Brendan Smith hit Connor Bedard weaving up the middle of the slot. Bedard immediately grabbed his face, got up, and slowly went to his bench. He ended up leaving the game. Smith ended up having to fight over the hit. There was no call on the play. Was it really clean? Have your say!
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incidental contact to the head due to height difference
Clean hit, but still think it's the proper response by CHI. Foligno stole 4mil for this very reason.
It was clean. The follow-up on Nico, however, along with basically the rest of this game, was not.
That's 100% clean.
0.5 Troubas out of 5. Definitely stayed high for a reason. But I've seen far worse this season also uncalled…
welcome to the NHL kid
It’s not only clean it’s downright polite. Bedard could have been severely concussed if Smith would have committed to that hit. Bedard should consider it a valuable hockey lesson.
The principal point of contact was Smith's shoulder. No call was the correct call.
Welcome to the show, rook
Clean hit
Good hockey hit. Bedard's just a short bitch is all.
Not a penalty
Clean as a whistle. If any player wants to cut through the middle of the ice, do so at your own risk. Bedard needs to learn
It is much better to learn from Smith then it is to be taught by Trouba
fractured jaw.
Part of the violence of the collision, if there is any, is that Bedard skates in wildly out of control. There are reasons the NHL is harder to play in than the minors, and part is that you can’t just skate in, around everybody, recklessly, and expect people to just stand around and watch you.
no problem at all with this Magnificent Hit..!!!….keep your head up bedard..!!!!..don't be another lindros..!!!!!!
If this is a penalty then I don’t know what defense are supposed to do to stop a player coming down middle. It’s like people want defense just to be pylons with sticks and let people skate by untouched
Clean
It’s a clean hit wasn’t anything about it illegal.. Bedard needs to get his head up.. bedard basically runs into the check lol😂
not a tough call at all. he just stood him up. perfectly clean. i like Bedard, this was just bad luck.
As a chicagoin, the only people calling this dirty are the complete brain dead homers or new fans who stopped watching after the cups and started when bedard got picked up. They love their city, not hockey.
Sucks though cuz it’s no fun to watch without him- broadcast team will be napping and talking about stolen Doritos instead until he’s back.
Clean all day
clean. if bedard was a bigger guy, he wouldnt have even fallen.
No penalty there..is it just me but does Bedards skate look scary slicing the air in the vicinity of Smiths face ?
How is that a "tough call"?! Lol
Brendan Smith hit on Connor Bedard – Tough Call Review
https://youtu.be/DlavVVmnhKQ
What do those shoulder pads look like?