Jen Neale is an editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. We're sure that will get the league's attention right away. If reporters wanted to complain via social media, they should really direct their tweets to instead. The 3.55 shots per game are about twice as many as he’s fired in each of the past four seasons. Yes, the game was getting chippy, but Hockey Operations - not the Department of Player Safety - oversees the officials. Rust already has 71 shots this season, a near 300-shot pace that trails only 13 other players. These media members, who shall remain anonymous, complained to Player Safety about their officials allowing this game to get out of hand. There were a couple members of the (cough, cough, Pittsburgh, cough) media tweeting TO DoPS about the officiating in the game. He doesn't adjust his body position to avoid contact. The boarding call is what they'll focus on, as the hit appears to be delivered within the allowable and brief fractions of a second after Rust touches the puck. Capitals defenseman Mike Weber, who was raised in Pittsburgh. We've confirmed the Department of Player Safety is looking into the hit further, and will decide whether or not to impose supplemental discipline. The Penguins also could be without forwards Bryan Rust, who sustained a lower-body injury. He returned, and 3:34 after the hit that gave the Penguins the man advantage, Rust assisted on Pittsburgh's sixth goal of the game. Rust, who appeared to be injured on the play, left the bench for a short period of time. 35 It was Game 7 of the 2016 Eastern Conference final when Bryan Rust stormed into the hockey world’s collective conscience, scoring both goals in a 2-1 Pittsburgh win to send the Penguins to. Pittsburgh's Tom Kuhnhackl was also sent packing with a two-minute minor for roughing and a game misconduct, as well. Weber was quickly tossed from the game with a 10 minute misconduct and a five minute major penalty for boarding. Weber has pluses, but his slow skating, untimely penalties, and potentially reckless physical play are things that the Caps cannot afford to have if they hope to win the Stanley Cup.The game was already way out of hand when Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Weber laid the hit above on Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust. The Caps must get worth out of Weber, as they sent a 2017 third-round pick to Buffalo to get him. The Caps have Taylor Chorney, who has proven all season that he can be relied upon, to provide solid defensive depth and Weber can be played in games that will likely get nasty (such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York Rangers, etc). While he can be a force physically and decent defensively, Weber’s statistics show that playing him even occasionally can be risky. However, he has 20 giveaways this season, compared to just two takeaways and has a 42.9% Corsi rating. During a 5-4 overtime road loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday, Rust. In just seven games with the Capitals, Weber has no points and is an even plus/minus. The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Bryan Rust on injured reserve retroactive to Thursday with an undisclosed ailment. In 35 games with Buffalo prior to being dealt to the Caps, Weber had one goal, five points, and was a plus-3. While he did make some solid defensive plays, he simply is too slow to keep up with the NHL’s faster offensive players.
MIKE WEBER SUSPENSION BRYAN RUST FULL
Despite looking worthy of a suspension, Weber will not receive a disciplinary hearing for the hit, according to CSN Washington’s Chuck Gormley, While he did play fine defensively, Weber simply cannot be relied on during a full 60-minute game.įor starters, Weber isn’t the fastest of skaters, and it isn’t easy to pivot on a 6’2″, 217-pound frame. After last night’s game versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, Capitals defenseman Mike Weber should be viewing games from the press box for the rest of the season and playoffs.įirst, he took an easily avoidable two-minute roughing call after being given a shove into the Caps’ net by Penguins forward Bryan Rust, then he received a five-minute major and ten-minute game misconduct that resulted in a Pittsburgh power play goal and put the game all-but out of reach for the Caps.
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