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Post by BingJohnson on Apr 18, 2011 14:46:11 GMT -5
4 Game Suspension Hit:
No Suspension
These hits were two weeks apart. Why was he suspended for the first hit, but not the second hit?
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Post by bobertson on Apr 18, 2011 14:55:01 GMT -5
The league got both of these wrong. The first one, the Oiler is bending over and reaching for a puck. Torres has no choice but to hit him with the elbow. He doesn't stick the elbow out ala Mattt Cooke. Anyone remember the hit Malkin put on a King? last year that was reaching for a puck? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CROEuT_VGsMThe second hit from Torres though is the new rule of hitting a guy from the blindside directly in the head. That is a suspension. Maybe the league says it isn't a blindside since his body was facing that way but his head was turned all the way around, ala Steckle on Crosby...I could buy them both not being a suspension but not the first one being one and the second one not. |
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Post by nic44 on Apr 18, 2011 17:12:22 GMT -5
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Post by BingJohnson on Apr 18, 2011 17:19:09 GMT -5
The Heatley hit was a blatant elbow. The Bertuzzi hit was elbow-ish... The two hits by Torres were the same hits that the entire hockey world would have been praising as great and exciting hits just two years ago.
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