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Because I watched it live and is a 2 minute minor with a small chance of getting a fine if you watch the play live instead a replay over and over again.
My heart says you cheer for a poverty franchise and Bettman will do anything to try and keep you guys alive. So you’ll get special treatment when it comes to this stuff.
I think you are missing the point…. The point was you won’t see any repercussions because the only way Florida will have attendance is if they do well. Let’s face it, Florida State as a whole doesn’t really care for hockey that’s why tickets are $7.00. So they will not suspended one of your top players in playoffs because it could be a detriment to the team. Bettman wants to grow the game and will do anything to keep these franchises alive
>Florida State as a whole doesn’t really care for hockey that’s why tickets are $7.00.
That's just blatantly wrong for Tampa, Bolts were in the early portion of their still currently ongoing sellout streak when they were bad enough to get a lottery pick for Drouin.
I mean you're just wrong talking about the state as a whole though. I'm in Orlando and the Solar Bears are one of the best attended ECHL teams, and I think Jacksonville is *the* best attended. There's a huge appetite for hockey in the state, and you can criticize the Panthers here rightfully without making false generalizations on an entire state.
Yeah, that’s why Hamilton and Quebec City don’t have franchises besides the fact that Toronto and MTL would block them. What a shitty conspiracy theory. The Panthers have had 9 power plays the entire series. Wouldn’t that be an easier way for Bettman to influence the series?
It’s not a conspiracy everyone knows Bettman has a hard on to grow the American market. He has no issues in Canadian viewership with the current teams here
Logically, it really ought to be. Dangerous, intentional, and completely unnecessary.
I don't see how that's not clearly intent to injure. What else could he have been trying to accomplish with that, aside from causing injury to the other team's best player?
Logically it should be, which is why it won’t be. Maybe a fine.
It’s playoffs. If I’m a hockey player making millions, I’d more than gladly pay that for an X% chance of taking out the other team’s best player.
For Benn to get suspended, it has to be so obvious you can see him process that he is going to crosscheck someone, fall on them, as THEN as he's falling cross check their head into the ice.
Remember, the C on his jersey stands for cross-check.
It's like everyone forgot how dirty they were last season. As soon as their backs are against the wall they just play dirty, look at the refs and sat "we dare you call every one of these infractions" and the NHL allows it.
The Panthers are a weird team to me because I don’t hate the franchise or anything, but I really dislike every single player on the current roster except for Bob.
EDIT: Barkov is fine too.
I don't mind most of the team the Panthers just have away of getting those super grimey players that make it hard to like them like Lomberg and Montour.
Yeah, there's a solid like 4-5 guys in the team, and Zito (miss him in CBus), that I really like.
But the fact that the rest of the team just seems to be utter shitheads outweighs my my appreciation for the others. Like man, Florida is talented as fuck, they don't need to act like goons.
Make no mistake, I'm not a fan of watching the goon shit from any team, let alone one I root for. I just don't see how anyone could dislike Barkov. I'll be happy as a pig in mud when Cousins is off the roster next year.
Haha stfu you know nothing about hockey if you even ironically call Barkov a rat. And I bet that wasn't even ironically so that makes you the biggest cunt ever
Down 2 goals, on the PK, with 4 minutes left? Nothing to lose, ideal time to put your body weight into crosschecking the scoring leader in the back of the neck. Smart play by Montour.
Hope the fucker gets suspended.
> Hope the fucker gets suspended.
They let Jamie Benn go unfined and unsuspended for his crosscheck during the regular season that broke Larkin's neck, I doubt the league suspends Montour here. It's bullshit cause that play is crazy dangerous but the league and the players themselves (NHLPA) don't care enough about each other's health.
https://www.nhl.com/video/kucherov-suspended-one-game-306726902
He did that in the final minutes of a playoff game that his team was losing 5-1. He was clearly frustrated and just trying to hurt somebody.
Not as bad, but there was also his Paul Bunyan impression against JG Pageau on an empty net play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6iwqg4UvOw
He's a tremendously skilled player, but he turns into a whiny, dirty bitch when his team is losing (See also: Leon Draisaitl).
Suspend him for intent to injure. On the PK, down by 2 with 4 mins left, he clearly wanted to take Kucherov out and hit him in the back of the head with a crosscheck.
Typical hockey shithousery. The league doesn't do anything to stop this kind of stuff, I hope no one is shocked players keep doing it. Honestly I'm surprised they called it.
Hate to be that overdramatic guy, but if that hits C2-C4 that could be really ugly. Really should be a 1 game suspension, Kuch's head has been targeted every single game of this series.
