I feel the pendulum swinging back to the era of big hits, goons and fights. Teams have gone full small, quick and skilled players, and dropped the big men. Whoever finds the right mix of skill and size will dominate the next era. Like Stallone walking into Tulsa.
"Defending" a clean hit with a fight? I think if you can't take the hit, you get out of the league. These goons that jump players for clean hits should be given game a misconduct. And possible suspension. Defending a teammate or not. You should wait to see if it's dirty. Not just, I don't like you hitting our player. Pathetic.
Damn this pre season has been pretty scrappy, lots of scrums and fights. It's dumb that the guy got jumped by two guys after delivering a perfectly clean hit here but this is the type of play thats been missing from the game for the last 10 years or so
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Maybe if they suspend both entire teams for three games so they have to forfeit, they might clean up their act.
Good ol team building in the preseason. Love it
If you can't fight, you shouldn't be throwing hits. This is hockey, not figure skating
Refs are already a complete joke and the season hasn’t even started yet. Buckle up
It was a clean hit, there was no need to fight for that…
highmore was ok lmao
how bad of a ref you need to be to call Guhle out for being jumped but letting go of the triple minors from both Sens players
That hit was clean…no need for a penalty, or any shite after the hit.
BUT…CRAZY that Xhekaj didn’t jump out of the box to jump in…and get a fine
I’m telling you guys right now. The Laine injury will change this team, no more soft team. Hughes will make sure of that .
So now the NHL is not allowing body checking. That's strange.
League needs to be harsher on the player coming in for a fight after a clean hit. This is getting ridiculous.
nhl is reahing peak dumb. A stoppage and fight after any decent big clean hit.
And Marty mouse just sits there no back talk to the refs. Spineless
Why are there scrums after clean hits? It's getting stupid
St. Louis lamenting like "Am I a goon coach now?"
I feel the pendulum swinging back to the era of big hits, goons and fights. Teams have gone full small, quick and skilled players, and dropped the big men. Whoever finds the right mix of skill and size will dominate the next era. Like Stallone walking into Tulsa.
Clean hit from an Ottawa fan!!
Habs stink
“Pinto doubles down” got me
Lets show to the worlds we are not a fucking puss*
"Defending" a clean hit with a fight? I think if you can't take the hit, you get out of the league. These goons that jump players for clean hits should be given game a misconduct. And possible suspension. Defending a teammate or not. You should wait to see if it's dirty. Not just, I don't like you hitting our player. Pathetic.
I hate it so fcking much, clean hit keep playing! Any retaliation for a clean hit needs to be a 10min misc and a player + team $5k fine each.
Ottawa is becoming more embarrassing than Toronto, and that's saying something….
#request Bedard scrum
Damn this pre season has been pretty scrappy, lots of scrums and fights. It's dumb that the guy got jumped by two guys after delivering a perfectly clean hit here but this is the type of play thats been missing from the game for the last 10 years or so
Frat boy hockey, bunch of soft serve players who can't take a hit without throwing a tantrum.
Clean hit. Stupid suicide pass.