Eklund: You Make the Call: Should NHL have Disciplined Del Zotto?

Yes..No...Maybe

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No, he didn't target the head, unless Del Zotto has eyes in the back of his head. He never turned and saw Neal, he just felt pressure coming and braced himself for the hit. Definitely worth a two minute minor but nothing more.

Eklund: You Make the Call: Should NHL have Disciplined Del Zotto?
- Eklund

Was gonna give you sh!t about the next blog being about an Atlantic division team this morning. Imagine my surprise to see a blog about Rangers.

Meh .... I would suspend him for the fact that he jumped while turning his back and elbow towards him .....

Not even a 2 minute minor.

Neal deserves it anyways. He's been suspended multiple times for dangerous plays.

No, he didn't target the head, unless Del Zotto has eyes in the back of his head. He never turned and saw Neal, he just felt pressure coming and braced himself for the hit. Definitely worth a two minute minor but nothing more.
- MidnightMarauder

How is randomly throwing an elbow "bracing himself"?

No, he didn't target the head, unless Del Zotto has eyes in the back of his head. He never turned and saw Neal, he just felt pressure coming and braced himself for the hit. Definitely worth a two minute minor but nothing more.
- MidnightMarauder

I agree he didnt intentionally do it, it just kinda happened the game is very fast.

I don't see how you can suspend for that... it's like the Matt Cooke/Karlson incident. Could Del Zotta honestly have planned to leap and blindly elbow Neal directly in the mouth while not even being 100% aware of where he was?

Seems like one of those unfortunate hockey incidents where someone gets injured but it probably wasn't done maliciously... if it was, I don't see how that could be determined.

No suspension imo... maybe karma for the Cooke skate thing ;-)

Yes because he hit a superstar

Not even a 2 minute minor.

Neal deserves it anyways. He's been suspended multiple times for dangerous plays.
- Coburns_Nose

So I guess I would be attacked for saying I hope Brayden Schenn rips his ACL because he takes alot of liberties flying through the air injuring players, right?

A fine at the worst, no intent there.

I agree he didnt intentionally do it, it just kinda happened the game is very fast.
- SayWhat...NoWay

He knew exactly what he was doing IMO and I think the majority of the Penguin players would agree based on their behaviour after.

No, he didn't target the head, unless Del Zotto has eyes in the back of his head. He never turned and saw Neal, he just felt pressure coming and braced himself for the hit. Definitely worth a two minute minor but nothing more.
- MidnightMarauder

Look at the play again. He saw Neal was behind him. He didn't need eyes in back of his head because he saw him. A fine should happen.

He knew exactly what he was doing IMO and I think the majority of the Penguin players would agree based on their behaviour after.
- BigStew

The game was already very heated anything that happened caused a stir up. Just hope Neal gets well soon.

Look at the play again. He saw Neal was behind him. He didn't need eyes in back of his head because he saw him. A fine should happen.
- Oneonta Penguin

Maybe I need to watch it again.

yes. it's fantasy playoff time and I already lost Lupul I can't afford to lose Neal now too. come onnnnnnnnnnn

How is randomly throwing an elbow "bracing himself"?
- JVR2112

Neal was crouched down, I think that lends to the play as much as Del Zotto's actual hit. He didn't throw his elbow out, he just stopped and reacted when Neal came up to hit him.

Semantics though, hope Neal is not hurt for too long, there was definitely no malice to this play.

He knew exactly what he was doing IMO and I think the majority of the Penguin players would agree based on their behaviour after.
- BigStew

So Dupuis intentionally trying to take Del Zotto's head off, during an icing touch up is ok to you? I see

Neal was crouched down, I think that lends to the play as much as Del Zotto's actual hit. He didn't throw his elbow out, he just stopped and reacted when Neal came up to hit him.

Semantics though, hope Neal is not hurt for too long, there was definitely no malice to this play.
- MidnightMarauder

Yea as a pens fan im still not seeing the intent to elbow his head.

So Dupuis intentionally trying to take Del Zotto's head off, during an icing touch up is ok to you? I see
- MidnightMarauder

By his body language, Del Zotto didn't know that it was icing, let alone Dupuis.

Where is this elbow people talk about?

I did not see Del Zotto's elbow make contact with Neal.

Yea as a pens fan im still not seeing the intent to elbow his head.
- SayWhat...NoWay

agreed

So I guess I would be attacked for saying I hope Brayden Schenn rips his ACL because he takes alot of liberties flying through the air injuring players, right?
- Oneonta Penguin

I think any player who throws dirty hits deserves any dirty hits he receives, whether he plays for my favorite team or not.