Deslauriers flattens Engstrom


Deslauriers flattens Engstrom

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  1. 2 min boarding penalty at worst. Wasn’t really that bad, he popped right back up too. In a preseason game i dont mind that call at all though.

  2. I am not a fan of that hit.

    I don’t always like “hard hit = fight” but I think it was justified in this case.

    Except there wasn’t really a fight.

  3. Hit was borderline, wasn’t as bad as some are making it out to be IMO, boy do I miss dlo in Anaheim. And for anyone saying he turtles or was afraid to answer the bell you clearly don’t know him lol, he was showing mercy to the kid who was doing the right thing.

  4. Lots of crying on this sub for a hard hit. If this was regular season nobody would even bat an eye, gotta keep your head on a swivel.

  5. why didnt Condotta punched him. Even if it would have been a sucker punch I wouldnt mind since Deslauriers hit from behind.

  6. Pretty borderline hit to me. I’m leaning towards it being scummy by merit of this is a preseason game. Not quite shoulder to shoulder, but he rotated slightly which stopped it from being shoulder on shoulder. Bigger issue to me is the force being enough to get him to the boards without sliding, at that distance. This should have been boarding, not sure if it was called tho. I didn’t watch the game. If DOPS wants to send a message, this gets a suspension for symbolic purposes moreso than this warranting a suspension, but given all the crap they’ve let go over the last couple years i doubt it.

  7. I don’t really mind the angle that the hit came from, especially since it wasn’t close to the boards. My issue is that follow through of just the elbow and hand, to me that shows that he meant to throw him away and into the boards, not hit him off the puck

  8. Marginal. Condotta doing the needful. Context matters, and blowing people up in preseason is poor form unless there was something preceding this.

  9. Engstrom put himself in a very vulnerable position. He looked like he was about to turn up ice but paused with his head down. Deslauriers doing what he does best to make the team and declined to cave in the rookie’s head. He’s typically a goon but showed his class with this move.

  10. Ah jeez. Its so nice to have hockey back. Its first week of preseason and r/nhl is already having a “it was boarding” vs “clean hit” argument. Missed you idiots.

  11. I saw Deslauriers fight Marcus Petersson after Nic put a big hit on another Penguin. Petersson is not a fighter, he was sticking up for his teammate. Nic was obviously very merciful in that fight. I respect Nic for that.

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