Eklund: Scheifele Should Get Rest of Series for His Hit on Evans. Weigh in. Buzz@1

Dirty? yes, dirt bag move? yes, clean hit? Borderline yes.

Didn’t leave his feet, point of contact wasn’t the head (injury came from head hitting the ice and maybe whiplash from being stopped in his tracks). Perhaps you could call it a charge although scheif glided in from fairly far out. I give him a game or two for intent to injury cause at the end of the day it was ridiculously unnecessary

Clean hit.

Dirty? yes, dirt bag move? yes, clean hit? Borderline yes.

Didn’t leave his feet, point of contact wasn’t the head (injury came from head hitting the ice and maybe whiplash from being stopped in his tracks). Perhaps you could call it a charge although scheif glided in from fairly far out. I give him a game or two for intent to injury cause at the end of the day it was ridiculously unnecessary
- RedC21

So hes just suppose to let him walk the puck in the net while they're only down by 1?

CLEAN AS FVCK

Nicest hit I've seen since Mccabe on Laine

What RULE did he break? The answer is NONE. He stopped skating at the top of the circle. Primary point of contact was the chest. The time between the puck leaving Evans stick and the initiation of contact was less than .2 seconds. No RULES were broken here. If you don't like it, maybe try TennisBuzz instead of HockeyBuzz because that was a clean hit.

I can see him getting 2 to 3 games. Never left his feet but intent to injure and charging. Cannot see him getting more but who knows.

He should be out for the rest of the series. It shouldn't be where he gets to take out a player for the rest if not more than this series while he gets a slap on the wrist to be back in a game or two. Players need to have more respect for each other. Schiefele's history should be irrelevant, what he did last night was intentional, dangerous, and disgraceful.

Absolutely a dirtbag, senseless act on his part. I get that it's an emotional game, however, it was completely avoidable and now he's going to cost his team the series....selfish prick!

I can see him getting 2 to 3 games. Never left his feet but intent to injure and charging. Cannot see him getting more but who knows.
- ganou60

If he never leaves his feet hows it charging?! Frenchman logic right there.

Technically it's charging since he skated the length of the ice to hit him..... However Evans was going after the puck, no other play to be made but head down ice and try to prevent a goal.
Arms tucked in, no head shot, coasted and slowed up, clean hit. poopty result, hopefully Evans is ok.

Completely unnecessary to level him, but he was trying to prevent a goal. Charging shouldn't apply as there was no other play to be made and no other players in zone.

Scheifele was just trying to defend and keep Evan's from scoring, There shouldn't be any suspension.

If he never leaves his feet hows it charging?! Frenchman logic right there.
- DirtyDan

Maybe you should read the rule book?


"Charging is a penalty in ice hockey. Rule 42 of the NHL rulebook dictates that charging "shall mean the actions of a player or goalkeeper who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner."

Technically it's charging since he skated the length of the ice to hit him..... However Evans was going after the puck, no other play to be made but head down ice and try to prevent a goal.
Arms tucked in, no head shot, coasted and slowed up, clean hit. poopty result, hopefully Evans is ok.

Completely unnecessary to level him, but he was trying to prevent a goal. Charging shouldn't apply as there was no other play to be made and no other players in zone.
- Thornton22

Just because there weren't any other options does not make it legal...just reckless instead of dirty.

What RULE did he break? The answer is NONE. He stopped skating at the top of the circle. Primary point of contact was the chest. The time between the puck leaving Evans stick and the initiation of contact was less than .2 seconds. No RULES were broken here. If you don't like it, maybe try TennisBuzz instead of HockeyBuzz because that was a clean hit.
- Kcannon98

I'm so (frank)ing tired of hearing this bullpoop. MS knew he wasn't going to stop the goal, didn't even try to stop the puck. So his butthurt ass decided that he was just going to bury this kid who DARED put the game out of reach. No other Habs in sight, so when he came flying down the ice, Evans was the only target. This wasn't a clean play by any means. Like with goaltender interference, MS made NO MOVE to slow down to avoid contact with a player in a vulnerable position. Hell, if he made a half-assed attempt to block the puck I might buy it. But as soon as he gave up on stopping the goal, it wasn't about anything more than hurting Evans, about making him pay. And that's the part that deserves the suspension more than anything.

