That'd be the shit...

I don't know if Chara should get suspended...It seemed Pacioretty was unlucky.

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i heard pacioretty suffered a broken vertebrae.

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chara is expected to be suspended.

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Holy crap!

I take it that is probably going to end his career?

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i hope not. some players come back, some dont. eric cole did. i expect max to be back next year at some point. maybe im just optimistic.

as far as the hit, i dont think it was dirty, but it was a stupid play by chara.

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C4 cervical vertebrae to be precise.

Also, this picture may change some minds toward Chara knowing what he was doing


I was originally of the mind that it was reckless but not dirty, but now that I've seen his hand on Max Pac's face...throw the book at the giant fuck

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mechaphil

oh.. wow. i change my position.

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I don't think his hand is in his face. His underarm is pushing his shoulder and in this picture it looks like he is pushing his face into the divider.

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Then take that damn glass out of there then.

C4 vert, he should recover fine then. Might just make a slight head mobility issue like with Cole.

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OK, maybe he didn't make contact with the face primarily or at all. Bottom line is he knew the open space over the benchs would end and did not relent. He drove Max Pac into the glass knowing that eventually they were going to make contact with the glass.

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mechaphil

hey i didnt design the arena! hahaha. i have no idea why its there, but i assume its there for a reason. i dont debate that perhaps they should remove it. but that same situation exists on the end of each bench as well.

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That's true Mike, I forgot about the end of the benches.

I say, take out the dividers of the benches, and at the end put like a foot of cotton pillows on it.

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how about teddy bears?

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Even better.

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clean hit. you can't play one side of the ice different than another. 999/1000 times the guy ends up in the bench upside down. there are risks in a contact sport. at speeds like that no player can possibly plan that outcome and there's no way a player would try to hurt someone in that badly of a way. do dome guys want to give a dude a concussion? sure. do i think anyone playing hockey legitimately wants to try to kill someone? no.

bertuzzi didn't try to kill moore, chara wasn't trying to kill this guy.

don't suspend him.

He drove him right into the divider. Chara has been in the league for a long time. He knows he's bigger and stronger than everyone and he knows full well where the bench divider is. Him and Pacioretty also have a history of not liking each other very much and have had their own confrontations here or there. Chara should be thrown out for at least the rest of this season and the playoffs.

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I think you're really pushing it to say the NHL has the balls to suspend someone for such a duration. I am surprised although by how borderline everyone it making this out to be.

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whats the capitol punishment laws in canada?

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A fractured vertebra is pretty serious. But you're probably right, the NHL even considering that as a punishment is a pipe dream at best. Chara should be held responsible because (as Bob McKenzie said) it was still an illegal play (it was interference) and it resulted in a serious injury. Chara knows the rules, and damn well knows where they were on the ice. But we all know the NHL will not do much, if anything, to punish this hit.

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"Grier coming in over the line. He leaves it to Gaustad. The shot. THEY SCOOOREE!! RING UP ANOTHER ONE FOR THE GOOSE!!! HONK IF YA HEAR THE GOOSE!! 3-0 BUFFALO!"

Yeah, me too.
Chara got a penalty for the hit.
Chara got thrown out of the game for the hit.
It was dirty as fuck. Don't fixate on how much contact or the nature of the contact. The fact is that the puck was no longer within 30 feet of either player. It wasn't unfortunate or weird or unintentional. It was LATE. It was so late that Max had no expectation of being hit, and that's why it was so bad.
Hell yeah, Chara should be suspended.

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