jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) Gryba connects shoulder to chest, Eller gets koed and his head slams on the ice causing rivers of blood. Gryba ejected for interference, puck clearly touched Eller's stick. No Hit League. Video to follow. Edited May 3, 2013 by jollymania 1 wings1110 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilmrt 636 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 mod, please merge with habs sens thread. I don't think there will be a suspension. You could see Subban chewing out Diaz for the blind pass to Eller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KATIEBARTHEDOOR24 426 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Looked clean to me. I'm sure he get a talking to though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 mod, please merge with habs sens thread. I don't think there will be a suspension. You could see Subban chewing out Diaz for the blind pass to Eller. Why? This deserves it's own thread for the ref's incompetence. Ref clearly put his arm up after he saw Eller down. 1 redwings15 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Gryba connects shoulder to chest, Eller gets koed and his head slams on the ice causing rivers of blood. Gryba ejected for interference, puck clearly touched Eller's stick. No Hit League. Video to follow. That's not really shoulder to chest. Using that description I expected a Scott Stevens special. The last angle shows he barely contacted his chest if any. I do think the 5 minutes was a reaction to the blood, but at full speed it's not that clear cut. 1 KATIEBARTHEDOOR24 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeff48109 474 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 he's a nobody so he'll prob get suspended. the result looks much worse than the hit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kmahrle83 61 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 I'm so tired of the league ejecting players for clean hits, yet when suspensions/fines are warranted, most of the time they get a slap on the wrist. Not only that , the league clearly favors certain players and teams. Every day, they become more of a joke. I've been trying to get some friends to get into hockey but they can't understand the rules. My friend asked me "why can one team do that but not the other?" , and "how come he didn't get called for that in the first period, but did in the third, when the one in the first period was 20 times worst?". New fans, get confused by the rules and how they're called and lose interest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 That's not really shoulder to chest. Using that description I expected a Scott Stevens special. The last angle shows he barely contacted his chest if any. I do think the 5 minutes was a reaction to the blood, but at full speed it's not that clear cut. That was full chest, don't know what you are looking at. Pretty mcuh the entire HNIC panel and Keenan said it looked clean. 1 Greatness=PavelDatsyuk reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rivalred 630 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 So all the blood came from his head hitting the ice? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Apparently eller is missing teeth and swallowed his mouthguard. That's crazy. So all the blood came from his head hitting the ice? And his visor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 That was full chest, don't know what you are looking at. Pretty mcuh the entire HNIC panel and Keenan said it looked clean. I'm looking at the video you posted. Look at the last angle. He mostly whiffs. I'm not saying it's dirty. I just don't think that's full chest. And the way Eller spun around if a ref wasn't already looking at him it may have looked like a headshot. (to be clear, I am in no way saying it was a headshot). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoalieManPat 1,007 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Good hit. Elbows in. Doesnt leave his feet. Bang bang play. Ejection is a joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 I'm looking at the video you posted. Look at the last angle. He mostly whiffs. I'm not saying it's dirty. I just don't think that's full chest. And the way Eller spun around if a ref wasn't already looking at him it may have looked like a headshot. (to be clear, I am in no way saying it was a headshot). http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2567443/knockout_medium.gif this angle shows pretty much no head. Other angles show heavy torso and maybe a gloss of the chin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedLightGoesOn 81 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 It looked like he dropped his shoulder to lean into the hit as if he was trying to connect with Eller's chest. At least it did to me. I think it is clean, just really bad because of all the blood from having his head hit the ice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2567443/knockout_medium.gif this angle shows pretty much no head. Other angles show heavy torso and maybe a gloss of the chin. Like I said, I'm not saying it's a headshot. Looked like he got a fair amount of shoulder, arms. I just dont' think it was solid chest. The refs probably saw Eller spinning, then blood pouring from his face and called the penalty. It definitely was not worth 5 minutes and an ejection. Even if they did think it was interference. 2 at best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Like I said, I'm not saying it's a headshot. Looked like he got a fair amount of shoulder, arms. I just dont' think it was solid chest. The refs probably saw Eller spinning, then blood pouring from his face and called the penalty. It definitely was not worth 5 minutes and an ejection. Even if they did think it was interference. 