Hjalmarsson Cheap Shot on Jason Pominville

[FIBS 35]

Oh great, FIBS is back to enlighten us with his abundance of hockey knowledge.

I'm so ******* excited.

Don't explain yourself or anything...I assume you think it was dirty too. Tis a pity.

He took a run at a player with his back turned to him and threw his head into the boards. Derp.

Campbell was certain enough to suspend him for two games. Derp derp.

Oh he ran Pominville? While taking exactly zero strides while doing so..ok.

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

Don't explain yourself or anything...I assume you think it was dirty too. Tis a pity.

Ah, so putting your shoulder into someone's numbers and plastering their face into the boards is a legal hockey play now?

Strange, because last time I checked Hjalmarsson is sitting out until Saturday.

[Gordie Howe hat trick 110]

Ah, so putting your shoulder into someone's numbers and plastering their face into the boards is a legal hockey play now?

Strange, because last time I checked Hjalmarsson is sitting out until Saturday.

Just let it go, his blinders are on too far to see the play for what it was. And like most bandwagon fans he is too ignorant to see that his team f***s up too.

Side note he must be looking for some sort of approval from the Hawks big brothers if he came here when we weren't even involved with the game in question.

Or he is a poor troll.

Or he is just another ignoramus Hawk fan. I have friends who are Hawk fans through and through and they all agree that it was a cheap shot. So I think that he is Trolling poorly or just doesn't get it.

[sharkfan20 32]

It was a dirty play, with a cheapshot involved.

It was only a two game suspension? are you kidding me. How did the Wiz and Hjalmarsson get the same suspension for two games? He should have at least gotten 5 games.

Interesting game coming up between the hawks and the sabres coming up on sat.

[FIBS 35]

Just let it go, his blinders are on too far to see the play for what it was. And like most bandwagon fans he is too ignorant to see that his team f***s up too.

Side note he must be looking for some sort of approval from the Hawks big brothers if he came here when we weren't even involved with the game in question.

Or he is a poor troll.

Or he is just another ignoramus Hawk fan. I have friends who are Hawk fans through and through and they all agree that it was a cheap shot. So I think that he is Trolling poorly or just doesn't get it.

What are you talking about? I have no problem admitting when a Hawk player is out of line. The Keith elbow to Salei was brutal and got almost no attention with no suspension; it was a suspendable offense. Funny, I have friends who are Hawks fans through and through who think it was bad but not suspension worthy, just like me. I also know Hawks fan who think it was bad and suspendable. All I'm saying is it wasn't as bad as you make it out to be. "Cheap shot" cmon. There's people on here who think it wasn't that bad. Wings fans.

As for the Sharks fan: How sweep it was. You're just pissed you didn't get Hammer in the off-season. Looks like another great regular season and certain exit in the playoffs for your Sharks.

Ah, so putting your shoulder into someone's numbers and plastering their face into the boards is a legal hockey play now?

Strange, because last time I checked Hjalmarsson is sitting out until Saturday.

Wow you are hysterical. His shoulder is on his numbers?! Get your eyes/brain checked. Its practically shoulder to shoulder but he shelled at the last millisecond. He got the concussion from the seamless glass and loose helmet. Again, he got his penalty by not being able to play the rest of the game. He boarded him, indisputably. Suspension? Dirty? Cheap? NO.

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

Wow you are hysterical. His shoulder is on his numbers?! Get your eyes/brain checked. Its practically shoulder to shoulder but he shelled at the last millisecond. He got the concussion from the seamless glass and loose helmet. Again, he got his penalty by not being able to play the rest of the game. He boarded him, indisputably. Suspension? Dirty? Cheap? NO.

Can you please give me a screen grab of the hit and outline Pominville's number?

[Buppy 1,720]

...Wow you are hysterical. His shoulder is on his numbers?! Get your eyes/brain checked. Its practically shoulder to shoulder but he shelled at the last millisecond. He got the concussion from the seamless glass and loose helmet. Again, he got his penalty by not being able to play the rest of the game. He boarded him, indisputably. Suspension? Dirty? Cheap? NO.

It was an illegal hit, and it was dangerous. Cheap shot, dirty hit, ****** move, reckless play, over-enthusiastic... call it what you want. Illegal and dangerous is the important part. And so he was suspended. The majority of the hockey world disagrees with you. Get over it.

