What a bad call. Chewing on his mouth guard and crawling on all fours. I knew he'd be back on the ice before the end of the game. He was back early in the 2nd period. What a performance.
Tkachuk is a loser anyway. He reminds me of Billy Smith of the Islanders. After the referees put their whistles away and stopped listening to his bickering in game one of the 1984 Stanley Cup Final, the Oilers came back to crush the Islanders.
I'll bet you have never played hockey or your mommy tightens your skates for you there son. Kucherov should get a suspension as well. You can't even tell when a guy is legit injured. Then you try to be "that guy" by pretending to be too cool for school. sit down boy. There is such a thing that's called intent. Kucherov blatantly tried to remove Brady's leg. What a loser. So is Kucherov.
you're obviously a moron that's never played hockey, Kucherov made a bad assessment of the angle tkachuk was taking and drilled his knee dead on, it wasn't intentional, just a fast movement, that easily can end someone's career.
1:35 At the moment of collision, Kucherov's leg is directly under his hip, while Tkachuck's right leg is extended far out into Kucherov's travel path. Totally Tkachuck's fault.
I’m a Wings fan and my opinion is Kuch intentionally went knee on knee. Yes Matthew embellished but that doesn’t lesson the intent by Kucherov. Kuch is one of the dirtiest players in the league but he has an ability to make it appear clean or unintentional.
@Carrissvmf lol wut? He is already skating straight at him and Tkachuks knee comes out last second into his path. There's no way he could have targeted a knee that wasn't there 2 or 3 seconds earlier. Kucherovs body position doesn't change at all coming in but Tlachuks leg swings all the way out in front. Seriously, I hate both these dudes but just watch the damn video and explain to me in what way Kucherov was targeting Tkachuks knee from like 3 metres out when tkachuks leg was no where near his path?
It was a fucking goon move the likes of which should lead to a suspension and major fine. Couldn’t be more intentional about inflicting pain and injury on another player.
The entire Panther's team went to acting class with Tkachuk getting the Academy Award. Why the Refs don't call them for embellishment is insane! The are like the KC Chief's of the NHL, they do no wrong.
@@Puckhog Very true, ask any athlete or fan of a team sport and they would beg to have a player like that. Especially if they are putting up points alongside it.
No! There's paying the price and there's going after knees! People want to jump him, crush him, stick him fine! It's what he dose! But absolutely no player should ever go after another's knees! Even in the 90s when head shots were fair players would never do that!
A lot actually, compared to the so called NHL average. But still, nothing compared to Dave "Tiger" Williams. He was a savage back in the 1970's and 1980's. He once said the NHL department of discipline had a rap sheet that would make MGM proud.
@@reynardus1359I'd like to know as well. People in here acting like he has murdered several people. Maybe he just dunked on their favorite teams too hard
Was actually a good hit. Kuch leg was already on that path for about 3-6 feet prior to contact and then he used his back leg to push through with his hips on contact. Matt weak when he isnt harassing smaller players or goalies.
You think the season ending concussion he's going to receive March 3rd was worth this move? He'll have plenty of time to reflect on this after the Lighting are once again, embarrassingly tossed in the first round. I'm actually worried for how bad this ends for him next meeting.
@@ragnarthered2112 Tkachuk is not a dirty player. He hits hard and clean. But cowards like Kucherov have to resort to dirty plays. That was a brutal knee. Kucherov will get his
Upchuk swings his leg around in front of Kucherov at the last second, even in slow motion. In real-time its a fraction of a second. Kucherov wasn't aiming his knee. More artistic license from the buffoons in Toronto. To busy figuring out new ways to screw up goaltender interference to make the right call here.
@@progshark Top comment. I slowed it down to .25 and it's clear he stuck his leg out after Kucherov had ALREADY braced for the hit. He crawled across the ice to sell it. POS.
After the cup final last year I said “the only trophy they deserve is an Oscar” the Panthers are a shameful team with how dirty they are and how badly they act and take dives
This whole thing was a joke. It was hip check that that dummy Tkachuk sticks knee out. Acts like he’s dying & 15 minutes later back on ice like nothing happened. Total dive.
