But the national folks are saying he didn't call it because "he was so stunned" by how vicious it was that he was rendered him temporarily incapable of reaction.
head was not the initial point of conduct. And we are fucking upset because it wasn't being called penalty initially, and than all of sudden because Anaheim reacted to it it becomes a five minute major, fucking bullshit.
Because Shea Weber slammed Zetterberg's head into the boards and got NOTHING. Evgeni Malkin instigator penalty in the '09 finals, mandatory suspension gets waived (still not over that and never will be). Now the NHL will show how they "mean business."
his feet were on the ice and he slowed down before the hit.
get new glasses. I am personal friend of tghe Abdelkader family. He left his feet when he hit. That is textbook charging to anyone with a brain. Going high did not help Abs case. It deserved 5 minutes.
edit: how the fuck is this trolling. Get some perspective people.
1) He didn't leave his feet until after contact was made.
2) Initial contact was to the shoulder.
3) It was only to the head because the player he hit lowered his head.
4) They didn't call it initially, but rather used the TV timeout to talk about it together (after quite a bit of whining by Boohoodreau, I'm certain).
that was a pretty solid kill (almost kill). Ducks didn't really have a good chance aside from that
Can't believe we had so many odd man rushes despite being shorthanded.
except for the first 18 seconds, that was awesome
I do love any chance to see the stache on Bill McCreary. Classic!
thanks for adding to the crappy rep we wings fans currently enjoy. You are making us look like black helicopter Penn State fans.
FSD replay shows Abdelkader stopped striding before the hit, so charging is wrong.
The national NBCSN people are saying at least a two-game suspension.
I don't even know if that's really a penalty and it might get turned into a 5 min major / game misconduct / 2 game suspension? Holy crap. Where did that come from?
Followthrough makes it look bad, but it's the wrong angle for seeing whether it's head contact - another angle showed body.
Didn't target the head. But definitely left his feet. Not sure it's a major, but definitely a penalty
Not saying it justifies a major and game misconduct, but Abdelkader should have kept control of his body through the hit, that's why he ended up in the box. I do agree it shouldn't have been a penalty, and charging was quite obviously the wrong call since he didn't meet either criteria.
shoulder to shoulder. watch the duck's head. if that was hit by the shoulder hit would've snapped back alot worse, and he would be knocked out. bad call.
15 years ago that makes the NHL's season ending best hits video. Total crap.
2 years ago would have been clean. Now its a 5 minute major and game misconduct? Hockey has changed so much in the last 10 years i can barely recognize it anymore.
No kidding... Wings/ Avs that's an average hit!
Hearing Valteri's name reminded me that I heard his name pronounced 'Fil-pu-lu' on sportcenter the other day. That was a first which is impressive considering that his name is butchered constantly
might've been a penalty anyway, but running in place sure helped the cause
Seems like we can't do anything 5 on 4
come on man
GODAMMIT, SHG for them.
didn't think the powerplay could get any worse... ouch
Wow. Game fucking over
...in hockey. Gotta stay positive