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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2024
- Today as the Winnipeg Jets came into Pittsburgh to play the Penguins, both teams were looking to get a little momentum going for the 2nd half of the NHL season. The Jets saw the return of Mark Schiefele as well as adding Sean Monahan and the Penguins saw the return of Reilly Smith as well as adding Jesse Puljujärvi. This game had good goal tending, broken glass coming down on the Penguins bench and of course, the hard to watch hit on Penguins forward Noel Acciari. Jets D Brenden Dillon laid a crushing hit to Acciari in the 2nd period of the game that saw Acciari go flying as his helmet came off. This was a brutal hit to the head from Dillon who received a 5 minute major and was ejected from the game. I cover that and everything else in todays NHL hockey video!
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Do you think this deserves a suspension? Or is a 5 minute enough? Could even just be a fine...
Suspend for sure
Both of Dillon's skates left the ice as he plowed up and through his head. He made no attempt to make it a shoulder to shoulder hit. 3 games minimum.
I don't think it was malicious, but it'll be 3-5 games
It didn't seem malicious, but yeah. My guess would be three games, maybe four.
Nah.
Hit was clean, result was bad.
Leaving your feet after contact isn’t a penalty, it’s a body check.
Gotta love how Jarry either shuts a team out or gives up 7 goals. No in between
Poor Acciari, I have liked him ever since he played for the Blues, I hope he is well and back on the ice soon.
I liked him as a Bruin!
Jarry with 6th shutout for a team that's struggling to get into a Wildcard Spot is oddly interesting
He’s been solid. It’s weird that he might end up being team Canada’s goalie.
Plus another shared SO with Hellberg, and Ned has one too.
I think the NHL and especially the East are just extremely competitive. The Panthers won the East last year but they were a bubble team. So a bubble team may very well have success.
NHL leading shutout for Jarry
So why is peoples opinioj on this that Dillon didnt try to hit him in the head, but when Bedard got smashed in the face in pretty mich the same way (small dude lunging forward, and huge defensemen smashes him in the face), most people blame Bedard? Whats the difference here?
It’s most likely the fact that Bedard was entering the zone with his head down vs Accari who was playing heads up even if he was in an awkward position. It’s been a recent issue with younger players keeping their eyes down on the puck while skating into high traffic areas.
The bedard hit is just straight up a different hit
Smith's hit on Bedard was straight through the body. "Unavoidable head contact". Smith was travelling parallel to Bedard's trajectory, so Bedard's head being down put it between Smith and his body. Smith can't be expected to just let him through since his head is down.
Dillon picks Acciari's head with a poor angle of attack. Dillon is coming from the side (i.e. not parallel to Acciari's trajectory), so he has the ability to hit Acciari without hitting his head. He didn't, and will face the consequences.
Completely different hits. Though I suspect that the rules will evolve to eventually outlaw the Smith hit as well, just as how turning your back on a player along the boards has become a legitimate way to defend the puck since defenders are penalized for hitting players that do that now.
@@connerblah After your explanation, I agree, they are different situations.
@@insertnamehere313 Acciari isn't bent over any more than normal. Compare him to the other Jets players in the frame. When you bend your knees, your head naturally comes forward. Being bent over would actually help Dillon make a full body check from the side, since there's more cross-sectional area to contact relative to his approach vector.
This just comes down to the fact that Dillon can make a legal hit with no head contact if his approach is slightly more to his left. Since it is possible, he is responsible for avoiding head contact. Intent has nothing to do with it. He failed to execute and is on the hook for the consequences.
I also have no idea why you're saying anything about a 20 game suspension. He has a phone hearing, so can't get more than 5. I suspect 2-3.
Agreed, seemed to be incidental and no bad intent. However it is still a dangerous hit and the blame does falls on Dillon as you said, call on the ice is fair.
Everything Dillon does is with intent, don't be naive, this guy has a history...
@@Severance8859 don't be naive yet everything Dillon does is with intent no flaws with that statement...
@@bruin730 lol you really discredited me right there buddy, will you sleep soundly at night now. He isn't the devil, but he isn't squeaky clean either
He has a history with the Pens from his days in Washington. So yes there was intent.