Just because he came back isn’t a reason to dismiss what happened. Kariya came back after being levelled by Stevens years ago and played the rest of the game, he even scored a goal and has no memory of it. His career was pretty much over after that.
@@redbaron8130 Concussion is not at all the same as a legitimate knee injury. Many players continue playing in the same game after a concussion. If you actually strain, sprain, tear a knee, you are done that game. It was more likely a bruise or charleyhorse. It's just that all that acting on the ice convinced the ref's otherwise. After that embarrassing tantrum on the ice he could not dare to return to the ice on the next shift. 90% of his game is goating other players into retaliation and then faking something. Just a classless player.
Yes, like he took the bad end of a trip because K was braced for collision. He stuck his stupid leg out, and then crawled across the ice for effect. POS
Hate to see anyone get hurt but Chucky's been escaping karma for quite a while . On another note , it doesn't look like Kucherov tried to get him , he just didn't try avoiding him .
Why should Kucherov try to avoid anyone, He played the puck... Tkachuk put his knee out and then pretended to be injured, even left the Ice... I bet if he came back and scored a goal the Panther fans would have claimed it was holy Divinity
so were not gonna acknowledge the fact that Chuck fully extended his leg out while kuch was playing the puck. Im not a fan of either of these teams this is a joke.
Tkachuk yaps and agitates, but he’s not a dirty or dangerous player. In annual NHL player polls, there’s a category for dirtiest players in the league, and Tkachuk’s name never makes the list.
@carvealegoff they are definitely somewhere in the top and my opinion has nothing to do with bias, they are without a doubt top notch. Randy and Goldie are absolute professionals who are prepared to the max night in and night out and they are a great match. Randy's knowledge of the game both past and present compliments perfectly with Goldies downright love and passion for the game and the franchise.
kI have watched this a few times. I use to be a college referee & Kucherov hit him with his hip into midsection. The knee on knee happened when Tkachuk's right leg went out away from his body when reaching for the puck. In my opinion, It was n't intentional, so I would give him a minor at best. even though I don't think it deserved a penalty at all.
Geez, you probably start watching hockey this week cause this was intentional as F. I got no dog in this fight I hate both of these teams and I can safely assume at least 5 to 8 games suspension for Kucherov up to 15 games depending of the seriousness of Tkachuk injury. Btw college ref in what sport? Wrestling?
@@etcot8220that's an obvious leg check, that's been a major penalty since at least when I had it called on me playing youth hockey like 35 years ago, I don't think people realize how dangerous it is.
Did they even review this? It's not a typical knee on knee. Turtle Boy is leaning forward and Kucherov's hip is almost chest level on initial contact. He can't not hit 19's leg when it's sticking out like that. That hit is hardly 5 min and game misconduct. 19's leg will be sore tomorrow but at least he still has both mouthguard and teeth.
It's on the hitter to ensure the hit isn't dangerous, not on the receiver to be in a safe position. Kuch had time to avoid the hit, he chose to take it.
@@aker7811 what are you talking about😂 it’s the complete opposite to what you said. We all know how much of a joke hockey player tkachuk is. You’re the one that doesn’t know anything about hockey or you’re a Florida fan that still doesn’t know anything about hockey lol.
I hope Kucherov 's hip is ok. That was a big hip-on-thigh hit and am I worried that he might have some swelling tomorrow. Get the other guy a new binky and he should be fine.
It’s hard to feel bad though, it’s like with Marchand….no one cares when a player who is dirty at times gets hurt. That being said I hope he is ok, similar incidents have ended careers
If you slow it down you can see that Kuch is leading with his knee right when Chucky reaches for the poke with his right leg still behind him. Then when Chucky swings his leg around Kuch, who now has no choice but to make contact, rotates for a hip check and even jumps a little to avoid the lower body hit.
