You have to wonder why anyone would feel compelled to drop the mitts with Ryan Reaves.
Do you admire the bravery? Laugh at the unfortunate circumstances? Or cringe at the pending doom?
They’re all plausible responses.
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Lukas Sedlak fell into one (or all) of these categories tonight.
Reaves was doing Reaves thing when he obliterated Markus Hannikainen against the boards in the Blue Jackets game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.
The destruction can be seen here:
Pens got a power play out of this sequence. Jackets killed it off.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) December 22, 2017
Reaves crushes Hannikainen along the boards, Sedlak responds. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/CX05eYbl6p
Is that not charging?
At the end of that video, you can see Sedlak come in to stick up for his teammate. It’s the valiant thing to do, of course. But man, he must’ve been regretting it the whole way.
The ensuing fight did not go well for Lukas Sedlak. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/vI4CabDhRC
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) December 22, 2017
Sometimes it’s probably wise to pick up your buddy, your ball and just walk home.