Mattias Samuelsson cleared concussion protocol as of Nov 29

[inkman]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

 

 

Not seeing much intent from Meier’s perspective.  Mattias basically skated directly into his elbow.  Maybe there is more intent than I perceive. The way his arm behaves after contact doesn’t look like someone throwing an appendage to cause damage.  

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[Taro T]

Just now, inkman said:

Not seeing much intent from Meier’s perspective.  Mattias basically scared directly into his elbow.  Maybe there is more intent than I perceive. The way his arm behaves after contact doesn’t look like someone throwing an appendage to cause damage.  

True.  BUT you are supposed to be in control of yourself and your equipment.  Meier decided to go into that engagement backwards which is why his elbow was up at Samuelsson's head level.

There was nothing malicious there, but you can't elbow guys in the head intentionally or unintentionally.  And he didn't just catch his head, he was coming in with a full head of steam and Muel was unable to return.  It should've at least been a 2 minute penalty and because of the exploding nose and the potential concussion issues, personally expect it should've been a major.

[inkman]

7 minutes ago, Taro T said:

True.  BUT you are supposed to be in control of yourself and your equipment.  Meier decided to go into that engagement backwards which is why his elbow was up at Samuelsson's head level.

There was nothing malicious there, but you can't elbow guys in the head intentionally or unintentionally.  And he didn't just catch his head, he was coming in with a full head of steam and Muel was unable to return.  It should've at least been a 2 minute penalty and because of the exploding nose and the potential concussion issues, personally expect it should've been a major.

I think I’d be mad if they called that a penalty if a Sabre did the same thing. 

[Taro T]

12 minutes ago, inkman said:

I think I’d be mad if they called that a penalty if a Sabre did the same thing. 

They call Dahlin often for his reverse check when he's got the puck.  It'd be just like that.