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Originally Posted by shawn79
Halls fault for keeping his head down. Edler has elbow tucked in so he should be fine. Hall was not in a defenseless position which the NHL is currently targeting to eliminate out of the game.
More like taylor hall charged right into Edler's elbow, just how he charged into Bieksa's knee.  |
Good call, had Hall kept his head down and kept going, he would have been destroyed by Edler's shoulder, the way Edler usually explodes up and back in his hits. Hall's head was up and he saw what was going to happen and tried to duck out of it but cutting out of the corner but didn't have enough time/space. In doing so, he put his own head into a vulnerable position after Edler had started the motion of his thunderous destruction.
I also took exception to the call on Oreo's solid hit on Nugent-Hopkins. Refs called a charge, but Oreo clearly glided in and caught the kid with his head down on a clean hit. RNH acknowledged not looking up later on too.