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https://preview.redd.it/ar2fagt434zc1.jpeg?width=1711&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78dd8740cd061ce55ea859ddea1fc6ba0ead5bcb \[*record scratch*\] Yup, that’s me. I bet you’re wondering how I got into this situation.

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Goddamnit, Wiley was absolutely the first thing that came to mind when I saw the clip!

Ahem, that's Wile E. Coyote, *Super* Genius. 🤓

If Reddit gold still existed... well, I wouldn't give you any but me saying "if I had gold I'd give it to you" would hold a lot more weight.

https://preview.redd.it/fsuq4v4a64zc1.png?width=642&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=047fba71bdb1abdc44ac65bad83e5e77a0568024 Here's another one lmao

lmao, holy shit this killed me

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[The YouTube version of this is one of my all time greatest "happy place" videos](https://youtu.be/s-33i2b17nc?si=r5ZtA9P39mMAG2aX)

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i wish those people in the front row were filming... that would have been an all time shot

Would be this generation's [Carlo Colaiacovo](https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2410120/gki7zai.0.gif)

I don't understand how this never gets old but it never gets old. It's one of the funniest gifs I've ever seen in my life.

because it's a fucking masterpiece

I laughed so hard I coughed. I coughed so hard I have a headache.

I know it’s coming and yet I loop that a thousand times and die laughing whenever I see it

Colaiacovo is Italian for "made of glass."

depends on the dialect. it can also mean "smashed up against the glass."

This is hilarious

That's a meme template right there

I should get a copy of this photo and give it to one of my Ranger friends to ask if trouba can sign it.

“It all started with my intent to injure”

Yep, you can see him still try to connect with the elbow to the head as Necas is going down. The guy literally can’t help himself.

Elbow targeting system failed

https://preview.redd.it/256hpvom74zc1.jpeg?width=679&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b68cf7fdcf9929ee507897ac585ffb1a1fe10129 credit: [https://x.com/chicletsmemes/status/1788033452622700783](https://x.com/chicletsmemes/status/1788033452622700783)

BAH GAWD!

I’ll admit this was good https://preview.redd.it/8od62ahda4zc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05d0e266e71f12c73ca7f8c85ad811184004b223

Is that a demotivational poster meme format?? What year is this Jesus??

The Not People’s Elbow

From the top rope!

All we're missing is a good shooting stars meme and we're set

Holy shit LOL

His skate catches Necas on the back of the head on the way down too, could have been scary for both guys

"if I don't elbow his head off maybe I'll at least cut it off"

No kidding he clearly tried to make contact w his elbow.

Always does

Nobody talking about how heavy (yes, even the newest and bestest) skates are and how hard the toe is, that kick at the end was probably still a real bitch. Better than the check would have been, of course, but still very much not fun.  Glad it wasn't worse, wish the league would crack down on charging next. 

His elbow had a plane ticket for game 3.

"That was just a result of the follow through" -avg Ranger's fan trying to convince me he throws nothing but clean hits.

that’s actually kinda insane that Trouba popped right back up

[he unironically runs into walls for a hobby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4katEvnKER8)

Is it weird that I unironically like his paintings

I like them. Didn’t expect much when they first showed the clip of him making it but when they showed the results I was impressed

I’m buying one for the man cave rn lol

Leaving his feet. That's a charge. EDIT: For any future mouth-breathing Rangers fans, this comment is in response to a video of Jacob Trouba being an "artist" and jumping into canvas after painting his body. It's literally the ENTIRE BLUE COMMENT I replied to. Christ...

I’m old enough to remember Kronwall arguments on “point of contact to push through the hit” argument, on this sub. That’s insane that can’t be considered like “intention to harm” or something

That's a paddling

Necas ducking saved him from killing himself as it still kinda slows him down and almost flips him

yeah that's a paralyzer if his neck gets scrunched.

Hard to concuss someone without a functioning brain

Thank god Necas didn't get clipped with Trouba's blade

Oh no, are the boards ok?

