Jake Guentzel would be shaken up after this hit from Rasmus Ristolainen.
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Would've been a huge clean hit if the puck got to him, but it hit a stick and deflected away. Don't think he intended to injure him but ended up being dirty. Hope he's okay.
@brianfarrar81517 жыл бұрын
Brian Farrar as a pens fan I totally agree with you. It looks like it's going to be a suicide pass from Crosby and would have been a clean hit if the pass got through
@dirrdirr88907 жыл бұрын
Brian Farrar Yeah. It was a good play gone sour. Hate to see it, regardless of what side you're on
@dinethaltmann95827 жыл бұрын
IMHO, Guentzel gets injured when his face hits the ice.
@gebobs7 жыл бұрын
That's not a dirty hit. It's against the rules, and he was punished as such, but that doesn't make it dirty.
@kensmith28297 жыл бұрын
how is that not a dirty hit? he didn't have the puck, so it's not legal to hit him, and the main point of contact is the head? it's the epitome of dirty
@harvey20c7 жыл бұрын
Even if the puck doesn't get deflected, that was a suicide pass. He's getting lit up anyway. Hopefully he's good to go. More injuries is something the pens don't need.
@keshaunscott81227 жыл бұрын
That was no suicide Pass, Penguins often make this play.If the Puck gets through, Guentzel turns so that Ristolainen would have hit him in the Back, and he just Tips it away Deep into the Sabres Zone or to Crosby on the Boards if he gets there in time.
@bigschuh19977 жыл бұрын
The pucks never going to get to him in that situation
@jackthederp3 жыл бұрын
@@bigschuh1997 delusional pens are a farm house team
@holidaysarebackd21012 жыл бұрын
Regardless of what team you cheer for, it is hard to see someone be that shaken up by a hit, especially when he didn't have the puck. I hope he is okay!
@Post2Post7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, but these boards show SO MANY people with BIAS' and not stating facts. 1) It's not high. (It's a F'n HIP check.) 2) He did NOT leave the ice. (A skate lifts AFTER contact is already made. That's OK.) 3) He did NOT launch. (Launching = leaving the ice BEFORE contact is made.) -- Is it illegal? Yes, ONLY because the puck didn't get through. Was it worthy of a game misconduct? It's an extremely hard hit on a defenseless player that is INELIGIBLE to be hit. So, yea.... extremely illegal.... (But I don't think it deserves more penalty time after the game.)
@MrMdrscream7 жыл бұрын
Pens fan I agree with you mdrscream the 5min major is enough for this case perhaps the misconduct is even a bit extreme even but I don't think they can call a double minior and I do believe it calls for more then 2 mins.
@kinggoten7 жыл бұрын
MrMdrscream not high??? are you blind
@ThePickleman20007 жыл бұрын
ThePickleman2000 The principal point of contact is Ristolainen's hip hitting Guentzel's chest, after which his head whiplashes into Ristolainen's back. You tell me how that *is* a high hit.
@0CityHusky07 жыл бұрын
MrMdrscream he did not have the puck
@tuckercook74267 жыл бұрын
Wow people. plz give me a break. he anticipated the pass being completed. risto has never been a dirty player. And no he didn't cheapshot anyone. had that puck not been tapped by buffalo he would be had it on his stick when he got hit. And saying his head was principle point of contact is bs. he went backwards into him with his but. dude ran into a wall. Yeah it's bad he got hurt. hope he's ok. But it wasn't intentionally cheap shot.
@shawnhoelzle81217 жыл бұрын
Exactly, same kind of hit Subban did on Marchand except Marchand had the puck. Only thing this hit should have gotten was a double minor max.
@vergy7 жыл бұрын
also people see the hit in slow motion and say he had plenty of time to let up. seriously? he was skating backwards and made an amazing read that the pass was coming to him. in real time it took 2 secs at high speed.
@shawnhoelzle81217 жыл бұрын
FACTS
@RyanTinTin7 жыл бұрын
Just like Sestito shouldn't have been suspended because he didn't expect the player to turn his back right?
@fletcher96187 жыл бұрын
Principle point of contact is absolutely his head, Period. Whether he had the puck or not. Or whether he went straight into him or backwards. Watch any hit from Niklas Kronwall and tell me it's legal. Just cause a guy doesn't have a history it doesn't give him a pass to take a dude's head off. It comes down to a loser Franchise and a pathetic team going out of their way to hurt players on a team that is a cup contender.
@beaver6621877 жыл бұрын
Sheesh these Pittsburgh announcers are acting like this was the worst hit they've seen it wasn't even purposely dirty like chill out
@tylerbartle26637 жыл бұрын
Yeah I wonder if they acted all holier than thou when their golden boy legitimately cheap shotted someone.
@chizrocker887 жыл бұрын
LOL...you mean when Sid was trying to give O'Reilly a vasectomy using his stick? That's the kind of crap that makes people hate him.
@gebobs7 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't be the first vasectomy Dr. Sid performed.
@LegionOfEclaires7 жыл бұрын
Tyler Bartle lol he left his feet to hit the head how stupid can people be
@ryangatto20037 жыл бұрын
Killaryan 90 please if he got that puck it would have clean as the sky is blue
@tylerbartle26637 жыл бұрын
In slow motion its two seconds yes announcers, but no Ristolainen does not have all day to get out of the way, the puck got deflected by Girgensons last second, still a penalty obviously, but Guentzel's head is down as well unfortunately which you obviously want your head up, but then again he was looking for the puck. In my opinion, since it was interference and he was bloody it should have been a 4 minute double minor, Ristolainen did not intentionally try to hurt him, just trying to make a play, and unfortunately the puck got tipped last second, with Guentzel's head down. Once again, understand the speed that the game is being played at too.
@bluejello077 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@gebobs7 жыл бұрын
The rule for interference is 0.6 seconds, a player is given that much time to bail out of a hit. Which means if there is more than 0.6 seconds between the time the puck deflected and time of Risto's hit, it's suspend-able. He will get at least 1 game, he could get more because he went for a reverse hit which is near impossible to bail out of. The league could argue that Risto didn't care if Guentzel had the puck or not, evidenced by leading for a reverse hit knowing he couldn't stop if the player never got the puck. The refs had no decision in the length of the penalty, so pointless to argue for 4min. If a player throws a bodycheck on an ineligible player and injures them, it's an automatic 5min penalty and game misconduct. The rule is clear, if Guentzel didn't get injured then it would only have been 2min
@TheTpain2137 жыл бұрын
Love Crosby, but that was a suicide pass if I've ever seen one
@neillpenner45667 жыл бұрын
Neill Penner kid never had the puck? What are u saying?
@TheWillStrikeOfficial7 жыл бұрын
That's true, if it wasn't deflected he might not have been looking back the same way
@neillpenner45667 жыл бұрын
Unless I'm crazy, Cros makes the pass; it just gets tipped on the way
@neillpenner45667 жыл бұрын
You dont have to accept it on a suicide pass.
