Gotta See It: Letang goes dangerously high with hit on Johansson
Did Kris Letang go headhunting with his hit on Marcus Johansson? Did he leave his feet? The officials assessed a two minute minor after some discussion, but you can bet this won’t be the last time we hear about this play.
Yeah he'll get suspended and rightfully so, but hockey players these days think they are invincible coming into the zone with their head down. How are you NOT prepared to get hit? The dude comes in HEAD FIRST into the zone. Unfortunately there is no penalty for being stupid so Letang will get a few games.
Slow-mo replay tells the whole story. Letang lunged upwards into Johansson's head area instead of trying to hit through the body. He made head contact and he jumps upwards into the hit, I say 1 game.
Ive beeb diehard penguins fan for 32 years and I WILL NOT DEFEND THIS GARBAGE. I love letang he is arguably our mvp these playoffs as well as matt murray. But man alive WHY WHY WHY. Do fuckin guys not know how to hit hard and hit clean anymore. This could cost us the series. PLAIN STUPUD and i say 1-3 games suspension.
I don't see very much head contact looks like very high chest to me, Johansson saw it coming last second and turned, natural instinct. Was a little late but not to bad for a guy a coming through the middle of the ice with his head down, an area where you are at a very high risk of getting hit, Johansson and every hockey player should know that. However I do think Letang may have left his feet a little bit more than the normal amount given on any big hit. I think possibly 1 game to shut the capitals fans up, maybe a fine if he's lucky. Biggest thing for me is that Johansson wasn't injured, if Letang caught him in the head with that hit he'd be concussed and wouldn't have came back.
Final Verdict = $2400 fine, because Johansson came back (and even took runs at Letang after, something he couldn't possibly do if this hit was as "devastating" as people make it out to be", Keep your head up) Seems like this hit hurt the Caps ego's more than anything because of all the liberties taken on Letang afterwards, something the Pens didn't do to Orpik because I think everyone knew it was bad, the Caps just seemed pissed their guy got caught with his head down and they were pissed about it, thinking the Pens would just keep taking their hits and not do anything about it. At least they were playing with some passion after this and hopefully this light a fire under the Caps and they play like this for the rest of the series.
Wouldn't be surprised if Letang Didn't get suspended. It compares to the Wilson hit in game 1, it's no where near the Orpik hit. Wilson hit Sheary in game one on a late, knee-on-knee hit and only received a $2500 fine. Letang's hit is on the board line of late, but head contact was made only because Johansen's head was down. Both players returned from the hits shortly after, so I see no reason to suspend, but probley a fine. Those who think the hit is comparable to the Orpik hit are blinded by their bias. Orpik has a history (way longer than letang's), the hit was extremely late, it was an elbow, it was a headshot, and Maatta was knocked unconscious by the hit, which he won't return to the series. These boarder line plays are just apart of hockey and will continue to happen throughout the series, you can't suspend everybody when a questionable hit is made….
The NHL has to get this stuff sorted out… over and over… star players get 1 game and plumbers get 3 games for basically the same hit.. enough already with this crap… get it right.
Him leaving his feet after the hit was unnecessary, definitely couldve stayed on the ice through the hit. He also follows through with the elbow to Johansson's chin. Malice intent. 2 games easy.
There should be no suspension. I think this hit and Orpiks hit are very different. Although both were delayed, Orpik's hit was much later. Orpik's point of contact was unarguably the head and Maata did not put himself into an exposed position. For Letang, he clearly was aiming for the upper body/shoulder region, but because Johansson had his head down, he was in a more exposed position. The head hit on Johansson was totally inadvertent and if Letang gets a suspension, it should be 1 game MAX.
Anybody who's is not a bandwagoner and have been following hockey for more than 2 months will remember Aaron Rome's hit on Nathan Horton (for bandwagoner just google it) which is VERY similar to this : the hit itself is clean, but its delivered way too late. Rome got suspended 4 games. Cause of NHL double standart and cause, unlike Rome, Letang is a decent player, he will get 1 or 2 at most.
Trotz whimpered his way into a Letang suspension. The result will be the same. He'll be bounced in the second round again with that loser organization and the Pens will move on. Now I hope Johannson is injured. I also hope the officials start paying attention to that goon Wilson and the Flying Ovechkin. They are both deserving of suspensions for their antics. Not to mention the knee from Backstrom.
This sets a dangerous precedent for the league. However, if the league gave a fuck about precedent, Letang would be rightfully playing tomorrow night. It doesn't matter. The Pens have broken Holtby and Murray is a monster.
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Obvious clean hit jeez
Yeah he'll get suspended and rightfully so, but hockey players these days think they are invincible coming into the zone with their head down. How are you NOT prepared to get hit? The dude comes in HEAD FIRST into the zone. Unfortunately there is no penalty for being stupid so Letang will get a few games.
Slow-mo replay tells the whole story. Letang lunged upwards into Johansson's head area instead of trying to hit through the body. He made head contact and he jumps upwards into the hit, I say 1 game.
Ive beeb diehard penguins fan for 32 years and I WILL NOT DEFEND THIS GARBAGE. I love letang he is arguably our mvp these playoffs as well as matt murray. But man alive WHY WHY WHY. Do fuckin guys not know how to hit hard and hit clean anymore. This could cost us the series. PLAIN STUPUD and i say 1-3 games suspension.
