Oilers winger Josh Archibald made a costly mistake on Sunday night that played a large role in them blowing the lead and there could be more consequences as the Department of Player Safety announced that he will have a disciplinary hearing on Monday.
With 8:49 left in Sunday’s game, Archibald was called for tripping on a low-bridge hit on Winnipeg’s Logan Stanley; the league called it clipping in their press release. The Jets scored on the ensuing man advantage and added two more shortly thereafter to eliminate a 4-1 deficit before Nikolaj Ehlers scored the winner in overtime.
A decision will need to be made fairly quickly on whether or not the hit is suspendable. With the North Division starting their playoffs later than everyone else, each first-round series has a back-to-back set of games in it. Edmonton and Winnipeg’s is tonight so there won’t be much time for George Parros to decide Archibald’s fate.
What? I didn’t really think it deserved much of a penalty. Like wouldn’t we rather see a hit like this than a Kadri orWilson? This league is soft. Logan Stanley is 6’7”. Every hit on him is low.
Maybe if Stanley had the puck…
I feel like you don’t watch Mcdavid enough to see that regardless if they have the puck or not it’s fair game.