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.  

Edited 7 hours ago by inkman

[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.

[LTS]

6 hours ago, inkman 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.  

I disagree. I think intent is there because players know exactly where their appendages are. Sammy did not skate into his elbow so much as Timo made a calculated decision that to drive through "high" would result in a low chance of a penalty being called.

"We" provide the benefit of the doubt, but then we read stories about how professionals understand the "minutia" and I think that applies here.

Glad he's okay.. strange routing for him, but he has been very good. Even if he did get the proverbial officiating finger tonight on the penalty called against him.