The Canucks have supplied an damage 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 Onerous (@GinoHard_) November 8, 2024
Talking for the primary time this week since Boeser was hit, Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet supplied 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 feel he’s indefinite proper now.
“This stuff can change [in] every week or 24 hours. I don’t know.”
Boeser leads the staff for objectives this season with six in 12 video games, so Vancouver are undoubtedly going to overlook their finest ahead to date whereas he recovers from the hit.
Jeannot was given a 3 recreation 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 answerable 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 primary level of contact.
Clarification video from the NHL for Tanner Jeannot’s three recreation suspension. #Canucks @Sportsnet650 https://t.co/xWjTJvCHoG pic.twitter.com/j9c3WvBeEw
— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) November 8, 2024
“If Jeannot needs to ship this examine, he should keep low and take an angle that hits by way of Boeser’s shoulder and core, slightly than one which makes the top the primary level of contact.”
Jeannot has served one recreation of his suspension already, however he’ll now miss out on the following two league matches towards the Flames and Avalanche.