@MuffyCakeMan7 жыл бұрын
If the pass got to him he gets his head up and sees risto, it's cuz it got deflected that he had to keep looking back. i don't think the hit would've been bad if the pass got to him but that's my opinion
@MrMouse127 жыл бұрын
For those wondering, he was diagnosed with a concussion. Huge loss for the pens as again almost half their team is from the AHL again. Hope Jake gets better soon though!
@Arugulah7 жыл бұрын
that was not the dirtiest hit like they say. he had his back turned. rule number one in hockey. keep your head up and you won't be scraped off the ice
@codylitz32937 жыл бұрын
Hope he's ok!
@brianschlaf96787 жыл бұрын
Penalty worthy, but don't think he should have been thrown out.
@MrNewYorkRangers7 жыл бұрын
Crispee Towne he didn't even have possession of the puck, I agree his head was low, but he was just trying to locate the puck. Definitely a game misconduct for sure
@alexmagnus28177 жыл бұрын
Nah, he anticipated him to receive the puck but it got deflected last second. It was not intentional. Double minor most.
@vergy7 жыл бұрын
If you look again, Ristolainen did leave his feet when making the hit. It's not much, but I think that's why the ref thought that it warranted a major.
@thomasduck1257 жыл бұрын
Yes, should always have your head up. But you can't make a green light hit like that when he never even comes close to touching the puck. It was the right call
@signfield76077 жыл бұрын
Crispee Towne he launched himself and he didn't even have the puck
@zaidplayz25897 жыл бұрын
Man I just saw this on tv hope he's ok he's a good player
@kolton53917 жыл бұрын
would have been a clean hit had girgensons not intercepted the pass that was going to the penguins player. Rasmus had him lined up and was unable to see that the penguins player did not have the puck as his back was turned for the hit. bad luck makes this a bad hit. also it IS LEGAL to hit with your back and when a player who's as tall as Rasmus hits there's a higher chance or connecting to the head. No suspension because he has No History, no malice intentions, did not target the head, did not elbow, did not raise his arms and did not raise his stick. this hit also should not have resulted In an ejection. it was an interference penalty and nothing more.
@ozzydo23147 жыл бұрын
ozzy do Him turning his back to it was irresponsible. You're that big and he's that small, you don't need to do anything special to make him go flying, simple physics. He blinded himself going into the hit which resulted in wrongful contact. I agree it would of been fine had Guentzal received the pass, but this isn't what happened. Because he turned his back making him blind going into the hit, he couldn't see what was going on.
@WilliamStewart17 жыл бұрын
ozzy do If Letang gets a 1-game suspension in the playoffs after barely clipping Johansson's head right after he released the puck then this is definitely suspension-worthy.
@schreck01377 жыл бұрын
Tbh its better that he hit him with his back. Since he used his back it made it so much easier to see that he didn't launch an elbow or purposely contact his head. Had he hit Jake from the side it would of looked like an elbow to the head.
@valentinoc687 жыл бұрын
Schreck01 thank you. seems people forgot that one, which was clearly a suspension to "even things up" after orpik got suspended. thing is, would you rather lose Letang or Orpik? LOL. Not even debatable.
@jakebrodie23637 жыл бұрын
Kid seems like a great guy and quality player for his rookie year. Sad to see this isn't the first time he's been involved with a hit like this
@Day234587 жыл бұрын
Head shot? No. Charging? No. Left his feet? No. Major interference? Yes. If the pass wasn't cut off it'd of been a good solid hit but because one of thing being off he'll most likely get 2 or 3 for it.
@lAmCanad1an7 жыл бұрын
lAmCanad1an Yeah, that blood on his face must've been from a mosquito. It was high. He did leave his feet. He did "charge"- he has in the same position for 5 seconds lining up the hit.
@Knightyear7 жыл бұрын
+Bryan Knight The blood came from the whiplash when his head hit the ice. (Watch closely. The right side of his face makes most of the contact with his back. No blood there. The LEFT side of his face hits the ice hard. Where there is blood.) It wasn't high. It was a HIP CHECK... (He led in with his BUTT.) He DID NOT launch. (One foot raises a bit AFTER contact is made. That's OK.) LAUNCHING = Leaving the ice BEFORE contact. (Which CLEARLY did not occur.) -- It's illegal because he hit a defenseless man that didn't have possession. That's it... If he got the puck and that happened. It's clean...
@MrMdrscream7 жыл бұрын
MrMdrscream I am convinced you don't know what a hip check is because that was not a hip check and I have seen you say this multiple times. although I agree with most of your other points.
@hockeydude10657 жыл бұрын
But the pass was cut off so "if" doesn't really matter. Dirty hit and rightfully thrown out of the game.
@ifactmachine7 жыл бұрын
lAmCanad1an if the pass connected he wouldn't be looking behind him. Circumstance doesn't matter a dirty hit is a dirty hit.
@Rickskibbee7 жыл бұрын
It's just a matter of Guentzel didn't actually have the puck, otherwise it would have been a huge hit.
@roguecival7 жыл бұрын
Roguecival the first half of your sentence is the most important part in deciding whether or not to hit a guy, so?????
@schreck01377 жыл бұрын
Sure, but the intent to have the puck was there, it occurred in such a quick manner that there was fair assumption that Guentzel would be involved with the puck. That was not the case because Girgensons poked it away. What I am saying is that the hit was not an intentionally dirty play, but rather an unfortunate circumstance, meaning that the penalty called should have just been interference, not a misconduct.
@roguecival7 жыл бұрын
That pass from Sid was half of the problem. That was a bad pass, he should know better than that.
@junemacdonald44 Жыл бұрын
God I love Guentzel. he plays with such heart and this play he accepted makes me love him even more and to try to get back up shows that he is not a quiter. get well bud we sure will need ya.
@pens96167 жыл бұрын
Love how Crosby rushed to the defense of his young player on the team he leads. What a warrior, always leading with example that guy
@pearldrums927 жыл бұрын
Love also how he threw him a complete suicide pass to set the whole situation up.
@junemacdonald44 Жыл бұрын
considering what the commentator is talking about, this must be the first hockey game he is seeing, to judge that as a "terrible terrible hit". If the puck wasn't deflected, i think the commentator would have been cheering a huge hit. And i think there should be some responsibility on Guentzel too, look where he is looking when he starts skating.
@jannemakynen20367 жыл бұрын
im a huge fan of both the pens and guentzel as a player, and i will even admit that the hit was clean. The speed of these games is insane and by the time the puck was deflected risto was already too committed to the hit. Its awful seeing such a young player get hammered, but you cant attack risto for not being able to stop his body
@MadisonBenevides5 жыл бұрын
You can't hit someone who doesn't have the puck, so I'm not sure why you think it was a clean hit. It's a penalty. It's interference. I know Ristolainen is expecting the puck to get to him, but that doesn't magically make it a legal contact.
@MACK01422 жыл бұрын
Not even close to being clean....
@trainsnotplanesautomobiler3781 Жыл бұрын
Not a dirty hit - this was a bang-bang play. Crosby’s idiotic suicide pass got deflected in the last second. Looked like Guentzel got hurt when his visor/helmet hit the ice.
