Concussion spotter couldn’t pull Crosby for hitting boards

The Capitals are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 23.1 percent of their power play opportunities. The Rangers won quickly in overtime, and Henrik Lundqvist lifted them to two more wins. According to a report from the USA Today, the concussion spotters had no authority to pull Crosby off the ice after that Game 6 incident. “We have a great team”.

On Monday night, Crosby was slow to get off the ice after the hit, leading many to believe he perhaps suffered another head injury. We need to understand that we’ve been in Game 7 before. “If we play how we can, 100 percent, we can win”. Washington is really punishing them with their forecheck in the last 4 periods of hockey.

Pittsburgh’s problem has been generating offense. The other two games were multi-goal losses, and the Caps were down to their last chance. The Penguins won 5-2 and then took Game 7 at home to advance to the Stanley Cup final. “Pittsburgh has not been the same since (Sidney) Crosby came back” after his concussion.

“But you have to give Washington credit as well”.

When the Caps went down 3-1, Trotz stressed to the media that he wanted to see more joy in his team’s game. “There (just) wasn’t any finish in his game. And if we want to keep playing, we’re going to have to be at our best”. You’re not going to win every one. “That’s one of the strongest messages a captain can make to his teammates is that whatever is asked of him he’ll do for the betterment of the group or the betterment in this situation of a playoff round”. Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 21 saves and received little help in front him. He was outstanding, keeping the Penguins in games and allowing Pittsburgh to speed to a 3-1 series lead. Only a hit from another player or Crosby striking his head on the ice would be grounds for a concussion spotter to remove the two-time Hart Trophy victor from the game under current guidelines.

“They just kind of fell apart”, Peters said.

It looked far worse, though a few minutes later when Crosby skated straight up the middle of the ice to chase a puck that went behind the Washington net. Pittsburgh advanced in six games.

The biggest reasons after a 5-2 rout in Game 6 in Pittsburgh? As the AP’s Stephen Whyno pointed out, Williams has 7 goals, 7 assists and is 7-0 in Game 7s.

“This is the first time this series Pittsburgh has their back against the wall as well”, Trotz said.

Washington can counter with “Mr”. It is insane seeing a hockey player with a history of concussions returning to a game five days after being diagnosed with a concussion, especially in this day and age where we have a wealth of knowledge regarding head trauma in sports. But consider the intricacies of this series, the factors that set up Game 7.

It wasn’t unlike most of the first four games of the series, when Washington would control play for long stretches only to have Pittsburgh expertly counterpunch on its way to a 3-1 series lead.

“At least the Caps have given you a glimmer of hope, something to root for”, he said.

The protocol states the “identification and removal” of players for “acute evaluation for possible concussion” is the team’s responsibility. All things are equal here.

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