Phaneuf steamrolls Okposo

N4L wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:

Jordo wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:The hit was a bit predatory but legal. Not really necessary in a preseason game IMO. Phaneuf is not trying to earn a spot. Everyone is a bit rusty and there has not been a lot of ice time given the shortened preseason. The teams are even in different conferences, so there is no rivalry. I don't get the thought process.

All said it was legal but I wouldn't say classy on Phaneuf's part. That is certainly one you could pass up. I know I would be tapping someone one the shoulder if I was coaching the Isles and not the douche who fell over like no-one sharpened his skates.

Great line, but your post fell apart after that.
Sure, it's just preseason, but does that mean that you half Donkey yourself around the ice? I LOVED how Dion saw the situation, took a few strides and just popped him. Phaneuf is going to be insane under Sutter- I really like where Calgary is going this year.

Like Neely said- Okposo should know better. 1) don't cut into the middle with your head down, 2) NEVER blindly reach for the puck, and 3) know where big dogs like that are when you're on the ice.

If you don't follow those rules, it's relative to doing a cannonball blindfolded with a bloody nose into a pack of sharks.

We can agree to disagree... but this is similar tone to Downey's hit on MacAmmond. Same thing just a different spot on the ice. And Downey was trying to make the club. ...and I hate Downey.

Downie left his man to make the hit and it was totally unsuspected. Phaneuf was in postion and laid him out. Downie also jumped and left his feet for sure. This was like Alfi getting hammered IMO. Clean, but Bell was wearing a cage.

wprager wrote:

Vandelay wrote:
Ya, I've gotta agree with N4L on this one. If we take your suggestion, you're basically removing body contact from hockey. Penalizing players if their feet leave the ice after a hit means it's now become non body contact hockey. Non body contact usually still has a little nudging and contact along the boards but that's about it because anything more is a penalty...which is basically what you're advocating. Anything heavier than that and you run the risk of your skates leaving the ice due to a slight loss of balance after the hit.

Not sure I would say it was Okposo's fault. He was in a compromising position because he wanted puck pocession and just got nudged by the back checker. Not really anyone's fault. Just a good clean, open ice hockey hit. That said, as was the case with Scott Stevens, you have to know who's on the ice and be prepared for that big hit at all times.

Sorry, Vandelay, but I've got to call a huge BS on that bolded part.

wprager wrote:Plus Bell hit a player that's near and dear to our hearts, where's most of us don't even know how to spell Okposo.

DirtyDave wrote:
I'm more copncerned with the player from the NYI that jumped off the bench to fight phaneuf....

DirtyDave wrote:

wprager wrote:Plus Bell hit a player that's near and dear to our hearts, where's most of us don't even know how to spell Okposo.

excellent point!!! At least Okpoopo had players jump on the ice to stick up for him.

SpezDispenser wrote:I'll say this much: Phaneuf will have no choice but to answer the bell for a hit like that. Maybe against the Isles, they have no one intimidating, but try that against Boston.

SpezDispenser wrote:

DirtyDave wrote:
I'm more copncerned with the player from the NYI that jumped off the bench to fight phaneuf....

I saw the too. That's a pretty major suspension I believe.

Vandelay wrote:

wprager wrote:

Vandelay wrote:
Ya, I've gotta agree with N4L on this one. If we take your suggestion, you're basically removing body contact from hockey. Penalizing players if their feet leave the ice after a hit means it's now become non body contact hockey. Non body contact usually still has a little nudging and contact along the boards but that's about it because anything more is a penalty...which is basically what you're advocating. Anything heavier than that and you run the risk of your skates leaving the ice due to a slight loss of balance after the hit.

Not sure I would say it was Okposo's fault. He was in a compromising position because he wanted puck pocession and just got nudged by the back checker. Not really anyone's fault. Just a good clean, open ice hockey hit. That said, as was the case with Scott Stevens, you have to know who's on the ice and be prepared for that big hit at all times.

Sorry, Vandelay, but I've got to call a huge BS on that bolded part.

Hahaha...okay, fair enough. Would you care to elaborate?

DirtyDave wrote:

wprager wrote:Plus Bell hit a player that's near and dear to our hearts, where's most of us don't even know how to spell Okposo.

excellent point!!! At least Okpoopo had players jump on the ice to stick up for him.

SpezDispenser wrote:

DirtyDave wrote:
I'm more copncerned with the player from the NYI that jumped off the bench to fight phaneuf....

I saw the too. That's a pretty major suspension I believe.

Dawg's Wife wrote:
Well don't be surprised if he doesn't get a big suspension. There were 2 players who were leaving the ice, and the NHL will have to prove that he wasn't going on the ice for his shift anyway.

wprager wrote:

DirtyDave wrote:

wprager wrote:Plus Bell hit a player that's near and dear to our hearts, where's most of us don't even know how to spell Okposo.

excellent point!!! At least Okpoopo had players jump on the ice to stick up for him.

You had to remind me of that, eh?

wprager wrote:

Vandelay wrote:

wprager wrote:

Vandelay wrote:
Ya, I've gotta agree with N4L on this one. If we take your suggestion, you're basically removing body contact from hockey. Penalizing players if their feet leave the ice after a hit means it's now become non body contact hockey. Non body contact usually still has a little nudging and contact along the boards but that's about it because anything more is a penalty...which is basically what you're advocating. Anything heavier than that and you run the risk of your skates leaving the ice due to a slight loss of balance after the hit.

Not sure I would say it was Okposo's fault. He was in a compromising position because he wanted puck pocession and just got nudged by the back checker. Not really anyone's fault. Just a good clean, open ice hockey hit. That said, as was the case with Scott Stevens, you have to know who's on the ice and be prepared for that big hit at all times.

Sorry, Vandelay, but I've got to call a huge BS on that bolded part.

Hahaha...okay, fair enough. Would you care to elaborate?

You are saying that eliminating jump-up hits will remove body contact from the game. And that's BS. What's there to elaborate?