@bockscar Жыл бұрын
Man Crosby is a hero helping guentzel when he’s struggling to get up I love him
@Caleb1239921 күн бұрын
These announcers are some of the biggest homers I have ever had to listen to
@Tigger-gn7xi7 жыл бұрын
It sucks though because risto thought the pass was going to him and he could stop in time. He shouldn't have had his back turned to him thought. But it makes up for Crosby hitting ROR in the nuts.
@planet21697 жыл бұрын
looks like he anticipated him to pickup the pass and committed but pass never ended up getting to the kid. The ejection makes total sense and is the right call but i doubt this will be looked at for suspension, dont really think it was intent to injure or nothing.
@datsyukthemagicman57357 жыл бұрын
"Little boy gets destroyed by Viking"
@freshstart3498 ай бұрын
going to be add an interesting element for the rivalry
@tpayne38762 жыл бұрын
Roast-olainen? Must be a Penguins commentator
@pokemontrader12345676 жыл бұрын
nbc
@jackthederp3 жыл бұрын
to be fair it did look like the puck was gonna make it there and maybe a second before this dude gets hit the buffalo player deflects the pass.. not sure what else he was supposed to do there
@wekilluminati95057 жыл бұрын
Update: Guentzel ended up being fine. More than fine.
@BOOMERBMW137 жыл бұрын
really feel bad for the guy. sad to see a guy get shaken up that bad. get better bud.
@lukefinlay30277 жыл бұрын
Sooo let me get this straight: This gets a hearing with Player Safety, but not Crosby slashing a dude in the groin from behind while the play was 20 feet away from him? K.
@screamitforajax7 жыл бұрын
Just remember what happened before the hit was made.
@liamatkins4523 жыл бұрын
Kronwalld + Interference + Head down
@habstraktgatts7 жыл бұрын
Risto thought he was gonna get the puck, bad assumption, nothing intentional by him, few games imo
@ibrxdleyy-27907 жыл бұрын
Bradley Whitesell that wasnt even a bad assumption. that puck got deflected so late
@jonileinonen26067 жыл бұрын
Don't see Sid giving such friendly passes very often, regardless if it reached Guentzel or not he was getting hammered because of it :/
@RODDEE347 жыл бұрын
i was watching this game and automatically thought "concussion" I hope he is ok !!!
@sarahnichols9807 жыл бұрын
That wasn't Ristolinens fault it from his pov it probably looked like the guy had the puck and I think he realized last second so that's why he turned and tried to stop
@Frankc-fi8ln7 жыл бұрын
I didnt see him coming, I was reversing.
@vl2924 ай бұрын
18 game suspension just cause its hockey and we never get anything right. Try to spear a guys eye out with your stick? 8 games. Tap a ref with your stick? 10 games and your lucky your still in the league.
@WoeIsLee7 жыл бұрын
leerey14 The league has made it known a hundred times.....make sure you don't touch the ref. Nothing biased or unusual about any suspension coming from a ref getting hit.
@jakebrodie23637 жыл бұрын
Are you actually trying to defend the leagues incompetence?
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@ajdiaz3727 жыл бұрын
that's exactly why you watch your hits. I really wasn't watching just skating backwards into him when he wasn't ready for a hit because the puck got deflected. he watches and let's up even a little bit, he was going to hit him regardless because he was already committed, possibly just a 2 minute interference call from contact with Guentzel if he let up a maybe even just a little. being that big also didn't help his cause either.
@relaxingred20907 жыл бұрын
just curious if there is a youtube video of crosby's stick to oreilley's sack? i am interested to see the comments on that. no penalty on the play so i guess the refs missed it. if the NHL reviews this hit by ristolainen and he gets suspended for intent would the crosby hit to the sack also be worthy of a suspension or did he not intend to do that? again no penalty on that play but does anyone think there was intent to hit oreilly in the balls and if so is that worthy of a suspension? is that a play worthy of 2 minutes in the box or does the NHL allow that type of a play not only during the game but also after meaning not a suspension? trying to understand how the NHL views this type of play. no penalty no foul?
@derrickg84587 жыл бұрын
Derrick Graser This same channel has that video.
@amypetty34087 жыл бұрын
this isn't a video to reilly's sack by crosby. oh well the NHL can't seem to find it either but then again they really aren't looking for it. nothing to see there move along please
@derrickg84587 жыл бұрын
Derrick Graser GTFO. There's a dozen videos of people crying about that. It was incidental.....even OReily said it was.
@jakebrodie23637 жыл бұрын
Judging from the clip it would've been the same outcome if he had gotten the puck or not.
@DustySenecal337 жыл бұрын
At the end of the day this is old hockey whether we like it or not, the league got sensitive on injuries so this has to be a misconduct. 15 years ago, we would be praising Ristolainen for reading the play and seeing the suicide pass coming and lining up his man for a big open ice hit. if anything it would be 2 min for interference. We also have to take note how much faster players have gotten, bigger and stronger which plays a huge factor in players getting hurt when they deliver these big open ice body checks
@hockeyismygame8887 жыл бұрын
Like in NHL 17 when you think the guy you're gonna hit is about to get the puck but the pass is intercepted lol
@widehalk7 жыл бұрын
Not as dirty as the homer commentators made it out to be. It took them like 5 slow-mo replays to make up their mind.
@Exne7 жыл бұрын
Went for the Kronwall but unfortunately the puck wound up getting deflected. Yes the hit was an illegal one but I don't believe it should've been a misconduct. Should've been an interference penalty escalated to maybe a 4 minute one at the most.
@HankJr.7 жыл бұрын
Aside from Guentzle not having the puck the only problem I see with the hit is Riso leaving the ice before contact.
@theangryape83957 жыл бұрын
Sad to see player injured. As to the hit itself. It was not with intention to injure or what you would call a "dirty" hit. But the fact remains, it was a hit to a player without the puck and thus a player that was ineglible to be checked. Should the checked player had puck, it would have been worderful check and hit! Ristolainen has never been dirty player, not in NHL nor in Liiga or juniors back here in Finland. However, he did inflick and injury to other player and did it with an illegal hit to defenless opponent and that is always extremely dangerous. I think that NHL should give him short suspension, 1-2 games max. Even if this was not dirty, it was dangerous play that every hockey player should always do his best to avoid. And I think that NHL should pay more attention to reminding players of their responsibility to each others in situations like this. And short suspension would serve as reminder. This coming from huge Ristolainen fan and his countrymen, but also Pittsburgh fan.
@miikaIS7 жыл бұрын
it would've been a clean hit if girgensons never deflected it away. it seemed like an accidental penalty. shouldn't be a misconduct in my opinion
@ethanmixon42327 жыл бұрын
Ethan Mixon dude is concussed, definitely going to be a suspension out of this. Made solid contact with his face. And it was interference. Illegal hit on two different counts
@itsjasonovak7 жыл бұрын
his face only hit risto bc of the recoil. i definitely agree with interference tho
@ethanmixon42327 жыл бұрын
looks like he anticipated the kid to get the puck so he lined him up, but the puck got deflected instead. This was not intentional.. the League is getting weak when it comes to calls..
