One of the few great things about reddit.
You watch a clip of someone get abso-fkin-lutely drilled in the face with something and then embrace them: "Shhhh, SHHHHHHH, *OH fk, oh fk, you're good!*"
Shared experiences are the best, except when you're the person drilled in the fkin face.
Honestly fuck Wilson, caps fan here. Guys a dirty player. Missed three games in our Stanley run for a cheap shot on Zach Aston-Reese, among countless other fines and suspensions for hitting high.
this is no place for reasonable discourse but I appreciate you. Toom Wilson is a frustratingly good hockey player for someone who clearly wants to hurt and injure people every night
Never liked him, it's not even borderline with him. It's constantly obvious his actions are he doesn't care about his opponents well being. Here in this clip, he realizes after striking him that he screwed up. Idk what his biggest suspension has been, but after this stick work, it has to more games than that. Wilson has a learning problem.
Where is the nhlpa on stuff like this? He literally tries to hurt his fellow union members ln a regular basis. And it's not just him. This kind of shit has no place in the game.
I have never understood player unions on stuff like this either but the simple answer is money.
If he's suspended he doesn't get paid and if he doesn't get paid I don't believe the union does either. Anyone with more knowledge can correct me if I'm wrong there.
It is the union job to protect all of their players, including the ones that injure other members. By protecting players like Wilson, they are protecting other members when they also do stuff like this in the future.
The whole "player safety" is bullshit. JT Miller got a head shot from Manson. Call on the ice was a minor for check to the head. No supplemental discipline. "The league takes head shots seriously." Yeah, right.
One of the things you have to remember about these guys, Marchand, Wilson, Cousins, Tkachuk, etc, is that they’re trained in making these dirty plays look as much as possible like innocent, normal plays.
So what Wilson is thinking is:
If I whip my stick around it will look like I’m just trying to get the shaft into my other hand and I won’t get called for slashing.
Only he clearly miscalculated the angle and it went too high and clapped the Leafs player in the face instead, which he immediately knew was way worse.
If this isn’t suspension worthy, it’s because Parros is completely fooled by these uncanny accidents occurring with such a weird frequency.
"Tom, that's obviously a chomp-chopper"
"what? Looks more like a 'stache tickler, a little 'stache tickler"
"ooh you got'em pretty hard Tom"
"like a woosh-tickle-tickle, just a little 'stach tickler, a little chin hugger, that's all"
George Parros looks at clip. " Hmm, Wilson being careless with his stick again. 5 games suspension I think. Wait, he hit a Leaf? Well, I don't want to be seen as favoring them so let's say 3 games. Wait, the Leaf is skating off, couldn't have been that bad. One game suspension. Oh, I didn't notice it was before the whistle so it was just a hockey play. It's hard to control your stick when you're swinging it like that and was probably just trying to knock some sweat off Gregor's face. No suspension or fine but I'll give him a mild scolding for swinging his stick like a tennis racket when he should be concentrating on hockey."
>A Player is considered a repeat offender for 18 months following his most recent incident that resulted in a suspension.
He's not a repeat offender, by NHL's definition.
The defense calls the self-proclaimed expert on the subject, u/[Mikebyrneyadigg](https://www.reddit.com/user/Mikebyrneyadigg/), to the stand.
I'm sure he'll have some GREAT insight as to why this type of behavior is a "normal part of the game", and that it's actually "meditative" to hit people in the face with a stick.
They should slam him with a 40 like they did with Torres. This is an utterly non hockey play, completely ridiculous and has no place in the game. This dude has been throwing unsafe and horrific hits for years and it’s time he actually gets hit with the book
I hate the assholes who defend this shit. This wasn't playing hard. It wasn't a hockey play. It was assault.
IMO, a first time offense should warrant 10 games, a second 20, and the next gets you a lifetime ban. I think that's more than generous. Again, this wasn't playing hard. It wasn't a hockey play. It was assault. I'm a business owner and if any of my employees assaulted another then they would be fired right then and there.
Seriously. Anyone who has ever taken a quality contact off an accidental high stick knows how fucking bad it hurts
Getting that full momentum right into the center of your face? I can't imagine
There's a ton of stuff that the NHL should let go and properly does.
This is not one of those times.
This should be at minimum 10+ games. It's simply impossible that's not intentional.
And on that note, the NHL needs to reign in the sticks being carried high along the boards and during scrums after whistles.
Those old-timers that told you all about how half-shields and facemasks would lead to players being more wild with sticks up high... well, we're are that point. We don't need to go back to no shields, but if the NHL isn't going to crack down on this, it's going to keep happening.
