If the NHL and player safety committee ever say they are trying to eliminate concussions and head hits from the game, are full of hypocrisy and lies. They say one thing, yet do another. If Knies was to ever sue the NHL for concussions and not doing enough after this hit, I'd completely be on his side and suggest he take the NHL for all he can get. A disgrace of officiating and control. Piss poor and I can see why the NHL is a minor sport compared to others NA
100%. Not too mention that bad call led to a lot more violence throughout the game. If anything, they are the ones actually causing violence by their ridiculous inconsistencies.
@@aussiekid3588 you see their official explanation video they released?! 😂 basically says headshots are illegal unless the hit is thrown from head on. What a fucking joke this league is.
I don't have a problem with the hit but the refs have to call the penalty. Initial contact to the head and he left his feet you can't tell me otherwise.
@@johnsmith7345 the thing is they have slow motion so they CAN tell you other wise. now, if we didnt have that frame by frame, being the glove that doesn't fit, it would be a major penalty. As in if the reffs had to judge that but what they saw real time, they would have kept the major and probably suspended
watch pacioretty hit a few weeks ago when he got 5 and then reduced to nothing. clearly left his feet and no penalty at all so no.... and he hit from behind. both should have been penalties. officiating is inconsistent and terrible not just against the leafs.
Apparently you're allowed to jump as long as you jump around the time you make contact. Despite the fact that the rules say "no unnecessary upward contact". Jump as high as you want according to the nhl! Cool league.
@@fatalfoams You leafs haters are so dumb LOL. You literally do speedruns for fun. You're a nerd stop tryna talk with the rest of us sports enjoyers. We grew up outside playing sports and being athletes. Leave the discussions on sports to us pizza face! You actually post so consistently without getting views... How's the dream of being a youtube gamer going? Maybe another 10 years of nobody watching your content and you will get famous right LOL? Not to mention playing childrens games like Spyro.... Man you gotta grow up at some point. Nobody want's to watch an adult try to complete childrens video games quickly, even more weird that you actually enjoy doing that. Check out your latest twitch stream and you actually talk to an imaginary chat LOL. Some kind of Anime PFP, is there anything about you that is manly? Again leave the sports talk to athletes that actually played sports like the one you're watching. Try to make some friends so you don't gotta play old shit games alone with nobody watching ya fuc kin dork lol.
If Reavo threw this exact same hit, he'd be serving 15-20 years for attempted murder. Whiteclouds jersey had a little too much gold on it and not enough blue for this to be considered a major, or a penalty at all for that matter.
@@FlyingBirdman he also said directly after the game “if the league says it’s a clean hit, I can’t comment on it.” Doesn’t mean he agrees it’s clean, he emphasized saying “clean” in the statement you’re referring to. But yes, the Reaves hit was 100% worse. That doesn’t mean this still wasn’t a headshot. Just my opinion.
C’mon man…Knies momentum lifted Whitecloud upwards on contact giving the illusion of leaving his feet. More and more NHL referees are former NHL draft picks/players at one time, I think they have a pretty good grasp of what’s going on.
NHL only holds the leafs accountable for anything slightly close and its not even a debate. Whenever a leafs player does anything i expect max suspension and whenever anyone else does anything i expected 1 or zero games
Also, just noticed that Knies lifts his head like a good 3 inches as he's entering the neutral zone. "...he needs to keep his head up..." His head was up as far as it could be. Theyre the same height, if Whitecloud is at the point of jumping where the contact is on the head, that shows his head was not down.
He's employed by TSN or whoever's broadcast he happens to be on, he doesnt' want to go against the grain. Everyone is out there making a living and needs to placate their boss. Joe Bowen said it was a travesty in the heat of the moment. Jay Rosehill, former Leafs and current die hard podcaster, said it's a clean hit. Mentioned that the the hit is what made the player leve their feet as they absorb the kinetic energy you have to disperse it somehow. Anyway, it's all academic. Leafs fans are butt hurt because a leafs was hurt. Knies is promising but he's already has a few concussion for exactly this type of careless play. Keep the head up kid or your career will be short lived.
@@MisterMister5893 Is there anything worse than a hockey fan who tries to use big words to justify his opinion? You should have written an even longer response.
TSN, left his feet? His feet only came off the ice after impact. If you understood kinetic energy, you would understand at impact momentum changes. That energy has to go somewhere before it stops. Leaving your feet to hit someone occurs BEFORE impact.