@vergy7 жыл бұрын
It may not have been malicious but that was completely irresponsible. Misconduct and then some.
@XxSPFanx7 жыл бұрын
Ethan Mixon pens fan here, interference but the hit itself was fine. Double minor at most.
@bryanr88977 жыл бұрын
Kronwall has made similar hits throughout his career yet no one batted an eye
@taragao16937 жыл бұрын
Suicide pass that got deflected. Unfortunate. Hope he's okay. No suspension.
@HylianCuber7 жыл бұрын
Wasn't really a cheap shot, he was anticipating the play and had already committed. Penalty worthy, but maybe not a five.
@mikewellington27387 жыл бұрын
That shouldn't be a misconduct. An interference would be deserved because the puck got deflected away before he got it.
@gamehappenings7 жыл бұрын
How is this a misconduct when Crosby hitting a dude in the nuts isn't anything
@lukebailey9107 жыл бұрын
Guentzel went to the same middle school that I go to now are teacher who taught him showed us today
@joebertotto72207 жыл бұрын
Man what was Crosby thinking with that pass? That's such a risky play that never works, passing through a guy's legs from behind. Such a suicide pass. And had it not been for the puck being deflected it would have been a huge clean hit, no problem with it. We've seen Kronwall make this sort of hit all the time but now that it's by a big guy against the pens it's dirty? Come on. His back end went entirely into his chest, yeah his head snapped but that's just because he stopped so quickly. He got the concussion and the cut from the way he landed, not the way he was hit. Yeah it's unfortunate and you hate to see a guy get hurt but it's not like Ristolainen meant to hurt the guy. He was anticipating the suicide pass and unfortunately he didn't have time to let up. I'd give him 5 and a game at most but not suspension worthy. Just accidental and pure bad luck.
@ryanclaerhout98567 жыл бұрын
Is Crosby going to get a talking to as well for chopping O'Reilly's cajones?
@gebobs7 жыл бұрын
There was no intent to injure by risto got deflected so that's why there was the penalty. There's no way you're going to be able to stop that from happened whether the puck got deflected or not and he was facing the other way and obviously didn't see the puck get deflected. Good job by the refs making sure it didn't get out of hand after play stopped. Hope he doesn't get and extensive suspension for a mistake that happens numerous times in hockey
@maxwellcastiglione35257 жыл бұрын
Hit's so late and head down but the actual contact of the hit is just a hard body on body hit. Shouldn't have been a major, should have been 2 minutes for interference.
@levelsabove76317 жыл бұрын
Not defending this hit because it was illegal but if you're Sidney Crosby you have to have the awareness of who is on the ice. Not fair to toss a rookie a suicide pass like that. Right call and hope he's ok but Risto shouldn't be suspended it's a hockey play.
@BiggChungusBreaks7 жыл бұрын
Guentzel needs to get his head up same thing happened to Laine.
@Thebigwhopp7 жыл бұрын
Puck didin't get trough, ristolainen had it lined up well already. In slow mo it looks like there is time to quit but I think in real time skating backwards that time isn't enough. Definitely doesn't go for a high hit. It's just suidice pass, receiver looking backwards for it having head down (thats another suidice). I agree that inteference is a inteference though, even if accidental. Good penalty but not intentional interference by risto. Also definitely not a high hit, more like a low head. Many times you see players just putting their stick to ice, facing forwards in suidice situations like that, hoping the passer hits your stick. If you look back and crouch down, bad things can happen and it might go trough as a clean hit if you touch the puck.
@mikkolappalainen26187 жыл бұрын
Can we all just look at that pass... Buddy didn't even have his head up. If he had the puck or not, that hit wasn't going to end well for Guentzel
@ValkyrieLightwing7 жыл бұрын
This is just an opinion, but had he gotten the puck, it would have been a clean hit. I wouldn't have liked it because I'm a Penguin fan, but it would have been clean. Not a great pass by Sid and it's unfortunate because no matter what team you are rooting for, you never want to see someone shaken up like that. It's hard to watch.
@nickcoban237 жыл бұрын
Oblivious most ppl who comment here have never played competitive hockey. That being said, most players can stop on a dime at full speed in a fraction of a second.
@nrsefrulesnregs12467 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone seem to be just rocking Guentzel this year...
@ItsChezry7 жыл бұрын
'cause he skates with his head down
@blackrocks84138 ай бұрын
Philly welcomes you Rasmus.
@flyer4life1942 жыл бұрын
He had the time to see the puck didn't get through. Awful hit.
@braydonmeyers69247 жыл бұрын
Great to see his teammates stand up for him...
@soadboy667 жыл бұрын
soadboy66 why would they. it was an absolute suicide pass from crosby. Ristolainen didnt try to hurt him. if sabres player hadnt poked the puck boom top 5 hit of the year
@jonileinonen26067 жыл бұрын
@Leeiska I know it was a suicide pass but Ristolainen was going to destroy him whether he got the puck or not. I'm not saying fight him, just stand up for your teammate and let Ristolainen know he can't get away with that.
@soadboy667 жыл бұрын
soadboy66 thats just a normal tackle. pens player just had his head down and was watching behind. he basically went to a wall without looking. pens player getting injured was just bad luck.
@jonileinonen26067 жыл бұрын
Leeiska yes I know and I'm totally agreeing with that. My only comment was that I wished the Pens teammates had stood up to Ristolainen for that hit, that's all
@soadboy667 жыл бұрын
soadboy66 yeah. it is kinda weird that they didnt stand up for him
@jonileinonen26067 жыл бұрын
I don't care who you are or what team you are on you don't hit a kid...
@dankdaddy24437 жыл бұрын
Sickening.
@adrianveidt19757 жыл бұрын
Ryan Reaves will say Hi to him next season.
@Ghost-wp8fi6 жыл бұрын
Perfect hit , if it was the other way around and in the Pittsburgh arena the fans would be cheering and there would be no penalty called.
@RedDogs277 жыл бұрын
Puck wasn’t even there?
@asianjim1898 Жыл бұрын
As a Pens fan, I think 2 things: 1) That was an illegal hit. Not a dirty hit, not a cheap shot, but illegal. It's big time interference, borderline charging (if "moonwalking" into a guy can be considered charging). It shouldn't draw a suspension. As far as the game misconduct, I can see both sides of the argument. 2) Yes, I know... the Pens TV announcers (Paul Steigerwald and Bob Errey) are an embarrassment, they are so bad. What makes it worse is that the Pens radio announcers (Mike Lange and Phil Bourque) are fantastic. Lange and Bourque are easy to listen to and fair in either praising the other team or criticizing the Pens. Steigerwald and Errey are like ultra-homer nails on a chalkboard.
@connfyoozed7 жыл бұрын
Love the response by the pens to seeing their top 5 guy destroyed on a dirty hit. I love the way they jumped up and took Rusto to task for it. Gave him a beat down amd semt the message that ypu don't hit our....what? Oh.