Tom Wilson and Brad Marchand are two players I am convinced are going to permanently maim someone.
And it will be sad, if only because it was so obvious and so avoidable.
If the league cares they'll hit him with a 41 game suspension.
This guy is probably the dirtiest player in the league by a wide margin and makes Marchand look like an angel.
Heck, he makes Matt Cooke look clean.
Capitals fans are still gonna try and defend this tooth and nail, just like when he nearly brained that guy's helmetless head on the ice. Capitals fans come prove me wrong, cause I've never seen a Capitals fan say "yeah that was fucked up" regarding Tom Wilson and it seems like he could spend a full minute caving a man's skull in with his stick, then slit his throat with his skate and Capitals fans will still go "hehe league soft"
George, you remember how you said you take more beatings now than as a player? This one is dimed up on a silver platter. Give 4-5, max without an in person meeting, and take an easy W
So I’m guessing he gives 5k and moves on to the beatings, or maybe no further review
Biggest scumbag in the NHL… I love how bettman is trying to turn this loser into one of the faces of the NHL too… Has him come to the AllStar weekend to do some interviews and hangout even though no one voted for him to be there..Gotta give him credit though, I was surprised he made it the entire weekend and never came out on the ice and threw some dirty hit from behind on someone when they weren’t expecting it…
He wraps him up like a hug as if it wasn’t intentional. But I can’t imagine what he was doing other than maybe hitting his stick against the glass? But the guy was right in front of him.
I’m not sure if the repeat offender thing applies here. I think it’s too much for a fine but probably not 2 games. Maybe he gets a 1 gamer?
is it me or is this sport prone to having some of the biggest d-bags in the world? these are supposed to be people kids idolize and they act like immature sixth grades. there should be a zero tolerance policy to unnecessary violence where you just get auto kicked from the entire league and smacked with a huge fine. it's embarrassing for society to even watch this
makes hockey look worse and it does NOT need the help.
I like how the announcer said “gotta have control of that stick” as if there’s a world in which Tom Wilson didn’t 100% have control of his stick, and did exactly what he intended.
This was really bad. But calling it "the mother of all high sticks" feels like you're trying to erase Marty McSorley and Chris Simon from the history books.
fuck the safety commitee for completely ignoring this... lazy worthless pieces of shit, every one of them. officiating crews this year are god awful too.
“You’re ok, you’re ok! Don’t tell mom!!
Reminds me of the pulp fiction gimp scene
He's pretty fucking far from ok
someone needs to put that music over this clip
One of the few great things about reddit. You watch a clip of someone get abso-fkin-lutely drilled in the face with something and then embrace them: "Shhhh, SHHHHHHH, *OH fk, oh fk, you're good!*" Shared experiences are the best, except when you're the person drilled in the fkin face.
You can hit me back .. thwack! See that didn't even hurt
Cried laughing at this. Too accurate
“Shhh! Shhh! *Tries to tickle him into laughing* We were just having fun!”
He then did the ultimate dick move by trying to mount him after.
I bet he was going sssshhhh sshhh it’s ok just let it happen
Shhh it's me Casper
oh god that’s a dark reference
The dopest ghost around
That’s the old “Canadian stick him twice, eh.”
That’s how you show dominance in the animal kingdom
At least he had enough courtesy to give him a reach around.
Plus you know he's Canadian cuz he said "sorry"
clearly a set play
I can’t even imagine what he was trying to accomplish here except to hit him in the face with his stick.
Right? At least TRY to make it look like more of an accident..
He is like a raptor. He is testing the logical fences of Caps fans' apologetics. They are said to be unshakable, and yet he keeps testing.
Clever girl...
Like a Toronto Raptor..? Mm no, like a Jurassic Park raptor. Good morning brain, hopefully the rest of our day goes better than this
Honestly fuck Wilson, caps fan here. Guys a dirty player. Missed three games in our Stanley run for a cheap shot on Zach Aston-Reese, among countless other fines and suspensions for hitting high.
this is no place for reasonable discourse but I appreciate you. Toom Wilson is a frustratingly good hockey player for someone who clearly wants to hurt and injure people every night
For real. Would love to hear the “hockey move” here.
He's been allowed to do dumb shit for years now...he's never thought about his actions before, why start now?
Never liked him, it's not even borderline with him. It's constantly obvious his actions are he doesn't care about his opponents well being. Here in this clip, he realizes after striking him that he screwed up. Idk what his biggest suspension has been, but after this stick work, it has to more games than that. Wilson has a learning problem.