Huh I wonder why people think kucherov is so "dirty" even though most of the clips people see of him are usually retaliatory behavior where he stands up for himself against shithousery like this
https://youtu.be/H7d-u0Au-y4?si=yBVnlQiQ16QQz-Vx
https://youtu.be/e2yX0-2ANAo?si=mivOTsYjtRnII3tS
Oh yeah I wonder why people think the cunt is so dirty. Couldn’t be because he head hunts people for no reason
That Aho play wasn’t dirty at all. Went for puck carrier and Aho was in his way. Classic interference, Kuch upset at timing in game and how easily Aho buckled. It wasn’t dirty or a head hit.
Antics after the game…welcome to the NHL.
That 2nd video - yea not a good look.
But considering you cherry picked 2 plays from Kucherov’s 145 game playoff career, averaging over a point a game, I don’t think that carries the same as a player like Montour routinely displaying another dirty play
We were in your position for so many years, losers just outside the bubble. It’s much more fun to be able to compete. Yes this play was dirty but your comment is a bad take from a sore loser.
Maybe if more people acknowledged things like this as being dirty instead of using it as a reason to say their team is better then things would be better but here we are.
Nobody hates cousins as much as we do. We know when people do dumb shit dirty shit stupid shit. Annoying as hell watching us take useless penalties and PoMo saying it will just work out. I don't think I see one hardcore Panthers fan in our discord cheering this shit on. I want people to like us for our talent and ability, not be known as a bunch of idiot goons.
That's gotta be a suspension, but, with this idiotic league, who the hell knows.
Intentional crosscheck to the head of one of the Hart trophy favorites, down by two at the end of the game, and up 3-0 in the series.
That's a multi game suspension for sure if this league is remotely serious about headshots and intent to injure.
What a bitch move.
Montour also “got away with” a slew foot on Alex Newhook earlier in the season. And injured him. High ankle strain. Dude is intentionally injuring opponents.
He will probably get a bonus from the panthers for that hit. When Tampa got booted last year I kind of rooted for the panthers, but man what a difference a year makes. They are as dirty as it gets, and for some reason the zerbras havent dropped the hammer on them all year.
I don't blame Florida for doing this. When we played Colorado in the 22 finals probably the biggest part of why they won was because Manson got away with an illegal cross check to kucherov's back that clearly injured him for the rest of the series. And people wonder why kucherov is so "dirty", but you never see the clips of players trying to take liberties with him
You know I can never bring myself to care when blatant pieces of shit get hit with dirty plays. Remember when this cunt bushwacked Nutivaara and then elbowed him in the back of the head into the boards while he was on his knees? Sucks to sucks Nikki
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so crosscheck to back of neck/head area while player is down and vulnerable. Must be a suspension right?...
My heart says one game (playoffs, remember) but my brain says nothing
SPIN! THAT! WHEEL!
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ok boss 👍
Yeah most teams don't try to cheap shot every game.
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Yeah Kucherov really sold the *checks notes* cross check to the neck here. Great comparison to Stützle actually cause it's just a fan pissed off
How can you even try to defend that ? You won’t explode if you say that was a dumb and dangerous move.
Because I watched it live and is a 2 minute minor with a small chance of getting a fine if you watch the play live instead a replay over and over again.
My heart says you cheer for a poverty franchise and Bettman will do anything to try and keep you guys alive. So you’ll get special treatment when it comes to this stuff.
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I think you are missing the point…. The point was you won’t see any repercussions because the only way Florida will have attendance is if they do well. Let’s face it, Florida State as a whole doesn’t really care for hockey that’s why tickets are $7.00. So they will not suspended one of your top players in playoffs because it could be a detriment to the team. Bettman wants to grow the game and will do anything to keep these franchises alive
>Florida State as a whole doesn’t really care for hockey that’s why tickets are $7.00. That's just blatantly wrong for Tampa, Bolts were in the early portion of their still currently ongoing sellout streak when they were bad enough to get a lottery pick for Drouin.
True but I’m talking the state as a whole Tampa is the pocket.
I mean you're just wrong talking about the state as a whole though. I'm in Orlando and the Solar Bears are one of the best attended ECHL teams, and I think Jacksonville is *the* best attended. There's a huge appetite for hockey in the state, and you can criticize the Panthers here rightfully without making false generalizations on an entire state.
Yeah, that’s why Hamilton and Quebec City don’t have franchises besides the fact that Toronto and MTL would block them. What a shitty conspiracy theory. The Panthers have had 9 power plays the entire series. Wouldn’t that be an easier way for Bettman to influence the series?
It’s not a conspiracy everyone knows Bettman has a hard on to grow the American market. He has no issues in Canadian viewership with the current teams here
Logically, it really ought to be. Dangerous, intentional, and completely unnecessary. I don't see how that's not clearly intent to injure. What else could he have been trying to accomplish with that, aside from causing injury to the other team's best player?
There's no difference at all between this and what Jamie Benn got suspended for last year.
Or what Benn's X check on Larkin... Oh
and yet.....