[T.Low 1,011]

At the 123-124 second mark of the video you can see Hjalmarsson at the blueline center ice, while Pommenvile is below the face off dot along the boards coasting backward very very slowly to keep some spacing from the puck handler and thus be available for an outlet pass. Point being, the only way for Hjalmarsson to get to Pommenville is from behind. Maintaining good defensive positioning, he took a bit of a dog leg route, staying a little high as he moved over, then went in low, so he came over the shoulder from behind.

Pommenville of course looks over his shoulder as he should, but it's uncertain as to wether or not he can actually see Hjalmarsson coming. It's reasonable to think that Pommenville realizes he will be challenged for the puck or hit as soon as he recieves the puck, but obviously he did not think he'd get hit from behind before he actually recieved the puck.

Hjalmarsson glides in , wide stance with feet apart, to see what type of play available for him to make. His stance is wide, ready to make a move either way. He decides not to play the puck, but rather to take out the man.

As the pics earlier in the thread showed, he difinitely hit him from behind, coming from the center ice blueline he would have put himself out of position to make any other play if he looped down to the face off dot and then over to be able to hit Pommenville from the direct side, so of course he did not take that route.

I don't think it was a cheap shot so much as a bad decision resulting in a dirty hit. Like the video shows, Hjalmarsson glided in with a wide stance indicating to me that he was non committed to any particuar play, then you see his weight shift as he makes the decision to play the man instead of the puck.

Edited October 14, 2010 by T.Low

[Jedi 1,865]

This thread is particularly close to running aground.

Keep it civil guys.

[FIBS 35]

At the 123-124 second mark of the video you can see Hjalmarsson at the blueline center ice, while Pommenvile is below the face off dot along the boards coasting backward very very slowly to keep some spacing from the puck handler and thus be available for an outlet pass. Point being, the only way for Hjalmarsson to get to Pommenville is from behind. Yes at diagonal angle, but over the shoulder from behind, nonetheless.

Pommenville of course looks over his shoulder as he should, but it's uncertain as to wether or not he can actually see Hjalmarsson coming. It's reasonable to think that Pommenville realizes he will be challenged for the puck or hit as soon as he recieves the puck, but obviously he did not think he'd get hit from behind before he actually recieved the puck.

Hjalmarsson glides in , wide stance with feet apart, to see what type of play available for him to make. His stance is wide, ready to make a move either way. He decides not to play the puck, but rather to take out the man.

As the pics earlier in the thread showed, he difinitely hit him from behind, coming from the center ice blueline he would have put himself out of position to make any other play if he looped down to the face off dot and then over to be able to hit Pommenville from the direct side, so of course he did not take that route.

I don't think it was a cheap shot so much as a bad decision resulting in a dirty hit. Like the video shows, Hjalmarsson glided in with a wide stance indicating to me that he was non committed to any particuar play, then you see his weight shift as he makes the decision to play the man instead of the puck.

he plays the puck with his stick with his feet in front of p'ville and hits him. Again he ******* boarded him. How that resulted in a suspension is beyond me. Hjalmarsson per pregame show last night: "apparently I hit him too hard. thats what they told me". I'm sure "red wing nation" thinks its dirty but it by no means is a consensus. Tough call for sure. Looking at the replay a million times its still a tough call at the speed of the game.

[HOCKEY MATTERS 167]

I don't know why Y'all keep feeding....

Edited October 14, 2010 by HOCKEY MATTERS

[Buppy 1,720]

he plays the puck with his stick with his feet in front of p'ville and hits him. Again he ******* boarded him. How that resulted in a suspension is beyond me. Hjalmarsson per pregame show last night: "apparently I hit him too hard. thats what they told me". I'm sure "red wing nation" thinks its dirty but it by no means is a consensus. Tough call for sure. Looking at the replay a million times its still a tough call at the speed of the game.

You're getting bogged down in semantics. Boarding or hitting from behind; makes no difference. Both are subject to the same punishments. You're acting like boarding is somehow less severe than hitting from behind. It isn't. Dirty or cheap? What does that even mean? There's no definition of those terms in the official rules. Ask 10 people you'll get 10 different answers.

It was illegal. You admit that. It's illegal because it's dangerous. Illegal + dangerous usually equals suspension, especially when an injury is involved.