NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

5 members of canadas 2018 world junior team have been told to surrender to London Ontario police for charges of sexual assault

interesting timing of at least one Canadian nhl player taking time off for unspecified reasons

[state of hockey]

For those of who don't know, the PWHL streams all of it's games for free on YouTube.

Minnesota and Montreal are playing right now.

Fun watching Zumwinkle score the first PWHL hat trick! She’s a machine.

[state of hockey]

Fleury ties Roy for wins

Crazy end to regulation. Not Patrik Stefan crazy, but crazy nonetheless.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Fleury ties Roy for wins

[MichVandal]

jfc no one is advocating for punishing clean hits.
/rant for dramatic effect over

Betman might. He makes a lot of money on Bedard.

[Slap Shot]

jfc no one is advocating for punishing clean hits.
/rant for dramatic effect over

[MichVandal]

I’ve got a lot of sarcasm on these posts, too. I don’t really think they would punish for a clean hit- heck they don’t seem to care about protecting their superstars. I’m just really over hearing about bedard and hence my sarcasm- he’s so heavily marketed and pushed that I’m imagining the nhl corporate offices having a meltdown over him being out. Clearly my bad joke was so bad it wasn’t recognized haha

the reason the sarcasm works is that there's some real truth to it.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Which would make it even more nuts that they punish someone for a clean hit that resulted in an injury. Then again, it's not as if the NHL is consistent, or doesn't follow an agenda. They clearly want to protect the money makers.

Both Trouba and Bedard are skating check books to pay the NHL.

I’ve got a lot of sarcasm on these posts, too. I don’t really think they would punish for a clean hit- heck they don’t seem to care about protecting their superstars. I’m just really over hearing about bedard and hence my sarcasm- he’s so heavily marketed and pushed that I’m imagining the nhl corporate offices having a meltdown over him being out. Clearly my bad joke was so bad it wasn’t recognized haha

[MichVandal]

The ones I think they haven’t punished are ones like trouba hitting people in head with stick, boarding, etc.

Which would make it even more nuts that they punish someone for a clean hit that resulted in an injury. Then again, it's not as if the NHL is consistent, or doesn't follow an agenda. They clearly want to protect the money makers.

Both Trouba and Bedard are skating check books to pay the NHL.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I sure hope not. Think of how the game would change if they let rushers in the middle of the slot and you *had* to be careful to hit them. That's exactly why players went wide. The play has slanted enough into the offensive part of the game.

The ones I think they haven’t punished are ones like trouba hitting people in head with stick, boarding, etc.

[MichVandal]

I’m in full agreement. I’m just saying the league might start actually punishing the dirty hits now because there’s been several instances this year where they’ve not. Baby Jesus being hurt has to hurt for them

I sure hope not. Think of how the game would change if they let rushers in the middle of the slot and you *had* to be careful to hit them. That's exactly why players went wide. The play has slanted enough into the offensive part of the game.

[Jimjamesak]

For those of who don't know, the PWHL streams all of it's games for free on YouTube.

Minnesota and Montreal are playing right now.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

At some point, the fact that some of these players crash into the slot like that- it was going to happen. Most of the time, they have their heads up and can deal with the hit. But at some point, the head will be down, and the timing will be bad. It was not a dirty hit.

I’m in full agreement. I’m just saying the league might start actually punishing the dirty hits now because there’s been several instances this year where they’ve not. Baby Jesus being hurt has to hurt for them

[MichVandal]

Yeah fractured jaw. Hes gonna miss some time

now watch, they’ll start suddenly caring about player safety

At some point, the fact that some of these players crash into the slot like that- it was going to happen. Most of the time, they have their heads up and can deal with the hit. But at some point, the head will be down, and the timing will be bad. It was not a dirty hit.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Yeah fractured jaw. Hes gonna miss some time

now watch, they’ll start suddenly caring about player safety