Lychees Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://video.nhl.com...id=35&id=168568 So what says you? Personally, trying to not be bias here, McQuaid DOES spin at the last second exposing his back to Chimera, but regardless Chimera was going pretty darn fast probably expecting Mcquaid to circle around the net I expect 3-4 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Well, at least we know one thing. No one pounded Chimeras face in so the Bruins must be a weak team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 2-3 Games. I hate seeing players get injured but at the same time Boston is finally getting some of their own medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnabyJoe Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 He knew he was coming and should of stood up with his shoulder and taken the hit. Instead he turns his back to the player and gets crushed. Why do so many players turn their back when a player is coming in like that? More responsibility needs to go on the hittee in some of these situations. Of course now days it isn't popular to take that stand. This will probably end up being a significant suspension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck or Die Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Screw boston. I love watching them get a taste of their own medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 That was a clean hit, McQuaid turned his back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I don't know, it depends on how Shanahan sees it. If McQuaid holds his course, it's a shoulder to shoulder hit, albeit with Chimera coming in hard. Even still, it'd be less impact than trying to turn away from someone coming in to hit him. I say he has a meeting but doesn't receive any time off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamHerO Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Can't tell if charging or McQuaid just a dumbass turning his back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 In my opinion, Shanny should give Chimera a call and tell him to just ease up a bit, but shouldn't get a suspension. And no, that's not because I hate the Bruins. McQuaid turned at the last moment. It's quite obvious even Chimera was surprised. Chimera is also one of the fastest skaters in the league. I don't think he had time to change his course by the time McQuaid decided to pivot. I see that McQuaid looks back, but I'm not sure if he's looking at his teammate and doesn't see Chimera barreling in on him. Hard to say. I don't think it deserves a suspension, as Chimera has no history or reputation as being anything other than an extremely fast, hard-working player. It will be interesting to see what Shanny has to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlsson`s Flo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Looked like charging. But the fact McQuaid pivoted last minute tells me Chimera may not get much if anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babybulls211 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 It looked like the hit by Getzlaf on Hamhuis last season, except that McQuaid is a bit far off the board. Not even a hearing i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Brown Burrows Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The hit wasn't actually that bad, I would expect a fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spliced Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I was waiting for the fans to start chanting FLOPPER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Wow, that was a perfect hit. McQuaid turned at the last second and almost tried to protect his head by turning it to the boards - I'm sorry but he got what he deserved from Chimera. Should not of been ejected for that. Should not even be looked at, and Shanahan probably won't give out a suspension but will explain why it isn't worthy of one. Just before Chimera is about to hit McQuaid he is going shoulder to shoulder and McQuaid is standing straight up against the boards - a perfect, safe hit to be made. This is simply a bad play by McQuaid, and just quietly a little bit of Karma for what he did to the Canucks. You play a dirty style of game and it'll come back to bite you eventually. I love the fact that none of the Bruins really stood up for him either. Bergeron is supposed to be one of their leaders and they didn't react - either because they thought it was a clean hit, or they're just playing timid right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mauviette75 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 This is simply a bad play by McQuaid, and just quietly a little bit of Karma for what he did to the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 McQuaid turned into it. Feel bad for chimera as it didn't look like he hit him maliciously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mauviette75 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 no suspension. http://prohockeytalk...arding-mcquaid/ fair enough. chimera is a good clean player and a stand up guy. he shouldn't have been charging like that but mcquaid did turn into the hit from behind. 5mins and a game misconduct for a bad charging penalty is fair enough. edit: claude julien talked about the hit too: “Maybe it was a little bit reckless,’’ Julien said. “But there’s no doubt in my mind it wasn’t intentional. McQuaid just turned at the last second and put himself in a bit of a vulnerable position. I agree with the referee’s call. It was a reckless hit. It deserved a five when I looked back at the replay. They had to make that decision. It was a tough one. But it certainly wasn’t an intent to injure by the player, in my mind. I keep saying, I really, really encourage our players to be careful with the speed of the game today to make sure they don’t turn their back to the play as much. Those kinds of plays happen. You’re worried about the security of the players.’’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Heyman Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Chimera is fast as hell and if he's coming into a hit on you, don't turn your back. He's like a center man Jannik Hansen. One of the guys I wanted us to go after at the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majordowner Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Yes McQuaid turned but wow was Chimera ever charging him. I'd give him a game to think about it. From the overhead it looked like he jumped off the bench, took 15 good hard strides and labeled him. If he coasted more near the end I'd give him a pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atillaMYhun Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 So he got 5 and a game for that? And Keith got 2 min minor for elbow on DS? Nice consistencey NHL I think Chimera should've got 2 min for charging but that's it. If McQuaid doens't pivot and turn his back and takes the hit shoulder to shouldger and doesn't go down like he got shot then probably there's no penalty and I would've save myself 3 minutes for reading this thread 1 min for writing this post 30 seconds for watching the clip and 30 seconds for the stupid commercial I had to watch before I viewed the clip. So much time wasted on these stupid online ads before vids...sorry for rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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