Robert Hagg creams Maple Leafs John Tavares as he was falling (VIDEO)

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Ryan
March 28, 2022 (7:08 PM)

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This is one of those unfortunate situations where a hit is delivered and is delivered high with no intent. Tavares was skating in and Hagg was lining him up for what we hope was a clean hit. Tavares trips and Hagg who already had Tavares in his sights and was to close to stop delivered the hit.

I have more to say about this play overall but let's get two things clear:

1)Tavares was tripped.

2)For all the time Hagg had to react ge did a pretty terrific job going out of his way to try and stop/soften the blow. pic.twitter.com/07hN9f8mQ5� Tough Call Podcast 🇨🇦 (@ToughCallPod) March 28, 2022

Hagg with a dangerous hit on Tavares who's on his way down and he and Mikheyev give him the business pic.twitter.com/YoKntoa7QF� alberto (@twistedleafs) March 27, 2022

This does not look like an intent to injure and it looks as though Hagg tried his best to avoid an injury situation.

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Robert Hagg creams Maple Leafs John Tavares as he was falling (VIDEO)

This is one of those unfortunate situations where a hit is delivered and is delivered high with no intent. Tavares was skating in and Hagg was lining him up for what we hope was a clean hit. Tavares trips and Hagg who already had Tavares in his sights and was to close to stop delivered the hit.

Was this a dirty hit?