Letang "blindside" hit on Comeau

[Rick Zombos Ghost 82]

Just ignore its a Penguin....what do you think? Looks clean to me.

Announcers are freegin' annoying though.

[Jusek 437]

Just ignore its a Penguin....what do you think? Looks clean to me.

Announcers are freegin' annoying though.

Steigy and Errey are the worst. And that was just a nice clean hit by Letang.

[Guest scottj]

lol... good hit. nothing more.

[titanium2 867]

I thought the thread said Letang "blindside" hit on Comrie. Ah well.

[eva unit zero 271]

It wasn't blindside, but it was an elbow to the head. A clean hit would have been Letang hitting Comeau with his shoulder, and his arm would be tucked in to his side. But instead Letang throws the arm out and catches him in the head with his elbow. And again, it's not a blindside hit; the only thing "blindside" about it is that Comeau is looking backwards over his shoulder. If he's looking dead ahead, Letang breaks his nose.

[Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029]

This s*** is getting lame. It was a clean hit. Comeau fell and didn't immediately get up, so it must have been a cheapshot blindside hit to the head. This is getting ******* ridiculous. Foligno of Ottawa got fined for a clean, hard hit on Patrick Dwyer of Carolina. I knew this whole headshot s*** would end up like this..every time a guy's head gets touched, there's suspensions and fines..ITS ******* HOCKEY!!!!!

[toby91_ca 620]

It wasn't blindside, but it was an elbow to the head..

I'm sorry, but are you completely insane??? Elbow to the head? The closest the elbow came to the head was when Letang's elbow was next to Comeau's elbow when he hit him shoulder to shoulder, other than that, I don't see the elbow as coming even within 3 feet of the head.

This is the bad part of the new rule....you are going to see guys get 5 and a game like this for perfectly clean hits that would never have been called penalties in the past.

Edited October 16, 2010 by toby91_ca

[Rick Zombos Ghost 82]

how about letting the refs review some video....although weve seen that go badly.....

[ben_usmc 253]

Def. a legal hit, announcers still ******* blew

[Echolalia 2,961]

It wasn't blindside, but it was an elbow to the head.

You're looking at the wrong video. Rick Zombo's ghost was kind enough to embed one in the thread for us, that's the one we're talking about.

[BigWillieStyle 662]

It looks clean to me, but I have to admit that I'm starting to get sick of seeing another player laid out every night in the highlights. Don't know if Comeau is alright or what happened to him after the hit, but 2 weeks into the season and there are already over a dozen concussions in the league.

I think Ryan Miller was right when he said we need to change the culture.

This is the bad part of the new rule....you are going to see guys get 5 and a game like this for perfectly clean hits that would never have been called penalties in the past.

Totally agree with this. ^^^

[toby91_ca 620]

It looks clean to me, but I have to admit that I'm starting to get sick of seeing another player laid out every night in the highlights. Don't know if Comeau is alright or what happened to him after the hit, but 2 weeks into the season and there are already over a dozen concussions in the league.

I think Ryan Miller was right when he said we need to change the culture.

Comeau is perfectly fine, I suspect he laid on the ice for a bit to try and sell it.

[McAwesome 754]

With the benefit of video replay, you can see that it is a clean hit, but because it was close to being a blindside hit, and especially since his head snapped sideways and his helmet flew off, I can see why the refs called what they did.

[BigWillieStyle 662]

Comeau is perfectly fine, I suspect he laid on the ice for a bit to try and sell it.

Therein lies a whole new aspect of the headshot rule, " the sales pitch ". If they are going to boot a guy for a hit, they should, at least have to have a good neurological exam before they are allowed to put the receiver of the hit back on the ice.

The last thing I want to see is a player get a 5 and a game, and then watch the guy he hit knock in 2 goals on the ensuing PP.

[jollymania 162]

shoulder to ******* shoulder, awesome hit

[jeff48109 474]

This s*** is getting lame. It was a clean hit. Comeau fell and didn't immediately get up, so it must have been a cheapshot blindside hit to the head. This is getting ******* ridiculous. Foligno of Ottawa got fined for a clean, hard hit on Patrick Dwyer of Carolina. I knew this whole headshot s*** would end up like this..every time a guy's head gets touched, there's suspensions and fines..ITS ******* HOCKEY!!!!!

unfortunately when the league feels the need to implement the new blindside hit rule, its going to bite some good legal hockey plays. the alternative will be to remove the rule and then punks like Matt Cooke can take out star players without repercussion.

having a guy wrongfully kicked out of a game, or having a player miss a season via a blindside hit?

[titanium2 867]

unfortunately when the league feels the need to implement the new blindside hit rule, its going to bite some good legal hockey plays. the alternative will be to remove the rule and then punks like Matt Cooke can take out star players without repercussion.

having a guy wrongfully kicked out of a game, or having a player miss a season via a blindside hit?

Can't we just get rid of Matt Cooke?

[jollymania 162]

Can't we just get rid of Matt Cooke?

seems like a much more logical idea

[SuperNovaXll 124]

Perfectly clean hit. One of the best I have seen this season so far. But I'm getting pretty sick of seeing players laid out night in and night out.

[jollymania 162]

Perfectly clean hit. One of the best I have seen this season so far. But I'm getting pretty sick of seeing players laid out night in and night out.

you might want ot switch to soccer

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

Can't get much cleaner than that.

With the speed, angle of the hit, and the fact Comeau's helmet flew off, I'm not going to go mental on the ref for calling it a hit to the head. Bad call, but we are all human.

[lookalive07 251]

Clean hit. Get over it. I hate Letang, but that was as clean as it gets.

[soultrain 43]

the refs should all be fined. f***in' bulls*** call.

[Gordie Howe hat trick 110]

That was clean, and yeah he did just lay there to sell it.

I'm just waiting for our favorite Hawk trolls to come in here, and call us hypocrites.

[SDavis35 140]

Just ignore its a Penguin....what do you think? Looks clean to me.

Announcers are freegin' annoying though.

That's clean, shoulder to shoulder good hit (though not "Spectacular"). I think the ref went with what he saw from where he was and Comeau's head was down. Good on Letang to get the shoulder though.