I am definitely not a Nashville fan guys(Avalanche through and through), and I am not a fan of Tootoo, but he is not in the wrong here. He tried to make a play and it failed, the reaction is what is pissing me off. Don't need another Steve Moore. Miller is more than capable of defend himself. No need to Dogpile.
Every Time I watch this I keep finding things, Ehrhoff upon the contact is wrapped around Tootoo, why else would he lose his glove and stick, I garuntee that can restrict a players movement. The four players dogpile on Tootoo while he is defenseless, the last dogpile ended a players career, granted Tootoo came out fine, Dogpiling should be banned. Miller, Ehrhoff, Gaustad and Ellis, I understand the need to protect oneself/teammate but Four on One is pathetic.
Look at Tootoo's skates, just watch them, In the first 5 second of this video his skates are on an angle, I have played hockey, you cannot stop on this kind of angle, then look at his head at 0:04 he looks up at the last second, his reaction is to try and avoid it, He tries to Superman over him.
He had 3 options, and with the given momentum and his positioning, all 3 would've ended in failure.
Granted there was a guys arm around him, but I still think he could of powered through that a little bit to lessen the blow. He also just left the puck, and is coming in at the worse angle ever. I honestly doubt he was just looking straight down. His head may be down, but his eyes can still look up.
@SessionSakic what about the option of not skating in to the goalie, how about that option? I can't wait for the day Nashville fans and players get sick of sticking up for this asshole tootoo.
@SessionSakic He's had this same scenario before, where he successfully did a "superman" leap over the goaltenders crease. It was an accident. It happens.
@gimpy529, you are a moron if you really want to talk about cowardly attacks then you can easily look at Lucic's hit on Miller, shouldn't be to hard to find.... It was actually the Boston doctors that diagnosed him with a concussion so if anyone go ahead and blame them not Miller for thinking he had a concussion because of past neck injuries..... Smh @ gimpy and his Bruins.... So biased.
WHAT are you watching? He collides with him, and yes, no kidding, goes airborne.
Ryan Miller's punch at the very end is friggin pathetic, and I hope leads to HIM being suspended. He's pinned underneath FOUR players, with his head/face against the ice.
Miller will probably fake another injury from this one too.
Erhoff caused the contact, then jumped in like he's a tough guy as well. Sabres are pathetic for a 2nd time. Jump someone when it's not justified...
@michaelxtn I like how after the Tootoo hit other players on the Nashville roster started taking subtle shots at Miller. No though they're a respectable team though.
@Hanlanfield Whatever, man. You're right. I'm sure that you play hockey everyday and are an expert in every aspect of the sport. So anything you say regarding the hit is inevitably ture.
@michaelxtn You don't see it from my sight. I have watched Miller get plowed over twice this season. Both from dirty collisions. This shit is uncalled for maybe he couldn't have stopped but he didn't have to follow through. He was not being pushed if you watch closely he turned into Miller himself. He jumped because this fucker is a jumper, he leaves his feet often in his hits, go ahead watch some videos of his hits.
@Hanlanfield I understand your perspective. I do. I've seen my own goal tender get plowed by players many times. I've watch the video over and over again as well. Here's what I saw: Tootoo is carrying the puck to the net. Ehrhoff goes for the poke check. Tootoo DOES lose the puck. But he was already turned to the angle and too close to stop. Plus, with Ehrhoff on top of him, had he power stopped, he would have gotten shoved into the post. Nothing good can come out of either scenario.
@michaelxtn That is exactly what I saw, Tootoo was in a damned if he does and damned if he doesn't sitch. This just happened to be one of those unfortunate plays that didn't work.
@Hanlanfield When he leaves his feet, he's not trying to hit Miller. This has happened before, where rather than hitting him...he jumps over him. From what I saw, that's what he attempted to do. But couldn't get it done. Regardless of how anyone feels over this hit, intentional or not, it happened. Time for Miller, Tootoo, Gaustad and everyone else to get over it.
@Hanlanfield tootoo took himself out of hockey last year and turned his life around. he is not the same dirty player that he used to be. the sucky buffalo announcers even said he is playing a great game this year.
no he couldn't have stopped at that speed but he could have done a better job at making attempt to move out of the way, the way tootoo went he did not try at all to move out of the way. what a scumbag.
