Kr55 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 09:19

oilfan94 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 10:02 On the Kings hfboards there is a lot of talk about targeting the known injuries on the Oilers players. I get that you want to play hard and finish checks, but I hate all the intent to injure talk that so many fans have, that seems to be pretty common now days. Makes me feel more justified for having never actually signed up there and left Oilfans as the only fan forum I post on. I’m sure they also considered Nurse’s grazing stick across the back of Byfield’s helmet as attempted murder

I actually saw the replay of the Nurse "attempted murder" of Byfield for the 1st time during another game recently (turned the LA game off after the 1st) .. from what I had read I expected it to be a lot worse.. looked to me like Byfield really sold it.. you could tell the contact didn't have a lot of force.. there was an unnatural time delay from the contact, to Byfield grabbing his head and "writhing in pain" ..
For comparison, there was a cross check to the neck of J. Skinner by Tucker off a face-off during the St, Louis game that was deliberate and not in the heat of the moment.. that I thought was far worse than Nurse's and the guy didn't even get a phone call from the league.

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