After John Tavares is injured by Maple Leafs, Nick Foligno takes on Canadiens’ Corey Perry. Twitter asks why

Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was injured in a gruesome game in the North Division’s opening game against the Canadiens on Thursday night.

After Ben Chiarot was knocked down in the neutral zone in the first phase, the defenseless Tavares was cut across the face from the knee by Corey Perry.

Like any good teammate, Nick Foligno dropped his gloves with Perry the next time they met.

But was it the right call to have Canadians answer the bell? Maybe not. The piece looked 100 percent random. Admittedly, Foligno only saw it in real time.

“It was terrible. Life comes into play at this point and when he saw him in pain you got sick in the stomach,” said Foligno.

He later added why he dropped the gloves: “Captain is on the ice. It’s nothing more than that. I think Perry is obliged. It’s unfortunate. I don’t think it’s malicious, but my captain is lying on the ice. Our captain. You don’t want to see this, and I think it just raised the situation and everyone is assuming it. “

Does Perry have the cleanest record? No. He put together a recap of the opposition’s injury – especially after poking the Predators’ Ryan Ellis in the head and giving fans the longest shame walk in NHL history into the locker room. Perry has been banned from the NHL’s Player Safety Division for five games.

Of course, Hockey Twitter has given some thought to whether the fight was justified or necessary.

Perry and Foligno live by the code. Like it or not. I would suggest Perry come in and just take a few pictures.
I’m sorry, but there’s no chance what happened to Tavares was intentional.

– Eric Engels (@EricEngels) May 21, 2021

No question about it, it was a 100% accident, Perry / Tavares.
No question either: Perry has no currency in the game because he accidentally injured someone.
This is how the Foligno and Keefe fight with referees.

– Mark Spector (@SportsnetSpec) May 21, 2021

So Foligno fights Perry over the accidental injury of Tavares. What a stupid, meaningless reaction. There was no intention of hurting or hurting Perry.

– Spectors Hockey (@SpectorsHockey) May 21, 2021

Man, I understand what Foligno is doing here, but what is it about? Nothing Perry could do in this piece.

– Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) May 21, 2021

How is Perry’s role in the Tavares situation even a debate? It was clearly accidental. Foligno didn’t see the reps we did so I got his reaction on hold for the moment and Perry responded that he was a pro. But there was no way he was trying to hurt him. #Leafs #Habs

– Roger Lajoie (@ TheRog590) May 21, 2021

How ridiculous is that? I understand the “code” and I love Foligno, but Perry felt as bad as anyone else for accidentally kneeling Tavares on the head. So does he have to fight now? Just stupid

– Don Brennan (@SunDoniB) May 21, 2021