@Hanlanfield so you want him to drive his face into the post of the net? I'm not saying that it was unavoidable, but it wasn't intentional by any means.
@Hanlanfield it wasnt intentional though. he was trying to score. he jumped to avoid as much impact as possible. watch the video again lol. you are sounding ridiculous.
he tried to jump out of the way of miller but miller being the pussy that he is thinks he is tough wen hes gunna run to shanahan and try to make a video saying this is gutless
I'm starting to lose my respect for the NHL. I love hockey and play hockey. Anyone who has ever played as a forward knows you can't just stop on a dime. Not at that speed.
oh yeah I probably watch basketball. he's a professional athlete in the NHL all of these skaters know how to stop on a dime, don't give me that bullshit. if he didn't know how to stop he'd be in the minors.
In my opinion, Tootoo was trying to doge miller and completely failed in doing so due to Erhoff's push, however, Miller has no idea, and from Millers point of view, all he could see was that Tootoo was making a beeline for him. So basically, its very understandable why Miller would start pummeling Tootoo, as he thought Tootoo was doing that on purpose, but in reality, Tootoo seemed like he was trying to avoid the goalie. So in short, no punishment for both.
I loved how the buffalo announcer said he should get a suspension and huge fine for this. He didn't just "b-line" it for him, it called going for goal.
Miller had every right to throw a few punches at Tootoo. What the hell happened to the unwritten law of not hitting the other teams goaltender? What a classless move by a classless organization.
Yeah tootoo is a shitdisturber, but he's skating with the puck at full speed and is slightly pushed off balance by Ehrhoff. As you can see, he tries to jump vertically and minimize the impact with the goalie, he didn't barge into him like lucic did. What's more dangerous is Miller punching tootoo's head into the ice then someone jumping (not hitting) into the goaltender after a good hard play. The NHL is turning into a bitch sport.
@TheBelligerentPanda I agree with you, but I think Miller couldn't possibly have known that was an accident and in his mindset, he had a perfect reason to bash Tootoos head in.
Appears he was also issued a big ol' country ass whoopin
Seanp75th 3 months ago
if this isnt tootoo fault then he shouldnt be in the nhl what your saying is that he dosent know how to skate
call2arms96 3 months ago
@call2arms96 LOL its not his fault.. if ehroff doesnt push him towards his goalie than there would be no contact...
Smiggg 3 months ago
Not Toots fault at all and Millers a vagina
JFiannaca 3 months ago
I am definitely not a Nashville fan guys(Avalanche through and through), and I am not a fan of Tootoo, but he is not in the wrong here. He tried to make a play and it failed, the reaction is what is pissing me off. Don't need another Steve Moore. Miller is more than capable of defend himself. No need to Dogpile.
SessionSakic 3 months ago
Every Time I watch this I keep finding things, Ehrhoff upon the contact is wrapped around Tootoo, why else would he lose his glove and stick, I garuntee that can restrict a players movement. The four players dogpile on Tootoo while he is defenseless, the last dogpile ended a players career, granted Tootoo came out fine, Dogpiling should be banned. Miller, Ehrhoff, Gaustad and Ellis, I understand the need to protect oneself/teammate but Four on One is pathetic.
SessionSakic 3 months ago
@SessionSakic you know what else should be banned asshole hitting a goalie stfu
call2arms96 3 months ago
@call2arms96 Lol why would some1 be banned for hitting a goalie?
2010LKR15 3 months ago
Look at Tootoo's skates, just watch them, In the first 5 second of this video his skates are on an angle, I have played hockey, you cannot stop on this kind of angle, then look at his head at 0:04 he looks up at the last second, his reaction is to try and avoid it, He tries to Superman over him.
He had 3 options, and with the given momentum and his positioning, all 3 would've ended in failure.
1. Hit the post.
2. Don't Jump and hit the goalie harder.
3. Try to avoid Miller by Jumping
SessionSakic 3 months ago
@SessionSakic You forgot number four.