@Nunyabjz Жыл бұрын
he coasted in. didn't charge. and was reading the puck. I'm a guentzel fan but that wasnt a dirty hit.
@codylitz32937 жыл бұрын
Make a video on the Rangers Devils linebrawl
@jamesfitzpatrick97067 жыл бұрын
Ristolainen plays hard every night and doesn't want to injure other players, but that was a baaaaad hit...
@Adette10007 жыл бұрын
Crosby was lucky that wasn't him. After slashing O'Reilly in the balls 2 minutes earlier Risto was out to get him.
@cheezypoofss28067 жыл бұрын
at least Sid apologized to Oreilly for it which Ryan even said so himself post game
@tommyettinger13534 жыл бұрын
Fan of neither team-Guentzel never touched puck, plenty of time passed;Risto responsi ble for his actions,player injury,no accidents in hockey, I'm good with penalties.
@vincentnigro14967 жыл бұрын
Lmao you guys are so wishy-washy in the comments sometimes. If he has the puck and Subban makes that same check (like he does when he booms somebody) then it's a glorious hit. Regardless, I think it was an ill advised check from Rasmus to throw the body in that position
@RyanTinTin7 жыл бұрын
Oh my god that was the most cleanest hit everyone favors the stupid penguins I'm sick of it
@__hockeyedits7 жыл бұрын
Must be tough to be a Sabres fan. A franchise so terrible all they have to cheer for is injuring an opposing player.
@hellawaits77NY7 жыл бұрын
Tried to hit like Kronwall.. gets to go sit next to the wall for the rest of the game
@petermatos78687 жыл бұрын
Damn, bad luck for Ristolainen, he anticipated the pass for Guantzel but it got deflected. Would have been a huge clean hit if Guantzel got that pass.
@aku_anka49397 жыл бұрын
Crosby with a beauty of a suicide pass.
@iaintnomanstealer7 жыл бұрын
So, the guy has his head down, the puck is going to him and is deflected .25 seconds before he gets hit when Risto has him lined up already. He hits him with his butt, a perfectly legit hip check, and he gets suspended for 3 games? But, in the same game, Crosby goes up to Ryan O'Rielly who is turned around in front of the net on defense and puts his stick between his legs and lifts it into his nuts, but Crosby doesn't get a penalty or suspension. Ok NHL. You wonder why MLS and NASCAR are now more popular than you. Why don't you have another lockout.
@TheMarkcu247 жыл бұрын
Feel awful for Guentzel, a bit of a suey from Sid. Definitely a dirty hit from Risto but he's anticipating the play. Wish none of that would have happened
@traviscampolong88817 жыл бұрын
enjoy being kings of the basement, Buffalo.
@ehdub75187 жыл бұрын
Nice hit
@juhavaris21449 ай бұрын
bad pass idea for Crosby. he put the guy in a bad position to start. but horrid hit by Ristolinen. 1 game at least for that
@marcm.38887 жыл бұрын
A heavy fine
@rantysauce967 жыл бұрын
Damn basically everyone in the comments just finds a way to blame the pens
@jigsawsgamingandentertainm59486 жыл бұрын
I'f it wasn't for girgensons deflecting the pass it's a clean hit. I don't know what more you want ristolianen even turned to his back.
@carlfromjimmyneutron6487 жыл бұрын
Where's Tom
@judekim59517 жыл бұрын
Jude Kim tru
@benjames527 жыл бұрын
Brandon Fox big tom was injured last game somehow
@colepalmer86017 жыл бұрын
Jude Kim SHOCKING ANOTHER PEN HURT. I WANT TO DIE🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
@benjames527 жыл бұрын
Brandon Fox there are like 9 from the roster that are injured
Would've been a huge clean hit if the puck got to him, but it hit a stick and deflected away. Don't think he intended to injure him but ended up being dirty. Hope he's okay.
Brian Farrar as a pens fan I totally agree with you. It looks like it's going to be a suicide pass from Crosby and would have been a clean hit if the pass got through
Brian Farrar Yeah. It was a good play gone sour. Hate to see it, regardless of what side you're on
IMHO, Guentzel gets injured when his face hits the ice.
That's not a dirty hit. It's against the rules, and he was punished as such, but that doesn't make it dirty.
how is that not a dirty hit? he didn't have the puck, so it's not legal to hit him, and the main point of contact is the head? it's the epitome of dirty
Even if the puck doesn't get deflected, that was a suicide pass. He's getting lit up anyway. Hopefully he's good to go. More injuries is something the pens don't need.
That was no suicide Pass, Penguins often make this play.If the Puck gets through, Guentzel turns so that Ristolainen would have hit him in the Back, and he just Tips it away Deep into the Sabres Zone or to Crosby on the Boards if he gets there in time.
The pucks never going to get to him in that situation
@@bigschuh1997 delusional pens are a farm house team
Regardless of what team you cheer for, it is hard to see someone be that shaken up by a hit, especially when he didn't have the puck. I hope he is okay!
Totally agree, but these boards show SO MANY people with BIAS' and not stating facts. 1) It's not high. (It's a F'n HIP check.) 2) He did NOT leave the ice. (A skate lifts AFTER contact is already made. That's OK.) 3) He did NOT launch. (Launching = leaving the ice BEFORE contact is made.) -- Is it illegal? Yes, ONLY because the puck didn't get through. Was it worthy of a game misconduct? It's an extremely hard hit on a defenseless player that is INELIGIBLE to be hit. So, yea.... extremely illegal.... (But I don't think it deserves more penalty time after the game.)
Pens fan I agree with you mdrscream the 5min major is enough for this case perhaps the misconduct is even a bit extreme even but I don't think they can call a double minior and I do believe it calls for more then 2 mins.
MrMdrscream not high??? are you blind
ThePickleman2000 The principal point of contact is Ristolainen's hip hitting Guentzel's chest, after which his head whiplashes into Ristolainen's back. You tell me how that *is* a high hit.
MrMdrscream he did not have the puck
Wow people. plz give me a break. he anticipated the pass being completed. risto has never been a dirty player. And no he didn't cheapshot anyone. had that puck not been tapped by buffalo he would be had it on his stick when he got hit. And saying his head was principle point of contact is bs. he went backwards into him with his but. dude ran into a wall. Yeah it's bad he got hurt. hope he's ok. But it wasn't intentionally cheap shot.
Exactly, same kind of hit Subban did on Marchand except Marchand had the puck. Only thing this hit should have gotten was a double minor max.
also people see the hit in slow motion and say he had plenty of time to let up. seriously? he was skating backwards and made an amazing read that the pass was coming to him. in real time it took 2 secs at high speed.
FACTS
Just like Sestito shouldn't have been suspended because he didn't expect the player to turn his back right?
Principle point of contact is absolutely his head, Period. Whether he had the puck or not. Or whether he went straight into him or backwards. Watch any hit from Niklas Kronwall and tell me it's legal. Just cause a guy doesn't have a history it doesn't give him a pass to take a dude's head off. It comes down to a loser Franchise and a pathetic team going out of their way to hurt players on a team that is a cup contender.