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Aw man that was rough to watch. Hopefully he’s all good but I think you were spot on when he tried to dodge right and Dillon’s follow through it just was inevitable contact. Just bad timing. Wish him the best
I mean the hit comes from the front, Dillon doesn't from across the ice to smash.
It's more Acciari impaling himself on Dillon than a predatory move.
Players have to be aware of their surroundings to protect thelselves, not count on opponents to let them skate freely
You mean skating through up ice with the puck while checking to make sure your skates are tied isn't smart?
Dillon has had a few suspect hits in his career. I see player safety leaving a marker behind on this hit - either a fine, or one game suspension - just in case it happens again so that they can use this hit to ramp up punishment if there is a next one.
This is a clean hit. Buddy turns away d Dillon putting himself in this position after Dillon had his feet set and was already bracing for the hit.
This is a really bad call.
Ty! Remember when we were taught to always be prepared to take the hit. It's never the puck carriers fault for putting themselves in a vulnerable position at the last moment before impact. You see this constantly when these weak forwards head into a corner and put their back to center ice.
The Dillon hit was predatory. He squared-up, he then stood-up when the Penguin stood-up, and then he jumped in the air. This was deliberate head contact.
Yup. I saw it. Not only did Dillon jump into the air, but he leapt from a springboard onto a trampoline and finished with a flying whip-kick.
@@timapple6586 and all of that after taking few strides from the blue line... and some will defend saying he should have kept his head up.This was a head targeting hit.
He didn't jump. Play stupid games and birds come to visit. No elbow, no jumping, heavy hit that got into his head. Yes it's suspendable but it wasn't an intentional head shot. If he wanted to hurt him they would have had to bring a stretcher out for him.
I guess he should've just kneed him and ended his season, that goes unpunished in this league.
clean hit...hard and unfortunate but clean
Unfortunate outcome but not a dirty hit. It was a hit to the head by circumstance, penguin player was in a low position skating/leaning forward into a clean check with the shoulder resulting in bad contact.
this is the same dude that delivered multiple crosschecks to Kaprizov after getting reverse hit, and took him out for a few weeks.
Hmmm, looks reminiscent of Scott Stevens, but along the boards instead of on open ice. It still ends up being a serious head shot, though.
I’m a Bruins fan, and as any True Fan understands. Once a Bruin, Always a Bruin.
Acciari was a man who I enjoyed watching, years ago. Apologies if I misspelt his name, been a while.
I know I wasn’t a fan of Dillon when he was a Cap. Having him end up in Winnipeg, I felt his nasty edge would be a weird addition to the Jets.
I still believe the league needs to give season suspensions for headshots. Only caviat is if the player who gets hit in the head, makes every move possible from his own angle, to connect his head so that it results in the opposing player receiving a penalty. In this situation. It definitely looks like Dillon was aiming body and Acciari managed to get enough of his body backed up, where it left his head vulnerable.
At this point it’s kinda like a brake-check.
Where a person drives in front of another, and presses on their brake to scare the person behind them in a ‘think-fast’ manner, insurance fraud if you will.
As I see this hit. Dillon wouldn’t deserve a season suspension, more of a 5 game suspension, as he didn’t make a blatant attempt to ONLY hit Acciari’s head. However, it’s still something that requires a visible punishment.
I’m sure someone else will argue semantics as well…but those are my 5 cents.
A headshot is WAY different than contact to the head. This was a bad call and should have not have been a penalty. 5'9" vs 6'4" and head down until the last millisecond.
No penalty on the knee on Connor, no penalty on the hit that broke Bedards jaw (same kinda hit)
Arms down, didn’t leave the ice until he was past the player. Dillon is not responsible for the other guy being dumb.
It targeted the head. He led with the elbow, not the shoulder. And he left his feet BEFORE the hit, not as a result of the hit.
That's an illegal check to the head and charging for sure, and borderline elbowing.
He made zero attempt to NOT hit Acciari in the head.
And Dillon has a history of this going back to when he played with Washington as well.
It looks like Dillon was trying to get out of the way, just wasn't quite able to.