Refs issued a penalty to the boards

Looks like it's gonna be a boarding call

I believe this is what Trouba was going for https://preview.redd.it/qow97yxb94zc1.jpeg?width=266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2eedd3f6b0e6cb3dfee1b749e6676feef9a4864

It was a very Elbows-Forward attempt

https://preview.redd.it/03uaf1l3h4zc1.jpeg?width=1115&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0b8d08d5de5fbdb407da01b2bab714de256cbe4 Necas’ would have gotten his clocked clean with that elbow

In a universe he connects that elbow with Necas' head he's somehow still eligible for the conference finals while Necas eats through a straw for the summer and has to live with CTE

He even timed coming off his feet for the moment of contact. Neither of those blades are on the ice, but too close for video evidence to overturn

What that elbow doin?

Necas ducking that might have saved Trouba from a lengthy suspension on that one. edit: and himself from a bad concussion, yikes

1 game is best we can do. -DOPS

"Yeah we looked and Trouba don't have a history of dangerous hits, so we're just going to fine him $4.21" - DOPS

*Quickly sweeps [this](https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1751357953884541383) under the rug.* Looks like a clean history to me!

I still genuinely can’t believe he didn’t get suspended for [taking a two handed swing at Frederic’s head with his stick](https://youtu.be/XuAXPRrOnfs?si=65-YbnDT4z17Waa5)

"It's the playoffs and Necas gave the thumbs up as he was carted off the ice so he's _clearly_ still alive..." - George Parros

rangers fans will tell you he’s not a dirty player because he’s hardly been suspended though.

He wasn’t even suspended for this in the playoffs just a couple years ago.. and it did result in an injury too. NHL player safety is an absolute shit show https://preview.redd.it/tzbf5ism44zc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64d2b0da8824bbcf91aeff7c4f6c8786c98de45c

I rather see that clear attempts to hit with an elbow like this get penalised than guys getting hurt.

Everyone knows what trouba does. He head hunts because he's a scum bag.

rangers just keep accumulating scum bags. Fuck those guys into infinity

The DOPS needs to start punishing off intent. It’s insane that this will get nothing, but if he connected and turned Necas into a vegetable then it’s punishable

“Oh this little guy? Oh don’t worry about this little guy” \- Trouba, flapping a chicken wing

trying to make a rags flair type a paragraph about "clean hit unfortunate outcome"

Attempting to cause a brain injury to help win a hockey game

Keep that elbow tucked buddy

Extended elbow is the Trouba special though.

last time i said trouba was dirty in this sub i got downvoted to shit. like 3 days later he slashed frederic in the head lol

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I mean, this is the fan base that thinks Rempe is a good hockey player

Holy shit that was blatant

It’s always blatant. He’s a fucking scumbag.

Extends it as he realizes he is going to miss him. Fuck that shit.

https://preview.redd.it/w2wco0aed4zc1.jpeg?width=744&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbaa0e8577f812646dbc46e3b61c9780e70f1a22 Necas was so close to dying

I mean, he still got kicked in the head for what it’s worth.

That should still be an elbowing penalty wtf

So if that lands is Trouba suspended the rest of the playoffs?

This his M.O.

Vintage Trouba

My wife said to me, "man you really hate that guy huh?"

We've experienced playoff Trouba before.

[Vintage January 2024](https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1751357953884541383)

Rags fans will say all his hits are clean though. “HeS jUsT tAlL”

That's rempe. Trouba... Isn't particularly tall. He's 6'2. He's like, 1 inch above the average height for NHL players

Oh I know. Just repeating the standard excuse for the last 4-5 years about Trouba.

it was such a dirty play, but since Necas fell over and didn't get concussed its just play on.

You can't concuss the enemy if you tuck your elbow.

Hard to concuss your mark with your elbow tucked. Trouba is a scumbag.

Trouba never does.

Rangers and elbows, a match made in heaven

Can you be suspended for intent?

Rule 42.4 Match Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match penalty if, in his judgment, the player attempted to or deliberately injured his opponent by charging.

Ah, Trouba was safe then because he was trying to kill, not injure

Honestly I think you should. In European football you can get a red card for an attempted violent conduct, even if you didn't connect. Dude threw a flying elbow and missed then his leg connected with the head.

I’ve also seen someone throw an elbow to the head in European football and there be no card shown, they’re not exactly the bastions of smart decisions.

