you know he will be suspended, we are the flyers

we one and he lost.

i mean won or maybe carter 1 devils 0

It was a clean hit, his shoulder doesn’t come up until after he cleaned his clock. It certainly changed the momentum of the game.

He shouldn’t be suspended, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends getting suspended.

The TV angle that faces them shows it was in fact not dirty.
From behind it dose not look good at all.
If he dose get 3 games I will not be screaming Conspiracy

Its really head to say. In the normal angle it looks like a head shot, but on the two alternate angles it looks like Carter gets more of Salmela’s shoulder. If its a hit to the head, he deserves a suspension. I don’t care what part of your body you use, if you hit a guy in the head, you deserve a suspension. Richards should have been suspended for his hit on Booth.

We shall have to see what the league decides . . .

the replay between 4:44 – 4:52 you can see the guys head is down. I wonder if the game’s emphasis on offense is favoring more finese puck handling which may cause players look down more often then they should to perform more complicated moves. I don’t know if this is the case here. But i ‘ve heard it said that players, younger ones in general are skating with their heads down. I don’t if that’s true or something that is always said year after year when hits like this happen

Well as per Bob McKenzie on TSN said that Carter won’t be suspended, due to Carter didn’t charge or it wasn’t a late hit, as per the reply Bob said that Carter went for the shoulder and connected with the shoulder and then hit his head with the follow through

Either way, it’s a blindside hit, and league officials have stated they’re trying to get blindside hits out of the game.

I understand trying to get blatant head shots out of the game, especially where a player has to extend himself to make it. But blind side hits? Is there any open-ice hit that doesn’t catch the puck-bearer off-guard?

If there’s any rationale for suspension here, in my opinion it’s the timing, not the hit to the head. Even then, the timing is a split-second after the puck is released, which is hard to restrict in a fast game like hockey.

The hit was clean, timing was milliseconds apart from puck release to hit, and it was shoulder to shoulder. Hits are hits, and I’ve said before holding up usually just gets you injured, even though I understand and have said for years head shots are bad. As Flyer’s fans, we’ve seen our team deal with some major consequences from hard checks, not necessarily cheap or illegal (but maybe), so I don’t think the argument that “he’s a Flyer” should hold up anywhere, least of all in the league offices.

That said, I am still worried about the consistency. The lack of goals is alarming, seeing as we went thru this same type of drought when our losing streak started before.

Also want to know why Hartnell thinks he can make passes Forsberg wouldn’t try. He plays so hard, then throws a pass to no one at the point, or thru three defenders cross ice. Seems when they are winning and scoring, they are making good decisions between shooting or passing, but then loose that ability for periods or games at a time. Really hard to figure. Any thoughts?

Wouldnt seem so dirty if it hadnt followed a goal. He DID have his head down. I feel it was clean. Probably a game or two suspension IF ANY.

Regardless of whether it actually turns out to be clean or dirty, based on his symptoms I think the kid has a concussion and that may weigh into the league’s decision (even if the concussion was caused more by hitting the ice).

This is the article from NHL.com:

Carter’s shoulder impacted heavily against Salmela’s head, knocking him unconscious. He spun him through the air and landed face-first on the ice just to the right of the Flyers’ goal.
Salmela laid face down on the ice for several minutes being treated by medical personnel from both teams. He was moving his legs before being strapped to a stretcher and taken off the ice. He received more treatment in the locker room, but felt good enough that he didn’t need to go to the hospital.
“I said I feel pretty good, so he (doctor) said I don’t have to go (to the hospital),” said Salmela. “I’m going to see doctors tomorrow. We’ll see how I feel.”
The only damage was a few fresh stitches on the bridge of his nose — likely from his visor when he landed on the ice — and a chipped front top left tooth.
Salmela said he had almost no recollection of what happened.
“Not much from the goal,” he said. “I didn’t even remember at first that I scored. But now I’m getting little more clear. … I’m getting better now. Just a bit of a headache but I think everything else is good. Just lucky.”

On the bright side, the same article contains a quote from Jacques Lemaire saying he doesn’t blame Carter for the hit, so maybe it’ll cancel out.

It’s like a crossing route over the middle in football…there’s more risked invovled and either your a tight end whose mass can offset the energy of the collision more effectively than the more svelte, agile wide receiver or you are that receiver and you better be stituationally aware. Is it any wonder why receivers in this position drop passes right to them without being hit. Keeping your head down in hockey I imagine is not a safe way to skate which need not be an issue as keeping your head up I would think, allows you to see and respond more quickly to the play around you.

The nonchalant way Carter did it too. It didn’t look like he put any effort it. Why doesn’t he hit more often?

But I feel it should like high stick, you’re responsible of your stick, so you should also be responsible of your hit

Consults DGB league suspension flow chart

2 games.

You can see Carter coming into the zone, he is just coasting at first. He’s definitely not lining him up. If Salmela or Carter meet a split second later, it’s a beautiful shoulder to shoulder hit. Regardless, need to see Carter hitting more often. He’s got too much size and strength too not use it