Tough loss for COL. We'll see who steps up on D.
For clarity, wasn't a high-stick from Carter.
There was no stick involved.
It'll be highly/hotly debatable... but there was a wrap-around by Kasperi Kaspanen the other night, that bounced around as Carter was trying to get to the net (with MacKinnon trying to guard him off).
As Carter was arriving, Makar batted it out of the area... Carter changed directions, raising his body up to turn away from net (where Makar batted puck) at same time as Makar's batt-swat motion shifted his head into Carter's path.
For me, 100% accidental and bad luck.
Just playing minor/men's league hockey, I've been in this situation (both sides 4-5 times) and seen it 20+ times.
It always looks bad. It's almost always accidental and hard to avoid.
How one interprets it, IMO, says a lot about how much hockey they've played and how well they *think* a player can control their body in a miniscule moment in time.
Lots of replay angles on internet, but a photo - for me - shows that Carter couldn't have possibly been targeting Makar from afar.
Event 1 - Carter angling to net, tryingn to get around MacKinnon and his foot, edging to one blade. Kapanen wrap-around bounces into air, Makar swats at it.
Event 2 - Fractions of second after Makar batts it to corner, Carter tries to steer himself also to corner (see video snips)... and at that time Makar's follow-through has put his head in that path.
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I feel bad for both guys, mostly Makar - but man... the internet is great place to point fingers and accuse a guy of wanting to injure a fellow-player.