Marc Savard diagnosed with concussion
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 7, 2010 9:54 PM EST
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Marc Savard left today's 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period after taking a vicious hit to the head by Penguins forward Matt Cooke. Savard was diagnosed with a concussion as result of the hit and will not travel with the team to Toronto for Tuesday night's game.
Cooke hit Savard from the blindside and looked to have struck him with his elbow just as Savard was following through on a shot from the high slot. In my opinion it was a dirty, dangerous hit. Savard was in a vulnerable position and never saw Cooke coming and then you add the head shot to it. Somehow none of the on-ice officiasl saw anything wrong with the hit, but my guess is that they will be wearing out the rewind and pause buttons on the DVD player in Colin Campbell's office tonight.
Savard will miss at least the next week. As we know from Patrice Bergeron's concussion issues, you really can't set a timeline when it comes to head injuries. Hopefully, he will recover quickly and fully, but at this point his health is the most important thing.
The Official Statement
The Bruins have released the following statement on Savard's condition:
Marc lost consciousness briefly on the ice after being struck in the head. He suffered a concussion from the hit. He was not transported to a hospital, but will remain at the team hotel in Pittsburgh with a member of the Bruins' medical staff tonight as a precaution. No further update on Marc's condition is expected tonight.
Claude Julien's Take
Head Coach Claude Julien was obviously not happy about the hit: Claude Julien Post Game 3-7 (audio)
Where was the reaction?
Where were the other 17 skaters with a Spoked-B on their chest? I realize it was a one goal game, but you have to react and make players accountable for their actions on the ice. Nobody stepped up on the B's to send a message. Sure Bergeron was chirping at Sidney Crosby for a minute, but none of the Bruins tough guys stepped up and challenged the Penguins to answer the bell for a blatant cheapshot.
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Does this mean because I never played football and can’t run fast I can’t be upset with Randy Moss for dogging it on plays?
Fail argument is fail.
Cooke will get his on the 18th. Looch is nursing a broken nose, Chara has the broken finger, Thorton wasn’t even on the ice, Boychuck had his skull cracked around his eye, the Bruins are just banged up and even more so now with Sarvard’s bruised brain. I wouldn’t worry about Cooke getting his bell rung. It’s hard to bring that emotion when you see your team mate carried off in a stretcher. The last thing on anyone’s mind was throwing hands but rather concern for Savy.
Though I have to admit I wondered if maybe Crosby and Bergeron would go at it.
Something really turns my stomach about the idea that a Bruin would go after Cooke during the game in Boston on the 18th when no one bothered to go after him on Sunday afternoon. This has the Todd Bertuzzi/Steve Moore incident written all over it. If something happens that a team or player feels needs to be taken care of, you do it right when it happens, not after the fact. The last thing the National Hockey League needs right now is another player crippled because of someones delayed-reaction attempt at revenge.
While I am in complete agreement that cheap shot retaliation, and the risk of injury that goes with it, isn’t appropriate on the 18th, I’m not above seeing someone challenge him to a stand-up fight. Where they square off, drop the gloves simultaneously, and neither player is in a defenseless position when it starts (pretty much the exact opposite of what Cooke did to Savard).
Honestly, my stomach turns just as much that players like Cooke still find their ways onto team rosters when they have a history of questionable play. No one wants to see more crippled players, but that means eliminating blows to the head as much (if not morseo) as it means eliminating dangerous retaliation.
Delayed-reaction revenge is a time-honored tradition in the NHL, though.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 9, 2010 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
The fact that no one challenged Cooke is unacceptable. I expect more from Lucic than than a little push…
Lucic does have the broken nose from that beat he took from Colton Orr, but thought someone would have stepped up.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 7, 2010 10:58 PM EST up reply actions
Time to break out the flowchart.
I understand the sentiment that players need to stick up for each other and “distribute justice” when stuff like this happens, but when a player is motionless on the ice, let the training staff get to him and settle the rough stuff for another time. The Pens and B’s will meet again in the future, you can iron things out then. But give the medical guys time to work.
It’s good that it sounds like Savvy isn’t hurt as bad as he could have been. Still, I get the feeling that this is hammer’s fall, and we won’t be seeing the Bruins into April.
Nice link w/ the flow chart. That’s good stuff.
I wasn’t saying that they should have an all-out brawl that second while Savard is motionless on the ice. In the 13 or so minutes following that I thought someone needed to step up. If for nothing else then to show the fans that this team still has a pulse.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 7, 2010 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
I always love that flowchart =D
That was a blatant headshot, though not an elbow. Cooke will likely get suspended given the NHL’s desire to appear to be tough on headshots, though it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a light suspension.
Hopefully the hit will induce the GMs to agree on some rules for next year.
