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2025-26 Canes Miscellaneous Thread

Oh. I do think that was probably boarding either way, but Greig certainly made it worse by turning towards the boards. My issue with that sequence is why Tkachuk didn’t also get called for roughing for jumping on Walker and throwing a bunch of kidney punches. Svech got a double minor for doing virtually the same thing to Kleven earlier. The lack of balls to make that kind of call when things are getting out of hand is a big reason why NHL officials just generally make things worse.
 
jeffbear said:
My issue with that sequence is why Tkachuk didn’t also get called for roughing for jumping on Walker and throwing a bunch of kidney punches. Svech got a double minor for doing virtually the same thing to Kleven earlier.
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That was my feeling, as well. I believe the refs won't call legitimate penalties on creeps like the Tkachuks because they would quickly add up and appear as an advantage to the other team. Of course, the creeps know this too and are happy enough to sit in the box for only 25% of their crimes.
 
It’s the picking and choosing that bothers me. Svech gets popped all the time for jumping in to defend a teammate, but other guys who are far more dirty do the same thing and nobody even bats an eye. If Svech tried half of the crap that Kucherov (to pull in a neutral party) pulls in an average game, he’d spend the entire game in the box. Walker lived in the box the other day for stuff that McAvoy and Cernak get away with all the time. Who determines which players get on the “invisible to refs” list?
 
I'd venture to guess the handshake line stuff MAY have involved what Green was saying to the Canes bench when Deslaurier was chirping him. Green has some words for him across the benches.
 
Some of you may disagree but the Kleven hit honestly has no place in the sport either if freight training a defenseless guy like that isn’t even worthy of a minor penalty! You gotta clean up the hits that scramble guys brains like that, it’s simply part on the league and part on the players to simply have more respect for their fellow NHLPA members. To review that hit and that play and come out of it all as saying clean hit no penalty Canes shorthanded defies logic for me. Yeah so what, Svech stood up for his teammate there and the clown posse gave him four freaking minutes but the Kleven hit is still a penalty or more in my world. Letting that dirtbag walk scot free on that play just fuels more fire to hit guys into next week with no recourse or deterrent.
 
CanadaCanes said:
Some of you may disagree but the Kleven hit honestly has no place in the sport either if freight training a defenseless guy like that isn’t even worthy of a minor penalty! You gotta clean up the hits that scramble guys brains like that, it’s simply part on the league and part on the players to simply have more respect for their fellow NHLPA members. To review that hit and that play and come out of it all as saying clean hit no penalty Canes shorthanded defies logic for me. Yeah so what, Svech stood up for his teammate there and the clown posse gave him four freaking minutes but the Kleven hit is still a penalty or more in my world. Letting that dirtbag walk scot free on that play just fuels more fire to hit guys into next week with no recourse or deterrent.
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It met the sometimes used criteria of charging because he left his feet during the contact. It’s funny how they oftentimes ignore their own criteria for these penalties. Oh, it was shoulder to shoulder and no contact to the head…. But he left his feet. Same with that hit in Tampa game last night at center ice. He literally supermanned himself in midair into the hit…. That’s charging. But nope, just a good old boy clean hit. They are inconsistent on every single play. Consistently inconsistent
 
They’ve done a pretty good job of getting chicken wing elbows down to almost nothing (which accidentally kind of cut elbow-first contact almost entirely out of the game), and I’d love to see the league concentrate on reducing hits where the head as primary point of contact. Maybe start smaller and get somewhere better. What you can’t do is police based on the results, because there’s too much that goes into that.
 
Fayettenamcanesfan said:
It met the sometimes used criteria of charging because he left his feet during the contact. It’s funny how they oftentimes ignore their own criteria for these penalties. Oh, it was shoulder to shoulder and no contact to the head…. But he left his feet. Same with that hit in Tampa game last night at center ice. He literally supermanned himself in midair into the hit…. That’s charging. But nope, just a good old boy clean hit. They are inconsistent on every single play. Consistently inconsistent
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It could also have been called as interference, the puck was gone.

Under Rule 42 for Charging and Rule 56 for Interference, there are provisions for calling a major, based on the degree of violence of the check.
 
I agree that of all of our Dmen in Chicago, I trust Legault to at least be able to not get overwhelmed by the physical ramp up in the playoffs.

I do like Nystrom, I think he will continue to be a fine #7/8 Dman option for us, but he was pushed around quite a bit in the regular season, which obviously isn't good come playoff time. And give me Legault over Reilly every time, even with Reilly's playoff experience. I appreciate what Reilly did for us in the regular season, but I think Legault is just better in almost every measurable way.
 
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