Matthew did lean forward but Kuch did extend his knee to be the principle point of contact If he just kept his shoulders square and went in for the hit, he would've hit his head for sure but that would be on Matthew and then likely it wouldn't be a major
I don't think it was intentional, it was just bad luck, he was going for the puck and both players were skating so fast, there was no time and space to even get out of the way
@@milktobo7418 brother no he fucking didn't He's turning to the right, so his right leg NEEDS to lead, have you ever been on skates before? You can literally see him extending his right hand in the replay to lead, and yet the announcer still gets it wrong Be better than this
He doesn't even lead with the knee Turning to your right, your right leg is ALWAYS IN FRONT as you bend it and lean, the only time when it isn't is when you're finishing a crossover to the right And you can see IN THE REPLAY kucherov extending his arms His hands/shoulders absolutely take most of the impact
Agree. In a knee on knee major, it's the guy getting the penalty who sticks out his knee. This is a hip check and the victim of the hit sticks out his leg. It's unfortunate, but not an illegal check.
These announcers are so biased. This was a good hip check not a knee on knee. Kucherov is not a dirty player. He didn’t stick his knee out. He turned his hip into Mathew Tkacrybaby . I hope neither one of them is hurt but Tkachuk isn’t the cleanest player in the league.
@ The knee contact was incidental. The hip hit first and the knee on the follow through. To me it’s kneeing when one player sticks his knee out ahead and the rest of his body. Kucherov didn’t do that.
@@Patrick-k8o6sincidental contact doesn’t matter, if it’s to the knee it’s to the knee. But I also still don’t agree that it was hip first, if you freeze the frame at 1:42 its way more telling where first point of contact was
@ I agree that incidental contact is still a penalty . I haven’t freeze framed the video but at real speed I looked to me that it was hip first. I’ll take your word for it.
Looked like pretty fair check to me. He looks like he has a good old fashioned charlie-horse . I think probably this was a bad call by the review??? I could care less about either team or either player, I'm just calling it for what it was....live by the sword, die by the sword....
He spins around with his leg out and kuch was just making body contact. Fast, bang bang play. Didn’t look malicious to me but I don’t know what’s going through his head.
Announcer says "dangerous play by kucherov" then a minute later during the slow mo "look at the right leg (tkachuks) he sticks it right out." Clown call, number one bs
@@milktobo7418 1:34 Kucherov tries to play the puck. His right knee is already out front. He misses the puck, and sees Tkachuk coming late. The hit is unavoidable at that point. He raises his body and braces for a shoulder and hip check.. His leading hip hits Tkachuk high on his thigh, which spins him around. Not knee-on-knee, and clearly not intentional knee-on-knee. Tkachuk has to protect himself. Dangerous play by him.
Usually the player initiating a knee on knee hit is bracing for it while they catch the other guy off guard, which is why usually it’s the guy getting hit that gets hurt every time
He was looking around at the Zebras and never quit chewing on the mouth guard. 9/10 for acting ,,I mean you're down by 3 early in the game, you have to wake the boys up some how..
I have seen this play from a couple of different angles. There was a hip check to the groin. There was also contact with the legs on the follow through. There was no suspension handed out, and rightly so. Tkachuk really sold the call with his Oscar performance and then returned to the game. Obviously we got to listen to the Panthers announcers here.
Glad to see kucherov is ok!!
You're 10 ply. We get it.
Wow, the comments show what a fan favorite Tkachuk really is😁😁
Tkachuk miraculously healed again at intermission
Y'all are killing me in the comments 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Kachook should play soccer - his acting talents gonna be valuable there
its absolutely terrible.
What a bad call. Chewing on his mouth guard and crawling on all fours. I knew he'd be back on the ice before the end of the game. He was back early in the 2nd period. What a performance.
Tkachuk is a loser anyway. He reminds me of Billy Smith of the Islanders. After the referees put their whistles away and stopped listening to his bickering in game one of the 1984 Stanley Cup Final, the Oilers came back to crush the Islanders.
@@Mike-l7y5yloser who wins a Stanley cup
I'll bet you have never played hockey or your mommy tightens your skates for you there son. Kucherov should get a suspension as well. You can't even tell when a guy is legit injured. Then you try to be "that guy" by pretending to be too cool for school. sit down boy. There is such a thing that's called intent. Kucherov blatantly tried to remove Brady's leg. What a loser. So is Kucherov.
Wtf r u talking about! Worst hit seen awhile. 20 games min.
you're obviously a moron that's never played hockey, Kucherov made a bad assessment of the angle tkachuk was taking and drilled his knee dead on, it wasn't intentional, just a fast movement, that easily can end someone's career.
