Given the time between dishing the puck and getting hit, the concept that he didn't try to hit him/tried to avoid him is utterly asinine.

As for the optometrist, eye I have idea...
- lumlums

....

Not close to the worst hit by Tom Wilson, but what a complete piece of garbage.

It’s only more infuriating because the guy can play good hockey.

psychos like him never learn...i'm surprised it took this long...another 30 games won't change this nut case...i am sure cap management and players will go crickets chirping and defend their guy...

this guy is detriment to the league and the sport....ban his sorry ass for good...

I’ve been critical of TW for his past infractions.. but I just don’t see anything here...


- dozerD10

He made zero effort to avoid the player. He tried to nonchalantly throw a cheap shot.

No rule for hitting from behind in open ice. He was skating backwards. I don't think he tried to hit him is where we can't get past.


- Marcus Boutilier

No rule?

psychos like him never learn...i'm surprised it took this long...another 30 games won't change this nut case...i am sure cap management and players will go crickets chirping and defend their guy...

this guy is detriment to the league and the sport....ban his sorry ass for good...
- bogiedoc

You really wanna punish Washington though? Make them carry his cap hit

No rule for hitting from behind in open ice. He was skating backwards. I don't think he tried to hit him is where we can't get past.

and Optomotrist???? What do people see in them?

- Marcus Boutilier

Checking from Behind occurs when a check is delivered to a player directly from behind, or diagonally from behind. The onus is on the player delivering the check to not hit from behind. This includes body checking or pushing an opponent from behind in open ice or directly into the boards or goal frame.

Checking from Behind occurs when a check is delivered to a player directly from behind, or diagonally from behind. The onus is on the player delivering the check to not hit from behind. This includes body checking or pushing an opponent from behind in open ice or directly into the boards or goal frame.
- Mashadar

If a player is skating backwards with the puck you can nail him. This isn't even a case of checking as it's interference.

You really wanna punish Washington though? Make them carry his cap hit
- lumlums

ok by me...they employ him...they own it

If a player is skating backwards with the puck you can nail him. This isn't even a case of checking as it's interference.
- Marcus Boutilier

1) He does not have the puck

2) It is a hit from behind.

To say anything otherwise is obviously bias on your part. Now you can argue the severity of the hit, perhaps, or if you feel it is accidental (even though Wilson is looking right at the guy) 'til the cows come home... but I don't think that is an argument you will win, especially from a guy who just came of suspension for doing something similar (not the same, similar).

Love how the guy plays, but this is the poop he has to. Cut out of his game. Cannot see any thing coming from this hit but it was intentional and there is no need for it.

He made zero effort to avoid the player. He tried to nonchalantly throw a cheap shot.
- MJL

True enough .. this kind of play/hit happens every night in the league ... I just got done watching Canes / Ducks there we’re at least half a dozen equal/ worse in that game...

Are we as fans bent because it’s TW? I see hits worse every game every night. Sure he could’ve
avoided it .. he was looking for a freebie and he got caught. I just don’t see supplemental coming.

not a head shot, but again, completely unnecessary and from the blindside. Like, what is the point of making contact there?

True enough .. this kind of play/hit happens every night in the league ... I just got done watching Canes / Ducks there we’re at least half a dozen equal/ worse in that game...

Are we as fans bent because it’s TW? I see hits worse every game every night. Sure he could’ve
avoided it .. he was looking for a freebie and he got caught. I just don’t see supplemental coming.
- dozerD10

The hit itself isn't that bad, it's the fact that it could have been very easily avoided and did absolutely nothing to help regain possession.

If a player is skating backwards with the puck you can nail him. This isn't even a case of checking as it's interference.
- Marcus Boutilier

Not from his blindside anymore.

True enough .. this kind of play/hit happens every night in the league ... I just got done watching Canes / Ducks there we’re at least half a dozen equal/ worse in that game...

Are we as fans bent because it’s TW? I see hits worse every game every night. Sure he could’ve
avoided it .. he was looking for a freebie and he got caught. I just don’t see supplemental coming.
- dozerD10

When you have the record that Wilson has as a repeat offender, you don't get any benefit of the doubt. In a vacuum, the hit is not that bad but he made zero effort to avoid the hit.

Bare minimum, this is a 2 minute interference. I would think this is more a hit from behind than a head shot, though, and that penalty is also a 5 minute major plus a game misconduct. I am not going to feel sorry for him if they throw the book at him for this incident. Does he really need to do this crap to have a job in the NHL?

If a player is skating backwards with the puck you can nail him. This isn't even a case of checking as it's interference.
- Marcus Boutilier

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid, bud. Yours and other Caps fans’ comments on tonight’s Wilson hit sound just like the comments that were launched after his preseason hit against the Blues. He’s simply not capable of resisting the urge to make a hit up high when players are most vulnerable.

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid, bud. Yours and other Caps fans’ comments on tonight’s Wilson hit sound just like the comments that were launched after his preseason hit against the Blues. He’s simply not capable of resisting the urge to make a hit up high when players are most vulnerable.
- BroadSTmayhem

Meanwhile Oshie and Kuznetsov both out with concussions and no discipline.

Not from his blindside anymore.
- Blackstrom2

Then why doesn't everyone just start skating backwards up the ice. Think about it. It's not black and white.

True enough .. this kind of play/hit happens every night in the league ... I just got done watching Canes / Ducks there we’re at least half a dozen equal/ worse in that game...

Are we as fans bent because it’s TW? I see hits worse every game every night. Sure he could’ve
avoided it .. he was looking for a freebie and he got caught. I just don’t see supplemental coming.
- dozerD10

Agreed. 5 minutes and a game. Done.

Lucic followed a dude all around the ice and hit him when he wasn't looking without the puck.

Meanwhile Oshie and Kuznetsov both out with concussions and no discipline.
- Marcus Boutilier

And that’s truly unfortunate for those great players, and inexcusable by the refs, league to overlook. Wilson—as a repeat offender—is under a much larger microscope, given his past (and all too recent) indiscretions.

Then why doesn't everyone just start skating backwards up the ice. Think about it. It's not black and white.
- Marcus Boutilier

i guess no surprise..even the cap blooger wants to defend THEIR guy...

Then why doesn't everyone just start skating backwards up the ice. Think about it. It's not black and white.
- Marcus Boutilier

..Are you seriously asking me why people playing hockey don't just skate backwards to avoid being hit..?

Meanwhile Oshie and Kuznetsov both out with concussions and no discipline.
- Marcus Boutilier

Unless it was from Tom Wilson, then it does not apply to the conversation. Stop trying to distract with irrelevant information or any "but this guy did this..." garbage.