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04-20-2014, 01:22 AM
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Just another Facist
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Headshot in NHL....Chitown n Blues
I don't follow hockey that close, but this has got to be one of the most brutal shots I've ever seen. Stick with the video and watch it in slow motion. I can't believe he woke up .......but he was unsteady
http://youtu.be/mSNtMDkRjBA
[YT="Head Shot to Backes"]mSNtMDkRjBA[/YT]
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04-20-2014, 08:34 AM
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Should cost him 2-3 games. Was intentionally attempting to maim Backes when he could have just dropped a hip and still laid a pretty good, and legal, wollop on him. As a Wings fan it really pains me cheering for the Blues but the absolute joy I get out of watching the Blackhawks lose, especially the way they have, easily surpasses it.
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04-20-2014, 09:16 AM
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crusty old guy
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Well, Seabrook must have eyes on the side and back of his head. He's not even looking at Backes when he hits him so to say it's headhunting is stupid. Intentionally trying to maim? Typical Wings fan. The NHL had to move Detroit to the East so that they could (barely) make the playoffs.
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04-20-2014, 10:25 AM
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Way over the top,uncalled for even in the heat of the moment.Drags the
game down to the gutter.
To say Seabrook didn't see him is bull. 
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04-20-2014, 02:29 PM
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The smirk on Seabrook's face made me sick. I couldn't be happier when the Hawks lost the way they did.
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04-20-2014, 02:46 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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The guy should be suspended for a long time, playoffs and some of next season. But he won't be, because it is the NHL, and they secretly don't mind goonish play.
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04-20-2014, 02:59 PM
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Many arenas around North America are seriously considering a "Look Up Zone" - an orange band painted on the ice 40" wide around the entire rink. The purpose of it is to reduce injuries.
While the concept may not catch on with the pros for awhile, it will certainly reduce some of the anxieties that parents have about entering their kids in hockey.
Hopefully, some day the pros will have it too.
Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/sp...yers.html?_r=0
Last edited by Greyfox; 04-20-2014 at 03:01 PM.
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04-20-2014, 03:11 PM
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04-20-2014, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by headhawg
Well, Seabrook must have eyes on the side and back of his head. He's not even looking at Backes when he hits him so to say it's headhunting is stupid. Intentionally trying to maim? Typical Wings fan. The NHL had to move Detroit to the East so that they could (barely) make the playoffs.
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At least we know games are "typically" 60 minutes long... not 59:45
Last edited by elysiantraveller; 04-20-2014 at 03:27 PM.
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04-20-2014, 04:45 PM
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crusty old guy
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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
At least we know games are "typically" 60 minutes long... not 59:45
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Go Bruins.
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04-20-2014, 04:59 PM
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He left his feet and hit him at the same time. Dirty hit. Not a dirty player. Shouldn't matter. I would have given him the rest of the series off. Three games is a decent suspension.
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04-20-2014, 05:03 PM
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crusty old guy
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by cj
The guy should be suspended for a long time, playoffs and some of next season. But he won't be, because it is the NHL, and they secretly don't mind goonish play.
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Seabrook is far from a goon. Watch the video. Backes isn't even ruled out for Game 3. But I guess it's ok for the Blues players to double-team Toews in Game 1's 2nd OT, one with a cross-check (Polak) and then a targeted hit to the head by Reaves. Toews face was bloodied but I guess that's ok because he didn't get a concussion. Video
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04-20-2014, 05:05 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Originally Posted by headhawg
Seabrook is far from a goon. Watch the video -- he didn't even leave his feet. Backes isn't even ruled out for Game 3. But I guess it's ok for the Blues players to double-team Toews in Game 1's 2nd OT, one with a cross-check (Polak) and then a targeted hit to the head by Reaves. Toews face was bloodied but I guess that's ok because he didn't get a concussion. Video |
I watched the play. I don't follow hockey enough to know his history, but that play was goonish. That was all I said about it. The NHL allows too much of this crap to go on and has for a long time. I can only surmise it is secretly condoned. I guess things are getting better, because it wasn't that long ago it wouldn't have even been a suspension for one game.
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04-20-2014, 07:19 PM
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He (Seabrooke) Braced for the hit (so you cant say he didn't see it), he left his feet (and didn't try to avoid it). He targeted the head area......Blatantly!
If this was center ice or away from the boards it may only taken the StL player off of his feet. This close to the boards, there has to be limits!
This could of actually been worse for the STL player.....IMHO 3 games isn't enough!
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04-20-2014, 08:00 PM
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I thought 3 games was kind of a lot, yet predictable, but then again, I'm usually in the minority these days on some of these hits.
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