty hit, but I'm not sure it's will warrant a suspension. We'll see.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 7:40 pm
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