Friday links: Shutouts are fun edition

After watching the replay several times, I don’t believe it was an intentional headshot. But it was blindside, he did leave his feet, and Tootoo has a history of questionable play. Stuff like that does not belong in the game. I’m ok with the 5 and a game, and wouldn’t be upset with him suspended for a game or 3.

When is someone gonna blindside him and deliver the sweet irony I’m looking for? It needs to happen yesterday.

It’s sickening that the Preds do not understand that he brings little to no value to his hockey team and will let him keep doing this shit whenever he feels like. Dude’s less than a bum, he’s a fraud. He owes the Preds money.

As I said last night . . . at least Winchester has size. Tootoo has . . . yeah, nothin’.

For four reasons:

1) Tootoo has a history of shady hits and actions.

2) Game circumstances: the Blues had just gone up 2-0 late in the game; Tootoo refused to fight afterwards and was trying as hard as he could to draw a call when Strachan shoved him (watch his acting job there… embarrassing)

3) He leaves his feet just before contact (watch in super slow-mo, it’s subtle).

4) Although he leads with the shoulder, and looks to be aiming for Carlo’s shoulder, after watching in slow-mo several times, I think Carlo’s head did get hit by Tootoo’s shoulder as the first point of contact. Watch the way his head moves a bit before the rest of his body.

In all, I think Tootoo is an annoying prick and a borderline player. I don’t think he had intent to injure in a malicious sense (he just wanted to lay someone out to draw a penalty) but that’s not how the league looks at these things today.

And Carlo really should’ve kept his head up.

Its almost impossible not to have the first point of contact be a player’s head when his head is down, and you’re right in front of him, right?

OLN had that special on the Tootoo brothers. I was touched. It was a damn shame about his brother. This kid worked butt off to persue his dream of playing in the NHL. It’s the kind of story that hockey fans love to hear. It just sucks that he turned out to be such a douchebag of a hockey player. Time to go back home and eat some raw seal.

http://defaced.me/#1399127915

Hossa’s vagina was located in his “upper body”. Fuck the Hawks, but even more so, fuck all the new “diehard” Hawks fans. Fuckyoufriday, no? Enjoy your post-victory season, you nincompoops.

Oh, by the way, I am new on here. Hello all!

Honestly if it was a Blues player with the same hit I would think it a good hard check.
I don’t think he charged, I don’t think he left his skates before the hit but after the momentum.
It looked like it was going to be a good shoulder to shoulder hit but just before the hit Cola bends over just a touch to look
at the puck.
Was he blindsided? I suppose but you’re an NHL player, how can you not know someone will be coming around the other side of the net. So in that respect it should be an expected hit.

So if I can come up with these it’s got to be borderline.
He’ll get a suspension due to the possible injury.
I think it will happen to every team in the league a few times so I’m prepared for a few to the Blues.
Remember this type of hit in the future when we’re on the opposite side of the fence.

It should be “At the hands of an angry enforcer after making a questionable hit on his teammate.”

The concussions need to stop.

Strachan went at him, then waited until Assweasel turned around before going at him again, when he could have easily punched Assweasel’s lights out from behind.

What a gutless little puke.

Mein Teil. I read that story, and thought, wtf!
I don’t like when people leave their feet for a hit. Wether he wears a blues jersey or not. And I don’t like Tootoo.