Though really, I’m surprised no one stood up for Savard. I know Looch has a broken nose and Chara has a splint or something on his finger, but someone should have laid a big hit or … well … done anything. I mean Savard was standing still….there’s like no way that was an accidental head shot. And yet nothing…that’s disturbing.
We play them again, at home, in less than 2 weeks. It was a one-goal game, and we were down. I’ve gotta think that’s what Chiarelli said to them.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 8, 2010 2:48 AM EST up reply actions
I seriously doubt Chiarelli had any contact with the players in the third period. I’m guessing you meant Julien. If you listen to Julien post game interview (linked in the post), that seems to be the message he sent to his players that the game means more than sending a message and standing up for teammates.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 8, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, whoops, meant Julien.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 8, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
The more I look at it the less I think it was an elbow, but still a head shot and there was still some elbow movement on the follow through. At any rate its a dirty dangerous hit.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 8, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
Hoping the best for Savard.
I’ve defended Matt before, but that is one of the worst hits I’ve ever seen. Hoping Marc is OK.
That was some ol' boo-shit
that the B’s didn’t respond right after the hit. Arrrgh that’s frustrating. ANYONE ON THE ICE COULD/SHOULD HAVE GONE AFTER HIM. Then, the fact that Cooke gets more ice time and no one steps up? Eff the 2 points.
Look, here’s my point (Warning Angst Rant coming)
PC built this team up a few years ago saying “we want to be tough to play against.” Remember that? Well, what’s this? This is crap. From a sporting perspective you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO RETALIATE even if it gets ugly. Go after Crosby, he’s their best player, right? Why not? Why limit it?
This team doesn’t have the talent to go far, let alone make the playoffs. To do anything, they have to play hard, smart hockey with an edge. This wasn’t it. Nothing happened when Bergy was hit either. Geesh, who’s got my back?
Okay, Rant Cap off.
I hate that I can't sign off with "bt" anymore.
Eff the 2 points.
This is the worst attitude, especially when we play them again in 2 weeks.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 8, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
I'll say it again.
Eff the 2 points. The ability for a team to be tough to play against, to retaliate (only when appropriate) and to pose a scrappy threat at all times is far more valuable in the long run AND I would argue, is worth more than the two points that you give up here. Besides, there was no saying that if the B’s go all ape-shit (see Colton Orr’s running of Leighton yesterday that got NO response) then who’s to say that that wouldn’t have generated a few more chances for the B’s? CJ said that he felt that after the Pens 2nd goal that the B’s were back on their heels. Nothing better than a lynch mob to get the juices going again.
For the record, I’m about a pacifistic guy as you’re gonna find as a hockey fan. No retaliation is weak.
bt
I hate that I can't sign off with "bt" anymore.
Teams have tried the “don’t win games, beat people up first” strategy before and if it’s ok with everyone else, I like to see my team in the playoffs.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 8, 2010 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Hmm,
So, in re-reading my posts, I can see where you could think it a bit brutish and all (hence your “don’t win games, beat people up first” sentiment), but what I’m also saying is that that type of play can produce wins as well. All I’m saying is that if it’s you, Corny, who just got hit, I’m sure that I’d have turned and drove my stick, two handed into Cookes face, just to send the message, as brutal as it is, that if the league won’t do something about this, then “we” will. Frontier justice. Again, where’s the B’s toughness? Even they’ve noticed it over at Puck Daddy. People are calling out the B’s lack of toughness. Yikes.
I hate that I can't sign off with "bt" anymore.
Personally I don’t care if the Bruins are the softest team in the league and never fight as long as they win. Then again, they’re not exactly doing that so we’ve got problems.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 8, 2010 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
A Better look at the contact to the head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Xl2yGRjVA&feature=player_embedded
James Murphy’s take on the hit: http://www.nesn.com/2010/03/matt-cookes-hit-on-marc-savard-a-sign-that-rules-need-to-change-in-nhl.html
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 8, 2010 10:34 AM EST reply actions
Worst take on this I've read so far...
http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/massarotti/2010/03/weekend_whirlwind.html
If retalitation is going to be “taking a run at Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin or maybe, just for kicks, even newcomer Alexei Ponikarovsky”, I’ll pass. A heads up fight, I’d actually like to see. But eye-for-an-eye cheap shots? Screw that. Morally reprehensable and bad for your team. Just ask Carl Edwards how eye-for-an-eye worked out for him yesterday.
I agree. Nobody wants to see another cheap shot in retaliation. Cooke or someone else on his team needed to answer the bell for his actions and drop the gloves.
I don’t really care about NASCAR.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Mar 8, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
Arenacale loves motorsports for some reason.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Mar 8, 2010 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
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