I don't see very much head contact looks like very high chest to me, Johansson saw it coming last second and turned, natural instinct. Was a little late but not to bad for a guy a coming through the middle of the ice with his head down, an area where you are at a very high risk of getting hit, Johansson and every hockey player should know that. However I do think Letang may have left his feet a little bit more than the normal amount given on any big hit. I think possibly 1 game to shut the capitals fans up, maybe a fine if he's lucky. Biggest thing for me is that Johansson wasn't injured, if Letang caught him in the head with that hit he'd be concussed and wouldn't have came back.
Final Verdict = $2400 fine, because Johansson came back (and even took runs at Letang after, something he couldn't possibly do if this hit was as "devastating" as people make it out to be", Keep your head up) Seems like this hit hurt the Caps ego's more than anything because of all the liberties taken on Letang afterwards, something the Pens didn't do to Orpik because I think everyone knew it was bad, the Caps just seemed pissed their guy got caught with his head down and they were pissed about it, thinking the Pens would just keep taking their hits and not do anything about it. At least they were playing with some passion after this and hopefully this light a fire under the Caps and they play like this for the rest of the series.
That's clean hit.
F$&k letang
clean hit
Letang is clearly a predator.
With all these Capitals tears, the Pens can canoe back to DC on Saturday!
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Great hit. Cry baby ovi
3 games for sure!
1 game charging.
Just like Kronwall got 1 game for his hit on Kucherov. Anything more is retarded considering Wilson only got fined and Orpik only got 3 games.
Anything less would also be stupid, since that would mean that Wilson will go on a killing-spree next game.
Wouldn't be surprised if Letang Didn't get suspended. It compares to the Wilson hit in game 1, it's no where near the Orpik hit. Wilson hit Sheary in game one on a late, knee-on-knee hit and only received a $2500 fine. Letang's hit is on the board line of late, but head contact was made only because Johansen's head was down. Both players returned from the hits shortly after, so I see no reason to suspend, but probley a fine. Those who think the hit is comparable to the Orpik hit are blinded by their bias. Orpik has a history (way longer than letang's), the hit was extremely late, it was an elbow, it was a headshot, and Maatta was knocked unconscious by the hit, which he won't return to the series. These boarder line plays are just apart of hockey and will continue to happen throughout the series, you can't suspend everybody when a questionable hit is made….
The dress is clearly blue
The NHL has to get this stuff sorted out… over and over… star players get 1 game and plumbers get 3 games for basically the same hit.. enough already with this crap… get it right.
Penguins are no good dirty cheaters. Their fans are no better. They stand in line for hours just to get a sniff of Cry Baby Crosby's feces.
Him leaving his feet after the hit was unnecessary, definitely couldve stayed on the ice through the hit. He also follows through with the elbow to Johansson's chin. Malice intent. 2 games easy.
There should be no suspension. I think this hit and Orpiks hit are very different. Although both were delayed, Orpik's hit was much later. Orpik's point of contact was unarguably the head and Maata did not put himself into an exposed position. For Letang, he clearly was aiming for the upper body/shoulder region, but because Johansson had his head down, he was in a more exposed position. The head hit on Johansson was totally inadvertent and if Letang gets a suspension, it should be 1 game MAX.
if he didn't jump it woulda been clean.
Anybody who's is not a bandwagoner and have been following hockey for more than 2 months will remember Aaron Rome's hit on Nathan Horton (for bandwagoner just google it) which is VERY similar to this : the hit itself is clean, but its delivered way too late. Rome got suspended 4 games. Cause of NHL double standart and cause, unlike Rome, Letang is a decent player, he will get 1 or 2 at most.
He hit him in the shoulder. should have be an emblishment call
eye for an eye well deserved hit
Trotz whimpered his way into a Letang suspension. The result will be the same. He'll be bounced in the second round again with that loser organization and the Pens will move on. Now I hope Johannson is injured. I also hope the officials start paying attention to that goon Wilson and the Flying Ovechkin. They are both deserving of suspensions for their antics. Not to mention the knee from Backstrom.
This sets a dangerous precedent for the league. However, if the league gave a fuck about precedent, Letang would be rightfully playing tomorrow night. It doesn't matter. The Pens have broken Holtby and Murray is a monster.
Once again the NHL fuck's up! Orpik got 3, Letang should of gotten 3! Complete BS
this is literally the same hit as the torres on stoll hit that got Torres suspended for the rest of the sharks series vs LA a few years back
like do the people defending this seriously think letang didn't know how late he was? this is people defending the cooke hit on savard all over again.
Everyone saying letang is dirty stfu. We all know he is not at all a dirty and one of the best defensemen in the league
Clean hit.
Get up….what an acting job…back in the 90s that hockey player bounces right back up
He had the chance to make body contact.
That's a bad hit, no question about that. What really annoys me is Letang standing in the sin bin smiling….
Johansson's head was dangerously low
Looked like a legal body check to me – shoulder to chest. Not his fault that the player had his head down. That's the way I learned the game.
Good hockey hit. Its a joke that he got suspended #soft
Typical caps. Selling everything. It's a joke that letang got a game
Just take hitting out of the game. I'm so tired of these debates.
looks like it's only gonna take a week until letang is injured again.
Only a suspension if he breaks Johansson's jaw