Ehlers Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEedygdpBc Just disgusting. Need to get this out of the league. Glad to see Oshie got up under his own power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfverberg Snipes Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Unfortunate incident. But hits like these are going to always look scary because tall players can't control the fact that their arms at most players head level. Edler's hits subject players to a lot of unfortunate positions just because he's bigger than them. I don't think Rupp meant his at all but gotta feel bad for the Blues. I think that's three big game players out for them now. I think it's a first round out for them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychees Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 that looked far worse than what Rupp intended I'm sure. Still deserves a 3/4 game suspension, 5+ if repeat offender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Tough for Oshie. Guys got absolutely filthy mitts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madness Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Looked really bad. Hope Oshie is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Did Oshie actually think he'd be able to circle all around the ice uncontested? Guess so.Bam!Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Unfortunate incident. But hits like these are going to always look scary because tall players can't control the fact that their arms at most players head level. Edler's hits subject players to a lot of unfortunate positions just because he's bigger than them. I don't think Rupp meant his at all but gotta feel bad for the Blues. I think that's three big game players out for them now. I think it's a first round out for them again. This isn't a bad hit because Rupp is tall and his arms are at Oshie's head level, this is bad because Rupp doesn't hit squarely through the body in a hit that makes contact to the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngdad Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Looks a lot like the hit on Burr. Can anyone dissect and tell me how they are different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzy Mahmood Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I blame Oshie personally, Rupp hit him the only way he could, Oshie had his head slightly forward and thought he could skate forever. Unfortunate, but if that happens to Henrik Sedin I ask Kassian to activate Kassassin mode and go fight Rupp. Then have Bieksa rough him up and try to get another fight out of him. Then ask Burr and Kes to wind him up. But I wouldn't be crying for a suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashby17 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I blame Oshie personally, Rupp hit him the only way he could, Oshie had his head slightly forward and thought he could skate forever. Unfortunate, but if that happens to Henrik Sedin I ask Kassian to activate Kassassin mode and go fight Rupp. Then have Bieksa rough him up and try to get another fight out of him. Then ask Burr and Kes to wind him up. But I wouldn't be crying for a suspension. ??? This has nothing to do with the Canucks. It's a rough hit and perhaps it could have been avoided but it's far from Oshies fault. He was just cycling the puck back and trying to make a play. Not the best but still that's just an unfortunate hit at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 mike rupp has always been trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergioMomesso Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 You want to try and cut across the ice where there is going to be nothing but traffic. What else do you expect is going to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzy Mahmood Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 ??? This has nothing to do with the Canucks. It's a rough hit and perhaps it could have been avoided but it's far from Oshies fault. He was just cycling the puck back and trying to make a play. Not the best but still that's just an unfortunate hit at the end of the day. The post before mine referred to the hit on Alex Burrows, so I drew on that for my response. Also, to demonstrate that the hit wasn't anywhere remotely as bad as is being made out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 If that had been a Canuck laying on the ice the play would nave continued for 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Looks a lot like the hit on Burr. Can anyone dissect and tell me how they are different? Absolutely, they're different because Rupp doesn't hit squarely through Oshie's chest/center of his body. He clearly hits across Oshie's body, missing most of it, and picks the head. Niederreiter's hit on Burrows was directly through the chest of Burrows even if the head was also contacted, which is what made it legal as compared to the Rupp hit. You want to try and cut across the ice where there is going to be nothing but traffic. What else do you expect is going to happen? That Rupp would at least try and hit him through the body instead of the head? And Rupp is getting a phone hearing today: Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie MIN's Mike Rupp will have a phone hearing today with @NHLPlayerSafety today for hit on STL T.J. Oshie last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 If that had been a Canuck laying on the ice the play would nave continued for 30 seconds. What a completely irrelevant and untrue comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetica Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Glad to hear it's getting a phone hearing. That hit deserves a suspension! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Yeah that deserves a couple games for sure. Oshie was pretty stupid to try to cut around like that, but that's irrelevant to how dirty the hit was. As for comparing it to the Niederreiter hit on Burrows... Apples and oranges, hit on Burr was shoulder contact, this one... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehlers Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 4 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEedygdpBc Just disgusting. Need to get this out of the league. Glad to see Oshie got up under his own powerdisgusting? Cheap shot, but nothing that hasn't been done thousands and thousands of times. Lets just take hitting out altogether, would that make people happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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