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Stickytape said:
There was hardly even any discussion; even the article linked above decisively calls it "accidental".  If anything, all I have seen is people gushing about what a super nice guy Ovie was for going over to apologize to Komarov after the game. Somehow he's coming out of this smelling like roses.

Do we see Winnik move back up to the 2nd line, or Lupul? I've been eager to see Lupul-Kadri-Santorelli...
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I have a hard time believing there is such a thing as accidentally blindsiding someone when you're traveling forward like Ovechkin was, especially when there were no sudden changes in direction. In real time, it looked like he intended to 'accidentally' clip the shoulder and caught some of Komarov's head on the follow through.
 
herman said:
Stickytape said:
There was hardly even any discussion; even the article linked above decisively calls it "accidental".  If anything, all I have seen is people gushing about what a super nice guy Ovie was for going over to apologize to Komarov after the game. Somehow he's coming out of this smelling like roses.

Do we see Winnik move back up to the 2nd line, or Lupul? I've been eager to see Lupul-Kadri-Santorelli...
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I have a hard time believing there is such a thing as accidentally blindsiding someone when you're traveling forward like Ovechkin was, especially when there were no sudden changes in direction. In real time, it looked like he intended to 'accidentally' clip the shoulder and caught some of Komarov's head on the follow through.
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I don't see how it's any worse than Komarov hitting a Blackhawks player from behind and then feeding Holland the puck for a game winning goal earlier in the season.  I don't recall outcry here that Komarov blindsided or hit him from behind.
 
Potvin29 said:
I don't see how it's any worse than Komarov hitting a Blackhawks player from behind and then feeding Holland the puck for a game winning goal earlier in the season.  I don't recall outcry here that Komarov blindsided or hit him from behind.
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Well the big thing for me would be that Komarov hit a guy with the puck. When Ovechkin hit Komarov a Capital had clear possession of the puck 40 feet away.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Potvin29 said:
I don't see how it's any worse than Komarov hitting a Blackhawks player from behind and then feeding Holland the puck for a game winning goal earlier in the season.  I don't recall outcry here that Komarov blindsided or hit him from behind.
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Well the big thing for me would be that Komarov hit a guy with the puck. When Ovechkin hit Komarov a Capital had clear possession of the puck 40 feet away.
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Well that's why hitting from behind is a penalty, you're not supposed to be hit from behind and if you can't see the player coming I don't see the material difference.  In both instances you're not expecting to be hit because it's from behind.
 
Potvin29 said:
Well that's why hitting from behind is a penalty, you're not supposed to be hit from behind and if you can't see the player coming I don't see the material difference.  In both instances you're not expecting to be hit because it's from behind.
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I still think you're going to be much more aware of incoming hits when you have the puck as opposed to when you don't. There's also the question of intent. That Komarov hit may have been illegal but he was throwing a hit to make a hockey play. Ovechkin threw the hit because he was mad and he and Komarov have been going at it all game long. It had nothing to do with the actual play.
 
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