Flyers fan here. Hopefully Acciari is alright. That was brutal. But I agree with your assessment. It was unfortunate, not intentional... or to borrow a Jack Edwards quote, "Ugly geometry." Lol. We'll see about fines and whatnot, but the right call was made.
luckily he saw the hit coming. that can help. Even if it doesn't seem like he had time to brace.
That's a shoulder hit. He hit Dillon's shoulder.
LOL ooo youre not joking yuck
Dude ran into his shoulder
I see no malice or intent to harm in this case. Yes, his skates did leave the ice, but as someone just commented, it's physics. Dillon's punishment on the ice-- the 5 minute major and the game misconduct, was adequate. He may still get fined--maybe not, but he should not be suspended.
you can break your neck getting hit like that
I dont know....like you said...bad outcome but lets just say he popped right up on his feet and was completely fine..penalty? and if so what would it be called ?
I've never heard of a penalty for stopping an opponent's forward progress with your thoracic vertebrae. Acciari's bloody nose was caused by his own visor. Please someone teach him how to wear his equipment properly - he pays enough for it.
Unfortunate hit but Acciarri has to be smarter on ice, that kind of last moment reach is a death wish
Happens at least ten times a game with no hit to the head 🤷♂️
@@ach31337 Yup, you can play Russian roulette and live, but it isn't smart.
what a stupid comment
I miss smasher Scott Steven's and Mark Messier high flying elbows
The fact that Dillon got 3 games for this hit and Marchment gets $5k in Dallas for elbowing McCabe in the head on a late hit makes me believe that Player safety determines suspensions by rolling a 6-sided dice
its a bad hit for sure, the only way i could really see it being avoided is if dillon kept his body low, it looks like he kinda straightens his torso in anticipation of the hit just before contact is made and because of the way accari was reaching hes down low too and in general already shorter than the guy in the first place. scary to see stuff like this but i dont know if there was enough time for either player to really do anything significant to change the outcome by the time they realized what would happen.
ive seen so many people trying to blame accari for being bent over during the play but the fact is he was in that position for quite a while before contact was made, in this instance the responsibility is entirely on dillon to either react accordingly and make a clean hit or realize that he isnt going to be able to take this hit cleanly and chose another defensive option. my thinking is that he thought he could make a clean hit but just want able to. not sure if a suspension is the right idea but the nhl does want to eliminate head hits as much as possible so if they do go with that id understand
Stop the video at 1:49. Who skates like that!!?? He's leading with his head! There WAS nothing else that could get hit first. Ridiculous call!
yeah thats kind of my point is that there was no real way to avoid hitting his head in the given time frame, which is exactly why he shouldnt have gone for the hit in the first place. he could have achieved the same result by just standing in accaris way since accari was dumping the puck in anyway. taking that hit was a stupid, reckless and unnecessary play that deserved to be penalized 100% but because of how it all went down i dont think a suspension is needed
@@bavier6355 this is solely the fault of acari. Hopefully this teaches him to not skate this way. He's the one that put himself in a dangerous position. Hockey is a contract sport first and foremost no matter how soft the league is trying to make the game.
@@bavier6355And there in lies the problem. A player should not be able to put themselves in a vulnerable position so the defender cannot hit them. I'm not saying Acciari intentionally went head first but it is becoming more common to see skaters bent over and head down. Some of this might be due to U15 not being a physical sport anymore and so younger players don't expect hits, don't know how to deliver hits, or don't know how to defend against hits. There is some responsibility on the skater with the puck that's going to take a hit to also defend themselves accordingly. Acciari didn't do this at all and paid the price.
Joke of a call. Slowmo shows it clearly. You even say in the video, accari sees dillon coming. Accari tries to dodge the hit and puts his head in the line of the shoulder. Dillon is 2 feet away when accari makes his move, at full speed, dillon has no time to react. I don't wanna see guys hurt, but if thats a shoulder to shoulder like it was lined up to be, we arent talking about it unless its hit of the week potential.