Sheesh these Pittsburgh announcers are acting like this was the worst hit they've seen it wasn't even purposely dirty like chill out
Yeah I wonder if they acted all holier than thou when their golden boy legitimately cheap shotted someone.
LOL...you mean when Sid was trying to give O'Reilly a vasectomy using his stick? That's the kind of crap that makes people hate him.
Wouldn't be the first vasectomy Dr. Sid performed.
Tyler Bartle lol he left his feet to hit the head how stupid can people be
Killaryan 90 please if he got that puck it would have clean as the sky is blue
In slow motion its two seconds yes announcers, but no Ristolainen does not have all day to get out of the way, the puck got deflected by Girgensons last second, still a penalty obviously, but Guentzel's head is down as well unfortunately which you obviously want your head up, but then again he was looking for the puck. In my opinion, since it was interference and he was bloody it should have been a 4 minute double minor, Ristolainen did not intentionally try to hurt him, just trying to make a play, and unfortunately the puck got tipped last second, with Guentzel's head down. Once again, understand the speed that the game is being played at too.
Exactly.
The rule for interference is 0.6 seconds, a player is given that much time to bail out of a hit. Which means if there is more than 0.6 seconds between the time the puck deflected and time of Risto's hit, it's suspend-able. He will get at least 1 game, he could get more because he went for a reverse hit which is near impossible to bail out of. The league could argue that Risto didn't care if Guentzel had the puck or not, evidenced by leading for a reverse hit knowing he couldn't stop if the player never got the puck. The refs had no decision in the length of the penalty, so pointless to argue for 4min. If a player throws a bodycheck on an ineligible player and injures them, it's an automatic 5min penalty and game misconduct. The rule is clear, if Guentzel didn't get injured then it would only have been 2min
Love Crosby, but that was a suicide pass if I've ever seen one
Neill Penner kid never had the puck? What are u saying?
That's true, if it wasn't deflected he might not have been looking back the same way
Unless I'm crazy, Cros makes the pass; it just gets tipped on the way
You dont have to accept it on a suicide pass.
If the pass got to him he gets his head up and sees risto, it's cuz it got deflected that he had to keep looking back. i don't think the hit would've been bad if the pass got to him but that's my opinion
For those wondering, he was diagnosed with a concussion. Huge loss for the pens as again almost half their team is from the AHL again. Hope Jake gets better soon though!
that was not the dirtiest hit like they say. he had his back turned. rule number one in hockey. keep your head up and you won't be scraped off the ice
Hope he's ok!
Penalty worthy, but don't think he should have been thrown out.
Crispee Towne he didn't even have possession of the puck, I agree his head was low, but he was just trying to locate the puck. Definitely a game misconduct for sure
Nah, he anticipated him to receive the puck but it got deflected last second. It was not intentional. Double minor most.
If you look again, Ristolainen did leave his feet when making the hit. It's not much, but I think that's why the ref thought that it warranted a major.
Yes, should always have your head up. But you can't make a green light hit like that when he never even comes close to touching the puck. It was the right call
Crispee Towne he launched himself and he didn't even have the puck
Man I just saw this on tv hope he's ok he's a good player
would have been a clean hit had girgensons not intercepted the pass that was going to the penguins player. Rasmus had him lined up and was unable to see that the penguins player did not have the puck as his back was turned for the hit. bad luck makes this a bad hit. also it IS LEGAL to hit with your back and when a player who's as tall as Rasmus hits there's a higher chance or connecting to the head. No suspension because he has No History, no malice intentions, did not target the head, did not elbow, did not raise his arms and did not raise his stick. this hit also should not have resulted In an ejection. it was an interference penalty and nothing more.
ozzy do Him turning his back to it was irresponsible. You're that big and he's that small, you don't need to do anything special to make him go flying, simple physics. He blinded himself going into the hit which resulted in wrongful contact. I agree it would of been fine had Guentzal received the pass, but this isn't what happened. Because he turned his back making him blind going into the hit, he couldn't see what was going on.
ozzy do If Letang gets a 1-game suspension in the playoffs after barely clipping Johansson's head right after he released the puck then this is definitely suspension-worthy.
Tbh its better that he hit him with his back. Since he used his back it made it so much easier to see that he didn't launch an elbow or purposely contact his head. Had he hit Jake from the side it would of looked like an elbow to the head.
Schreck01 thank you. seems people forgot that one, which was clearly a suspension to "even things up" after orpik got suspended. thing is, would you rather lose Letang or Orpik? LOL. Not even debatable.
Kid seems like a great guy and quality player for his rookie year. Sad to see this isn't the first time he's been involved with a hit like this
Head shot? No. Charging? No. Left his feet? No. Major interference? Yes. If the pass wasn't cut off it'd of been a good solid hit but because one of thing being off he'll most likely get 2 or 3 for it.
lAmCanad1an Yeah, that blood on his face must've been from a mosquito. It was high. He did leave his feet. He did "charge"- he has in the same position for 5 seconds lining up the hit.
+Bryan Knight The blood came from the whiplash when his head hit the ice. (Watch closely. The right side of his face makes most of the contact with his back. No blood there. The LEFT side of his face hits the ice hard. Where there is blood.) It wasn't high. It was a HIP CHECK... (He led in with his BUTT.) He DID NOT launch. (One foot raises a bit AFTER contact is made. That's OK.) LAUNCHING = Leaving the ice BEFORE contact. (Which CLEARLY did not occur.) -- It's illegal because he hit a defenseless man that didn't have possession. That's it... If he got the puck and that happened. It's clean...
MrMdrscream I am convinced you don't know what a hip check is because that was not a hip check and I have seen you say this multiple times. although I agree with most of your other points.
But the pass was cut off so "if" doesn't really matter. Dirty hit and rightfully thrown out of the game.
lAmCanad1an if the pass connected he wouldn't be looking behind him. Circumstance doesn't matter a dirty hit is a dirty hit.
It's just a matter of Guentzel didn't actually have the puck, otherwise it would have been a huge hit.
Roguecival the first half of your sentence is the most important part in deciding whether or not to hit a guy, so?????
Sure, but the intent to have the puck was there, it occurred in such a quick manner that there was fair assumption that Guentzel would be involved with the puck. That was not the case because Girgensons poked it away. What I am saying is that the hit was not an intentionally dirty play, but rather an unfortunate circumstance, meaning that the penalty called should have just been interference, not a misconduct.
That pass from Sid was half of the problem. That was a bad pass, he should know better than that.
God I love Guentzel. he plays with such heart and this play he accepted makes me love him even more and to try to get back up shows that he is not a quiter. get well bud we sure will need ya.
Love how Crosby rushed to the defense of his young player on the team he leads. What a warrior, always leading with example that guy
Love also how he threw him a complete suicide pass to set the whole situation up.
considering what the commentator is talking about, this must be the first hockey game he is seeing, to judge that as a "terrible terrible hit". If the puck wasn't deflected, i think the commentator would have been cheering a huge hit. And i think there should be some responsibility on Guentzel too, look where he is looking when he starts skating.
im a huge fan of both the pens and guentzel as a player, and i will even admit that the hit was clean. The speed of these games is insane and by the time the puck was deflected risto was already too committed to the hit. Its awful seeing such a young player get hammered, but you cant attack risto for not being able to stop his body
You can't hit someone who doesn't have the puck, so I'm not sure why you think it was a clean hit. It's a penalty. It's interference. I know Ristolainen is expecting the puck to get to him, but that doesn't magically make it a legal contact.
