Brendan Smith hit on Connor Bedard – Tough Call Review
Connor Bedard got caught with his head down and skated right into the oncoming Brendan Smith. I do wish for Bedard’s speedy recovery, but it’s a real shame there had to be a fight after this.
Completely agree. Bedard is legal to be hit here and Smith could have legally gone further through the check ("finished the check"), because it is right on the center line of Bedard's body. Clean, legal hit. Its unfortunate that Bedard got hurt, but that isn't Smith's fault here.
You should review the Connor Murphy late retaliatory hit on Nico Hischier. He only starts to initiate the contact after the puck is gone. Everyone is talking (even before we knew about the injury) about a clean hit no one would care about if it was someone else but silent about this predatory hit.
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Completely agree. Bedard is legal to be hit here and Smith could have legally gone further through the check ("finished the check"), because it is right on the center line of Bedard's body. Clean, legal hit. Its unfortunate that Bedard got hurt, but that isn't Smith's fault here.
You should review the Connor Murphy late retaliatory hit on Nico Hischier. He only starts to initiate the contact after the puck is gone. Everyone is talking (even before we knew about the injury) about a clean hit no one would care about if it was someone else but silent about this predatory hit.