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"Nibby" (nibby68) 10/18/2016 at 23:52 • Filed to: None

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whoarder is tellurium > Nibby 10/18/2016 at 23:58

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Dude, nice ragdoll physics.

Noodles > Nibby 10/19/2016 at 00:45

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Dmitry Orlov! I need to get me some tickets.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Nibby 10/19/2016 at 08:01

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Technically, I believe that’s a penalty (getting low to strike at the legs instead of upper body).

I’m glad the NHL allows ref discretion. If it was hard-line, having to crack down on every little thing, it would suck. I mean, this was dramatic, but it actually doesn’t look like super violent contact...

Nibby > Noodles 10/19/2016 at 08:37

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It was a boring game other than that hit

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/19/2016 at 09:16

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Looks more an open ice hip check to me

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 10/19/2016 at 09:45

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That’s what they’re calling it, but to me it looked like clipping. A quick trip to the rulebook blurs the line even more.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/gotta-see-orlov-flips-duchene-huge-hip-check/

22 second mark for slow motion.

As far as I can tell the most substantial differences are the height, the severity and the ref’s attitude. That one looked slightly (very) above the knees, so I guess it’s ok... but then one of the video examples looks that way too.

Either way, I don’t think it should have been called, like I said while it looked dramatic it didn’t look especially violent. Well executed. Good play. I’m just not 100% about it being a legal hit either way. Also gray area ref’s choice etc etc and I prefer it that way to a black-and-white game.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/19/2016 at 14:26

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Having referees discretion on plays like this is definitely great. I have a feeling it wasn’t called partially because of the fact that it wasn’t malicious and Duchene was able to continue on rather quickly and didn’t appear injured.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 10/19/2016 at 14:30

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Basically any hit done cleanly enough is legal, fwit. I mean, there’s still quite a lot of cross-checking...

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/19/2016 at 14:40

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LA got called on the cross check a lot last night in Minnesota. League is more concerned with high hits and boarding than anything tbh