Not even close to being clean....
Not a dirty hit - this was a bang-bang play. Crosby’s idiotic suicide pass got deflected in the last second. Looked like Guentzel got hurt when his visor/helmet hit the ice.
Man Crosby is a hero helping guentzel when he’s struggling to get up I love him
These announcers are some of the biggest homers I have ever had to listen to
It sucks though because risto thought the pass was going to him and he could stop in time. He shouldn't have had his back turned to him thought. But it makes up for Crosby hitting ROR in the nuts.
looks like he anticipated him to pickup the pass and committed but pass never ended up getting to the kid. The ejection makes total sense and is the right call but i doubt this will be looked at for suspension, dont really think it was intent to injure or nothing.
"Little boy gets destroyed by Viking"
going to be add an interesting element for the rivalry
Roast-olainen? Must be a Penguins commentator
nbc
to be fair it did look like the puck was gonna make it there and maybe a second before this dude gets hit the buffalo player deflects the pass.. not sure what else he was supposed to do there
Update: Guentzel ended up being fine. More than fine.
really feel bad for the guy. sad to see a guy get shaken up that bad. get better bud.
Sooo let me get this straight: This gets a hearing with Player Safety, but not Crosby slashing a dude in the groin from behind while the play was 20 feet away from him? K.
Just remember what happened before the hit was made.
Kronwalld + Interference + Head down
Risto thought he was gonna get the puck, bad assumption, nothing intentional by him, few games imo
Bradley Whitesell that wasnt even a bad assumption. that puck got deflected so late
Don't see Sid giving such friendly passes very often, regardless if it reached Guentzel or not he was getting hammered because of it :/
i was watching this game and automatically thought "concussion" I hope he is ok !!!
That wasn't Ristolinens fault it from his pov it probably looked like the guy had the puck and I think he realized last second so that's why he turned and tried to stop
I didnt see him coming, I was reversing.
18 game suspension just cause its hockey and we never get anything right. Try to spear a guys eye out with your stick? 8 games. Tap a ref with your stick? 10 games and your lucky your still in the league.
leerey14 The league has made it known a hundred times.....make sure you don't touch the ref. Nothing biased or unusual about any suspension coming from a ref getting hit.
Are you actually trying to defend the leagues incompetence?
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that's exactly why you watch your hits. I really wasn't watching just skating backwards into him when he wasn't ready for a hit because the puck got deflected. he watches and let's up even a little bit, he was going to hit him regardless because he was already committed, possibly just a 2 minute interference call from contact with Guentzel if he let up a maybe even just a little. being that big also didn't help his cause either.
just curious if there is a youtube video of crosby's stick to oreilley's sack? i am interested to see the comments on that. no penalty on the play so i guess the refs missed it. if the NHL reviews this hit by ristolainen and he gets suspended for intent would the crosby hit to the sack also be worthy of a suspension or did he not intend to do that? again no penalty on that play but does anyone think there was intent to hit oreilly in the balls and if so is that worthy of a suspension? is that a play worthy of 2 minutes in the box or does the NHL allow that type of a play not only during the game but also after meaning not a suspension? trying to understand how the NHL views this type of play. no penalty no foul?
Derrick Graser This same channel has that video.
this isn't a video to reilly's sack by crosby. oh well the NHL can't seem to find it either but then again they really aren't looking for it. nothing to see there move along please
Derrick Graser GTFO. There's a dozen videos of people crying about that. It was incidental.....even OReily said it was.
Judging from the clip it would've been the same outcome if he had gotten the puck or not.
At the end of the day this is old hockey whether we like it or not, the league got sensitive on injuries so this has to be a misconduct. 15 years ago, we would be praising Ristolainen for reading the play and seeing the suicide pass coming and lining up his man for a big open ice hit. if anything it would be 2 min for interference. We also have to take note how much faster players have gotten, bigger and stronger which plays a huge factor in players getting hurt when they deliver these big open ice body checks
Like in NHL 17 when you think the guy you're gonna hit is about to get the puck but the pass is intercepted lol
Not as dirty as the homer commentators made it out to be. It took them like 5 slow-mo replays to make up their mind.
Went for the Kronwall but unfortunately the puck wound up getting deflected. Yes the hit was an illegal one but I don't believe it should've been a misconduct. Should've been an interference penalty escalated to maybe a 4 minute one at the most.
Aside from Guentzle not having the puck the only problem I see with the hit is Riso leaving the ice before contact.
Sad to see player injured. As to the hit itself. It was not with intention to injure or what you would call a "dirty" hit. But the fact remains, it was a hit to a player without the puck and thus a player that was ineglible to be checked. Should the checked player had puck, it would have been worderful check and hit! Ristolainen has never been dirty player, not in NHL nor in Liiga or juniors back here in Finland. However, he did inflick and injury to other player and did it with an illegal hit to defenless opponent and that is always extremely dangerous. I think that NHL should give him short suspension, 1-2 games max. Even if this was not dirty, it was dangerous play that every hockey player should always do his best to avoid. And I think that NHL should pay more attention to reminding players of their responsibility to each others in situations like this. And short suspension would serve as reminder. This coming from huge Ristolainen fan and his countrymen, but also Pittsburgh fan.
it would've been a clean hit if girgensons never deflected it away. it seemed like an accidental penalty. shouldn't be a misconduct in my opinion
Ethan Mixon dude is concussed, definitely going to be a suspension out of this. Made solid contact with his face. And it was interference. Illegal hit on two different counts
his face only hit risto bc of the recoil. i definitely agree with interference tho
looks like he anticipated the kid to get the puck so he lined him up, but the puck got deflected instead. This was not intentional.. the League is getting weak when it comes to calls..
It may not have been malicious but that was completely irresponsible. Misconduct and then some.
Ethan Mixon pens fan here, interference but the hit itself was fine. Double minor at most.
Kronwall has made similar hits throughout his career yet no one batted an eye
Suicide pass that got deflected. Unfortunate. Hope he's okay. No suspension.
Wasn't really a cheap shot, he was anticipating the play and had already committed. Penalty worthy, but maybe not a five.
That shouldn't be a misconduct. An interference would be deserved because the puck got deflected away before he got it.
How is this a misconduct when Crosby hitting a dude in the nuts isn't anything
Guentzel went to the same middle school that I go to now are teacher who taught him showed us today
Man what was Crosby thinking with that pass? That's such a risky play that never works, passing through a guy's legs from behind. Such a suicide pass. And had it not been for the puck being deflected it would have been a huge clean hit, no problem with it. We've seen Kronwall make this sort of hit all the time but now that it's by a big guy against the pens it's dirty? Come on. His back end went entirely into his chest, yeah his head snapped but that's just because he stopped so quickly. He got the concussion and the cut from the way he landed, not the way he was hit. Yeah it's unfortunate and you hate to see a guy get hurt but it's not like Ristolainen meant to hurt the guy. He was anticipating the suicide pass and unfortunately he didn't have time to let up. I'd give him 5 and a game at most but not suspension worthy. Just accidental and pure bad luck.