From a diehard life long Leaf fan...His feet were on the ice when they initially connected. His elbow was down until after contact. Play the fkicing game and keep your head up.
Im a Jets fan so could care less. What I do care about is consistent calls. I dont want this to happen to a member of our team and no call. This is 5 and a game with a suspension incoming.
The irony is the same blind homers that defended Knies elbowing Slafkovsky in the head a few days earlier are the ones trying to say this was a dirty hit. Difference being, this wasn't an elbow in the head.
If that hit was on Echel it would be a suspension no doubt about it. Ref's saw that on the replay and still didn't call it. Show's how subpar and inept the ref's and the NHL as a whole are.
Routine NHL double standard. The player left his feet in order to deliver a needless high hit. Not a defensive play but an effort to crush an opponent. Any head hit deserves a suspension. The NHL has now kicked open the door to more of this type of play. Not needed in a skills game.
Reaves threw the exact same hit and got a 5 game suspension. What do the leafs get when its a hit ion one of their's? An injured playeer, no major penalty against Whitecloud but the leafs do get a power play - which they need to kill off ! WTF
What came first, contact to Knies, or Whitecloud leaving his feet? From my perspective, Whitecloud hit him first and then left his feet, which is allowed. If he leaped into the check, then it'd be Charging. By the rulebook this isn't an illegal check to the head. Not all hits to the head are illegal. Whitecloud hit him square, didn't target the head (lifting up after contact isn't targeting the head) and how low Knies was as he attempted to chip the puck down the ice at the line to prevent icing.
I agree, not all hits are illegal. Bennett, acting like a professional wrestler, grabbed Knies by the throat and slammed his head into the ice, no penalty. Gudas skated from the blue line to the hash marks, whistle blows, he continues to the corner, hits Kampf on the numbers, no penalty. This league is a joke.
His feet left the ice after the hit in real time it looks like he did but I watched it in slow motion frame by frame and Knies was already halfway down before the feet left the ice. Leave it to the experts.
The biggest thing for me is the jump. He literally jumps into the hit. Makes head contact because of it. You can’t jump into hits that’s been a rule forever
If the NHL wonders why we think NHL referrees are a complete and utter joke, THIS IS WHY!! That hit was easily comparable to Ryan Reaves' hit on Nurse. i don't think either were dirty, intention attempts to injure; however, the results were the same. The unevenness of the calls in the NHL should be a source of shame for the officials; however, one is left to wonder if it is intentional or not. I guess when you have a captive audience, given that fans love their team, you can do wtf you want with hiring inadequate talent among referrees. They suck at least 70% of the time and it is made worse when they review the footage and still get it so massively wrong. And the final chef's kiss of an injustice was that the Leafs ended up killing a penalty because, for some unknown reason, Benoit got two minors and only a dance partner on one of them. Ridiculous!
Did no one learn from Lindros. Head down equals crunch city. Head down and by the time it’s up it’s too late. Looked ok leading with the shoulder. It’s the skates leaving the ice and arm extended after hit is the part that’s sus.
Leafs always get suspended by DOPS and get the longest amount justifiable at every opportunity. Other teams basically never get suspended or even reviewed for injuring Leafs players. Seriously, try to find 2 examples in the last 15 years.
NHL refs need accountability, bare minimum to at least be forced to explain such massively obvious biased officiating. Since betting has become a thing on these games, the pre-determined outcome as decided by the referees has made NHL hockey unwatchable. Can’t wait until incorruptible cameras are used to make these calls instead of the current hamburglar losers taking up space on the ice.
Legal hit. Nothing wrong with it. Whitecloud didn't leave his feet until AFTER the contact. If we want better player safety then we need to change the rules, but this was a legal hit under the current rules. Leafs fans, however, are going to cry victim and double standard like usual.
Probably should be a suspension, definitely should have been a penalty. Player safety isnt going to do a damn thing because it would make the league look bad. What a joke.
If Whitecloud's check should have been a 5 minute penalty, then the Leafs player#71 should have a 5 minute penalty on his check on Theodore for boarding a defensiveless player neat the end of the period. Theodore's head was driven into the glass & boards & came out with a huge bump & abrashion on his forehead !!! That hit on Theodore wasn't even called a minor!!! What do you say about that ?