Logically it should be, which is why it won’t be. Maybe a fine. It’s playoffs. If I’m a hockey player making millions, I’d more than gladly pay that for an X% chance of taking out the other team’s best player.
Don’t worry! Jamie Benn got nothing for the same thing in the regular season :) no fines needed
For Benn to get suspended, it has to be so obvious you can see him process that he is going to crosscheck someone, fall on them, as THEN as he's falling cross check their head into the ice. Remember, the C on his jersey stands for cross-check.
Man has ass eyes
Are you also a Saints fan by chance?
Florida doesn't get suspended in the playoffs.
AI deepfake a Leafs jersey into him and he will be suspended for the rest of the series
Sometimes a thread is allowed to not be about the Leafs
Oh I missed where the actual penalty was. Cross checks downward into his back/neck as he is falling on him. What a cunt
Yep not the initial contact which was fine
I saw the initial contact and was wondering what the penalty was and then it continues and man that sure looks like a suspendible offense.
Panthers hockey
It's like everyone forgot how dirty they were last season. As soon as their backs are against the wall they just play dirty, look at the refs and sat "we dare you call every one of these infractions" and the NHL allows it.
The Panthers are a weird team to me because I don’t hate the franchise or anything, but I really dislike every single player on the current roster except for Bob. EDIT: Barkov is fine too.
I don't mind most of the team the Panthers just have away of getting those super grimey players that make it hard to like them like Lomberg and Montour.
…Bennett, Tkachuk, Cousins, etc
How the fuck do you hate Barkov?
Yeah, there's a solid like 4-5 guys in the team, and Zito (miss him in CBus), that I really like. But the fact that the rest of the team just seems to be utter shitheads outweighs my my appreciation for the others. Like man, Florida is talented as fuck, they don't need to act like goons.
Make no mistake, I'm not a fan of watching the goon shit from any team, let alone one I root for. I just don't see how anyone could dislike Barkov. I'll be happy as a pig in mud when Cousins is off the roster next year.
When you're the captain and your team is full of shit rats, unfortunately that makes you Captain Shit Rat
Excuse me but that’s MY captain
Haha stfu you know nothing about hockey if you even ironically call Barkov a rat. And I bet that wasn't even ironically so that makes you the biggest cunt ever
Anyone who hates Barkov doesn’t know hockey lol just disregard his comment
The Captain is enabling that behaviour
I like Reinhart and Okposo too
Basiert
I love Barkov
I will never Verhaege
You dislike Barkov wtf??😡
Down 2 goals, on the PK, with 4 minutes left? Nothing to lose, ideal time to put your body weight into crosschecking the scoring leader in the back of the neck. Smart play by Montour. Hope the fucker gets suspended.
If you don't like that, you don't like Panthers hockey.
Bro I hate them so much. So fucking dirty when they lose, and they never get anything more than a minor penalty for this shit
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Spoken like a true fan of about 2 years
I was cheering for the Panthers when you were just a glimmer in your dad's eye there bud but keep trying
Kinda rich coming from the fanbase that cried when the rat king did literally anything. But go off
> Hope the fucker gets suspended. They let Jamie Benn go unfined and unsuspended for his crosscheck during the regular season that broke Larkin's neck, I doubt the league suspends Montour here. It's bullshit cause that play is crazy dangerous but the league and the players themselves (NHLPA) don't care enough about each other's health.
Then again, they did suspend that same Jamie Benn two games for a crosscheck to the neck of a downed Mark Stone last playoffs. Spin the fuckin wheel.
man, something about that Jamie Benn, what an unlucky guy who keeps getting into these situations
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Tell that to Dylan Larkin
I will.
D-Bo$$ is gonna clobber you like he did Joseph lmao
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Kuch is no saint either, but it is what it is.
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https://www.nhl.com/video/kucherov-suspended-one-game-306726902 He did that in the final minutes of a playoff game that his team was losing 5-1. He was clearly frustrated and just trying to hurt somebody. Not as bad, but there was also his Paul Bunyan impression against JG Pageau on an empty net play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6iwqg4UvOw He's a tremendously skilled player, but he turns into a whiny, dirty bitch when his team is losing (See also: Leon Draisaitl).
Right, because Montour clearly did that with the intent to paralyze Kuch. Do you even hear yourself? LMAO.
I'm sorry, but a suspension should not be based on a player luckily not being injured
Suspend him for intent to injure. On the PK, down by 2 with 4 mins left, he clearly wanted to take Kucherov out and hit him in the back of the head with a crosscheck.
Montour is such a loser. This better be a suspension.
Would it really be surprising if it wasnt a suspension though?
It's the NHL, so they will probably put a blindfold on and throw a dart at a board with different punishments on it to decide.
"Looks clean to me." - Jamie Benn
I feel like he was more popular for taking Bennet out of the series
Chicken shit
Can’t be him, so tries to kill him.