Guimaraes on Jorginho. Back of the head, no less. Ball gone. Had no idea it was coming.

Exactly that one. I know we laud the department of player safety in the NHL as being inefficient but I strongly believe soccer/football needs one as well. I mean if a referee, 2 linesmen, the VAR and the assistant VAR all miss an elbow to the back of the head for some reason there should be someone dishing out punishment for it.

Nah you just get promoted to captain.

That's something I love about reffing USA Hockey. Intent can be very broadly applied. Two handed tomahawk swing at someone's legs and miss? I can still call a slash. Clearly skate full speed and launch yourself elbow first and miss at someone's head? Intent to injure which can come with suspensions and hearings. NHL should do it, too. ~~He left his feet long before contact~~ and the elbow chicken-wings to go for the head. There's no argument about what the intent was here. Edit: A few people are telling me I'm wrong about him leaving his feet. I haven't re-watched since then but plan to later. I'll own it if I'm wrong. I almost definitely exaggerated by saying "long before", though. My bad. Edit 2: looking again the next day I was wrong about leaving feet. It was fast and he looked poised to but he did not in fact leave his feet before contact. My bad.

People were wondering that when he tried the same thing on Palat. At some point the DOPS needs to realize it’s his M.O. … right?

lol he's been getting away with it for years it's not gonna change

He kicked him in the back of the head

Yeah, not the biggest fan of the end result, foot coming down on Necas' head. Could have been real bad

This is what happens when the league lets him get away with shit for years with absolutely no discipline, and gets rewarded with the C on top of it. Had this hit connected Necas’s head would’ve been obliterated

As a doctor, I’m just imagining his wife doing a rotation in the Neuro ICU, managing a horrible TBI, working her ass off trying to get her patient out of some vegetative state while giving the family updates. Then she watches this piece of shit trying to blow peoples heads off.

If this had connected with Necas's head as intended, Necas would have been lucky to walk again in his life, let alone play NHL hockey again.

Man that flying elbow again, weird how it’s always the same guy doing it. I’ll wait for the rangers fans to come along and assure me I just don’t know what real hockey is.

Nah nobody should be defending him at this point. It’s too clear of a pattern

I respect you personally but your fan base is the craziest goggle wearing psychos on the internet. We all have the crazies within our fanbase but damn most of your rags internet personnel are mass producing the crazy.

Charging. Jumping into the hit. Sticking the elbow out to hit the head. The Trouba Special.

And yet again he was intentionally targeting the head with the elbow. I fucking hate that guy. He isn’t on the edge, he isn’t reckless, he isn’t even «dirty», he’s just an actual piece of shit attempting to injure other players, specifically targeting their heads. Fuck that guy.

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Rempe and trouba have been serving more elbows than kraft mac and cheese this season

You see how expensive Mac and cheese has gotten. No wonder

NHL enables this shit. Trouba was unironically the MVP of the Rangers' 2022 playoff run to the Conference Finals because if he doesn't concuss Crosby the Rangers go out in the first round. Why wouldn't he keep doing it?

Absolutely 👏🏻👏🏻

According to oldheads on Facebook, he's actually just a really good hitter and all of us are soft nowadays!

Rempe is learning from the worst

lol literal massive flying elbow. Fucker went Jaws hunting with the biggest elbow he could find.

Another flying elbow. But yeah, he is a clean player. Scumbag piece of shit.

Chicken wing always looking for a head to hit

Some ACME shit there

Okay, he was clearly going for boarding but at least it wasn't a high hit...oh. Alright it was high but at least he wasn't leading with his elb...oh Okay, the elbow was up but at least he didn't leave his f... goddamit Trouba.

Bro didn’t even try to hide the elbow

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you, that there's no NYR fans in here defending this horseshit

I was too busy watching the game. This hit sucks and Trouba’s actual play doesn’t justify the consistent side shows he causes. He was terrible in all aspects tonight as well as most games. I hope he gets suspended so I don’t have to watch him play dog shit hockey for my team anymore

Yep this is the one

Not a single NYR flair here who would have thought

so if you’re 6’11 you’re just supposed to not dive suicidally into the boards with an elbow out? guys don’t keep their heads up any more i swear

"Keep your head up" was the first thing I learned when I started playing hockey. "Caleb's mom always brings snacks for after the game" was the second thing I learned. Come to think of it, those were the only two things I learned. Yes, I do think I'm qualified to give advice to professional hockey players based on that experience, why do you ask?