@vinnyzelle First, no one has claimed that Grebenkin's was in any way clean. 5 minute major, no doubt. But what is different is the league "reviewed" Whiteclouds hit for a major and decided no penalty on the play.
Of course Bruce Boudreau thinks it was a bad hit as he was born in Toronto and played for Toronto and probably a fan of Toronto so I don't agree with his biased opinion.
@@johnsmith7345 his logic is that TSN is Canadian based and so is Bruce, so it is logical to assume and think that there is probably some bias in this entire segment
The leaving the feet argument doesn’t hold water. If you watch in slow motion his feet are still on the ice at time of impact and his feet don’t come off the ice until afterwards.
the momentum goes up, he literally hits him high because he jumps into it. if he stayed low, the hit would have actually been into the chest. in this hit, it was clearly to the fking face.
@@OleFredrik thats literally how physics works. When objects collide at such force, they are not going to stay on the ground. Look at car crashes. Cars leave the ground
@@awake3951 that has to be the stupidest answer ever. Comparing car crash to hockey! You started watching hockey this year, or? It takes force to make force - he is jumping.
@@OleFredrik I didn’t compare car crashes to hockey players. I used car crashes as an example of how collisions work. When two objects collide with significant force, the energy from the impact can lift them off the ground, whether it’s cars, hockey players, or anything else. The ice doesn’t magically glue players down during a hit; the force of the collision can create upward motion naturally. If you think it’s ‘just jumping,’ you’re ignoring basic physics. Energy transfer from the hit makes it look like they’re jumping when it’s really the force at play. Hope that makes sense
It was a clean hit. Knies was partially leaning over when he took the hit. Whitecloud was standing up straight when he made contact, skates on the ice. The Leafs are a much better team without Matthews.
I'm good with it not getting a suspension, but there was no excuse for that not to be a 5 minute major, let alone a penalty at all. I dont think there was intent to injure, but it was a dangerous hit. These refs need to be held accountable.
Welcome to the nhl. Guy leaves his feet and dont get anything. Perdectly clean hit , that just happens to be at head height ( dumbest rule ever, people are different heights and you tend to crouch when carrying the puck, keep your head up, problem solved) gets 5 games.
@panjangneem How, when both are 6'2, does the shoulder hit Knies head immediately... before you claim he left his feet? Also, look at Knies neck, it's massive. He's skating, he raises his body about 3 inches when entering the neutral zone. That's a targeted hit, albeit caused by the refs being dipshits. I'm surprised there weren't any more injuries, except Vegas' feeling being shut out.
more likely than not, when 2 objects collide with lots of force, they're going to leave the ground. Just look at car crashes, the front of the car usually leaves the ground
How hard is it for people to understand? Unless a person has prosthetic legs, people never "leave their feet". In this case, you can say that Whitecloud jumped, or his skates left the ice. His feet were still with him and were not left anywhere!
If the NHL and player safety committee ever say they are trying to eliminate concussions and head hits from the game, are full of hypocrisy and lies. They say one thing, yet do another. If Knies was to ever sue the NHL for concussions and not doing enough after this hit, I'd completely be on his side and suggest he take the NHL for all he can get. A disgrace of officiating and control. Piss poor and I can see why the NHL is a minor sport compared to others NA
100%. Not too mention that bad call led to a lot more violence throughout the game. If anything, they are the ones actually causing violence by their ridiculous inconsistencies.
@@aussiekid3588 you see their official explanation video they released?! 😂 basically says headshots are illegal unless the hit is thrown from head on. What a fucking joke this league is.
Waaaaa
If the shoe was on the other foot, Whitecloud as a Leaf and Knies as a Golden Knight, there would be a suspension.
Not just a suspension.. but league max.
Buddy would be in jail for attempted murder. The only consistent thing in the NHL is in the inconsistency in refereeing.
I don't have a problem with the hit but the refs have to call the penalty. Initial contact to the head and he left his feet you can't tell me otherwise.
@@johnsmith7345 the thing is they have slow motion so they CAN tell you other wise. now, if we didnt have that frame by frame, being the glove that doesn't fit, it would be a major penalty. As in if the reffs had to judge that but what they saw real time, they would have kept the major and probably suspended
watch pacioretty hit a few weeks ago when he got 5 and then reduced to nothing. clearly left his feet and no penalty at all so no.... and he hit from behind. both should have been penalties. officiating is inconsistent and terrible not just against the leafs.
