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2020-2021 NHL Thread

CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/NHLSafetyWatch/status/1365099502286352388
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I just hate this. Even if it wasn't late, it's clearly a hit to an unexpecting opponent that is no longer involved in the play. It's a clear intent to hurt someone.

Hitting should only be allowed to separate someone from the puck.
 
Bullfrog said:
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/NHLSafetyWatch/status/1365099502286352388
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I just hate this. Even if it wasn't late, it's clearly a hit to an unexpecting opponent that is no longer involved in the play. It's a clear intent to hurt someone.

Hitting should only be allowed to separate someone from the puck.
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I don't think it's a very very late hit as the poster suggests. Slow motion makes it look late but are we talking 1 second after puck contact? If hitting was only allowed to separate the puck, at least 90% of all hits would be penalties.
 
Guilt Trip said:
I don't think it's a very very late hit as the poster suggests. Slow motion makes it look late but are we talking 1 second after puck contact? If hitting was only allowed to separate the puck, at least 90% of all hits would be penalties.
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Might be worth noting that the NHL's definition of a late hit is 0.6 seconds after a player has the puck. So it absolutely falls in that (my very rough/unscientific measurement of it was about 0.8 seconds).

I mean lots of players who actually value the safety of others on the ice would have at least let up a little bit there. Wilson absolutely had the time to do that and just chose not to.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Guilt Trip said:
I don't think it's a very very late hit as the poster suggests. Slow motion makes it look late but are we talking 1 second after puck contact? If hitting was only allowed to separate the puck, at least 90% of all hits would be penalties.
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Might be worth noting that the NHL's definition of a late hit is 0.6 seconds after a player has the puck. So it absolutely falls in that (my very rough/unscientific measurement of it was about 0.8 seconds).

I mean lots of players who actually value the safety of others on the ice would have at least let up a little bit there. Wilson absolutely had the time to do that and just chose not to.
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Thanks for posting what's deemed late, I wasn't sure. I totally agree with your Wilson comment.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Might be worth noting that the NHL's definition of a late hit is 0.6 seconds after a player has the puck. So it absolutely falls in that (my very rough/unscientific measurement of it was about 0.8 seconds).

I mean lots of players who actually value the safety of others on the ice would have at least let up a little bit there. Wilson absolutely had the time to do that and just chose not to.
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Agreed. Definitely late by the league's standards, and, also, completely unnecessary. That hit does nothing to separate the player from the puck, negate a scoring opportunity, etc. There's no reason to for that. In that circumstance, Wilson should have either let up and not made forceful contact or avoided the hit entirely.

If Jankowski had control of the puck, it would have been a good hit, but, at not point was that the case. He batted the puck out of mid-air. He was never really the puck carrier.
 
I've watched the late game the last two HNIC's and I think Harnarayan Singh doing the play by play on the later game has been really good. Definitely a step up from Hughson.
 
Nik said:
I've watched the late game the last two HNIC's and I think Harnarayan Singh doing the play by play on the later game has been really good. Definitely a step up from Hughson.
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Anyone is better then Hughson but that doesn't take away from Singh who is doing a great job.
 
Looks like the Matthews thing has been edited out. This bit is still up though:

Montreal is a tough market. Much tougher than Toronto. The media and fans here are much more critical, they come at you in two different languages.
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Like, ok? Maybe the dumbest flex of all time.


 
Is Montr?al a tough media market? Yeah, absolutely. Is it harder than Toronto? I have my doubts. No one in media here was praising Dubas as GM of the year a few weeks into the season, even with the Leafs having the best record in the league. Media in Toronto doesn?t have the wild mood swings as Montreal, despite what fans of every other team would like you to believe. They?re not planning any parade.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
https://twitter.com/JeffVeillette/status/1366166306190467078

Jack Todd, sheesh.
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It must take effort on Jack's part to be that negative and full of vitriol on a daily basis.  This guy must be miserable in real life.  Take a step back Jack, enjoy life.
 
It's sad to see how many good sports journalists, or even just journalists in general, lose their job every single year and yet clowns like this guy and Simmons apparently have jobs for life where they get to write whatever they want with no oversight whatsoever.
 
Kind of feels good when it's other teams/fanbases that are rabidly trying to trade their (disgruntled) young franchise player.
 
Let's check in on Buffalo:

https://twitter.com/ByMHarrington/status/1366151521705066496
https://twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1366409735491244032
 
What they need is an young, exciting, developing winger like Jimmy Vesey. Package him with Tavares and we'll take Eichel off their hands. I mean it's devastating to lose Vesey but I just can't stand seeing Buffalo suffer like this.
 
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