1:35 At the moment of collision, Kucherov's leg is directly under his hip, while Tkachuck's right leg is extended far out into Kucherov's travel path. Totally Tkachuck's fault.
Kucherov has his knee out to impact his knee. It's about as dirty of a play as you can do. Wasn't accidental at all
@@Carrissvmffound the Florida fanboy
I’m a Wings fan and my opinion is Kuch intentionally went knee on knee. Yes Matthew embellished but that doesn’t lesson the intent by Kucherov.
Kuch is one of the dirtiest players in the league but he has an ability to make it appear clean or unintentional.
You can’t tell the difference between a hip and a knee? Yer fuggin brain dead
@Carrissvmf lol wut?
He is already skating straight at him and Tkachuks knee comes out last second into his path. There's no way he could have targeted a knee that wasn't there 2 or 3 seconds earlier. Kucherovs body position doesn't change at all coming in but Tlachuks leg swings all the way out in front. Seriously, I hate both these dudes but just watch the damn video and explain to me in what way Kucherov was targeting Tkachuks knee from like 3 metres out when tkachuks leg was no where near his path?
I like how tkachuk looked around to see if the refs caught it and started selling it lol
He just looked at both refs and is like “oh I’m hurt now” it’s actually funny no wonder nobody likes him
Beautiful hit, Tkachuk should get a 25 game suspension for pretending to be hurt and then coming back 5 min later
It wasn't a hit. He took his knee out. It was a cowardly play
@@marlew6629 Diving like that is a cowardly play
It was a fucking goon move the likes of which should lead to a suspension and major fine. Couldn’t be more intentional about inflicting pain and injury on another player.
@@zedved3462you’re soft as charmin😹
@@zedved3462 Yeah these derps on here know nothing about hockey - probably never even played.
The entire Panther's team went to acting class with Tkachuk getting the Academy Award. Why the Refs don't call them for embellishment is insane! The are like the KC Chief's of the NHL, they do no wrong.
Thoughts and prayers to Kucherov, getting shit all over his knee like that. Poor guy.
Haha, love this comment!! Way to go Kucherov. Turtle is such a faker!
You would die to have Matthew on your team. You’re just jealous.
@@Puckhog Very true, ask any athlete or fan of a team sport and they would beg to have a player like that. Especially if they are putting up points alongside it.
He's got shit all over his face too since he is in Tampa's locker room.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Surprise surprise, Panthers say he's "fine" today. Amazing acting performance Matthew
clean hit, turtlechuk diving again. must think he's playing soccer in italy or sum
Stooppp 😂😂😂
what is soccer?
didnt know that turtles can stick their leg this far out of the shell
😂
He was looking for the ref as he was falling down. Total giveaway.
How many times has Tkachuk assaulted another player while that player was otherwise engaged? You play a certain way sometimes you pay the price.
No! There's paying the price and there's going after knees! People want to jump him, crush him, stick him fine! It's what he dose! But absolutely no player should ever go after another's knees! Even in the 90s when head shots were fair players would never do that!
How many times? Who did he injure?
A lot actually, compared to the so called NHL average. But still, nothing compared to Dave "Tiger" Williams. He was a savage back in the 1970's and 1980's. He once said the NHL department of discipline had a rap sheet that would make MGM proud.
@@reynardus1359 He got suspended for trying to poke Jon Quick's eye out
@@reynardus1359I'd like to know as well. People in here acting like he has murdered several people. Maybe he just dunked on their favorite teams too hard
GOOD JOOOOB KUCH🎉
Was actually a good hit. Kuch leg was already on that path for about 3-6 feet prior to contact and then he used his back leg to push through with his hips on contact. Matt weak when he isnt harassing smaller players or goalies.
Notice that not a single guy on the FLA bench looked a bit worried. They've all seen this play acting before. Just like S. American soccer!
Kuch needs a raise.
Thank god Kucherov skated off under his own power
😂😂😂 glad we’re all on the same page
You think the season ending concussion he's going to receive March 3rd was worth this move? He'll have plenty of time to reflect on this after the Lighting are once again, embarrassingly tossed in the first round. I'm actually worried for how bad this ends for him next meeting.
