Tom Wilson: at it again OR an overreaction?

[scottkoz20]

You make the call.

Tom Wilson is given a match penalty for this hit on the @NJDevils' Brett Seney. #NJDevils pic.twitter.com/LM6Oc3vmPk

— MSG Networks (@MSGNetworks) December 1, 2018

Given a match penalty on the play.

[26CRDS]

He's at it again I think. Easily could've avoided that. He knows the player isn't looking his way...

[canucksfan007]

Honestly doesnt matter

Stupid play, stupid player .... will making him sit a long time actually do anything?

There's something to be said about people who have the inability to learn

[pwskelly]

He's at it again I think. Easily could've avoided that. He knows the player isn't looking his way...

This is a good summary. I didn't see him reach out to hit, but he made no effort to move around the player who was clearly unaware of what was about to happen.

[RGM81]

Wilson gonna Wilson.

[jameslacarte]

He knew what he was doing, that was no accident.. Like Canucksfan007 said, you cant teach stupid. Hopefully he gets more than 20 games. Bye bye meathead!!

[subban7677]

For any other player it would be an overreaction. But Wilson, sorry dude, you're on the radar. And deservedly so. He's a schmuck.

[creasecollector]

No discipline, which I'm surprised considering his very recent history.

[30ranfordfan]

Honestly doesnt matter

Stupid play, stupid player .... will making him sit a long time actually do anything?

There's something to be said about people who have the inability to learn

Just keep escalating the suspensions. Give him 25....and when he continues, make it 50. Then 100. If he wants to play like that, run him out of the league.

[kurri17]

Well, Wilson was on the receiving end of a questionable hit this time. Reaves for the Knights got him, and I'm sure you've all seen the video. First of all, I'm not a Caps or Vegas fan, and as a Blues fan didn't like Reaves when he was a Blue and happy to see him gone. So, I don't have a 'side' in this one. As Wilson continues to rack up bad hits and suspensions, I was still surprised that my first response to the hit by Reaves was "well, he's had that one coming." I don't want to see anybody, and I mean anybody, hurt by dirty hits, but but when you play like Wilson has you develop a pretty good list of people who aren't going to go out of their way to pull off of a chance to hit him dirty or not. Old school guys might say its the game policing the game. Anyway, something the NHL has to get a handle on, because players have long memories and as long as Wilson keeps up his, umm,"style" of play, more and more of these type things may happen around him.