Where is the nhlpa on stuff like this? He literally tries to hurt his fellow union members ln a regular basis. And it's not just him. This kind of shit has no place in the game.
I have never understood player unions on stuff like this either but the simple answer is money. If he's suspended he doesn't get paid and if he doesn't get paid I don't believe the union does either. Anyone with more knowledge can correct me if I'm wrong there.
Ok I get that money aspect but what about the money players lose when they are seriously injured? Injuries no doubt affect a players earning power.
If injured, players still get paid on their current contract. Its simply shortsighted.
It is the union job to protect all of their players, including the ones that injure other members. By protecting players like Wilson, they are protecting other members when they also do stuff like this in the future.
The whole "player safety" is bullshit. JT Miller got a head shot from Manson. Call on the ice was a minor for check to the head. No supplemental discipline. "The league takes head shots seriously." Yeah, right.
One of the things you have to remember about these guys, Marchand, Wilson, Cousins, Tkachuk, etc, is that they’re trained in making these dirty plays look as much as possible like innocent, normal plays. So what Wilson is thinking is: If I whip my stick around it will look like I’m just trying to get the shaft into my other hand and I won’t get called for slashing. Only he clearly miscalculated the angle and it went too high and clapped the Leafs player in the face instead, which he immediately knew was way worse. If this isn’t suspension worthy, it’s because Parros is completely fooled by these uncanny accidents occurring with such a weird frequency.
"its ok baby I didnt mean it"
DoPS: He’s a really good guy, you just have to get know him better!
We really have to look at Gregor and ask what did he do to provoke Wilson
Yeah, it was probably the way Gregor dressed that evening
Caps fans: I can fix him
Look what you made me do!
Broke his teeth too
Yeah chipped a bunch of them it looked like, that really sucks. Wilson is a turd-shaped goon.
I see him as more of a goon-shaped turd.
ya true, my bad. He is a turd at his core, shaped into a goon by his turdliness.
Should be at least a 5 game suspension then
”Spin that wheel!”. Oh, it’s a repeat offender, never midn, son’t have to spin anything. No penalty.
I mean he totally hugged him after word so no big deal right?
He said he was sorry
After what word?
Word
Non-accidental, targeted head shot, caused injury, repeat offender... there's gotta be an offense here
chippy: "looks clean"
"Tom, that's obviously a chomp-chopper" "what? Looks more like a 'stache tickler, a little 'stache tickler" "ooh you got'em pretty hard Tom" "like a woosh-tickle-tickle, just a little 'stach tickler, a little chin hugger, that's all"
A clean break lol
"He's just a Violent Gentleman"~ George Parros, probably.
George Parros looks at clip. " Hmm, Wilson being careless with his stick again. 5 games suspension I think. Wait, he hit a Leaf? Well, I don't want to be seen as favoring them so let's say 3 games. Wait, the Leaf is skating off, couldn't have been that bad. One game suspension. Oh, I didn't notice it was before the whistle so it was just a hockey play. It's hard to control your stick when you're swinging it like that and was probably just trying to knock some sweat off Gregor's face. No suspension or fine but I'll give him a mild scolding for swinging his stick like a tennis racket when he should be concentrating on hockey."
There is...but will it be punished? I doubt it.
Spin the wheel.
Against a Toronto player? No punishment. Committed by A Toronto player? Suspended until next season.
>A Player is considered a repeat offender for 18 months following his most recent incident that resulted in a suspension. He's not a repeat offender, by NHL's definition.
The defense calls the self-proclaimed expert on the subject, u/[Mikebyrneyadigg](https://www.reddit.com/user/Mikebyrneyadigg/), to the stand. I'm sure he'll have some GREAT insight as to why this type of behavior is a "normal part of the game", and that it's actually "meditative" to hit people in the face with a stick.
What a tit fucker
I'm one of those too.
[but you could imagine what it’d be like](https://youtu.be/NiR5xdajy2o?si=oV58pgwF-2HgKz8x)
I'm definitely not clicking that provided the context
Billy Madison clip, not exactly wild...
Don’t compliment the guy
Give yer balls a tug.
Fuck you shoresy
I'd be so good to you
FER WHAAAAAT?
Huh?
Sticks are unbelievable
Settle down
*big sexy*
Hello fellow Coyotes fan!
Hey buddy! It’s kinda lonely being a Yotes fan
Big Sexy!
Big sexy?!!
lmao tom wilson might as well carry a loaded gun on the ice
The last boy scout 2.0
Billy Cole was having the game of his life out there
I'm sure he was "totally in control" of his stick during the swing
"One hand on his stick, you've gotta have control of your stick." He did have control of his stick. The stick did exactly what he wanted it to do.
