Definitely have to give the BJ callers credit for not immediately calling it a dirty hit, even before seeing the replay.

Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 04/21/09 at 08:02 PM ET

Thanks Paul, and whoever made the recording. My video died seconds before the hit. And wow, what a hit.

Posted by Nate A from Dark side of the moon on 04/21/09 at 08:02 PM ET

This better make that dumb “Gary brings you the best plays of the week!”

Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 04/21/09 at 08:04 PM ET

Karma for his hit on Ben Eager a couple seasons back?

Posted by yreland from Paul MacLean's Moustache on 04/21/09 at 08:20 PM ET

it was a good clean hit!  I remember rewinding and watching it a few times on my hdpvr.  I loved it.  The best part of it was when umberger saw stuart coming, then looked away, then got utterly destroyed. hahah

Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 04/21/09 at 09:04 PM ET

What hit on Eager are you talking about? Reminds me of the Campbell hit on Umberger.  This was a clean hit, but damn, the poor guy.

Posted by dip from philly on 04/21/09 at 09:06 PM ET

on my television replay, they show a camera angle that shows the back of umberger as he looks towards stuart, sees him coming, looks away and looks towards stuart again.  In no way was he blind sided. He saw him coming from farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr away.  It looked more like he saw him, then figured he would ddo some nifty move to get away, but stuart came faster then he expected and he got owned.

Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 04/21/09 at 09:08 PM ET

It sure looks like he’s concussed after that hit.  Hopefully the trainers were confident that he’s okay to play, because playing after something like that is incredible dangerous and multiple concussions can be devastating to a player’s career and to his life after hockey.  It’s cool to be tough and all, but it’s just not worth the risk.  It’s not like playing with a broken bone.

Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 04/21/09 at 09:12 PM ET

Man, that’s scrambled eggs right there.

Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 04/22/09 at 01:37 AM ET

Uncle Mike on the crush, via Puck rakers blog:

Said Wings coach Mike Babcock: “I couldn’t believe he was out there (two shifts later). My God, he got hit. I haven’t seen a hit like that in a long, long time.”

Anyone else immediately think of Vladimir Konstantinov?

Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 04/22/09 at 08:07 AM ET

He took the hit then scored 4 minutes later. It takes a Buckeye to show the rest of the CBJ how to play.

Posted by Dave from Columbus on 04/22/09 at 04:51 PM ET