Massive hit in pre-season last night.
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wprager wrote:He wasn't actually reaching for the puck, and he wasn't really cutting through the middle. Phaneuf had to come way over to his left, almost colliding with his defense partner. Okposo barely made it to the lettering outside the center ice logo.
Anyhow, neither one of us is going to convince the other.
wprager wrote:He wasn't actually reaching for the puck, and he wasn't really cutting through the middle. Phaneuf had to come way over to his left, almost colliding with his defense partner. Okposo barely made it to the lettering outside the center ice logo.
Anyhow, neither one of us is going to convince the other.
DirtyDave wrote:wprager wrote:He wasn't actually reaching for the puck, and he wasn't really cutting through the middle. Phaneuf had to come way over to his left, almost colliding with his defense partner. Okposo barely made it to the lettering outside the center ice logo.
Anyhow, neither one of us is going to convince the other.
. i'm not sure what the rule is exactly.. when I slowed it down he had his left skate slight off the ground and use the right one to push off into the Islander.. no sure if that constitutes leaving the ice.
wprager wrote:Saying it's 100% his fault is just, well -- challenged (and I didn't rely on the word filter to help me on that one). Sorry, Neely, the "leaving his feet" part has nothing to do with where the guy is at the time of the hit.
If you leave the ice and are simply flying through the air, you won't hit as hard as you would if your feet are planted on the ice. It's just physics. What makes the hit harder is if you squat before the hit and then spring up, driving your shoulder up into the chin. Not only is there the combined speeds of the two players coming together, but also no chance of slowing down as you drive up.
The follow through on such hits is what makes your feet leave the ice.
Also Okposo wasn't stupid, he had two players checking him. Are you saying that when you've got two players on you you should just get rid of the puck? Tell that to Alfie when he went through three Sabres to score that goal. Plus he was still on his side of center, so dumping it in would have been an icing.
It was a legal hit when applying *bad* rules. Take hard shoulder/elbow pads out of the game -- they are not necessary to protect the wearer, and only ensure more damage to the others. Penalize players when their feet leave the ice (both feet) after a hit. Make it illegal -- intentional or otherwise -- for the initial contact to be shoulder/elbow on head. That would make hits like Neil's on Drury still legal (initial point of contact was shoulder to shoulder).
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