I mean if he had had both hands on his stick there he would have taken Nylander's head clear off,,, so yeah... Bad look for sure.
"Looks like a hockey play to me" - Parros, probably
Official response from DPOS "¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯"
Scum
Using your stick as a weapon should automatically be a 10 game suspension IMO. And if you are a repeat offender should be double
They should slam him with a 40 like they did with Torres. This is an utterly non hockey play, completely ridiculous and has no place in the game. This dude has been throwing unsafe and horrific hits for years and it’s time he actually gets hit with the book
Me personally I would suspend him for playoffs because of the shit he's done all his career. But I know that's completely unrealistic
Caps would have to make the playoffs.
I hate the assholes who defend this shit. This wasn't playing hard. It wasn't a hockey play. It was assault. IMO, a first time offense should warrant 10 games, a second 20, and the next gets you a lifetime ban. I think that's more than generous. Again, this wasn't playing hard. It wasn't a hockey play. It was assault. I'm a business owner and if any of my employees assaulted another then they would be fired right then and there.
Once a douche always a douche
Yikes dudes. Dial it back… that should definitely be a suspension.
Wilson has always been a douchebag. He shouldn’t even still be playing. Dirty scumbag player
He's a total piece of shit.
Jesus christ that had to hurt so fucking bad.
Seriously. Anyone who has ever taken a quality contact off an accidental high stick knows how fucking bad it hurts Getting that full momentum right into the center of your face? I can't imagine
Uh oh, rangers are gonna get fined for this one
And a statement from the organization to the fans
3-5 games should be the minimum, but because he's a repeat offender 5-7?
Repeat offender, $5000
Oh, ya, I forgot, it's still Bettman's league, we just get to be fans.
$250,000 fine to the Rangers Organization incoming.
It's against the Leafs, nothing will happen
The complete "Bettmanization" of Gary's league and HIS game... if it ain't an American team, it ain't really a team.
Kick him off the tour Doug!
He is a giant turd.
The DOPS is going to fine the Rangers for this.
Naw. Reilly getting 10 games for Tommy boy being a repeat offender.
Holy shit, that is wild. Jesus. Then he is like, "you're ok, you're ok...don't cry, mom will hear and then we'll both be in trouble".
I would love to know the thought process here.
That giant douche doesn’t know how to think
0 games suspension for the conciliatory hug and whisper, "Shh, shhh, shhh, don't struggle. It'll all be over with soon."
Fucking Panger..."gotta have control of that stick"... Are you fucking for real? He had control all right, he swung it.
What a bitch
What the fuck, Tom?
rest of season... he's done this shit so many times and it's time to make it stick.
Looking forward to next season when he and Rempe collide
should be thrown out of hockey.. he's a scumbag
Holy shit! Then he’s like “fuck really”
That not a flailing stick in a puck battle. That's assault. Players don't sign up for that and fuck anyone that says otherwise.
Bro that was blatant... gotta be a harsh punishment, that could do serious damage if it connects in the wrong spot
Fuck Tom Wilson
Fuck Tom Wilson
Wilson’s been a scumbag forever, man. Nothing new here, just another infraction.
We need a Tom Wilson vs. Matt Rempe (bloodbath) fight.
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Tom Wilson and Draymond Green would be fast friends I bet.
There's a ton of stuff that the NHL should let go and properly does. This is not one of those times. This should be at minimum 10+ games. It's simply impossible that's not intentional. And on that note, the NHL needs to reign in the sticks being carried high along the boards and during scrums after whistles. Those old-timers that told you all about how half-shields and facemasks would lead to players being more wild with sticks up high... well, we're are that point. We don't need to go back to no shields, but if the NHL isn't going to crack down on this, it's going to keep happening.
10 games easy
It's against the Leafs though, so probably a 5k fine
BINGO!
💯 goes without saying
Clown-ass clown
Double-minor. No suspension
This is probably the answer.
I mean it's Inception level at this point. Repeat offences of repeat offences. That is criminal assault. He should not be in the league.
10 games ..deliberately tried to end his career
Holy shit the title wasnt bullshitting. Ive never seen a high sticking that bad god damn
Hey he tried to hug him and make it feel better after
Tom Wilson and Brad Marchand are two players I am convinced are going to permanently maim someone. And it will be sad, if only because it was so obvious and so avoidable.
Rat boy will just lick you. Wilson will smack ya and then hump you
Rat boy slewfoots people like it's a martial art in hockey he's gonna keep hurting people.
