Jacob Trouba has yet another controversial open ice hit, this time on Alex Nylander. Some call him dirty. Some call him the best hitter in the league. What do you think of this hit? Tough Call will be reviewing. Have your say!
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100% clean right to the shoulder. Not too late
Clean. Next.
As shoulder to shoulder, as shoulder to shoulder gets. They should use this hit as an example of perfectly placed contact.
if you do t like trouba or the rangers, or you're a lens fan and like whatever his name is that got hit, then it's a CoNtRoVeRsIaL hit, if you're watching with no bias, and know hockey… there's nothing wrong with it…
Stick got the worst of it. Solid, legal and mean hit.
Clean hit if it was 10 years ago. They tend to call that now. It was a pure suicide pass from the defence tho
This should've resulted in a fight, obviously
Solid hit
Excellent & legal !!!!!!!!!!!!
people in these comments are brainwashed. it was a hit to the head and nylander was no where near the puck. just ridiculous. trouba shouldn’t be in the league.
finishing a check. there's a lot of bullshit misunderstandings in hockey. A hit like this is called finishing your check. A "submarine" is called a hip check, legal. A "locker room" doesnt exist, they;re called dressing rooms because there's no lockers in them. hockey is becoming soft because people who have never played are dictating the conduct. this is a clean hit.
I hate Trouba more than any other player from his elbows last year. But this was just a clean hit.
Beauty
As a pens fan who hates Trouba to no end, this is clean.
no controversy here, clean hit ! wouldve maybe liked him to not launch himself upwards, but he still went through the body and not the head, nothing wrong here really
Also, Trouba didn't center punch Nylander. He may have hurt Nylander's shoulder, but the hit twisted Nylander around. Could have ended much worse for Nylander and by extension Trouba. When Trouba was at Michigan I told people I was pretty sure Trouba would hit his own grandmother if she had on skates and an opposing sweater.
Y does Trouba hate Penguins players so much that he tries to injure them? 🤔
Jacob Trouba should teach classes on body checking, that was text book! Player had the puck, elbow tucked in, lead with the shoulder, and drove through the chest. Great hit!
Im a Pens fan… and that was a good hit.
Clean as fuck
To me that looks as clean and text book as you can have for a hit.
And I am a Pens fan, those are the kinds of hits I want to see them make. Just a good, hard, clean play.
Clean
Clean hit….whats to argue?
The definition of a hospital pass.
I'm a Pens fan and I never thought the hit was dirty. However, Trouba has a reputation so I fully supported Nylander's teammates for going after him anyway. It sent the message that he wasn't going to get away with the next one that would be dirty.
Damn vicious. Is that Williams sister?
It’s late
Clean hit. Lousy pass set up his teammate.
The collective whining from the entire arena after this CLEAN hit is such a joke. Softest fanbase around.
Keep your head up kid! Upon 1st glance, it looks like a clean hit, possibly a little late, but that's open to speculation.
clean, as his hits always are
Nothing to debate here. Suicide pass…body into shoulder. Great timing. Great hit.
We call that a suicide pass
Not a Rangers fan but it was a legal hit as soon as the puck was tipped by Nylander! Clean all day long!
Glad they cracked down on head shots. This is clean.
Wish we still had him in Winnipeg. When he was a rookie he was pure skill. Now he’s a beast as well. Don’t ask dumb questions.