@@Mattyboy2085 hahahahaha
@@Mattyboy2085 but you have no problem when your plug takes somebody out unprovoked
@@ragnarthered2112 Tkachuk is not a dirty player. He hits hard and clean. But cowards like Kucherov have to resort to dirty plays. That was a brutal knee. Kucherov will get his
Refs got fooled, even with a replay.
Upchuk swings his leg around in front of Kucherov at the last second, even in slow motion. In real-time its a fraction of a second. Kucherov wasn't aiming his knee. More artistic license from the buffoons in Toronto. To busy figuring out new ways to screw up goaltender interference to make the right call here.
@@progshark Top comment. I slowed it down to .25 and it's clear he stuck his leg out after Kucherov had ALREADY braced for the hit. He crawled across the ice to sell it. POS.
And the Oscar goes to...
Looked like a soccer player to me…
Thought the same
After the cup final last year I said “the only trophy they deserve is an Oscar” the Panthers are a shameful team with how dirty they are and how badly they act and take dives
I love feel-good christmas movies, ty Kuch🎄🎁❤️
Couldn't be any happier watching that play🫢😅
If Tkachuk doesn’t see Kuch coming he wouldn’t leave his leg out. What a dive by the ultimate Soccer player.
This whole thing was a joke. It was hip check that that dummy Tkachuk sticks knee out. Acts like he’s dying & 15 minutes later back on ice like nothing happened. Total dive.
_The whole game of hockey is becoming a joke...like soccer👎_
Soccer embellishment, should be a suspension.
The stoppage of game plus the fact that they wrongly ejected a player means cuckchuck should miss some games.
Haha I love chucky getting under skins of you stupid fans😂😂
I have a feeling if it was the other way around you'd same a game misconduct wasn't enough
Matt is the ultimate actor. Might as well be playing soccer...
You ever Play High End Hockey and get Knee Surgery a few Times???
Jerk Off Statement!
Kucherov dives all the time
And there we have it folks; the comment of the day and so early too. That's just hard work and talent, right there!! TeeHee
Is the ice okay?
That wack azzzz ice lmao
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My thoughts exactly
For a second I thought his career was over and I was filled with utter joy!! Couldn't have happened to more classy player.
bro dont scare us i thought kucherov was hurt for a sec
I’m so broken up about this. Tkachuk is such a clean player
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Kucherov did not extend his leg at contact. I don’t see the need for 5 and a game.
Great acting. Missed 3 shifts bravo just like daddy use to do. His brother isnt as bad but hes a good actor as well.
Just because he came back isn’t a reason to dismiss what happened. Kariya came back after being levelled by Stevens years ago and played the rest of the game, he even scored a goal and has no memory of it. His career was pretty much over after that.
I’m shocked he didn’t roll around. Soccer players roll much much more during embellishment.
@@redbaron8130 He had some good seasons after that hit.
@@redbaron8130 Concussion is not at all the same as a legitimate knee injury. Many players continue playing in the same game after a concussion. If you actually strain, sprain, tear a knee, you are done that game. It was more likely a bruise or charleyhorse. It's just that all that acting on the ice convinced the ref's otherwise. After that embarrassing tantrum on the ice he could not dare to return to the ice on the next shift. 90% of his game is goating other players into retaliation and then faking something. Just a classless player.
@@Happy_guy123you’re wrong. It was a blatant kneeing major. I don’t care about either of these teams btw
Clean hit, in fact it looks like Matthew stuck out his knee first so he should be fined for that dirty play.
Yes, like he took the bad end of a trip because K was braced for collision. He stuck his stupid leg out, and then crawled across the ice for effect. POS
I Couldn’t Stand Kucherov for Years Before this Game…..NOW HE’s MY FAVOURITE PLAYER!!
😂👍👍🙏
Extremely happy to see Kucherov is OK
Where can I send a coffee to Kucherov?
classy
Kucherov is a butthurt useless Lozerrr as the Panthers rule.. 😛
в больницу
I want to send him flowers
Grow up .