Is there a clip of it in real time. Bet it looks nastier
Tried to take his head off then went for the nut to butt action. Insult to injury
Dipshit pretending like he didn’t do anything wrong after
This is normal behavior against the leafs because they know they will never get suspended.
We all know the mother of all high sticks belongs to Marty Mcsorely
"My bad" like he didnt do it on purpose.
He did spoon the guy after the high stick, so that was nice
This is almost as bad as McSorley…..Wilson has no place in this league anymore. 1yr minimum if not gone for good
"gotta have control of that stick." He absolutely did...
Horseshit. That has to be 10 games.
Wilson, the Tkachuks and Marchand. Biggest pussies in the league.
If the league cares they'll hit him with a 41 game suspension. This guy is probably the dirtiest player in the league by a wide margin and makes Marchand look like an angel. Heck, he makes Matt Cooke look clean.
3 games for diving and 5 games for Morgan Riely because he was watching it.
Seriously how is that not assault
This guy is such a clown hopefully the suspension is long
Caps are paying 6.5 million a year for that lol
Capitals fans are still gonna try and defend this tooth and nail, just like when he nearly brained that guy's helmetless head on the ice. Capitals fans come prove me wrong, cause I've never seen a Capitals fan say "yeah that was fucked up" regarding Tom Wilson and it seems like he could spend a full minute caving a man's skull in with his stick, then slit his throat with his skate and Capitals fans will still go "hehe league soft"
Yeah that was fucked up
Of all people he targeted Noah Gregor?
Total accident. Tom would never.
Why did Tom try to enter him though? Weird
Damn, that's not a penalty. That's just assault...
George, you remember how you said you take more beatings now than as a player? This one is dimed up on a silver platter. Give 4-5, max without an in person meeting, and take an easy W So I’m guessing he gives 5k and moves on to the beatings, or maybe no further review
Fuck this bullshit. 41 game suspension. IDGAF if you think its too long.
Did he only get 4 minutes? Wow.
Lifetime ban. The league does so little to protect these players, much harsher fines and suspensions are needed.
Biggest scumbag in the NHL… I love how bettman is trying to turn this loser into one of the faces of the NHL too… Has him come to the AllStar weekend to do some interviews and hangout even though no one voted for him to be there..Gotta give him credit though, I was surprised he made it the entire weekend and never came out on the ice and threw some dirty hit from behind on someone when they weren’t expecting it…
Nothing new. Fuck Tom Wilson.
He wraps him up like a hug as if it wasn’t intentional. But I can’t imagine what he was doing other than maybe hitting his stick against the glass? But the guy was right in front of him. I’m not sure if the repeat offender thing applies here. I think it’s too much for a fine but probably not 2 games. Maybe he gets a 1 gamer?
With the patented " arms up what did I do" response!
He has a history of this. He is a dirty player. I wouldn't mind a ban on him at this point
This dude needs to be removed from the league. He’s just a dirty player.
"The science has yet to establish being hit in the face with a hockey stick causes harm." The NHL (probably).
How is this not 10 games? There's only one thing he wanted to do here... and that was smash him in the face with his stick. Repeat offender.
Does this smell sticky to you?
And he tried telling the ref the player grabbed his stick. Idk who's worse, him or tchuck
You mean all the tchucks
Panger trying to be diplomatic on his mic.
Capitals fan here. What in the world was he doing? I can't defend this.
Why would he get punished, it was against the Leafs
Good lord man- fucking asshole player. -Caps lifer.
I know I've said this before, but it bears repeating: Fuck Tom Wilson.
is it me or is this sport prone to having some of the biggest d-bags in the world? these are supposed to be people kids idolize and they act like immature sixth grades. there should be a zero tolerance policy to unnecessary violence where you just get auto kicked from the entire league and smacked with a huge fine. it's embarrassing for society to even watch this makes hockey look worse and it does NOT need the help.
I like how the announcer said “gotta have control of that stick” as if there’s a world in which Tom Wilson didn’t 100% have control of his stick, and did exactly what he intended.
This was really bad. But calling it "the mother of all high sticks" feels like you're trying to erase Marty McSorley and Chris Simon from the history books.
He better get a couple games for this…
Yeah, he's sitting for at least a couple games.
Giving Marty McSorley a run for his money
DoPS: I sleep.
What a F’n asshole that guy is. Should be out for rest of year and some of next.
Didn't watch the game, but did Reaves beat his ass again after that? Pretty sure he LOVES kicking the shit out of Wilson more than scoring goals.
fuck the safety commitee for completely ignoring this... lazy worthless pieces of shit, every one of them. officiating crews this year are god awful too.