4. Turn right a little more.
Granted there was a guys arm around him, but I still think he could of powered through that a little bit to lessen the blow. He also just left the puck, and is coming in at the worse angle ever. I honestly doubt he was just looking straight down. His head may be down, but his eyes can still look up.
PrivateLJenkins 3 months ago
@SessionSakic what about the option of not skating in to the goalie, how about that option? I can't wait for the day Nashville fans and players get sick of sticking up for this asshole tootoo.
letmepointout 3 months ago
@SessionSakic He's had this same scenario before, where he successfully did a "superman" leap over the goaltenders crease. It was an accident. It happens.
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@gimpy529, you are a moron if you really want to talk about cowardly attacks then you can easily look at Lucic's hit on Miller, shouldn't be to hard to find.... It was actually the Boston doctors that diagnosed him with a concussion so if anyone go ahead and blame them not Miller for thinking he had a concussion because of past neck injuries..... Smh @ gimpy and his Bruins.... So biased.
KdoubleJz 3 months ago
Tootoo is shit, he dives an goes at miller he is a scumbag and a whimp he deserves every punch he got and many more
batistabomball 3 months ago
He "left his feet" to hit him??
WHAT are you watching? He collides with him, and yes, no kidding, goes airborne.
Ryan Miller's punch at the very end is friggin pathetic, and I hope leads to HIM being suspended. He's pinned underneath FOUR players, with his head/face against the ice.
Miller will probably fake another injury from this one too.
Erhoff caused the contact, then jumped in like he's a tough guy as well. Sabres are pathetic for a 2nd time. Jump someone when it's not justified...
gimpy529 3 months ago
@gimpy529 suck more boston penis.
haart123 3 months ago
LOL
afromanftw 3 months ago 2
Not worthy of a misconduct or suspension but thank the Lord we played physical tonight!!!! Miller threw some punches and it was lovely to watch!
KdoubleJz 3 months ago
@KdoubleJz
You're proud of a cowardly attack?
Wowwwww. He's pathetic. Probably claim he was concussed, no wait, whiplash, no wait, post-traumatic disorder...
They didn't man up when it was probably justified (I'm a Bruins fan), so they make up for it by mugging someone when it isn't.
smh@Buffalo and their fans...
gimpy529 3 months ago
2 minute minor? yes. game misconduct? maybe. shanabanned? no.
sakowihe75 3 months ago
ya and uve probably never skated in ur life so u just wanna say this is gutless compared to some nba player sueing a guy for touching him
saltyginger68 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield You want to talk about class? Yet you make a joke of someones brother who committed suicide? What a joke.
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@michaelxtn First of all, I never said I had class and second of all Tootoo is known as a dirty player. This is a dirty play.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield "What a classless move by a classless organization."
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@michaelxtn I like how after the Tootoo hit other players on the Nashville roster started taking subtle shots at Miller. No though they're a respectable team though.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield Whatever, man. You're right. I'm sure that you play hockey everyday and are an expert in every aspect of the sport. So anything you say regarding the hit is inevitably ture.
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@michaelxtn You don't see it from my sight. I have watched Miller get plowed over twice this season. Both from dirty collisions. This shit is uncalled for maybe he couldn't have stopped but he didn't have to follow through. He was not being pushed if you watch closely he turned into Miller himself. He jumped because this fucker is a jumper, he leaves his feet often in his hits, go ahead watch some videos of his hits.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield I understand your perspective. I do. I've seen my own goal tender get plowed by players many times. I've watch the video over and over again as well. Here's what I saw: Tootoo is carrying the puck to the net. Ehrhoff goes for the poke check. Tootoo DOES lose the puck. But he was already turned to the angle and too close to stop. Plus, with Ehrhoff on top of him, had he power stopped, he would have gotten shoved into the post. Nothing good can come out of either scenario.
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@michaelxtn That is exactly what I saw, Tootoo was in a damned if he does and damned if he doesn't sitch. This just happened to be one of those unfortunate plays that didn't work.
SessionSakic 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield When he leaves his feet, he's not trying to hit Miller. This has happened before, where rather than hitting him...he jumps over him. From what I saw, that's what he attempted to do. But couldn't get it done. Regardless of how anyone feels over this hit, intentional or not, it happened. Time for Miller, Tootoo, Gaustad and everyone else to get over it.
