Originally posted by SportsFan:
Originally posted by ads_2006:
Originally posted by SportsFan:
"Torres neither leaps nor uses his elbow in delivering this hit. However, if he chooses to attempt a hit such as this, Torres must take a route that ensures he hits through the core of the body and does not make the head the principle point of contact."
That explains is perfect. And for Sarich's hit, he squared the guy up and drove through his body. Was the head hit as part of the contact, yes, but the upper torso was the target.
hit was in what? 07
would be a penalty/suspension/ career ban by todays standards
Please, coming from the guy who thought the hit on Roy (think that was his name) in the last round deserved an ejection from the game.
Torres hit is on a totally different playing field then Sarich's. Sarich's hit is clean. Torres was borderline for me, with me leaning to being slightly over.
Both end up being vicious hits because the player is looking / bent down. The big difference is Torres, as the NHL outlined, point of main contact was the head. Sarich was not. He squared up Patty and drove through him.
This is why I can't stand Shark fans. They whine and b***h about how dirty the Canucks were (and hated Torres for years), then when he is on their team they cry when he does this s**t. I found it very low for the coach and players to come out and say it was clean and put the blame on Stoll. Sharks organization and fans are hypocrits.
1) You talk about hypocrisy? Anyone can whine about what they think is "cheap". It's not as if we haven't seen
certain other posters complain about something because it wasn't to their liking.... Why? Because it's a matter of OPINION. Sharks organization did nothing wrong trying to defend Torres in hopes of keep him from getting suspended. Who the F is going to say -- yeah, we agree, dirty hit. They were diplomatic in their support for their teammate. That's it.
2) Please don't lump all Sharks fans together. I haven't personally been involved in any of this hit discussion and many of the Sharks fans on this board haven't either. Again, regardless, there will always be fans of ANY team that have differing views or views you may deem incorrect. Don't let that feed a perception that leads to mass generalizations about the group.
3) I can see the hit from both sides. I do not believe it was "dirty" because I do not believe there was any malicious intent. If you watch guys like Corey Perry, you know what "malicious intent" is. I believe Torres intended to throw a hit, but not where it landed, and thus the penalty because it wound up being illegal, and that's all I can say about that.
I'll stop there.