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2020-2021 NHL Thread

Zee said:
I'm concerned that the Habs keep winning games.  I want them to lose games.

I hate to break this to you, but Montreal's a safe bet to finish top-2 in the division. They've got a pretty good team there.
 
https://twitter.com/1stOhioBattery/status/1352453206689898497

Yikes. I've seen a few comments about Dubois looking like he's completely checked out.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Zee said:
I'm concerned that the Habs keep winning games.  I want them to lose games.

I hate to break this to you, but Montreal's a safe bet to finish top-2 in the division. They've got a pretty good team there.

We are no longer friends.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Yikes. I've seen a few comments about Dubois looking like he's completely checked out.

The benching was justified on the face of it. But he's been playing well for them leading up to this game, so...
 
herman said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Yikes. I've seen a few comments about Dubois looking like he's completely checked out.

The benching was justified on the face of it. But he's been playing well for them leading up to this game, so...

Has he been playing well? 1 goal in 5 games, and that came in a game that saw him get semi-benched for a long stretch of time before scoring. And this isn't the first time observers have called him out for floating.
 
I haven't seen enough game tape; his stat lines for the 4 games prior isn't particularly weird and shot share seemed to be still going his way on the ice.
 
Guilt Trip said:
Zee said:
I'm concerned that the Habs keep winning games.  I want them to lose games.
Habs are averaging almost 5 goals a game. Don't think that's sustainable.
See this is what I want to hear. You are an awesome guy!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AX-dRh-jE

Myers with a high hit on Armia at the end of a game Vancouver was out of.  Armia is out with a concussion and it looks like no supplemental discipline for Myers.

Even if the first point of contact isn't his head he drives the shoulder up thorugh the hit.

DOPS is useless.
 
By "good", you may mean legal.

I would argue it's not a good hit though. There's a high risk of injury on a hit like that and I think it should be against the rules.
 
Bullfrog said:
By "good", you may mean legal.

I would argue it's not a good hit though. There's a high risk of injury on a hit like that and I think it should be against the rules.

That's where my take is on it.  It's a predatory hit.
 
I wish they would scrap the shootout and OTL point this season. Too much at stake at all times to be giving points away.
 
Bullfrog said:
By "good", you may mean legal.

I would argue it's not a good hit though. There's a high risk of injury on a hit like that and I think it should be against the rules.
Yup, it's a legal hit and not against the rules. Nothing wrong with it.
 
Guilt Trip said:
L K said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AX-dRh-jE

Myers with a high hit on Armia at the end of a game Vancouver was out of.  Armia is out with a concussion and it looks like no supplemental discipline for Myers.

Even if the first point of contact isn't his head he drives the shoulder up thorugh the hit.

DOPS is useless.
Disagree...that's a good hit. Head not targeted, chest was.

If you aren't trying to drive into a pedestrian but still happen to hit that person for some reason, it's no biggie? You can't measure intent, but you can measure results. The first point of contact stipulation is pretty stupid as far as health and safety of players goes. A high stick that clips a face after glancing off an arm is still a high stick.

Also, legal doesn't necessarily mean good and right.
 
herman said:
Guilt Trip said:
L K said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AX-dRh-jE

Myers with a high hit on Armia at the end of a game Vancouver was out of.  Armia is out with a concussion and it looks like no supplemental discipline for Myers.

Even if the first point of contact isn't his head he drives the shoulder up thorugh the hit.

DOPS is useless.
Disagree...that's a good hit. Head not targeted, chest was.

If you aren't trying to drive into a pedestrian but still happen to hit that person for some reason, it's no biggie? You can't measure intent, but you can measure results. The first point of contact stipulation is pretty stupid as far as health and safety of players goes. A high stick that clips a face after glancing off an arm is still a high stick.

Also, legal doesn't necessarily mean good and right.
I didn't make the rules and it wasn't against them so it was a good hit IMO and the NHL's also. You don't agree and that's ok.
Your reference to hitting a pedestrian, ridiculous. What was I trying to hit with my vehicle when I  accidentally nailed a pedestrian? Myers was intending to hit Armia after all.
 
Guilt Trip said:
Your reference to hitting a pedestrian, ridiculous. What was I trying to hit with my vehicle when I  accidentally nailed a pedestrian? Myers was intending to hit Armia after all.

Hitting Armia = driving
Hitting Armia's head (accidentally or otherwise) = hitting a pedestrian in the course of doing something legal

The point is, consequences don't care what your intentions are. Armia is concussed and basically NHL/DoPS shrugged when they could have created and enforced a safer workplace.
 
https://twitter.com/bluejacketsnhl/status/1352699464218243074
You bet I counted the blinks for Morse code
 

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