I’m not sure how this could be considered a clean hit. The contact was to the head, and Whitecloud left his feet to deliver the check.
Apparently you're allowed to jump as long as you jump around the time you make contact. Despite the fact that the rules say "no unnecessary upward contact". Jump as high as you want according to the nhl! Cool league.
@@black_squall lol love watching leaf fans cry
@@fatalfoams You leafs haters are so dumb LOL. You literally do speedruns for fun. You're a nerd stop tryna talk with the rest of us sports enjoyers. We grew up outside playing sports and being athletes. Leave the discussions on sports to us pizza face! You actually post so consistently without getting views... How's the dream of being a youtube gamer going? Maybe another 10 years of nobody watching your content and you will get famous right LOL? Not to mention playing childrens games like Spyro.... Man you gotta grow up at some point. Nobody want's to watch an adult try to complete childrens video games quickly, even more weird that you actually enjoy doing that. Check out your latest twitch stream and you actually talk to an imaginary chat LOL. Some kind of Anime PFP, is there anything about you that is manly? Again leave the sports talk to athletes that actually played sports like the one you're watching. Try to make some friends so you don't gotta play old shit games alone with nobody watching ya fuc kin dork lol.
Any person with functioning eyeballs can see he bends his knees and spring up off back foot into contact. How is this even a question?
If Reavo threw this exact same hit, he'd be serving 15-20 years for attempted murder. Whiteclouds jersey had a little too much gold on it and not enough blue for this to be considered a major, or a penalty at all for that matter.
He should be suspended 10 games, Reaves legit has a history already.. Toronto are always the victims though eh.
Reeves hit was 10 times worse. Even Berube said it eas clean today
@@FlyingBirdman he also said directly after the game “if the league says it’s a clean hit, I can’t comment on it.” Doesn’t mean he agrees it’s clean, he emphasized saying “clean” in the statement you’re referring to. But yes, the Reaves hit was 100% worse. That doesn’t mean this still wasn’t a headshot. Just my opinion.
@@twopc3705 agreed tho league favors Vegas and always has since they came into league
They need to look at the refs... This was absurd
C’mon man…Knies momentum lifted Whitecloud upwards on contact giving the illusion of leaving his feet. More and more NHL referees are former NHL draft picks/players at one time, I think they have a pretty good grasp of what’s going on.
If a leaf did this that would be a game misconduct and a suspension…lets not kid ourselves…double standard
Like when Knies elbowed Slafkovsky in the head a few days earlier and no call?
NHL only holds the leafs accountable for anything slightly close and its not even a debate. Whenever a leafs player does anything i expect max suspension and whenever anyone else does anything i expected 1 or zero games
Bullshit
Clean hit. Leafs homers should watch basketball or soccer if hockey is too rough for them
Good non call. They have to take hitting out of the game if thats a penalty
Also, just noticed that Knies lifts his head like a good 3 inches as he's entering the neutral zone.
"...he needs to keep his head up..." His head was up as far as it could be. Theyre the same height, if Whitecloud is at the point of jumping where the contact is on the head, that shows his head was not down.
Knies was 100% crouched when he was hit, and despite seeing the hit coming, never got his arms up at all to protect himself.
@Marixa1979 at 1:03 you can see how much Knies lifts his body. Blatant targeting by Whitecloud. Definitely retaliatory for the hit on Theodore.
I was at the game so ridiculous
he left his feet and for that idiot Colby Armstrong to say he didn't WTF is he watching ?
@johnsmith7345 he didn't
Agree with Bruce. Bad hit.
He's employed by TSN or whoever's broadcast he happens to be on, he doesnt' want to go against the grain. Everyone is out there making a living and needs to placate their boss. Joe Bowen said it was a travesty in the heat of the moment. Jay Rosehill, former Leafs and current die hard podcaster, said it's a clean hit. Mentioned that the the hit is what made the player leve their feet as they absorb the kinetic energy you have to disperse it somehow.
Anyway, it's all academic. Leafs fans are butt hurt because a leafs was hurt. Knies is promising but he's already has a few concussion for exactly this type of careless play. Keep the head up kid or your career will be short lived.
@@MisterMister5893
In the end they can’t prove it was a targeted hit. Reeves was seen to target. There’s a difference when you hide your targets.
@@MisterMister5893 Is there anything worse than a hockey fan who tries to use big words to justify his opinion? You should have written an even longer response.
TSN, left his feet? His feet only came off the ice after impact. If you understood kinetic energy, you would understand at impact momentum changes. That energy has to go somewhere before it stops. Leaving your feet to hit someone occurs BEFORE impact.
Skates were still on the ice at the point of contact. Slo-mo doesn't lie. Clean hit in my book.
There is no consistency from game to game on how the NHL officiates including the command centre.
Bruce, better get to Spec Savers. The skates were on the ice during contact. Clean hit.
From a diehard life long Leaf fan...His feet were on the ice when they initially connected. His elbow was down until after contact. Play the fkicing game and keep your head up.
Clean hit through the body … didn’t leave his feet until contact … it’s clearly not …. Come on Bruce be better
Bruce, There he is!
that has to be a similar suspension to the Reaves hit
Why? Not even close
@@jonathanduplantis1403 he hit him in the head. Reaves hit Nurse in the head. What part do you disagree with?
Wrong. Reaves cut his hit.. This was shoulder on body..
@@Chickentendey48 Wrong. This was shoulder on head and forearm on body. Watch the video again.
By the way, what does "cut his hit" mean?
It is much less than the Knies elbow to Slafkovsky's head (which got nothing)
Reaves is going to be busy when he gets back
Oh really? Hell finally have something to do with his 2 minutes and 30 seconds of ice time a game. CLown...
@Chickentendey48 let's see Bozo
Just love the inconsistency!!!
Im a Jets fan so could care less. What I do care about is consistent calls. I dont want this to happen to a member of our team and no call. This is 5 and a game with a suspension incoming.
The irony is the same blind homers that defended Knies elbowing Slafkovsky in the head a few days earlier are the ones trying to say this was a dirty hit. Difference being, this wasn't an elbow in the head.
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Dirtcloud strikes again...
If that hit was on Echel it would be a suspension no doubt about it. Ref's saw that on the replay and still didn't call it. Show's how subpar and inept the ref's and the NHL as a whole are.
Routine NHL double standard. The player left his feet in order to deliver a needless high hit. Not a defensive play but an effort to crush an opponent. Any head hit deserves a suspension. The NHL has now kicked open the door to more of this type of play. Not needed in a skills game.
Left his feet after the hit. Clean. Everyone who doesn’t think so is biased, soft, or both.
Reaves threw the exact same hit and got a 5 game suspension. What do the leafs get when its a hit ion one of their's? An injured playeer, no major penalty against Whitecloud but the leafs do get a power play - which they need to kill off ! WTF
LOL. All of those people came from outside Ontario - talk to Trudeau
The Leafs need to address this. It's flagrant and will cost them in the playoffs. It's time Toronto. Step up!
Grebenkin's hit was a penalty too but that just adds to the frustration with the refs
I hate the Leafs, but I agree that should have been a major.
Geez all the leaf fans telling Nurse to keep his head up are suddenly quiet 🤫
Same homers tried to call the Knies elbow to Slafkovsky's head a clean hut...
Knies was unknowingly funnelled to the hit.
I'm already seeking the ref's name, will push for punitive action against this idiot. Those refs better believe that they will be reprimanded.
What came first, contact to Knies, or Whitecloud leaving his feet? From my perspective, Whitecloud hit him first and then left his feet, which is allowed. If he leaped into the check, then it'd be Charging. By the rulebook this isn't an illegal check to the head. Not all hits to the head are illegal. Whitecloud hit him square, didn't target the head (lifting up after contact isn't targeting the head) and how low Knies was as he attempted to chip the puck down the ice at the line to prevent icing.
This is a clown response. There's no perspective where he made contact first, then left his feet.
I agree, not all hits are illegal. Bennett, acting like a professional wrestler, grabbed Knies by the throat and slammed his head into the ice, no penalty. Gudas skated from the blue line to the hash marks, whistle blows, he continues to the corner, hits Kampf on the numbers, no penalty. This league is a joke.
His feet left the ice after the hit in real time it looks like he did but I watched it in slow motion frame by frame and Knies was already halfway down before the feet left the ice. Leave it to the experts.
@@DaveTucker-yu6rx”Leave it to the experts”
As the non-expert gives his opinion lol
@@damiencordick6905 You're the only one who sounds like a clown after reviewing the tape in slow mo
Looks clean to me. Sure, he might have left his foot, but the other one left the ice because of the hit.
The biggest thing for me is the jump. He literally jumps into the hit. Makes head contact because of it. You can’t jump into hits that’s been a rule forever
He didn't. You're wrong
@ he did. Your wrong.
Obviously no one can prove it was a Targeted hit.
His feet leave the ice as contact is being made. He isn't really jumping up into the hit.
Just remember whitecloud.....next time we play you revo will be in the game...gl with that.😊
any hit is a dity hit nowadays. In 2040 hits won't be allowed anymore. Not even kidding.
If the NHL wonders why we think NHL referrees are a complete and utter joke, THIS IS WHY!! That hit was easily comparable to Ryan Reaves' hit on Nurse. i don't think either were dirty, intention attempts to injure; however, the results were the same. The unevenness of the calls in the NHL should be a source of shame for the officials; however, one is left to wonder if it is intentional or not.
I guess when you have a captive audience, given that fans love their team, you can do wtf you want with hiring inadequate talent among referrees. They suck at least 70% of the time and it is made worse when they review the footage and still get it so massively wrong.
And the final chef's kiss of an injustice was that the Leafs ended up killing a penalty because, for some unknown reason, Benoit got two minors and only a dance partner on one of them. Ridiculous!
It's all about the jersey the nhl doesn't know what consistency is
Yup.....elbow up like a torpedo....Reaves was on one skate when he hit nurse
Yall are bonkers.
Leafs player got tuned up to be sure…Vegas player had a Neanderthal adrenaline rush…
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Clean hit
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Crazy how many leafs fans are confused by this lol
Knies seems to have a target on him. From his first rookie series against the panthers and the league lets opposition teams get away with it.
99% 🍁 fans in the comments 😂
Maybe because it happened during a Leaf game there genius. 😂
Compare this hit to the reaves hit on darnell nurse? Concussions suck. Concussions make for short careers.
Clean hit
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Let the boys play
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The head was down folks take another look - head was up and first point of contact was the kids head - Bettmans NHL
Wrong. He was looking straight ahead.
Dept of player Saftey (except the maple leafs players)
How many more leafs players are gonna be taken out of the game until they no longer have enough players i wonder?
No, it's politics.
I mean, questionable hit, but the way leafs media is crying is really getting ridiculous.
Did no one learn from Lindros. Head down equals crunch city. Head down and by the time it’s up it’s too late. Looked ok leading with the shoulder. It’s the skates leaving the ice and arm extended after hit is the part that’s sus.
Leafs always get suspended by DOPS and get the longest amount justifiable at every opportunity. Other teams basically never get suspended or even reviewed for injuring Leafs players. Seriously, try to find 2 examples in the last 15 years.
Wtf? You're nuts. Waaaaaaaa
NHL refs need accountability, bare minimum to at least be forced to explain such massively obvious biased officiating. Since betting has become a thing on these games, the pre-determined outcome as decided by the referees has made NHL hockey unwatchable.
Can’t wait until incorruptible cameras are used to make these calls instead of the current hamburglar losers taking up space on the ice.
If it was the players bench that he hit
He would have cleared the bench
Maybe he thought it was long jump at the Olympics
Total intent to injure
Legal hit. Nothing wrong with it. Whitecloud didn't leave his feet until AFTER the contact. If we want better player safety then we need to change the rules, but this was a legal hit under the current rules. Leafs fans, however, are going to cry victim and double standard like usual.
There should be a penalty
Probably should be a suspension, definitely should have been a penalty. Player safety isnt going to do a damn thing because it would make the league look bad. What a joke.
I'm a leafs fan and think it wasnt a penalty. Lets not make the league too soft. Play hockey shit happens.
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You can't say anything about Whitecloud. He'll cry racism.
If Whitecloud's check should have been a 5 minute penalty, then the Leafs player#71 should have a 5 minute penalty on his check on Theodore for boarding a defensiveless player neat the end of the period. Theodore's head was driven into the glass & boards & came out with a huge bump & abrashion on his forehead !!! That hit on Theodore wasn't even called a minor!!! What do you say about that ?
Settle down, hyper. There are plenty of comments/opinions stating that the hit on Theodore should’ve been a penalty. Change your diaper.
yes the Grebenkin hit could have been called but don't justify the hit on Knies because it wasn't this only adds to the frustration with the refs
@vinnyzelle First, no one has claimed that Grebenkin's was in any way clean. 5 minute major, no doubt. But what is different is the league "reviewed" Whiteclouds hit for a major and decided no penalty on the play.
