It definitely wasn't clean. I know the glass is rounded now, but it is still very dangerous. It is crazy to see how its being brushed off by Montreal fans when they should be the ones who feel the most about that kinda play. The reason the glass is rounded is cause of Chara hitting Pacioretty and breaking his vertebra on it. That hit, which looked way less intentional, prompted a freaking police investigation (with no charges or nhl suspension). It was a dirty hit, and even with rounded glass someone is going to break their neck if these kinds of hits aren't taken seriously. If the rules don't exist already, there needs to at least be a boarding call equivalent for this kind of hit.
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I feel like it looked worse than it is but then again… I wasn't the one that got run into the rounded glass 😅 Halliday may have an opposing opinion.
Rough hit that led to a wild game
I mean it was completely fine when Chara did it at a much higher speed to Patches.
As a habs and a Bolduc fan – disgusting hit. Was it legal? Maybe. Was it clean? CERTAINLY not.
Stay classy boys
Incredibility dirty hit… Bolduc leads him to the corner of the glass for several strides
imo he was trying that entire time to push him off and struggled to get enough leverage until then, unfortunate timing and "ugly geometry"
It definitely wasn't clean. I know the glass is rounded now, but it is still very dangerous. It is crazy to see how its being brushed off by Montreal fans when they should be the ones who feel the most about that kinda play. The reason the glass is rounded is cause of Chara hitting Pacioretty and breaking his vertebra on it. That hit, which looked way less intentional, prompted a freaking police investigation (with no charges or nhl suspension). It was a dirty hit, and even with rounded glass someone is going to break their neck if these kinds of hits aren't taken seriously. If the rules don't exist already, there needs to at least be a boarding call equivalent for this kind of hit.
When you hit someone at this speed you doesn't think about that corner you know, clean hit!!