I have seen more malicious hits, but any play that causes an opponent to be bloodied and concussed should be suspendable. Acciari's head was clearly down, and Dillon had PLENTY of time to adjust his trajectory to avoid a head shot. 3-4 games suspension, no question.
dillon was originally planning on pokechecking the puck hence 1 hand on the stick. If he really wanted to wreck acciari wouldnt 2 hands on the stick big body hit not be better?!
I was at this game and that hit was way worse in person Noel Acciari is tough as nails
Dillon's feet were off the ice
It was a hockey play, with unfortunate head contact made.
Jacob Trouba tying to decapitate someone with his stick showed way more intent to injure. Same as that Rielly cross check to the face after the play ended. I won't even get into some of the missed kneeing calls where guys were put out for 4-6 weeks.
Yes, this hit was suspendable but technically he got 3 games as he was ejected so early in this one.
Dillion went to check him, Acciari led with his face. Nothing cheap, just a player not protecting themselves.
That was such a dirty hit, coming from a defender there was definitely an intent to knock his head off.
No way compared to the Bedard hit, Acciari was clearly just dumping it in were Beddard was coming down the middle to make a highlight goal when he was stopped by a brick wall, good defensive play.
From one angle it looked like he put his head into big guys shoulder.
These are Trouba hits. Leap up into the head area. There is NO reason to leap up into a hit other than to make the head the principal point of contact. Malicious by design. There is no defense of a charge into the head.
He was not blind sided ,he seen the hit coming ,i disagree that it was Dillion’s responsibility to avoid the head but the should be responsible for protecting himself,good hit sad outcome.
Keep yer head up!
I hope Acciari recovers soon. That's rough to see
As a pens fan:
Dillon is just doing his job. He's a big defense-man, that's paid to make that hockey play. Sucks that the results are what they are. I don't think a suspension should be lobbied. And if there is a suspension it should a maximum be 2 games.
Dillon has been suspended once, 7 years ago, for a slash. There's no track record to make it reasonable to make it more than 2.
I still believe if you injure a player with intent you should be out for as long as they are.
If that's the case then Dillon should be retroactively suspended for injuring Kaprisov with several crosschecks to the back that were fully intentional. Spoiler alert: he wasn't suspended at all.
@@brandonrickner1321 crosschecks are part of the game they werent even that hard compared to the big ones.
@@oozyalmond7079 lmao yeah. they're apart of the game - in the form of a penalty. didn't think much before writing that reply did ya?
@@brandonrickner1321 KK is wimp. He went down on a few 50% crosschecks that occur multiple times in every game.
@@brandonrickner1321 so your the same guy who never watches what goes on in front of the net? Good to know have a great day.
Holy shit worst/biggest hit ive seen in years. Accari lost years of his life on that hit, serious concussion
holy overreaction
@@TheRuz23 did you not see accari on the ice after or did you take a similar hit to the head
I love my Jets, but don’t do that. Dangerous!
I would have called this a double minor only because there was blood. I didn't see Dillon go out of his way to cause damage but it was a hit to the head and Acciari did lean forward.
Definitely malicious. Play developed in front of Dillon, opponent reaching forward in vulnerable position and Dillion changes his body position and angle of momentum. His centre of gravity went from parallel to the ice moving towards the boards to one which moved in an upward direction. Watch the stretching of his torso, straightening up to full height, and explosion upward on contact with his skates beginning to leave the ice.
Again, the key is he knew his opponent was vulnerable and changed his body position explosively in order to increase the potential damage.
its happening at 8,000 mph hour. Dude ran his head into a bigger guy's shoulder. Its hockey. Of course a Penguins fan has no idea what hes talking about
As a penguins fan, other then the hit. The jets played pretty well. Great game. But hope accari is back on track and csn play again!
Even the hit was clean you pansy. dude made the hit to the head happen by trying to dodge it. If he didnt see the hit coming it would have been shoulder to shoulder.
Acciari ,unfortunately was leaning forward and down when Dillion made contact. Had he been skating straight up then it’s a clean hit. I don’t think Dillion was at fault but due to breaking Teddy Bruegers jaw he’s kinda a marked man. I don’t see it as a suspenable hit but the NHL will see it differently.
