pilldoc Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Bedard will miss ~6 weeks with a broken jaw. Was it a dirty hit yes or no? (Full transparency .... Bedard is a Keeper on my FHL team, whom I drafted #2 overall this past fall, so yes I have a vested interest here ....) Part of me wants to say it was dirty and part of me just does not know ... what says the masses? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 This i'm on the fence with... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegx.ca Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Not dirty at all just a good defensive play to stand him up near the line and knock him down...I got Bedard in one of my pools too but I got him in lower rounds... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 19 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: This i'm on the fence with... Same (fence). I'm going with good hit with bad result, but yeah, fence. I grew up watching when this wasn't even talked about, so there's that. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JR Ewing Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 -Not a blindside hit, didn't target the head, or anything like that, and Bedard skated right at him in the middle of the ice and got it. -I'm sure everybody here can remember a time when players were warned to be careful about skating with your head down right where Bedard was when the hit happened. There's not many defensemen in the modern game who hit like that now, and the forwards feel pretty free to go there. -You hate to see it, but he learned a painful lesson. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 37 minutes ago, ruxpin said: Same (fence). I'm going with good hit with bad result, but yeah, fence. I grew up watching when this wasn't even talked about, so there's that. Yep....good clean hit, bad result. Out 4-6 weeks, there goes the calder. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I'm with the majority on this one: good hit, unfortunate outcome. And you ALWAYS want to see a hard nosed game, but NEVER want to see a player be injured to where he can't play. It doesn't matter if it is Connor Bedard or Evan Rodrigues....those guys have to make a living, regardless of their 'star status', so one never roots for an injury. Kudos to Bedard's teammates for fighting for him, then playing an even harder game against NJ, all well and good. And most of the 'Rah, rah' stuff seems to be revolving around the Hawks and "Stand up for Bedard". Let's not lose focus of the fine job Brendan Smith did. He leveled one of the NHL's current darlings, did it cleanly, knowing full well the consequences, either from the league or Bedard's teammates, of him doing so. But he did his job, didn't let a talented player like Bedard simply skate by him, and did what he is paid to do: Put goal scorers on their arses. So, yea, clean hit...good on the Hawks for upping the intensity and not allowing the Devils to push them around, but good on Smith and some rah rah for him for keeping hard nosed hockey alive n well. People want to talk about Foligno and company 'galvanized' by their standing up for their teammate? Fine. Devils should be galvanized by having a player who doesn't care who the other guy is.....only that he isn't getting a free pass by him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaFlyerFan Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Clean hit, no intent there. Unfortunate outcome for Bedard. It didn’t even look like a really hard hit. [sarcasm] Besides, Bedard is a bust! [/end sarcasm] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer4ever Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Anyone remember Don Cherry hitting Ron McLean in the head with an elbow pad? Clean hit by Smith, unfortunate point of contact by Bedards face and Smiths bulletproof shoulder pad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 6 minutes ago, AlaskaFlyerFan said: Clean hit, no intent there. Unfortunate outcome for Bedard. It didn’t even look like a really hard hit. [sarcasm] Besides, Bedard is a bust! [/end sarcasm] Yeah, he didn't really even step up in to Bedard; if anything, he let up. The kid just skated into and bounced off of him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ruxpin Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, JR Ewing said: Yeah, he didn't really even step up in to Bedard; if anything, he let up. The kid just skated into and bounced off of him. Completely agree. So, 3- or 5-game suspension? 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Had mine broken at 20. Kid will lose 15 pounds. Milkshakes and instant mashed potatoes through a straw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegx.ca Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) Copied and pasted from a hockey Discord server: https://fxtwitter.com/TJBennettt37/status/1743685267288973793 Luke Richardson perfectly explains the hit on Bedard and kudos to him for it Edited January 6 by thegx.ca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 3 hours ago, ruxpin said: Completely agree. So, 3- or 5-game suspension? Truly a sad state of affairs when that is actually a real possibility for a guy simply playing the game hard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 So Unfortunate... But I mean, **** Don Cherry and wear a full grid no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 6 minutes ago, Math said: So Unfortunate... But I mean, **** Don Cherry and wear a full grid no matter what. You can still break a jaw with full shield.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, Icechipper said: You can still break a jaw with full shield.... Yeah but Brashear or Cooke are now retired ;-/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Perfectly clean hit, something that is disappearing from the game. last Time I checked defenseman are still allowed to play their spot on the ice and stand up a player that has the puck on his stick. I missed it did the Chicago players that jumped on the Devil’s player get the instigator penalty. I for one am tired of players getting jumped for making clean hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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