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Sorry, but I totally disagree. Sutton is the douche here. I mean, come on, Sutton is just trying to worm his way out of having to defend what he did asking the stupid question of "are you an expert?". Of course, he's not, but he did see the replay.

This is no different to me watching a film at the cinema. I'm not an expert on the film, but I know what I saw.

Player fail.

^ agree, from an outside perspective. I don't know this guy, but I have to say that it was the player that acted douchy. The journalist asked him the question "you didn't know that your elbow came up and hit him in the head"? the question implies that the incident might have just been a mistake and wasn't intentional. Sutton got all defensive and whiny. If it wasn't intentional say it wasn't intentional, if it was then be a man and own up to your decision. Don't stomp around and whine like a pampered baby.

I think sutten assumed that the question was condesending, but if he used the three seconds it would take to dissect the question, he would understand that he was probably just misundertanding the phrasing of the question.

The hit he did on Leopold was a dirty hit. The qualms I have is with the journalist. Either call him out for being a dirty player, or ask him if the hit was intentional. Don't dance around what you're asking, just ask it. He should have worked on his questions. His method of questioning needs improvement =\

I think Sutton was doing a really good job of protecting himself. He wasn't admitting to a dirty hit.

Whether that is a good, or bad, thing is another matter.

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Sorry, but I totally disagree. Sutton is the douche here. I mean, come on, Sutton is just trying to worm his way out of having to defend what he did asking the stupid question of "are you an expert?". Of course, he's not, but he did see the replay.
This is no different to me watching a film at the cinema. I'm not an expert on the film, but I know what I saw.
Player fail.


Bullshit. Here's the hit, slow mo at 2:05. Sutton's elbow was by his side the whole time. Vicious but that's what happens when you keep your head down and fail to notice a 6'6 250lb defenseman flying towards your face. It's not dirty at all and no penalty was called.

And yet this douche of a reporter goes up and lays a trap by asking: "You didn't know your elbow came up?" Ostensibly a yes/no question, as long as Sutton answers the question, he would be implying that his elbow was up illegally. Sutton does the right thing by calling BS on the reporter, and you people call Sutton a douche? FAIL for everyone who upvoted that fail comment.

Yeah that was Andy Sutton being a massive douche from what I could see. Or not, who knows.

Any player who replies to ANY reporter with that kind of response immediately paints himself as guilty anyway. Sutton did himself no favours by acting like this. Players should be well-versed in handling the media, and be able to handle that question from a reporter. Essentially, what we have here is a player who thinks they just owned the media, without the foresight of realising that the viewing public is watching and this interview just helped to confirm the fact he's guilty.

Sutton handled the reporter badly. End of story.
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Bullshit. Here's the hit, slow mo at 2:05. Sutton's elbow was by his side the whole time. Vicious but that's what happens when you keep your head down and fail to notice a 6'6 250lb defenseman flying towards your face. It's not dirty at all and no penalty was called.
And yet this douche of a reporter goes up and lays a trap by asking: "You didn't know your elbow came up?" Ostensibly a yes/no question, as long as Sutton answers the question, he would be implying that his elbow was up illegally. Sutton does the right thing by calling BS on the reporter, and you people call Sutton a douche? FAIL for everyone who upvoted that fail comment.

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That was not a dirty hit. If Leopold (Stotch?) had been paying more attention he could have avoided it or protected himself.

Maybe Sutton handled the reporter badly but, he's a hockey player, not a movie star.

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Any player who replies to ANY reporter with that kind of response immediately paints himself as guilty anyway. Sutton did himself no favours by acting like this. Players should be well-versed in handling the media, and be able to handle that question from a reporter. Essentially, what we have here is a player who thinks they just owned the media, without the foresight of realising that the viewing public is watching and this interview just helped to confirm the fact he's guilty.
Sutton handled the reporter badly. End of story.
>> ^mentality:

Bullshit. Here's the hit, slow mo at 2:05. Sutton's elbow was by his side the whole time. Vicious but that's what happens when you keep your head down and fail to notice a 6'6 250lb defenseman flying towards your face. It's not dirty at all and no penalty was called.
And yet this douche of a reporter goes up and lays a trap by asking: "You didn't know your elbow came up?" Ostensibly a yes/no question, as long as Sutton answers the question, he would be implying that his elbow was up illegally. Sutton does the right thing by calling BS on the reporter, and you people call Sutton a douche? FAIL for everyone who upvoted that fail comment.



I don't know...I don't expect that kind of PR wizardry out of hockey players. Could he have handled it better? Sure, exclusively for the benefit of those for which Perception is Reality.

People that feel they're wrongly accused of something (as I feel Sutton was in this situation; the replay invalidates the reporter's question as I see it) react in varying ways. When presented with a bogus and accusatory question, some folks can keep their cool, change the subject, question the question, provide a heartwarming anecdote -- what politicians do, that kind of thing. Others get justifiably defensive to the point that they lose their cool and act in harsh ways that may be off-putting for bystanders ignorant of the facts.

>> ^Hybrid:

Any player who replies to ANY reporter with that kind of response immediately paints himself as guilty anyway. Sutton did himself no favours by acting like this. Players should be well-versed in handling the media, and be able to handle that question from a reporter. Essentially, what we have here is a player who thinks they just owned the media, without the foresight of realising that the viewing public is watching and this interview just helped to confirm the fact he's guilty.
Sutton handled the reporter badly. End of story.
>> ^mentality:

Bullshit. Here's the hit, slow mo at 2:05. Sutton's elbow was by his side the whole time. Vicious but that's what happens when you keep your head down and fail to notice a 6'6 250lb defenseman flying towards your face. It's not dirty at all and no penalty was called.
And yet this douche of a reporter goes up and lays a trap by asking: "You didn't know your elbow came up?" Ostensibly a yes/no question, as long as Sutton answers the question, he would be implying that his elbow was up illegally. Sutton does the right thing by calling BS on the reporter, and you people call Sutton a douche? FAIL for everyone who upvoted that fail comment.



He's paid to play hockey, not to be a PR spokesperson. And no one but you is insisting that Sutton thinks he owned or was even trying to own the media.

The fact that ignorant people who watch this video out of context may get the mistaken impression that Sutton is guilty is inconsequential. How many people who don't watch hockey have even seen this interview? You think Sutton cares about proving his innocence to people who don't even know who he is? The fans who know what actually happened know it's a perfectly reasonable response to such a douchey question..

Handled the reporter badly? No, Sutton doesn't have to explain himself to douchy reporters or to ignorant people on the internet who can't be bothered to look up what really happened. Even if he did handle the reporter badly, you still fail for calling the wrong man a douche. End of story.

I see a douche, but it's not the reporter.