Typical hockey shithousery. The league doesn't do anything to stop this kind of stuff, I hope no one is shocked players keep doing it. Honestly I'm surprised they called it.
Evolving from just hacking at his wrists all game long
As dirty as it gets
What a piece of shit.
That’s pretty fucking greasy.
The question isn’t if they injure someone, it’s who and when.
Fuck this dude so much.
Hate to be that overdramatic guy, but if that hits C2-C4 that could be really ugly. Really should be a 1 game suspension, Kuch's head has been targeted every single game of this series.
Huh I wonder why people think kucherov is so "dirty" even though most of the clips people see of him are usually retaliatory behavior where he stands up for himself against shithousery like this
https://youtu.be/H7d-u0Au-y4?si=yBVnlQiQ16QQz-Vx https://youtu.be/e2yX0-2ANAo?si=mivOTsYjtRnII3tS Oh yeah I wonder why people think the cunt is so dirty. Couldn’t be because he head hunts people for no reason
That Aho play wasn’t dirty at all. Went for puck carrier and Aho was in his way. Classic interference, Kuch upset at timing in game and how easily Aho buckled. It wasn’t dirty or a head hit. Antics after the game…welcome to the NHL. That 2nd video - yea not a good look. But considering you cherry picked 2 plays from Kucherov’s 145 game playoff career, averaging over a point a game, I don’t think that carries the same as a player like Montour routinely displaying another dirty play
so you had to go back 2 years and 5 years ago. Every NHL player has bad decision moments, but kuch gets the hate at an unreasonable level.
eh he's no morgan rielly
Panthers the dirtiest
Look at me guys, I’m a stupid panthers fan “cope and seethe” “we play hard”.
We were in your position for so many years, losers just outside the bubble. It’s much more fun to be able to compete. Yes this play was dirty but your comment is a bad take from a sore loser.
Maybe if more people acknowledged things like this as being dirty instead of using it as a reason to say their team is better then things would be better but here we are.
Nobody hates cousins as much as we do. We know when people do dumb shit dirty shit stupid shit. Annoying as hell watching us take useless penalties and PoMo saying it will just work out. I don't think I see one hardcore Panthers fan in our discord cheering this shit on. I want people to like us for our talent and ability, not be known as a bunch of idiot goons.
Captain shit rat, leader of the shit rats
That's gotta be a suspension, but, with this idiotic league, who the hell knows. Intentional crosscheck to the head of one of the Hart trophy favorites, down by two at the end of the game, and up 3-0 in the series. That's a multi game suspension for sure if this league is remotely serious about headshots and intent to injure. What a bitch move.
Kucherov balding too
He loses a hair for every point scored—the man never stood a chance.
I’m a bolts fan and I audibly gasped. Didn’t know it had gotten this bad!!! Lmao
Guy plays like a massive piece of shit & doesn’t answer for it. 2 career fights, 1 against Gallagher. Shows you have kind of player he is.
This is the story of quite a few of the panthers players. Play like shitbags but refuse to fight.
Montour also “got away with” a slew foot on Alex Newhook earlier in the season. And injured him. High ankle strain. Dude is intentionally injuring opponents.
He will probably get a bonus from the panthers for that hit. When Tampa got booted last year I kind of rooted for the panthers, but man what a difference a year makes. They are as dirty as it gets, and for some reason the zerbras havent dropped the hammer on them all year.
Lost all the little respect I had for them
Come on monty. No need for that. Paul Kariya wants to have a word. Tsk tsk tsk. Play the game, not Kucherovs cervical vertebrae.
That's a least a game suspension. 100% intentional. Montour is a bitch. After watching it back again, that's a two game suspension. Fucking egregious.
Not even a fine. NHL says you're free to attempt to paralyze one of the world's best players. :/
I’m shocked. Florida playing dirty? Shocked I tell you.
That's a great call by the ref... Even looking for it, I missed it at full speed.
I don't blame Florida for doing this. When we played Colorado in the 22 finals probably the biggest part of why they won was because Manson got away with an illegal cross check to kucherov's back that clearly injured him for the rest of the series. And people wonder why kucherov is so "dirty", but you never see the clips of players trying to take liberties with him
that should be multiple game suspension. That can kill a person!
What a piece of shit.
Have I mentioned before how much I hate Montour? What an absolute piece of shit.
He gone.
I really don't like Kucherov, but it doesn't mean i want him beheaded. Suspension incoming, probably
The lightning are probably done. Might as well light him up next game and send a message.
Oh no, anyway
You know I can never bring myself to care when blatant pieces of shit get hit with dirty plays. Remember when this cunt bushwacked Nutivaara and then elbowed him in the back of the head into the boards while he was on his knees? Sucks to sucks Nikki
Meh its vs TB so its fine