commadore183 103 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 NHL.com article, with video of the hit Looking at the video, it did look like Paille got more of the head than the shoulder, so a good call as far as I'm concerned. This is the 4th suspension for a hit to the head, the other 3 are Shane Doan Oct 17 (4 games), Thornton on Nov 4th (2 games) and Matt Martin on Dec 8 (2 games). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 Sawada would have seen him if his head was up, that is why i hate the grey area in this new rule, can't you just look at it and examine it isnt the same as Cooke's hit and be done with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newfy 695 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 Sawada would have seen him if his head was up, that is why i hate the grey area in this new rule, can't you just look at it and examine it isnt the same as Cooke's hit and be done with it Exactly, it was east west but Sawada was skating east west as well. I'm all for this rule but not letting players with their head down get off the hook. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 Exactly, it was east west but Sawada was skating east west as well. I'm all for this rule but not letting players with their head down get off the hook. it seems they took the cooke hit and expanded it 1 Original-Six reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original-Six 254 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 Looked like a hit to his shoulder? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 How bout you just hit him in the chest and not have to worry about anything? Vladdy and Stevens didn't have a problem doing it and Kronwall shows you can hit hard without going directly for the head. 2 Vladifan and commadore183 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vladifan 680 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 Andrew Ference, the Bruins' defenseman said, "It was a bad hit. We can't be hypocrites when your own team does a thing like that, which the league is trying to get rid of". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragonballgtz 273 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) How bout you just hit him in the chest and not have to worry about anything? Vladdy and Stevens didn't have a problem doing it and Kronwall shows you can hit hard without going directly for the head. If Stevens was in the NHL and doing those hits now a days he would be suspended. He usually caught people that had someone back checking them while he went east to west. Edited February 5, 2011 by dragonballgtz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 How bout you just hit him in the chest and not have to worry about anything? Vladdy and Stevens didn't have a problem doing it and Kronwall shows you can hit hard without going directly for the head. it didn't look like he targeted the head any more than stevens or konstantinov did Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newfy 695 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 How bout you just hit him in the chest and not have to worry about anything? Vladdy and Stevens didn't have a problem doing it and Kronwall shows you can hit hard without going directly for the head. Every other Stevens hit was to the head lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 From TSN: While Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien accepts the four-game suspension that was handed down to forward Dan Paille for his blind-side hit on Dallas Stars forward Raymond Sawada, he's not terribly happy with the circumstances of the incident.Julien told ESPNBoston that he feels as though a great deal of the responsibility should fall on the shoulders of the player getting hit to avoid putting themselves in a dangerous situation as they attempt to draw a penalty. "Until the players themselves in their minds think about stopping putting themselves in vulnerable positions, whether it's playing with your head down or whether it's playing by the boards and seeing you're going to get hit and turning your back, or whatever the case may be," Julien told ESNPBoston. "I think if the players start taking that responsibility it's going to minimize a lot of these things." Julien went further, stating that the ability for a player to protect themselves from danger should be engrained a long time before reaching the professional ranks. "Once you're in the pros, you've been told for many, many years never to play with your head down, so if he hasn't learned by now, he shouldn't be in the pros." ... I'll save everyone the effort: Julien played 14 games in his NHL career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 From TSN: I'll save everyone the effort: Julien played 14 games in his NHL career. he is right, what happened to Lindros? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown_Ryan 122 Report post Posted February 5, 2011 Was Kostopolous suspended for something else then?? I thought that was why he got 6 games for the hit on Stuart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