Until the NHL changes the rule that after someone passes the puck they are fair game to be hit these things are going to continue to happen. Watching some someone take three skating strides and smashing a player after he has already passed the puck seems like interference to me.
I'd encourage you to watch the video again. The video is in slow motion, Accari pushes the puck forward at 2:17 it leaves his stick. Dillion makes contact at 2:18 in slow motion. We see when Accari has the puck on his stick at 2:17, he sees Dillion, and Dillion is lined up for the hit. There is no way that this was late. Some hits are late but the video clearly shows it wasn't a late hit. You might disagree on the type of it which I'd argue as well but this was about as close to as simultaneous as you can get.
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I agree with everything you are saying and I agree that Dillon deserves a suspension. When the NHL cracked down on hooking and grabbing the game got faster and more fun to play and watch. I contend that this is another area the NHL should crack down on.
@@miketarrant7112 So suspend Accari for being stupid. Seriously.
He extended himself to make a play and left himself vulnerable. He gambled and lost. It wasn't late, Dillion didn't leave the ice, it wasn't a blindsided hit as Accari clearly sees Dillion. This is the wrong play to suspend, there are many others this season where a suspension was warranted that player stay didn't make the players safe. It's unfortunate but it's Acari's responsibility to not gamble head first.
@@mbfrommb3699 he lined him up from the blue line feeling like Scott Stevens for 5 seconds of fame.Thats a sucker hit to the head.
@@mikescorpio13 Youre giving "Why dont we just take hitting out of the game" vibes
His feet left the ice, so I feel he will get some kind of suspension.
he smashed him like he was in EA NHL 95 ridiculously dangerous like Scott Stevens decapitating Paul Kariya.That was a cheap body check with head as target.
Watch Accari's head in the 10 feet before the hit. It does not move. Elevation remains exactly the same throughout. At NO POINT is this hit lined up shoulder to shoulder. It's shoulder to head throughout the time he decides to hit him.
Definitely deserves suspension.
That was a blatant attempt to injure, no doubt about it.
Was clean
Dillon was suspended for the Jet’s next three games
5min, no suspension.
To me it looks like Dillon aims high...
he got 3 games
he knew what he was doing
You should go get your brain and your eyes checked bud.
@@johnholmes8919I wouldn’t even have given him 5 minutes. Two different sized players.
Still no need to aim high
Acciari bent over at the last second otherwise it isn't high
Thats what happens when your small and don't keep your head up. CLEAN HIT.
Not Charging: Dillon left the ice after initial contact and simply stood his ground (did not needlessly skate a long distance to make a hit).
Not a hit to the head: NHL rules state that it's a hit to the head if contact with the head is avoidable. You can read more into what the NHL deem as "avoidable head contact", but Dillon attempted to hit squarely IMO, while Acciari put himself in a vulnerable position.
This is hockey. Just because someone gets injured from a hit doesn't mean its a dirty hit.
Dirty play. I laugh at the folks who talk about "how fast the game is," and "too fast to react" for players who have the skillset to turn on a dime, or knock an 80-mph shot out of the air with their stick. That was intentional, and deserves a good five games.
He left his feet in delivery of that check had he kept his feet th shoulder would have been lower
A solid hit that lays a guy out is a beautiful thing. Any hit that lays a guy out and then the guy can't get up on his own, clean or not, is awful. This was just a bad hit from start to finish. Direct hit to the head. Head was the primary point of contact. No significant change to Chari's position to cause the head contact. Injury on the play. Nothing about this was a good hit.
Major is the right call here ejection was over the top unfortunate hit ended up being to the head
Dillon left his feet. Given his history of injuring players, he needs to be suspended.
If we still had Ryan Reeves as enforcer people would start watching their backs. You remember what happened to Tom Wilson when he got ko after doing the same thing to one our player.
Right call, dont think it was malicious but it was non the less a bad hit.
at least he's\ saw the hit coming he hit to Connor Bedards head he was blind side being hit no major penalty or review was done there. This has to stop before someone has there career completely ended or worse by this type of contact.
Mistimed? Nah, he left his feet and went high.
If the player is skating low what are you supposed to do?