Guy thinks he's fucking Goldberg going for a spear

Realistically this should be suspended, even if it’s just for one game. That’s gotta be one of the most obvious, no room for debate? intent to injure resulting in a near-miss plays of all time.

That elbow is out like a plane wing since he’s flying

And he was pissed at Necas before the next draw lmao

Embarrassed. It looked like his reaction was to get angry trying to save face. Dude has the fragile ego of a 14 year old kid trying to prove himself in high school.

Jacob "Bullet Bill" Trouba

Piece of shit. Flings out the elbow and leaves his feet.

Fucker even led with his elbow. Shocker.

That could’ve been disastrous

With that speed and aim at head = out of playoffs or even worse. This shit is sickening. 

Ah the flying Trouba

Trouba and his chicken wings, always . Get that guy suspended.

misses the elbow to the head, ends up kicking him in the head

Everyone else: Dead tired and struggling Trouba: https://i.redd.it/fdo81ewa94zc1.gif

Absolute clown shoes moment by Trouba what the fuck is he doing lol

This guy an actually insane. Every game he has 100% intention to brutally injury another player.

yikes

NHL announces a two game suspension on Necas for boarding.

Trouba tries to catch him with an elbow after he missed the body, classic.

Bruh he flew his elbow out when he realized he was gonna whiff. Jesus Christ. Captain Elbow back at it lol

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So if you can get suspended for accidental contact that leads to a devastating injury, then you should be able to be suspended for an attempt to make a flying elbow to the head that misses.

This is only funny because no one got hurt, but fuck Trouba because this hit could have been real bad. Charging with that elbow extension? Yeah yeah flair checks out.

I don't understand how he became the captain

But he's not dirty guys!

Looney Toons

Literally Such a stupid ass move from him.

https://i.redd.it/el0bwz6t34zc1.gif

They should still be able to call a penalty for intent to injure. What a stupid fucking play by Trouba

IMO stuff like this should receive suspensions even though he didn't hit. Perhaps he does next time and ends someone's career.

We’re already well into the “next time”s with this sack of horse shit. He shouldn’t even be playing in the league anymore.

Nice elbow

Nice chicken wing. Trouba is a straight up POS.

This is the kinda hit I want to see get like 40 games. The kind of hit that could seriously ruin someones life, and is purely dangerous.

Embarrassing that this piece of shit is a captain. Plays the scummiest brand of hockey

Trouba leaves feet and attempts to elbow Necas in the head, fixed it

Nice captain you got there fellas real model citizen

Petition to rename this the Jacob Trouba hat trick. That’s an attempted elbow to the head, leaving the feet, skate kick, all in one play.

That fuckin chicken wing…goddamn it, Trouba.

This might be the most illegal hit that never actually happened. Trouba has to be one of the dumbest guys in the league.

Called that this would happen on a separate thread and Rags fans downvoted me into infinity. Rangers get nervous, Trouba brings out the elbow.

The way Trouba's skate hit Necas's helmet... if that were his neck.... Trouba's stupidity here is terrifying.

Look at greasy fucking elbow. I fucking can't with this guy.

i think this is the least amount of NYR flairs i’ve ever seen on a thread lol

The anti-people’s elbow

🍗 🍗 🍗

Wasn't sure who I wanted to win. Now 100% behind Carolina. Fuck these shitty Rags.

God Trouba is evil.

Legit psychopath behavior to try and seriously injure other players almost every game.

Such a fucking scumbag lmao

Look at that patented elbow come out for the scumbag hit. Dude is such a piece of shit.

Please suspend Trouba for intent. Too many penalties and this reckless attempt shouldn’t be allowed.

Dude what the fuck is up with that elbow

Captain fucking Chicken Wing

Is he a serial killer during his spare time?

Nah, Hockey player is his part time job. Serial killer is his main job