During the Capitals’ 5-4 shootout come-from-behind victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night, Capitals defenseman Jack Hillen got injured on a clean hit by Flames center Lance Bouma. Tom Wilson, always quick to defend his teammates, channeled his inner Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and got some payback via something resembling a Rock Bottom.
What have we learned? Don’t piss off Tom Wilson.
Guys like Matty Hendricks and Tom Wilson are the reason I enjoy hockey so much more than the two hand touch football the NFL now plays. If you’ve never been to a hockey game you should check it out.
Guys like Tom Wilson and Matt Hendricks play hockey the way I wish everybody played it. It’s funny, guys like them have a reputation as “goons”, but “goons” are often some of the nicest players off the ice.