It's unfortunate and I hope Accari is ok. BUT the fact that Accari leaned to push the puck forward putting himself in an exposed vulnerable position is his responsibility.
Dillion didn't leave his feet or lunge or cross-check him into the boards. Like accidents when you're driving your reaction to avoid the accident can often make it worse. If you're avoiding getting hit from the front and you swerve you could now expose the side which is weaker. To me, that's what Accari did. We see that he sees Dillion probably realizes he's exposed by the reach and turns and the attempt to avoid instead of taking the hit seemed to make it much worse for him. As you can see the shoulder is there but the extension and the turn seem to expose his head first then the shoulder. Rough play but the 5 and the game should be it.
What I would like to see is the hits from behind or blindsided hits where the player doesn't see it coming and doesn't have the puck taken out of the game but those this year have not been dealt with very well in my opinion.
Didn’t leave his feet? He clearly left his feet.
@@user-gs4rv1sy5d I stopped the video when he makes contact at 2:18 his skates are on the ice. I don't know what to tell you.
@@mbfrommb3699and where were they immediately after? In a hockey check/hit, the term "he left his feet" refers to one's momentum, and the actual leaving of the ice surface usually occurs immediately after the hit, not before. It's like the difference between a jab and an uppercut to the chin in boxing, but using the body instead of just your arm. Both the intent and resulting force are very different.
@@stupidas9466 If you wanted to argue he was dodging the hit, or trying to get out of the way, I could agree with that. Not an extension of his body into the hit to increase the ferociousness of the hit by leaving is feet. To me, it looks awkward like he was going to hit then Accari moved, and they both collided and after contact yeah Dillion's feet left the ice but from what I can see it's not as a result of extending into the hit, but more to avoid it.
We're just going to have to see what the NHL says.
what a dumb opinion
you have never played hockey have you
He’s definitely out concussed for 3-6 months. Sucks! I’ve had three concussions in my life but the first is always the worst and after that they come easier which is why concussions ends pro hockey careers. Once you get one you’re more easily prone to lesser hits to the head.
Where did you get 3-6 months?
@@christiankatic5408 He meant 3-6 years
Buddy looks like Bojack Horseman.
I saw the replays and agree that the results were really upsetting, I didn’t see any malicious movements that warranty a suspension. He was finishing a check and looking at the slo mo, it appears that he was leaning over the bench to attempt to get out of the way.
He didn't make any major or last second movements yet his head was the only point of contact
There's no way to not suspend for that hit.
tough call. looked like dillon might possibly have tried to pull forward to avoid it, and unfortunately didn't maybe? it could have been malicious as well. tough to say.
The league needs to be erring on the player safety side more... the fact that guy both broke some dude's jaw as well as the play made in this video makes me think that safer play all around needs to be practiced, ruled, and enforced... regardless of defensive maneuvering
Based on what Gallagher got, i dont know why players dont play dead and get a stretcher. Player safety is dumb is my point
Not to mention he left his feet to finish the check.
hahaha..no he didn't
@@mijkosnook7787 watch again. Left foot clearly leaves the ice and the right foot also leaves the ice for a moment. You don’t do this when you know you are making contact with the head. When you review calls you look for “Intent” or “intent to finish” or “intent to harm”. With Dillion’s history it was intent to harm. There is a scale on intent to harm, but this was not on the “vicious” side of the scale.
I was a ref in the NHL and Olympics. When you review plays you are looking for nuance. This is why he got the boot.
Dillon got 3 games for the hit.
Dillon left his feet, enough for me to show him the gate. Guys need to respect eachother, but guys also need to be expecting to be hit or there will be more and more unnecessary injuries.
Watch it again. Dillon never leaves his feet at the point of contact but his heels leave the ice as he's pushed into the boards as Accari passes him. Now you can argue that he lifts his leg to avoid the leg of Accari but this is not leaving your feet to make a hit. I think you might be biased on this one.
@@mbfrommb3699 sir I'm a die hard Jets fan and took my piggy bank as a kid to try and help save the team. 2:19 his left foot is already off the ground while starting making contact, I'm all for hard hits...but also for player decency. A hit like that would not have happened before players started wearing "armour" which gives the impression of invulnerability🤷
@@coryernewein Not on impact. It was after the impact.
the entire league has been laughing at the Jets since Buff retired, and the team has a reputation for being soft. It's about time they started putting some fear into these cheap shot artists.