Scheifele was just trying to defend and keep Evan's from scoring, There shouldn't be any suspension.
- Shady1962

That's just a bad argument. Everything a player do on the ice is to defend or attack.

Charging shouldn't apply as there was no other play to be made and no other players in zone.
- Thornton22

Charging - A minor or major penalty shall be imposed on a player
who skates, jumps into or charges an opponent in any manner.
Charging shall mean the actions of a player who, as a result of
distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A
“charge” may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal
frame or in open ice.

I don't seem to find anywhere in the that rule where it says anything about number of players in a zone or whether another play could be made.

It was charging. Anyone trying to say he didn't break any rules needs to actually look at the NHL rulebook and not rely on beer league interpretations.

no he should not...

1. he has no history of being a brainless jagbag suspension happy thug like wilson, reaves and kadri.

2. He did not target to injure.

3. of course he came a long way (end to end) to prevent an empty net goal with a minute to go.

4. The check was clean, directed to the chest just as you draw it up.

5. The injury was caused by the torque and head hitting the ice...

but this assinine player safety hack...yeah hey will suspend him..at least two games...

As usual, I think EK has this one way wrong. We are talking .1 seconds of time between when the goal goes in and the hit happens. The one thing I don't like about it is that he didn't seem to attempt to stick check before the hit, which may have had a better shot at stopping the goal.
Kid has his head down. If this was Kronwall a few years back, the announcers would be yelling "He got Kronwall'd!" like it was the best thing ever. Looked really bad, but the kid should have just took the safe route there instead of putting himself right in the line of fire. This is the playoffs, and Evans had the puck in a one-goal game. Was he actually thinking they wouldn't be coming for him?
If MS gets more than a game or two I'll be surprised.

If he never leaves his feet hows it charging?! Frenchman logic right there.
- DirtyDan

Not sure you have a fundamental understanding of what charging is

Scheifele was just trying to defend and keep Evan's from scoring, There shouldn't be any suspension.
- Shady1962

He didn't even try to poke check at the poke.

I'm so (frank)ing tired of hearing this bullpoop. MS knew he wasn't going to stop the goal, didn't even try to stop the puck. So his butthurt ass decided that he was just going to bury this kid who DARED put the game out of reach. No other Habs in sight, so when he came flying down the ice, Evans was the only target. This wasn't a clean play by any means. Like with goaltender interference, MS made NO MOVE to slow down to avoid contact with a player in a vulnerable position. Hell, if he made a half-assed attempt to block the puck I might buy it. But as soon as he gave up on stopping the goal, it wasn't about anything more than hurting Evans, about making him pay. And that's the part that deserves the suspension more than anything.
- Darksyde

spoken like a true one eyed jack homer...a hab player did this...its crickets chirping...

If he never leaves his feet hows it charging?! Frenchman logic right there.
- DirtyDan

you actually don't know what charging is but you are good a throwing the dumb frenchman comment.

Has NOTHING to do with him leaving his feet for the hit or not, it's about distance travelled to make the hit.

Charging is a penalty in ice hockey. Rule 42 of the NHL rulebook dictates that charging "shall mean the actions of a player or goalkeeper who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A 'charge' may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal frame or in open ice."[1] The infraction may warrant any severity of penalty or combination of penalties as the officials deem fit, including a major plus a game misconduct, or suspension if the infraction results in injury to the opposing player.

like Kadri hit was clean also

I’ll chime in,
Shiefele should absolutely be suspended, 100%. But the league and social media is a poop hole.

Just a few games ago Ryan Graves (Colorado) made an equally horrible hit to Vegas’s Janmark. Janmark had to be helped off the ice as he was knocked out, Graves didn’t have the speed Shiefele had going into the hit, but the hit was made far later after the play. Meathead Reeves took actions into his own hands and attacked Graves and put his knee over Graves neck, which rightfully got Reeves suspended. But In doing so, everyone then felt bad for Graves, turned their attention to Reeves and Graves received no suspension for his hit that started the whole thing.

How messed up is that??

The sad, very sad reality is these plays happen a lot more than you think if you are only watching the Jets and if the player on the receiving end doesn’t get hurt, they more often than not do not get any attention. A dirty hit is a dirty hit and until they are all called equally no matter the outcome or value and talent of guilty player, nothing will change