2 at best. From the live footage one of the refs clearly puts his arm up after eller stays down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilmrt 636 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Obviously some impact on Eller's head... you can see it jerk back suddenly. For him to lose teeth and swallow his freaking mouthguard.... he got his chin clipped and fell face down, teeth to ice...? I don't see impact with the mouth on the video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BottleOfSmoke 5,965 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Talking heads really ripping on Diaz for the suicide pass... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Obviously some impact on Eller's head... you can see it jerk back suddenly. For him to lose teeth and swallow his freaking mouthguard.... he got his chin clipped and fell face down, teeth to ice...? I don't see impact with the mouth on the video. His face clearly bounces off the ice. Sens have had all the momentum since the hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhah 195 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) The Subban hit later (or maybe earlier but they showed it on the intermission after I saw that hit) was dirtier than that hit. Edited May 3, 2013 by Rhah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 His face clearly bounces off the ice. Sens have had all the momentum since the hit. His face doesn't bounce off the ice if he simply gets hit in the chest. He was clearly knocked out from the hit, otherwise he would have been able to brace himself. Just watching the TSN analysis on it now, they thinking it was a clean hit, but it's hard to tell. If you look at the replay from one side, looks like the head is the first part of the body hit. I guess what they are saying is that as long as you also are hitting enough of the body as well, it's clean because the head doesn't become the "principle" point of contact. What I'll say though, I have no problem with the call made at full speed, it looked bad. Am I the only one that is starting to get really annoyed with the No Hitting League comment everytime someone gets called for a questionable hit? It's getting really tired. There is still tons of hitting in this league, there is no attempt to remove hitting from the league, all that is being done is to try and protect players from having their lives altered (which concussions can do). What is wrong with that. Will refs occassionally make a bad call? Sure....so what? Happens in several other instances as well. 2 redwings4life and Zeowingsfan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,963 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 initial point of contact was to the chest, but chin was clipped due to having his head down. shouldnt have even been a 2 minute penalty. clean hit with an unfortunate result Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) His face doesn't bounce off the ice if he simply gets hit in the chest. He was clearly knocked out from the hit, otherwise he would have been able to brace himself. Just watching the TSN analysis on it now, they thinking it was a clean hit, but it's hard to tell. If you look at the replay from one side, looks like the head is the first part of the body hit. I guess what they are saying is that as long as you also are hitting enough of the body as well, it's clean because the head doesn't become the "principle" point of contact. What I'll say though, I have no problem with the call made at full speed, it looked bad. Am I the only one that is starting to get really annoyed with the No Hitting League comment everytime someone gets called for a questionable hit? It's getting really tired. There is still tons of hitting in this league, there is no attempt to remove hitting from the league, all that is being done is to try and protect players from having their lives altered (which concussions can do). What is wrong with that. Will refs occassionally make a bad call? Sure....so what? Happens in several other instances as well. Heave you ever been bodychecked that hard? You don't always have control as you are stunned, concussion or otherwise. He did look out before he hit the ice though. TSN guys clearly show why it is clean and a bogus call. And the ref clearly made the call after the injury. No matter what that is not how you call a penalty. And the no hit league comments are warranted, there is far too many overreactions to physicality in the NHL right now. Edited May 3, 2013 by jollymania Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rivalred 630 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Apparently eller is missing teeth and swallowed his mouthguard. That's crazy. And his visor. Sheesh... Swallowed his mouth guard... Best wishes to his recovery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yzerfan1999 81 Report post Posted May 3, 2013 Obviously some impact on Eller's head... you can see it jerk back suddenly. For him to lose teeth and swallow his freaking mouthguard.... he got his chin clipped and fell face down, teeth to ice...? I don't see impact with the mouth on the video. Looks like principle point of contact was to the head. Sure, it was a suicide pass, but that doesn't give the guy free reign to hit to the head - that's flawed logic. I was surprised to hear the CBC guys say it was clean. I think they were focusing too much on the interference call, which they correctly pointed out was the wrong call. If it is a hit to the head, and it sure looks like it, it seems completely suspendable. If Ference gets one game for his love tap to Grabovski, this surely deserves something. This wasn't a bodycheck, it was a shoulder to the head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites