jimmyjets
Rejoint: oct. 2016
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How does this fix public relations? Because the fanbase will burn down the arena and head office of the Jets so there is no team anymore?
Scheifele is speaking the truth. I saw no less than 3 identical hits in the Colorado - Vegas game last night where the only difference is that the player being hit didn't get injured. The entire narrative that a) he charged him (when every single big hit could be called charging by the way the rule is written) b) he somehow is required to play the puck instead of the man to defend in that situation, c) that his decision to play the body to seperate the man from the puck somehow equals intent to injure, d) that the hit was late at all or e) that the game was already decided at the time he made the decision to deliver the hit is all 100% false. A player got hurt but the act and decisions that lead to that moment from both players were fine. If Evans wasn't hurt there wouldn't have even been a penalty on the play. Nevermind a long suspension. Look at the play, not only the result.
Have an independent look at it and imagine that Scheif is a fraction of a second faster and prevents the goal. Would it be OK then? Imagine that Evans gets up and celebrates the goal and isn't hurt. Would it be OK then?
The reality is that Parros is a former Habs player that still golfs with Price every offseason. People are taking this opportunity to pile on a BS decision that he made. Even in the DOPs video they had to say 1) he skated the length of the ice (on a backcheck), 2) Significant contact was made with the head (but they couldn't say it was the primary point of contact because he clearly hits him in the chest first and then hits the head 2nd). They say that the game was decided at that point but we were down by 1 with 55 seconds left. If Evans is knocked on his ass there we head back up ice 6 on 4 with 50 seconds left and a chance to tie the game.
There is no public relations issue in Winnipeg. Broadcasters don't like when players throw it in their face that they are wrong. It erodes their credibility.
People compare this hit to the Byron hit on Weegar but the main differences are that Byron jumped in the air before hitting Weegar so that he could intentionally hit him in the head where Scheif put a legal check on Evans. As a result Byron is sorry for what he did but Scheif really isn't because he didn't do anything wrong.
Anyhow, based on the second trade this is clearly a troll post but you got me big time.