The Lions' Pride

I watched every flyers game and a lot of other teams, but dont recall seeing a single hit like that this year. Couturier was 5 feet away from and not playing the puck.

Neal left his feet and to make the hit (which got Ovechkin suspended earlier this year) and hit Couturier in the head.

Then the Giroux hit came on the same shift which only magnifies things. Both G and Couturier had concussions this year.

If Corsby was hit that far away from the puck and someone went towards Letang's head (2 Pens who had concussions) I think there'd be a fair amount of outrage.

I dont think the two sides are ever going to see this the same way though.

You realize the game has changed considerably with head injury revelations in the past couple years, right? I figure as a Pens fan, you'd be quite familiar with this (See: Crosby, Sidney). Yes, the flyers have a history of being dirty. But considering the concussion problem in sports right now, you'd think people could realize objectively cheap shots should not be tolerated.

Not having any problem with Neal's actions, however, says enough for me about your opinion. And I thought the hair pulling was the least offensive action. Sure, it is childish, but at least it's not going to injure anyone.

Delusional fan is delusional.

And Adams has received his automatic one game suspension for his instigator against Hartnell.

I only caught the third but the hit on Couteriur or whatever his name is was no where near clean. He left his feet and raised his forearm in a clear attempt to hit him in the head. Apart from the fact that the puck was no where near him and had not been for some time.....I like physical hockey and I do not like the flyers, but that was bush league crap.

And I agree, the Flyers have always been dirty (like I said, don't ike them at all) but that doesn't mean you get to take free shots.

He will get a slap on the wrist cause Asham is going to sit for a while I think but he may want to keep his head up.

Crosby needs to give his head a shake as well, yanking on the back of Hartnell's sweater is a good way to get his ass handed to him. I'll give Hartnell credit for realizing who it was and not popping him for it. Cheap ass stuff imo.

I didn't phrase that well, but edited the original post

He tried to get at him before he knew who it was, once he turns around he looks to the ref just before Adams comes in. he was pushing back some but he changed it up a lot once he saw who it was.

He didn't leave his feet before contact, his arms were folded accross his own chest...are we watching the same hit?

Here's a link that uses super slo-mo.

Go ahead to the 3:00 mark, you can see him loading up his knees to jump and in the air... it's pretty clear.

Shouldn't need the slo-mo though, it was petty clear to anyone not a penguin fan.......

Pretty clear he starts to leave his feet about two feet before he hits Coutourier and the Giroux hit is a clear attempt to elbow the head.

You are right. :47 is damning

Neal got a charging penalty on that didn't he?

I don't know why people call the Flyers a dirty team? We have that broad street bullies tag on us from the 70's. We have always been a physical team, that doesn't take any s**t from anyone. Pre lockout we played with physicality inside the rules. We had our star player career completely derailed, although I don't think the Stevens hit was dirty. Lindros should have skated with his head up.