The Canucks have offered an harm replace on Brock Boeser after he obtained a horror blindside hit from Los Angeles Kings’ Tanner Jeannot final week.
Brock Boeser Struggling
Canucks ahead Brock Boeser was on the improper finish from a blindside hit from Tanner Jeannot on Thursday evening, with the Kings participant taking a shot at his opponent’s head from behind.
Boeser was dominated out for the rest of the sport after an enormous blow and Jeannot was ejected from the match for his unlawful hit.
Tanner Jeannot is handed a match penalty for this hit on Brock Boeser 🤕 pic.twitter.com/m4vbDlpRi0
— Gino Exhausting (@GinoHard_) November 8, 2024
Talking for the primary time this week since Boeser was hit, Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet offered an replace on his participant that doesn’t appear to encouraging for followers.
“I talked to him briefly,” Tocchet mentioned on Saturday. “Doesn’t really feel nice, however I wouldn’t say it’s horrible, so I believe he’s indefinite proper now.
“These items can change [in] per week or 24 hours. I don’t know.”
Boeser leads the workforce for objectives this season with six in 12 video games, so Vancouver are positively going to overlook their finest ahead thus far whereas he recovers from the hit.
Jeannot was given a 3 sport suspension from the NHL Division of Participant Security for his blow, which was deemed to be uncontrolled and harmful.
An official assertion from the NHL learn: “It’s Jeannot who’s accountable for this hit, and he chooses an angle of method that cuts throughout the entrance of Boeser, lacking his core and making his head the principle level of contact.
Rationalization video from the NHL for Tanner Jeannot’s three sport suspension. #Canucks @Sportsnet650 https://t.co/xWjTJvCHoG pic.twitter.com/j9c3WvBeEw
— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) November 8, 2024
“If Jeannot needs to ship this verify, he should keep low and take an angle that hits via Boeser’s shoulder and core, quite than one which makes the top the principle level of contact.”
Jeannot has served one sport of his suspension already, however he’ll now miss out on the subsequent two league matches towards the Flames and Avalanche.