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield tootoo took himself out of hockey last year and turned his life around. he is not the same dirty player that he used to be. the sucky buffalo announcers even said he is playing a great game this year.
sk8element2200 3 months ago
@michaelxtn if you leave your feet it is a penalty...you would make a terrible official
Raybna 3 months ago
no he couldn't have stopped at that speed but he could have done a better job at making attempt to move out of the way, the way tootoo went he did not try at all to move out of the way. what a scumbag.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield so you want him to drive his face into the post of the net? I'm not saying that it was unavoidable, but it wasn't intentional by any means.
michaelxtn 3 months ago
@michaelxtn He knew what he was doing. Saying it wasn't intentional is naive.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
@Hanlanfield it wasnt intentional though. he was trying to score. he jumped to avoid as much impact as possible. watch the video again lol. you are sounding ridiculous.
sk8element2200 3 months ago
@sk8element2200 He loses the puck at 4 seconds and keeps going into the goalie. No he was trying to score you're right.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
@sk8element2200 4 seconds...are you crazy?!?! cmon
Raybna 3 months ago
Lol, Tootoo looks like that horse from the first season of The Walking Dead.
T33chuLess0n 3 months ago
he tried to jump out of the way of miller but miller being the pussy that he is thinks he is tough wen hes gunna run to shanahan and try to make a video saying this is gutless
saltyginger68 3 months ago
I'm starting to lose my respect for the NHL. I love hockey and play hockey. Anyone who has ever played as a forward knows you can't just stop on a dime. Not at that speed.
michaelxtn 3 months ago 2
haha miller just whooped the fuck outta tootoo... and rightfully so
cblack1515 3 months ago
oh yeah I probably watch basketball. he's a professional athlete in the NHL all of these skaters know how to stop on a dime, don't give me that bullshit. if he didn't know how to stop he'd be in the minors.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
In my opinion, Tootoo was trying to doge miller and completely failed in doing so due to Erhoff's push, however, Miller has no idea, and from Millers point of view, all he could see was that Tootoo was making a beeline for him. So basically, its very understandable why Miller would start pummeling Tootoo, as he thought Tootoo was doing that on purpose, but in reality, Tootoo seemed like he was trying to avoid the goalie. So in short, no punishment for both.
fuzzb0y 3 months ago
I loved how the buffalo announcer said he should get a suspension and huge fine for this. He didn't just "b-line" it for him, it called going for goal.
remzvlux 3 months ago
tootoo had no time to stop and dont say classless orginization when u probably wtch basketball
saltyginger68 3 months ago
Miller had every right to throw a few punches at Tootoo. What the hell happened to the unwritten law of not hitting the other teams goaltender? What a classless move by a classless organization.
Hanlanfield 3 months ago
i just like how the buffalo announcers said tootoo should have stopped. right before he hit miller. rightttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.
sk8element2200 3 months ago
Yeah tootoo is a shitdisturber, but he's skating with the puck at full speed and is slightly pushed off balance by Ehrhoff. As you can see, he tries to jump vertically and minimize the impact with the goalie, he didn't barge into him like lucic did. What's more dangerous is Miller punching tootoo's head into the ice then someone jumping (not hitting) into the goaltender after a good hard play. The NHL is turning into a bitch sport.
TheBelligerentPanda 3 months ago
@TheBelligerentPanda I agree with you, but I think Miller couldn't possibly have known that was an accident and in his mindset, he had a perfect reason to bash Tootoos head in.
fuzzb0y 3 months ago
Tootoo knew exactly what he was doing there. The piece of crap has built a career on it. Embarrassment to the sport.
iloveflapjacks 3 months ago
ayup, he was immediately on Tootoo's ass, mercilessly pounding his head into the ice. totally a pussy. what a bitch.
SuperOtakuRu 3 months ago
Miller is a pussy.
tbeezy1 3 months ago
Miller is still a bitch, I wonder what injury he fakes after this hit.
m3ntalysan3 3 months ago
@m3ntalysan3 2 bad ur gay and like to suk ppls diks
DisappointedPlanet 3 months ago