Dillon kept a straight line to angle him off at the boards, shoulder in, elbow down, even kept his knees and leg in as not to risk knee on knee! Didn’t leave his feet either.
Iam no Dillon fan, this didn’t deserve a suspension.
Pittsburg player needs to not lead with his head when he knows he is getting hit.
Dillon is a goon player!
Terrible hit. Unbelievably this is very similar to Steve Moore’s hit on Markus Naslund but no call. Just shows the absolute absurdity officiating and the NHL is. A hit to the head is a hit to the head period. I hope he is okay.
Riley got 5 games for far less , I though this was as deliberate a hit.."…
if he is to tackle a smaller player who is also pretty low. Why would he leave his feet instead of going for his body. I dont think its with malicious intent but its a bad check :(
Don't think it deserved a major, but then again, penguins seem to get the benefit of the doubt... a lot.
Suspension in order.
5 mins, no suspension
Wouldn’t even call it a penalty, bad luck to the smaller of the two players
Three games for this is just silly. I think they are trying to tighten up on hits before bubble boy Bedard comes back.
From my view Dillon came up to impact on the head!!
i honestly don't believe he meant to clock him like that, wanted to hit him hard, and when you do the slomo it looks like hey, he could have avoided that, but he was turning around, moving at pretty good clip, both of them, split second to decide what to do, and you really don't expect a pro player to lean his head in like that. Bad luck, hope he's ok. But there is just something you can read when someone means to do that stuff, some kind of subliminal thing your inner id says yup, he mean that. not this time. He maybe gave in to 10% screw the dude, clock him.
THE HIT: I’ve watched a few videos in the last 20 minutes that have talked about it. At first, I felt the same as you. “It wasn’t malicious and the call on the ice was right. Don’t think it’s suspension worthy.” However, having seen it now about 15 times from multiple angles at many various speeds, I’m second guessing the suspension worthy part a little. There is that one low angle of it from a Jets zone camera that clearly shows Dillon leaving his feet. He does leave his feet shortly after the hit, but it clearly isn’t from the contact. It is a follow up from his momentum. As such, he was clearly elevating his trajectory for a more aggressive impact. Because of this little detail, I won’t complain or be surprised if it ends up being a 1 or 2 game suspension. 🤷🏻♂️
That’s called hitting. At least it was back when men played the game.
Please watch it again his skates don't leave the ice at the point of impact but he's also heading into the boards and has to stop. This was Accari's fault for leaning forward pushing the puck ahead and exposing his head.
Gallagher did the same and got 5 games. So, what is it all you folks think this was nothing more than a minor penalty?
Unfortunate outcome of that check but I don’t think there was intent. Accari was leaning forward to shovel the puck.
If there is any disciplinary action taken it would be a fine, not a suspension.
You can't hit someone like that. As a player you need to be aware of yourself out there and he knew his opponent didn't see him coming. Accari has serious brain damage from that hit
Hit reminds me of bedard hit nothing happened after it got hit to the head I mean you gotta call either way bang bang play but officiating is actually trash
you call that " leaking pretty good?
Love the Penguins but what's scary to watch about it obviously it's just bad timing on both players & there were things both players could have done to avoid it or minimize it at least but that's hockey & in the moment not always easy to see or do.
Dillon does not seem like he was going for the hit. He was just defending the blue line. He never changed skating direction towards Acciari. He tucked in his elbow to brace himself for an inevitable collision. Acciari saw Dillon but he was skating way too fast to stop and was reaching for the puck and more like ran into Dillon head first at a high speed. That should not have been a penalty. Not a Jets fan and not a Penguins fan.
EXACTLY!!! I'm not a pens or jets fan but 3 games for someone skating into your shoulder sucks
Acciari ate this himself. If you are the bigger player in Dillon, why should you get low to hit. Chara never did and all his hits were high and nobody bats an eye. Players need to protect themselves at all times because the speed of the game is increasing.