What a hockey game! This game 4 matchup was a do or die situation for the Carolina Hurricanes taking on the Florida Panthers. This one had plenty action that included one of the biggest hits you’ll ever see and in my opinion, the biggest of these NHL Playoffs so far. Sam Bennett laid a massive hit on Jaccob Slavin in the Hurricanes end as Slavin was clearly concussed. Having trouble just getting to his feet, he would leave this game. As for the game, it was close right to the very end with some big goals, saves, a Brent Burns spear on tkachuk and who else but Tkachuk, would score late to complete the 4 game series sweep as the Florida Panthers became the Eastern Conference champions! I’ll take a look at that and everything else from what was a great NHL playoff game!
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Wow u mean Bennet giving out concussions with no repercussions…I'm totally shock. I'm sure the NHL player safety will give him a stern talking to n maybe wag their finger at him.
Why does noone ever go after bennet?
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This makes no sense. The Panthers weren't even supposed to make the playoffs. The Pens had to win just 1 game in their final 2 regular season games versus the lowest ranked teams in Chicago and Columbus and they'd be in and Panthers out. Pens LOST both games and Panthers made it in. Then they are down 1-3 in the series against the greatest regular season NHL team in history and they somehow overcome that and now on the way to the Cup finals? WTF? This truly makes you wonder how many other 9th or 10th seeded teams could have won the cup in the past.
That hit ranked right up there with the Gudas hit on the Leaf.
It's not hard to watch, it's beautiful, stop going soft. These guys get paid millions to play a sport and the body is capable of taking and recovering from these hits 99% of the time.
Question: How do one shake hands with the arse hole that whacked at one's junk?
The game was over right there. I said it out loud. There wasn’t a single man on the bench to take up for his teammate. You HAVE to respond, clean hit or not. And it was clean. But just no response. They were defeated right there.
Man I feel for any Canes fans out there, that might be the closest series I’ve ever seen, and they still couldn’t just get one win.
Looking forward to the finals. The semi's have been boringly one-sided.
Dude, that's not hard to watch 🤨
Lets go Panthers!!!!!!!!
Keep your head up
Hope Slavin is OK but that is the kind of hit that changes your career
I think the hit wasn’t dirty, but it wasn’t “clean” necessarily either as their helmets definitely collided before the shoulder and chest. I don’t think it was intentional at all, just unfortunate.
Keep your head up
I understand it was technically a penalty, but it was 200 feet from the attacking zone and didn’t really affect the play !
Shouldn’t have been called based on everything in these playoffs
Duclairs goal, first shot hit the post, not a save, Duclair shot rebound in
i think that hit sent him into the 2025 playoffs. he woke up and didn't even know he was in a hockey game. head on front of head, then side of head on boards, then back of head on ice….he gets up and does a flaceplant into the bar on the bottom of the net. poor guy is gonna be really damaged by all that brain jostling in every direction. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ^^^^^
Same hit same spot that andrei’s clean hit on lindholm last year in the playoffs btw the goalie will try to help the player to get up after being hit
And they did a little feel good show before the game about slavin adopting a daughter then Bennett rocks him less than 5 minutes in
No one in Florida cares anyway
Mirror image of the Boychuck hit on Coburn, different results…I couldn't believe Coburn got back up on his own legs.
Biggest hit of the decade!
I know this is an old fashioned take and the NHL wants to get rid of enforcers and fighting all together but the Canes would have really benefited from having a big grinder or enforcer on their 4th line. Some one who isnt afraid to start a fight and punish opposing teams for hits like these, even if theyre clean. It sends a clear message: f*** with us at your own peril. Now they have one of their allstars injured and nothing to show for it because they dont want to take penalties (NHL officiating is already a joke at best anyway)
For proof of what the NHL would look like without fighting just look at the recent leg-skate incident on Nino Niedereiter in the IIHF
Trouba was bigger
Very cool to see Staal brothers hugging in the handshake line.
That was a hit. Slavin looked like he was out for a second there as he hit the wall.
Who else thinks Matt Dumbas hit was bigger