Rick Nash destroyed

[blues_demitra38 11]

Part I- Saturday Night

Part II- Sunday afternoon

Edited March 30, 2009 by blues_demitra38

[Mors 201]

wrong link?

[DatsyukownzU13 1]

Great hit by Oshie... I already like him a lot. I could consider it a bit of a charge but he looks like he's racing to get in the play and then it just happens to get thrown to Nash, so I thought it was clean.

[3chrisosgood0 7]

the blue jackets announcers have got to be the worst around maybe tied with nashviles guys

i live in columbus so unfourtunetly its blacked out on center ice when red wings play the jackets

they are terrible homers tho

they were telling a story and the red wings scored a goal and they didnt even stop to say "red wigns score" they continued the story and ignored the goal

least ken would aknowledge the other teams goal and comment on it

or something

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

Well, the hit itself was just fine. The only thing I could see them have ANY question about is whether it was a late hit or not. Watch closely, he shoots the p uck around the boards and it gets all the way around to the other faceoff circle before Oshie hits him. I still say clean hit because it looked as if Oshie was just finishing his hit he started before Nash dumped the puck off. Wah wah wah, said the Colombus announcers lol

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

Great hit by Oshie... I already like him a lot. I could consider it a bit of a charge but he looks like he's racing to get in the play and then it just happens to get thrown to Nash, so I thought it was clean.

Nah, no charge really. He took one , maybe 2 strides and glided into nash

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

Yup, he turns...then i count exactly 2 strides then glide, then BAM. No charge but maybe a little late?

[Mors 201]

Looked like an OK hit to me, not dirty. This is the kind of play Mickey is always complaining about, players getting mad over clean hits that are just part of the game. Although it was their captain, so we've all had that debate before

[CenterIce 83]

It looks like somewhat of a charge to me. He took a four strides, coasted, then a couple of more strides and coasted into Nash. It also looks like he got his arms and stick up.

From NHL Rule Book:

Charging shall mean the actions of a player who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A "Charge" may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal frame or in open ice.

1. A minor or major penalty shall be imposed on a player who skates or jumps into, or charges an opponent in any manner.

2. When a major penalty is imposed under this Rule for a foul resulting in an injury to the face or head of an opponent, a game misconduct shall be imposed, and an automatic fine of one hundred dollars ($100).

3. A minor, major or a major and a game misconduct shall be imposed on a player who charges a goalkeeper while the goalkeeper is within his goal crease.

(NOTE) A goalkeeper is NOT "fair game" just because he is outside the goal crease area. The appropriate penalty should be assessed in every case where an opposing player makes unnecessary contact with a goalkeeper. However, incidental contact, at the discretion of the Referee, will be permitted when the goalkeeper is in the act of playing the puck outside his goal crease provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact.

Although goalkeepers are provided with additional protection under Rule 78 -- Protection of the Goalkeeper, they are still subject to penalties for infractions of the rules that they commit in or out of the goal crease. Particular attention will be made by the Referees to goalkeepers that embellish the contact in an attempt to draw a penalty.

Edited March 29, 2009 by CenterIce

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Might not have been a perfectly clean hit, but he still absolutely wrecked him. Jeez.

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

Ehh, i still say it was more of a late hit than a charge...

Oh wait, i juts watched again and noticed the 3-4 strides he took before gliding, then striding twice more....i dont know if that is a charge though because he glided for a bit then started again....would that be a charge then ?

[CenterIce 83]

Ehh, i still say it was more of a late hit than a charge...

Oh wait, i juts watched again and noticed the 3-4 strides he took before gliding, then striding twice more....i dont know if that is a charge though because he glided for a bit then started again....would that be a charge then ?

To me, it is one fluid motion. At least, it slowed him down a bit before he hit Nash.

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

To me, it is one fluid motion. At least, it slowed him down a bit before he hit Nash.

Yeah, you do have a point on that though.

[toby91_ca 620]

Looked like a charge to me, he took a bee-line towards nash who was near the corner while he was out between the top of the circles and the blue line. The only argument is that he was racing towards Nash because that is where the puck was headed at the time, but it didn't look like he had any interest in the puck, especially since the puck was long gone.

[toby91_ca 620]

To me, it is one fluid motion. At least, it slowed him down a bit before he hit Nash.

It's not that he slowed down, he started to coast because that's what you do to set yourself up for a hit, it's pretty tough to hit a guy without coasting in to him.

[toby91_ca 620]

Forgot, why "that can't happen", meaning the Blue Jackets can't let Nash get hit like that. Maybe I'm reading the comments wrong though. Even if they were saying it was bad and shouldn't happen from a rules stand point, I still wouldn't have a big problem with it since they weren't yelling and screaming about it. That said, I do think they are pretty bad announcers based on the rare CBJ games I have watched, but I find a lot of announcers pretty bad.

[Guest Four]

Can we get a corner angle shot of that PLEASE.

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Forgot, why "that can't happen", meaning the Blue Jackets can't let Nash get hit like that. Maybe I'm reading the comments wrong though. Even if they were saying it was bad and shouldn't happen from a rules stand point, I still wouldn't have a big problem with it since they weren't yelling and screaming about it. That said, I do think they are pretty bad announcers based on the rare CBJ games I have watched, but I find a lot of announcers pretty bad.

That's how I interpreted it as well; I think they were saying the Jackets have to defend their captain, not that it was a dirty hit.

[xBrave_Heartx 0]

Dangerous hit..

but i loved it

[Guest Four]

That's how I interpreted it as well; I think they were saying the Jackets have to defend their captain, not that it was a dirty hit.

Also what I interpreted. If the clip was longer we would be able to tell.

[Anomalously 0]

I think if I were Nash and saw Oshie, I'd have lowered my center of gravity significantly and gave it to Oshie. I think he was late enough that Nash could have defended himself (but may not have expected to get it like he did).

[StevieY9802 6]

Forgot, why "that can't happen", meaning the Blue Jackets can't let Nash get hit like that.

Thats what I thought they were saying. I didn't see any whinning really from them really.

[Xitium 272]

Also what I interpreted. If the clip was longer we would be able to tell.

I watched the game, this is exactly what they meant.

[edicius 3,269]

Whoa, it did definitely look like Oshie had Nash lined up way back at the blue line. I'd have to call that a charge, not a particularly dirty hit as it did look like he slowed down as he approached Nash.

[eva unit zero 271]

As someone who has refereed quite a few games...this is absolutely a charge.

Oshie starts skating full speed towards Nash from the blue line. Now whether he is skating after the puck initially or not doesn't matter because of the fact that he hit Nash full on well after the puck left the area without any indication he was thinking of turning to follow the puck.

So definitely a it's a charge.