Tom Wilson on Jacob Trouba's blindside hit on Ryan Leonard: 'He knows exactly what he's doing, and the kid's in a vulnerable spot'

""I mean, I don't want to get too much into it," Tom Wilson said postgame. "I honestly haven't slowed it down, watched it, and analyzed it. I could see it coming. [Trouba] knows exactly what he's doing. Kid's in a vulnerable spot, and obviously, Leno's pretty banged up. I asked him to fight, he said no, and we'll leave it at that.""

""What I don't like about that specific hit is that he's engaged with another player. When Leno's engaged with - I think it was Gudas behind the net, or whoever he was engaged with - as he was going around the net. So he's being checked. So to me, that's now a player looking for someone that's in a vulnerable spot. And I think those are dicey hits.""

The Washington Capitals lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Anaheim Ducks while rookie Ryan Leonard left the game after a blindside hit to the head from Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba as he skated around the net. Leonard had a career-high four-point game the night before and sustained an upper-body injury that forced the Capitals to play with 11 forwards for the rest of the night. Officials did not call a penalty on the play. The hit drew criticism for targeting a player in a vulnerable position and was compared to an old-school, predatory bodycheck.

Read at RMNB