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Kaleta Hits Ross – 1 Year Suspension?

by on November 27, 2009 in Uncategorized - 35 Comments

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The OHL featured almost an identical hit that had Michael Liambas being suspended for an entire season, now the NHL gets its first taste of the hit. Patrick Kaleta hit Jared Ross in almost a complete copy as the Liambas hit.

Click here to see the hit.

It begs to question if this hit will get anywhere near the same look. The injury to Ross is nowhere near as horrible, but it's the exact same hit on the exact same play. A dump in has the goaltender out to slow it down, the defenceman turns to shoot it away and on his follow through takes the hit from behind and goes face first into the glass.

My question to you is whether or not you feel this is worthy of a serious suspension or if the NHL is going to do its own thing and ignore the whole lesson of "players must respect each other more" the OHL threw out on Liambas.

Micheal A. Aldred

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  • Only_crime

    amen leave the effing injury out of it im not saying that shouldnt have some effect in the punishement but it should only be minimal not that main factor in the decision

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  • CarltontheBear

    Guys, seriously, watch the video again, when he gets the puck he looks up and sees the Sabre coming from the other side so turns to get hit shoulder to shoulder. He didn’t see Kaleta coming, not only that but Kaleta had more than enough time to let up.

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  • Matt K

    At some point, guys on the reciving end of hits like this should realize they contributed to the disaster. A guy should not be suspended for something he cannot control, like a guy turning the face the glass at the last second. He was going to be hit shoulder to shoulder, and at the last second he turned his body towards the glass. It was not Kaleta’s fault at all. I’m not a a fan of Kaleta, but seriously, some people need to take responsibility for not being smart even if they are a ‘victim’. This was just unfortunate. A clean hit turned bad because a guy got afraid of a pending hit, and turned to face the glass. No suspension should be given. Not even one game.

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  • brokensilence

    kaleta’s suspended for 2 games. perfect for the leafs, as it takes him out of monday’s game.

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  • steen101984

    @broken silence

    that sucks i would have liked to see him get pasted from behind by Mayers going full tilt because you know that that vaginal discharge would turtle and not fight anyone

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  • Charlie

    For those Kaleta haters, me included, this is a GREAT clip of him getting his ass absolutely kicked.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOu4CZ7jAVE

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  • Only_crime

    why so much hating on kaleta? hes a dick and really pesters they opposing team but of all the people to understand i thought it would be us kaleta plays the exact same game as darcy tucker did when he was here in toronto!

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