Gotta See It: McCabe absolutely levels Laine with bone-crushing hit

Watch as Jake McCabe stands up Patrik Laine at centre ice with a massive hit.
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[nicholaslouie]

4 years later, this is still one of the best open ice hits I've seen. Liane got levelled, and it was a clean hit.

[maximecote]

Mark Scheifele should be suspended 3 games for that pass.

[kdsburneraccount]

As bad as the impact was, the way he fell on the ice looked even worse.

[timmyjohnson]

beautifully placed hit. nothing cheap about it. as a wings fan, I'd be pissed if that happened to Mantha or larkin but I would know its clean.

on another note, why are the leafs fans hating on Laine saying it would never happen to Matthews and that they are happy that laine got rocked. every player gets hit pretty hard in their respective careers. it's just a matter of time until Matthews gets clobbered. also that was a pretty bad buddy pass if I say so myself.

[victoriadixon]

let me summarize this comment section.
1. I hope he's OK
2. I hope he's OK, I'm from Toronto
3. everybody from Toronto sucks
4. everybody relax
5. suicide pass
6. keep your head up, welcome to the NHL
7. McCabe is dirty
8. Matthews will win the rookie of the year now
9. Matthews fans are all happy
10. Clean hit

[kingsavageop]

Laine a nice guy doesn't deserve to get injured like that

[RandalPlaysTV]

I guess you could call it a Laine brawl

[DCY]

That was a massive clean hit. I hope Laine is okay.

[SuperRavensfan]

Hate to say it but a clean hit no head contact all body

[andrewmassa]

That's not good for Winnipeg. Hope he recovers soon.

[MrMouse]

Suicide pass... Stop with the Matthews Laine comments the guys hurt, have some class

[wes]

I just read about the Sabres' play by play man passing and immediately thought of this call. I'm not a Sabres' fan and I'm sure he has more legendary calls, but this was an epic call. RIP ⚔

[davidmccalla]

Suicide pass from Scheifele. That was a good clean hit. Hopefully Laine is not that badly injured. But man Laine got wrecked poor guy.

[metaltendy]

"Brought on by Scheifele to CENTRE ICE!!"

I could watch that SO many times.

[banger]

"Brought on by Scheiffle to ice".

Hahaha, love it. Great hit.

[antonmanner]

What a great hit, as clean as it ever gets.

[tysonleblanc]

I truly believe this is where Laine career changed and why he's a shell of his former self. This guy was already 40 goalscorer and still had the potential to be what mathews is a 60-70 goal scorer.

[louisweisberg]

As a leaf fan I am saddened by laine's injury and hope he recovers quickly. To answer the question on why leafs fans hate laine is because jets fan won't shut up about laine being better then Matthews when he's not.

[alchemysparks]

It’s how Rick says it that makes this hit ten times better. “passes to ceEENTER ICE AND LAINE’S CHECKED BY MCCABE! A WHOLE PILE IN THERE!”

[spiral]

if laine gets hit like that 100 times, he will get a concussion 99 times. The other time his stick will break