Yeah forsure 60 games lol
Too bad Bruce got it wrong because now leaf muppets have a guy that can lean on and say he's right.
Loved the hit, Especially because it was on a Leaf 😂😂😂
His skates looked like they were on the ice upon contact.
Lifted his feet?He jumped!!Case closed suspension for McCloud😮!!Or I guess everyone can jump for the head shot😮
here come the leaf whiners,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Different rules for different teams. The nhl is a corrupt joke
Of course Bruce Boudreau thinks it was a bad hit as he was born in Toronto and played for Toronto and probably a fan of Toronto so I don't agree with his biased opinion.
so using your logic the ref must be from Vegas last night
@@johnsmith7345 his logic is that TSN is Canadian based and so is Bruce, so it is logical to assume and think that there is probably some bias in this entire segment
Lol😂😂😂😂 cry me a river.
Awkward editing and Bruce seemed drunk lol :)
The leaving the feet argument doesn’t hold water. If you watch in slow motion his feet are still on the ice at time of impact and his feet don’t come off the ice until afterwards.
Yeah, his feet was on the ice thats true, but magically he jumped during the hit? Thats intentional...
the momentum goes up, he literally hits him high because he jumps into it. if he stayed low, the hit would have actually been into the chest. in this hit, it was clearly to the fking face.
@@OleFredrik thats literally how physics works. When objects collide at such force, they are not going to stay on the ground. Look at car crashes. Cars leave the ground
@@awake3951 that has to be the stupidest answer ever. Comparing car crash to hockey! You started watching hockey this year, or? It takes force to make force - he is jumping.
@@OleFredrik I didn’t compare car crashes to hockey players. I used car crashes as an example of how collisions work. When two objects collide with significant force, the energy from the impact can lift them off the ground, whether it’s cars, hockey players, or anything else. The ice doesn’t magically glue players down during a hit; the force of the collision can create upward motion naturally.
If you think it’s ‘just jumping,’ you’re ignoring basic physics. Energy transfer from the hit makes it look like they’re jumping when it’s really the force at play. Hope that makes sense
Don’t wheel up the wing like you’re playing shinny. You might want to keep your head up.
His head was waaaay up. And it would have been a clean hit if Whitecloud kept his feet on ice.
It was a clean hit. Knies was partially leaning over when he took the hit. Whitecloud was standing up straight when he made contact, skates on the ice.
The Leafs are a much better team without Matthews.
Clean check.
I'm good with it not getting a suspension, but there was no excuse for that not to be a 5 minute major, let alone a penalty at all.
I dont think there was intent to injure, but it was a dangerous hit. These refs need to be held accountable.
Why?
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He left his feet after the hit , to deliver a full out hit you need to use pressure from the ground force
He didn't leave his feet until after contact was made.
Meier got rocked by Trouba in playoffs of 22-23 and noone SAID A DAMN thing.
That's a major and a suspension. Plan and simple
Fun fact, this line of comments is the most coherent and correct I have ever come across. There is hope for the human race after all. 🙂
Welcome to the nhl. Guy leaves his feet and dont get anything. Perdectly clean hit , that just happens to be at head height ( dumbest rule ever, people are different heights and you tend to crouch when carrying the puck, keep your head up, problem solved) gets 5 games.
It doesn't matter where he made contact. He left his feet. Period. Your skates can't leave the ice on a hit. Does anyone know the rules?
His feet leave ice after the hit
Totally acceptable
@panjangneem How, when both are 6'2, does the shoulder hit Knies head immediately... before you claim he left his feet? Also, look at Knies neck, it's massive. He's skating, he raises his body about 3 inches when entering the neutral zone.
That's a targeted hit, albeit caused by the refs being dipshits. I'm surprised there weren't any more injuries, except Vegas' feeling being shut out.
more likely than not, when 2 objects collide with lots of force, they're going to leave the ground. Just look at car crashes, the front of the car usually leaves the ground
How hard is it for people to understand? Unless a person has prosthetic legs, people never "leave their feet". In this case, you can say that Whitecloud jumped, or his skates left the ice. His feet were still with him and were not left anywhere!
Um.. his arm is tucked the whole way.... sorry Knies is so small.... What is he supposed to do? The right call.