Hate to see anyone get hurt but Chucky's been escaping karma for quite a while . On another note , it doesn't look like Kucherov tried to get him , he just didn't try avoiding him .
Why should Kucherov try to avoid anyone, He played the puck... Tkachuk put his knee out and then pretended to be injured, even left the Ice... I bet if he came back and scored a goal the Panther fans would have claimed it was holy Divinity
what part of deliberate attempt to injure don't you understand ??
@@Michael-hq1iq maybe the part where tkachuck turns towards Kuch and sticks his leg out
so were not gonna acknowledge the fact that Chuck fully extended his leg out while kuch was playing the puck. Im not a fan of either of these teams this is a joke.
Tkachuk yaps and agitates, but he’s not a dirty or dangerous player. In annual NHL player polls, there’s a category for dirtiest players in the league, and Tkachuk’s name never makes the list.
you can tell this the Panthers broadcast.
The best announcing team in the NHL hands down.
@@newms69😂
100% Kuch’s leg never moved but tkachuk sure swung his leg into harms way. How they can claim Kucherov targeted the knee is laughable.
@carvealegoff they are definitely somewhere in the top and my opinion has nothing to do with bias, they are without a doubt top notch. Randy and Goldie are absolute professionals who are prepared to the max night in and night out and they are a great match. Randy's knowledge of the game both past and present compliments perfectly with Goldies downright love and passion for the game and the franchise.
Most biased in the league. Boston a close second.
kI have watched this a few times. I use to be a college referee & Kucherov hit him with his hip into midsection. The knee on knee happened when Tkachuk's right leg went out away from his body when reaching for the puck. In my opinion, It was n't intentional, so I would give him a minor at best. even though I don't think it deserved a penalty at all.
I will ask my Hall a Fame Brother to make the Call
Geez, you probably start watching hockey this week cause this was intentional as F. I got no dog in this fight I hate both of these teams and I can safely assume at least 5 to 8 games suspension for Kucherov up to 15 games depending of the seriousness of Tkachuk injury. Btw college ref in what sport? Wrestling?
@etcot8220 Kutcherov had no reason to intentionally do it. Not just that but Tkachuk sells it big time.
@@etcot8220numb nuts missed 3 minutes and finished the game,are you one of the refs chuki poishes dik for couse they always turn a blind eye
@@etcot8220that's an obvious leg check, that's been a major penalty since at least when I had it called on me playing youth hockey like 35 years ago, I don't think people realize how dangerous it is.
He came back into the game.
of course he did, little bit of embellishment
Panther team worms do that pretend there hurt and magically come back
Hip on hip hahaha
hockey is hockey, so are injuries. it is tough, you have to be tougher
@@FlandersKen And have the refs help, as the Panthers have had for the 3rd straight season
Damn... for a second there I thought Kuch was hurt...
Anyway.......
chuckyboy mouthing off to tampas bench in final seconds of last game,just got his mouthshut,lol
BINGO!!!
And i thought my Christmas break couldn't get better
Oiler fans salty tears make me smile
@@JulianFranco-d7o chucky trying to win an Oscar next with that acting?
@@Crxnosfr Yes and Kucherov is acting like a thug or maybe that's who he is
Kucherov's first contact was with Tkachuk's shoulder (his knee injury was a complete imitation))!
Абсолютно верно! 👍
Coach is excellent ❤❤❤❤❤❤
And here I thought my day couldn't get any better after the devils destroyed the rangers this afternoon, but Tampa taking out the trash is lovely
Celebrating a player injury is not worthy of a true hockey fan
@reynardus1359 considering how many dirty hits he has thrown at players because he couldn't keep up with them, it's allowed in this scenario
@@stevecolantuono2284
I wouldn’t talk too much tubby
@@stevecolantuono2284 How many? Who did he injure?
No one got injured, and Tampa is trash compared to the Panthers.. 😄
John is excellent coach ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Did they even review this? It's not a typical knee on knee. Turtle Boy is leaning forward and Kucherov's hip is almost chest level on initial contact. He can't not hit 19's leg when it's sticking out like that. That hit is hardly 5 min and game misconduct. 19's leg will be sore tomorrow but at least he still has both mouthguard and teeth.
