In Game Three of the Stanley Cup Final, William Carrier went hard on the forecheck and sent Radko Gudas awkwardly into the boards. He was given a minor penalty for boarding. Afterward, Gudas went at Carrier and gave him a crosscheck, resulting in a minor penalty for him.
Were either of these penalties the right call? Have your say!
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Neither should have been a penalty
That should be a suspension.
That is a hockey play, Gudas does 10x worse on the regular – Devils fan
Bettman loves Vegas. That's a penalty on Gudas? While the high stick on Ekholm that draws blood gets nothing? What a joke.
I have no problem with the hit…even if it was someone other than Gudas.
If you go by what the NHL has "SAID" is a penalty then yeah, that hit into the boards is a penalty (even though it's called, maybe, half the time) The "cross-check" on the other hand is nothing, he got the penalty as a way to mitigate the tension, since it was obviously going to escalate.
more like hooking than anything else
That just looked awkward because Gudas lost his balance
That should be a penalty in my opinion. Even if the victim is Gudas.
Both calls are correct. Refs made tighter calls early in game 3 to take better control compared to games 1 and 2. Game 3 ended up being the closest game in the series, in fact it was the only game where the outcome was uncertain until the end. Florida was not able to make this Stanley Cup finals a competitive series and instead they tried (and failed) to disrupt VGK in any way they could think of. Position by position, player by player, VGK had the advantage.
I'm still waiting for the Florida coach to talk about his role in Florida's actions on the ice. Did they go in to the series with this strategy? Were the players instructed by the coach? When penalty minutes racked up for his star players, was he still OK with it? Was discipline (or lack thereof) ever discussed in the locker room? Was he counting on refs giving the Panthers more "freedom" since they were the underdog? So many questions, but all Maurice talks about is injuries and broken bones.