No idea what that means

I personally think this was not a late hit nor a charge but a hit to the head. Also, considering the game was done with - That was very lame, show little to no professionalism. It's the playoff so that is to be expected, kid should have kept his head up too

This post was edited by Tosted on Jun 2 2021 08:50pm

the rules are clear that you can't zoom across the ice at top speed and lay down a hit for maximum damage. that's literally what the charging penalty is. the onus is on Scheifele to either make a play with the stick or letup, not for Evans to avoid the hit. it's like blaming a pedestrian for not looking both ways when he gets run over by a car that doesn't break.

He has the puck completely wrapped around before shief was 6fft of more way from him. It’s a completely uncalled off bullshit hit. It wouldn’t of stopped it either way. A follow through of that magnitude ? It’s ridiculous to say it was okay.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E27KapXXMAIn0Rt?format=png&name=small

Can't link twitter images but you can see clearly Scheifele isn't even watching the puck; his stick could have easily stopped the goal. He's looking straight at Evans head.

The charging rule is about as muddy as it gets. The rulebook says "shall mean the actions of a player or goalkeeper who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner".

So what constitutes said distance? What if Schiefele started from his own blueline instead? The player could have still been concussed easily.

Every hit starts with the player skating from X distance.

And where the hell else was he going to skate? He's down 1 with 1 minute left in a playoff game and he's the first guy back with the other team looking to score an empty net goal lol

Nowhere close to saying it was okay, he deserves a suspension. The problem I have with it is not the fact that he is going to fast or if it was a late hit or not - The problem lies to the fact that his intent was to injure hence targeting the head.

This post was edited by Tosted on Jun 2 2021 08:54pm

That sort of bullshit would be instant 20 games if this league was slightly serious about player safety

I don't even know if it was a direct hit to the head, but that doesn't matter, it was still intent to injure

Agreed