When was the last time you had an eye exam? You’re obviously overdue.
Oilers suck btw
@@BJBlaskovichGamingLike MT is an angel……🤦🏼♂️
It's on the hitter to ensure the hit isn't dangerous, not on the receiver to be in a safe position.
Kuch had time to avoid the hit, he chose to take it.
@@BJBlaskovichGaming You are watching the play in slow motion. That's why your perception is wrong.
Brutal call, it was basically a collision.
Matthew was so hurt. He never stopped chewing on that mouth guard 😂
id love to see you take that hit😂that wont be possible tho since youre probably too fat to skate🫤
He’s definitely a nibbler. I bet his mom had a rough go breast feeding him into his 20’s.
Always chewing like a heroin addict
His pacifier...
Meh. Looked at the ref for a call....all while keeping his mouthguard bitten on. Tkachuk should get 2 for embellishment.
And he came back, after doing everything to get a call
You should get 2 for bad takes.
Terrible refs
Been with the Panthers for years
Woke refs. Colors and feelings and all...
Good hit what comes around goes around lmao Nice job Kuch
I now have a favorite player on Tampa Bay. Can't say the same for the Panthers though.
Oh man I’m loving these comments
Yeah they dont know anything about Hockey 🙈
Yeah holliday special quality to it lol
@@aker7811 what are you talking about😂 it’s the complete opposite to what you said. We all know how much of a joke hockey player tkachuk is. You’re the one that doesn’t know anything about hockey or you’re a Florida fan that still doesn’t know anything about hockey lol.
Panthers with the miracle working training staff.
Man deserves a medal of honor. Love it kuch
I hope Kucherov 's hip is ok. That was a big hip-on-thigh hit and am I worried that he might have some swelling tomorrow.
Get the other guy a new binky and he should be fine.
What a great actor on skates
The tkachucks are taking a beating the last few days here
It’s hard to feel bad though, it’s like with Marchand….no one cares when a player who is dirty at times gets hurt.
That being said I hope he is ok, similar incidents have ended careers
He looked around for a penalty then he was real hurt. I say it was clean.
Чистое нарушение.
Then he was fine and back in like 2 shifts or something lol total act
@ 🤷🏾♂️
TURTLE is hurting
I kept watching the replay, I did not get the sense it was a malicious play at all. Did I miss something?
Not a knee. Mathew put himself in a shitty situation. Nikita took his chance to play the body.
Move your feet
Move your feet
Don't reach, that's how you get penalties
If you slow it down you can see that Kuch is leading with his knee right when Chucky reaches for the poke with his right leg still behind him. Then when Chucky swings his leg around Kuch, who now has no choice but to make contact, rotates for a hip check and even jumps a little to avoid the lower body hit.
Matthew did lean forward but Kuch did extend his knee to be the principle point of contact
If he just kept his shoulders square and went in for the hit, he would've hit his head for sure but that would be on Matthew and then likely it wouldn't be a major
He lead with his hip...the knee contact was incidental not purposeful.
@@itsa-itsagames If led with his knee why did he rotate to hit with his hip? Watch it again in slow mo.
Seemed pretty OK to me. Tkachuk hits far worse / far more often.
True, but he has the officials on his teams side
I don't think it was intentional, it was just bad luck, he was going for the puck and both players were skating so fast, there was no time and space to even get out of the way
Doesn't matter, this is similar to a headshot, led with his knee.
@@bludika you are dumb.
@@milktobo7418 Except if you watch the replay chuck stuck his leg out guaranteeing contact
@@milktobo7418 brother no he fucking didn't
He's turning to the right, so his right leg NEEDS to lead, have you ever been on skates before?
You can literally see him extending his right hand in the replay to lead, and yet the announcer still gets it wrong
Be better than this
He doesn't even lead with the knee
Turning to your right, your right leg is ALWAYS IN FRONT as you bend it and lean, the only time when it isn't is when you're finishing a crossover to the right
And you can see IN THE REPLAY kucherov extending his arms
His hands/shoulders absolutely take most of the impact
Agree. In a knee on knee major, it's the guy getting the penalty who sticks out his knee. This is a hip check and the victim of the hit sticks out his leg. It's unfortunate, but not an illegal check.
