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Ryan Reaves hit on Juuso Välimäki – the onus is on the hitter



Ryan Reaves covered a lot of distance to drive Juuso Välimäki into the boards in a violent manner. Yet he’s praised for it instead of penalized.

6 Comments

  1. That's charging….why don't they call that? Plus he did a 1 out of 5 Trouba's for liftoff. But wow, those Arizona jerseys need to be suspended permanently.

  2. Idk he's a professional hitter and fighter, he may very well have hit with less force had he not opened up. Having said that, it's 100% still boarding and should've been called. I would be mad at my D partner though too, looks like he had a chance to slow Reaves down and gave up on the play

  3. I agree. This is borderline Bs. I like reavo but he was going in there full intent on burrying buddy. Timing of the left handed shot with reaves opening him up a bit
    I would be pissed if my team lost a player due to injury for this so I can attest that I don’t like this hit

  4. Shut up. Absolutely nothing wrong with that hit. Those guys are skating stride for stride for that puck. That’s not charging. And that’s not boarding. That’s a good, hard clean hit.

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