Is Crosby going to get a talking to as well for chopping O'Reilly's cajones?
There was no intent to injure by risto got deflected so that's why there was the penalty. There's no way you're going to be able to stop that from happened whether the puck got deflected or not and he was facing the other way and obviously didn't see the puck get deflected. Good job by the refs making sure it didn't get out of hand after play stopped. Hope he doesn't get and extensive suspension for a mistake that happens numerous times in hockey
Hit's so late and head down but the actual contact of the hit is just a hard body on body hit. Shouldn't have been a major, should have been 2 minutes for interference.
Not defending this hit because it was illegal but if you're Sidney Crosby you have to have the awareness of who is on the ice. Not fair to toss a rookie a suicide pass like that. Right call and hope he's ok but Risto shouldn't be suspended it's a hockey play.
Guentzel needs to get his head up same thing happened to Laine.
Puck didin't get trough, ristolainen had it lined up well already. In slow mo it looks like there is time to quit but I think in real time skating backwards that time isn't enough. Definitely doesn't go for a high hit. It's just suidice pass, receiver looking backwards for it having head down (thats another suidice). I agree that inteference is a inteference though, even if accidental. Good penalty but not intentional interference by risto. Also definitely not a high hit, more like a low head. Many times you see players just putting their stick to ice, facing forwards in suidice situations like that, hoping the passer hits your stick. If you look back and crouch down, bad things can happen and it might go trough as a clean hit if you touch the puck.
Can we all just look at that pass... Buddy didn't even have his head up. If he had the puck or not, that hit wasn't going to end well for Guentzel
This is just an opinion, but had he gotten the puck, it would have been a clean hit. I wouldn't have liked it because I'm a Penguin fan, but it would have been clean. Not a great pass by Sid and it's unfortunate because no matter what team you are rooting for, you never want to see someone shaken up like that. It's hard to watch.
Oblivious most ppl who comment here have never played competitive hockey. That being said, most players can stop on a dime at full speed in a fraction of a second.
Why does everyone seem to be just rocking Guentzel this year...
'cause he skates with his head down
Philly welcomes you Rasmus.
He had the time to see the puck didn't get through. Awful hit.
Great to see his teammates stand up for him...
soadboy66 why would they. it was an absolute suicide pass from crosby. Ristolainen didnt try to hurt him. if sabres player hadnt poked the puck boom top 5 hit of the year
@Leeiska I know it was a suicide pass but Ristolainen was going to destroy him whether he got the puck or not. I'm not saying fight him, just stand up for your teammate and let Ristolainen know he can't get away with that.
soadboy66 thats just a normal tackle. pens player just had his head down and was watching behind. he basically went to a wall without looking. pens player getting injured was just bad luck.
Leeiska yes I know and I'm totally agreeing with that. My only comment was that I wished the Pens teammates had stood up to Ristolainen for that hit, that's all
soadboy66 yeah. it is kinda weird that they didnt stand up for him
I don't care who you are or what team you are on you don't hit a kid...
Sickening.
Ryan Reaves will say Hi to him next season.
Perfect hit , if it was the other way around and in the Pittsburgh arena the fans would be cheering and there would be no penalty called.
Puck wasn’t even there?
As a Pens fan, I think 2 things: 1) That was an illegal hit. Not a dirty hit, not a cheap shot, but illegal. It's big time interference, borderline charging (if "moonwalking" into a guy can be considered charging). It shouldn't draw a suspension. As far as the game misconduct, I can see both sides of the argument. 2) Yes, I know... the Pens TV announcers (Paul Steigerwald and Bob Errey) are an embarrassment, they are so bad. What makes it worse is that the Pens radio announcers (Mike Lange and Phil Bourque) are fantastic. Lange and Bourque are easy to listen to and fair in either praising the other team or criticizing the Pens. Steigerwald and Errey are like ultra-homer nails on a chalkboard.
Love the response by the pens to seeing their top 5 guy destroyed on a dirty hit. I love the way they jumped up and took Rusto to task for it. Gave him a beat down amd semt the message that ypu don't hit our....what? Oh.
he coasted in. didn't charge. and was reading the puck. I'm a guentzel fan but that wasnt a dirty hit.
Make a video on the Rangers Devils linebrawl
Ristolainen plays hard every night and doesn't want to injure other players, but that was a baaaaad hit...
Crosby was lucky that wasn't him. After slashing O'Reilly in the balls 2 minutes earlier Risto was out to get him.
at least Sid apologized to Oreilly for it which Ryan even said so himself post game
Fan of neither team-Guentzel never touched puck, plenty of time passed;Risto responsi ble for his actions,player injury,no accidents in hockey, I'm good with penalties.
Lmao you guys are so wishy-washy in the comments sometimes. If he has the puck and Subban makes that same check (like he does when he booms somebody) then it's a glorious hit. Regardless, I think it was an ill advised check from Rasmus to throw the body in that position
Oh my god that was the most cleanest hit everyone favors the stupid penguins I'm sick of it
Must be tough to be a Sabres fan. A franchise so terrible all they have to cheer for is injuring an opposing player.
Tried to hit like Kronwall.. gets to go sit next to the wall for the rest of the game
Damn, bad luck for Ristolainen, he anticipated the pass for Guantzel but it got deflected. Would have been a huge clean hit if Guantzel got that pass.
Crosby with a beauty of a suicide pass.
So, the guy has his head down, the puck is going to him and is deflected .25 seconds before he gets hit when Risto has him lined up already. He hits him with his butt, a perfectly legit hip check, and he gets suspended for 3 games? But, in the same game, Crosby goes up to Ryan O'Rielly who is turned around in front of the net on defense and puts his stick between his legs and lifts it into his nuts, but Crosby doesn't get a penalty or suspension. Ok NHL. You wonder why MLS and NASCAR are now more popular than you. Why don't you have another lockout.
Feel awful for Guentzel, a bit of a suey from Sid. Definitely a dirty hit from Risto but he's anticipating the play. Wish none of that would have happened
enjoy being kings of the basement, Buffalo.
Nice hit
bad pass idea for Crosby. he put the guy in a bad position to start. but horrid hit by Ristolinen. 1 game at least for that
A heavy fine
Damn basically everyone in the comments just finds a way to blame the pens
I'f it wasn't for girgensons deflecting the pass it's a clean hit. I don't know what more you want ristolianen even turned to his back.
Where's Tom
Jude Kim tru
Brandon Fox big tom was injured last game somehow
Jude Kim SHOCKING ANOTHER PEN HURT. I WANT TO DIE🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
Brandon Fox there are like 9 from the roster that are injured
Jude Kim I'm aware
Not necessary... whatsoever
Poor guy