Pierre-Luc Dubois was issued a match penalty for attempt to injure for this takedown of Robert Thomas. While I don’t think it was pre-mediated or necessarily even intentional, he also didn’t do enough to NOT put Thomas in an extremely defenceless position.
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Dubois also has a bit of a history…https://youtu.be/EEizwirX4nY
Agreed, that was a dirty move. And we know that PLD would run and hide if and opposing player tried to hold him to account.
I don’t think the arm pin was intentional but I agree with a suspension
Thomas was setting an illegal pick, and PLD did the right thing by using Thomas to cushion his fall. Interfering with someone like that could cause serious injury.
So Parros said there won't be a suspension on Dubois…
The constant missed calls from refs, the constant diving from players, the idiots working at player safety, all this is killing excitement for me watching hockey… But hey at least now the NHL is tracking shots and shots that wouldn't hit the net… Complete joke of a league
If this had been done to Connor Mcdavid there would be a huge uproar. How can you not suspend a guy who has been given a match penalty for attempting to injure someone?
Spot on
did you see his stick blade get caught in Thomas' skate only made the take down way worse imo
I disagree, I think it was intentional. If you look at the replay, Dubois hooked Thomas's skate before he started the takedown, so Thomas could not move his legs and was defenseless.
Intent to injure all day long. Not just the tackle, but the slewfoot, too.
Nothing tough about this call. The only somewhat difficult thing is going to be length of suspension. I mean, THAT, is a dick move.
Six games without Dubois? Oh no.
Anyway …
It's arguably a variant of a slew-foot and the rule for a slew-foot is a match. He pushes the opponents upper body backwards (more holding, but still true IMO), and then knocks his feet out from under him.
52.2 Match Penalty – Any player who is guilty of slew-footing shall be assessed a match penalty.
I give him 15 games and a fine for intent to injure/ slewfooting that was super dirty and unnecessary and looked definitely intentional
That play was just stupid. It’s a routine pick that happens in the NHL.
Was there a buildup that in some way that had PLD riled up? Not that it matters, but it’s hard to understand his aggression, especially against Thomas, in that scenario.
So dumb.
This was intentional and dirty. Dubois should be suspended. He acted like a petulant thug.
I really don't like the wording of this penalty. Yes Dubois tackled Thomas to the ice after being interfered with but I don't think his intent was to injured Thomas.
Was is dirty? Yes. Should have he gotten 5 and a game? Yes. But let's call it interference
Let me preface my question by saying I totally agree with your 6 games decision, I definitely think it's warranted on this play
But I'm now curious on your definition of "malicious". In the video, you make the claim that you don't believe Dubois intended to injure, which would suggest that it's not "malicious". So I'm curious why you didn't put this in the higher end of your "non-hockey play that isn't malicious" category.
I know that would only be the difference of just 1 game and personally think he definitely earned that extra game. Just curious how you decided which category it falls in, since I know that a major point of the Tough Call system is consistency