Look to me like his knee was right underneath his shoulder standing straight so don't think he was trying for the knee
He is such a good actor.
You love to see it.
Always love how the player giving the knee takes a dive to look like it was accidental
These announcers are so biased. This was a good hip check not a knee on knee. Kucherov is not a dirty player. He didn’t stick his knee out. He turned his hip into Mathew Tkacrybaby . I hope neither one of them is hurt but Tkachuk isn’t the cleanest player in the league.
Kucherov is a dirty player. He's just a smart, dirty player. There's a reason he didn't win the Hart. He's a piece of shit
I agree with you that he 100% stuck his hip out but that was a knee on knee. A ref is making that call 10 times out of 10
@ The knee contact was incidental. The hip hit first and the knee on the follow through. To me it’s kneeing when one player sticks his knee out ahead and the rest of his body. Kucherov didn’t do that.
@@Patrick-k8o6sincidental contact doesn’t matter, if it’s to the knee it’s to the knee. But I also still don’t agree that it was hip first, if you freeze the frame at 1:42 its way more telling where first point of contact was
@ I agree that incidental contact is still a penalty . I haven’t freeze framed the video but at real speed I looked to me that it was hip first. I’ll take your word for it.
Soo much more salt in here than the Dead sea, lots of teardrops!!!
Looked like pretty fair check to me. He looks like he has a good old fashioned charlie-horse . I think probably this was a bad call by the review??? I could care less about either team or either player, I'm just calling it for what it was....live by the sword, die by the sword....
Textbook kneeing. Tkachuk has his leg extended sure but Kucherov is not aiming the hit to the body at all
He spins around with his leg out and kuch was just making body contact. Fast, bang bang play. Didn’t look malicious to me but I don’t know what’s going through his head.
Tkachuk stuck HIS leg out wtf
Wake up idiot
Kucherov getting kicked out the game saved himself a long 43 minutes of retributional retaliations.
could not of happened to a more deserved player, Nice to see Kuch skating alright after that
Tampa will get theirs. This Panthers team does not forget.
Announcer says "dangerous play by kucherov" then a minute later during the slow mo "look at the right leg (tkachuks) he sticks it right out." Clown call, number one bs
1:42 - use your eyes this time, who cares what a play-by-play caller says.
@@milktobo7418 1:34 Kucherov tries to play the puck. His right knee is already out front. He misses the puck, and sees Tkachuk coming late. The hit is unavoidable at that point. He raises his body and braces for a shoulder and hip check.. His leading hip hits Tkachuk high on his thigh, which spins him around. Not knee-on-knee, and clearly not intentional knee-on-knee. Tkachuk has to protect himself. Dangerous play by him.
@@milktobo7418 Use your brain this time 🤡
It was a clean hit.
I must say Kucherov has my respect 🫡
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Seems like if you intentionally hit someone knee on knee you would be at as much risk of getting injured as the player that you hit.
Usually the player initiating a knee on knee hit is bracing for it while they catch the other guy off guard, which is why usually it’s the guy getting hit that gets hurt every time
often front leg that's braced vs the back leg that is unprotected.
You just love to see it!
That punch went to correct address..
I appreciate those doing the Lord's work for me.
Love it! More of this Kuch!
incidental contact???
8 games minimum. thank you
Ejections for hip checks, disgusting.
People saying he dove 💀 If this was Reaves hitting mcdavid they’d say Reaves was trying to injure him.
He was looking around at the Zebras and never quit chewing on the mouth guard. 9/10 for acting ,,I mean you're down by 3 early in the game, you have to wake the boys up some how..
That was dirty NHL is getting a bit out of hand thanks George Parros
THATS A SHIT CALL
I have seen this play from a couple of different angles. There was a hip check to the groin. There was also contact with the legs on the follow through. There was no suspension handed out, and rightly so. Tkachuk really sold the call with his Oscar performance and then returned to the game. Obviously we got to listen to the Panthers announcers here.
I believe 99% of the hockey world was fine with that hit.
I don't wanna see anybody get hurt... But that Lil Wessel can sit down
You love to see it