In my opinion this was another dirty hit and will be the on the next installment of the Colin Campbell Wheel of Justice. I am thinking 2-3 games for this one. I have to give Erskine credit he came right to the aid of his fellow teammate after he was checked through the boards with a downright dirty hit. Koci is nothing more than a cement head.
I do have to agree with some of the posters on Hockey Fights the Capitals really don't have a heavy weight to protect their star players. Sounds like the Captials head coach Bruce Boudreau was not impressed with the hit; rightfully so.
The game was marred by a major boarding penalty by Avs enforcer David Koci to star Washington defenseman Mike Green in the second period, a hit from behind that left Green down for a few minutes, bleeding from the head. Koci almost surely will face a suspension from the NHL over the hit, and Washington coach Bruce Boudreau was livid over it.
"Please, the guy's got one goal in six years. He couldn't play in the American League," Boudreau said. "I've faced David Koci an awful lot, he might be a nice guy, I have no idea. I'm glad he's making a living, but if this is any game, he gets on the ice for the first three minutes, he gets into his fight with the guy and then he sits at the end of the bench, so what good is he?
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Thanks for posting, Goon. This was the first time I'd seen the hit. In listening to Hockey Night in Canada Radio last night, both Jeff Marek and Kelly Hrudey were saying they felt Green was too nonchalant and that he kind of got what was coming. After seeing it myself, I agree he was too nonchalant and should have protected himself. But, to your point, it was a dirty hit. This is coming in all levels of hockey now. Guys have a responsibility to start protecting themselves, because clearly, these types of dirty hits aren't going away anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteYeah I think it's a dirty hit and the guys on TSN last night thought it was a 4-5 game suspension.
ReplyDeleteSeems like there is one of these hits every night now. It will be interesting to see what the Wheels of justice decide.