I mean it was part of the process of me peeling myself off of the ground. Looks like Wideman was kind of in the same process when he slammed his stick down. Either way, it looks pretty clear that he took a shot to the head and wasn’t totally with it from that moment on.
jacques2001
jacques2001
Eh, I’m not so sure. I had a pretty nasty little yard sale while skiing once (avoiding a beginner at the bottom of a blue run who cut into my line), and I cracked my head pretty hard. My first reaction, while lying face down, was to yell “Fuck!” and to pound the ground in frustration.
No one is saying that him putting hands on the linesman was an accident, but it definitely looks like he was woozy and it was a delayed reaction to the linesman suddenly appearing in front of him (as he perceived it). He puts his hands up so that he doesn’t get decked (natural response for a hockey player) as he…
If he’s lining the linesman up for a hit, why does he do the little sidestep at the end? It looks to me like he’s trying to push him out of the way (not acceptable) so he can get to the bench because he’s woozy, but let’s stop pearl-clutching and remember that (1) he didn’t run through the linesman, he put up his…
Holy shit he looks like Slightly More Athletic Martin Shkreli in that picture.
Never forget the half-season lockout, which inexplicably came 8 years after the disaster that was the 2004-2005 lockout:
As the shareholders of the NHL, I believe that the owners are kind of in a “the rising tide brings up all boats” situation.
That is glorious.
Two things:
