2011 Stanley Cup Finals
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- Melanie0
Can't wait for the next game! Canucks to win.
- aldebaran0
If Boston losses he will get the MVP. Mark my words.
- Jaline0
Some questions to think about:
- should a suspension be determined AFTER the play has already been done and there was a penalty issued? I suppose penalties are done in the moment whereas suspensions are done after, and both methods have their flaws.
- Should suspensions be determined by how hurt the hit player is? Or should they be determined by the intention, location, and specific situation?
In this case, I think 4 games is valid, but still questionable when you look at other hits that have gone on (even some by the Canucks themselves). In those situations, no one received suspensions for those because the victims could still play afterwards. But perhaps the angle was just off, and Horto's body couldn't sustain a hit like that.
- eieio0
Anybody actually notice the Canucks lost 8-1 in the end ?
- heathen0
Thomas playing beastly against this vancouver onslaught
- Jaline0
haha, pretty bad, for sure. Bruins got momentum after the first couple of goals.
- ntslide0
I'm going to throw in a comment as a hockey player...
Put simply, you know what you're doing as you're doing it... There is no way a professional player didn't know he was going for the head, there is no way he wasn't trying to rip above mentioned head off...To say it wasn't malicious is a gross understatement from a players perspective. Sure he should have kept his head up, sure it was with the shoulder but bottom line is that you have to premeditate a hit like that. Even in the split seconds before the hit Rome had the chance (and ability) for it to be a body-to-body hit. He went for the head, and that's a cheapshot.
All this being said, I'm a boston fan, I love intensity, I don't like cheap shots like this because eventually the NHL will ban open-ice hits and they're a great part of the game... My rant is over...
- chris_himself0
Can't wait for the next game! Bruins to win.
- eieio0
You can't rip someone's head off with your shoulder. He was knocked out because he didn't see it coming and landed kerplunt on the ice. In other words Rome didn't cause the head injury the fall did.
- Mister20
Cheap shot no.
There is no such thing as accidental hit in hockey. You hit them regardless. Luck of the draw if you get caught or other guy is prepared for it.
- pastpastdue0
Horton, "severe concussion." Out for the rest of the finals. Both teams have plenty of motivation, whoever hits the most is going to win this.
I'm not worried about the Sedin twins mad. They will get shut down. The people you don't want playing mad is Kesler or Bieksa. When Kesler gets mad, he plays twice as hard, twice as fast and twice as nasty.
- See: all Kesler's jawing at the end of the second and the fight with Seidenberg.pastpastdue
- stoplying0
The fate of this game is in the hands (and brain) of Luongo. How he plays determines the outcome.
- Mister20
Now having said all this
Both teams are out one player.
Its all good in hockey.
- Fanco0
my turn to throw in a comment as a hockey player.
his hit was legal and illegal. it was NOT a head shot. it's illegal because it'S late, very very late. he should've stopped. but horton should've had his head up instead of watching his pass.
but this malarkey about that hit being a headshot and him jumping and aiming for his head is over the top. when a player jumps before a hit. it's painfully obvious and he would've received a much harsher penalty other than interference. as for the perceived elbow to the head. hell no. when you hit. you throw out your arms. conscious or not. horton's position was leaning forward and you can plainly see that rome crouches a bit before the hit. the best way to avoid exactly head contact to the elbow. it might of hit the shoulder pads, but that is not a headshot. this is another problem that many people have been calling for : take out the hard plastic from the shoulder pads and bring back the softer shoulder pads.
I'm a defenseman and i hit players in front of the net/along the boards all the time and in open ice situations just like that hit right there. when you DO hit a player. any momentum you have will stop, naturally all energy spent towards him lifts you up a bit. look at any other hit in that game and you'll see that pattern all the time. you're argument about jumping up is all bull. so drop it.
- eieio0
Its will be interesting, game sevens are what finals are all about . Bring the noise!
:D
- pastpastdue0
Yeah, I don't think anyone should see this as anything but a late hit. I too have played hockey for almost 20 years now (most as a goalie, but who's counting!)
Horton didn't see him coming. He was hit late, but any sooner would have had the same repercussions, no? He got knocked the fudge out and would have been had it happened .5 seconds sooner because he wasn't looking.
- aldebaran0
"when you DO hit a player. any momentum you have will stop, naturally all energy spent towards him lifts you up a bit. look at any other hit in that game and you'll see that pattern all the time. you're argument about jumping up is all bull. so drop it. "
oh bullshit. watch the animation and tell me that he wasn't about to jump.