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Penguins GM calls out Tom Wilson again: ‘Wilson didn’t even give Oleksiak a chance to get his gloves off’

Penguins General Manager Jim Rutherford has a lot of strong feelings regarding Tom Wilson.

When Wilson was supposedly challenged by Jamie Oleksiak in the second round of the 2018 playoffs, Rutherford was upset that Wilson refused the fight. “[H]e couldn’t run quick enough to get away from him,” Rutherford said then.

In December, Wilson threw down and engaged in Oleksiak, knocking the Penguins defenseman out with his fourth punch.

Now, Rutherford is upset about how Wilson engaged in the fight.

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By Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago

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The ctrl+z trade: Penguins player Tom Wilson knocked out gets traded back to Dallas for draft pick he was originally traded for

Do you ever get a weird sense of déjà vu?

On Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Jamie Oleksiak — the player that Tom Wilson knocked out and was supposedly too intimidated to fight — in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 draft. The trade is almost identical to the one that happened in reverse to bring Oleksiak to the Penguins during the 2017-18 season.

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By Donya Abramo 2 years ago

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There’s a new, vicious angle of Tom Wilson’s knockout punch of Jamie Oleksiak

Last May, Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford suggested that Tom Wilson ducked Jamie Oleksiak in a fight after the Capitals forward landed a head hit on Zach Aston-Reese.

Eight months later, Wilson wasted no time giving Oleksiak a chance to settle the score, dropping his gloves with the Penguins enforcer during their first shift.

But Oleksiak didn’t get retribution. Instead, Wilson ended the fight with his fourth punch, knocking Oleksiak out with a haymaker to the side of the head.

Friday, NBC Sports Washington showed another angle of Wilson’s TKO punch from the other side of the ice and it’s… wow.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Tom Wilson says Penguins GM’s comments don’t ‘really matter,’ fight against Jamie Oleksiak ‘had to be done sooner or later’

The Capitals knocked the Penguins out of the 2018 playoffs en route to their first-ever Stanley Cup victory. In late May, Penguins General Manager Jim Rutherford was still fired up about the elimination and a Tom Wilson head shot to one of his players, calling out the Capitals enforcer for not fighting Jamie Oleksiak.

“When Jamie challenged Wilson,” Rutherford said, “he couldn’t run quick enough to get away from him.”

Thursday night, Wilson, playing in his first game against Pittsburgh since his illegal check to the head of Zach Aston-Reese, fought Oleksiak during his first shift. Oleksiak threw the first punch, but Wilson knocked Oleksiak out with his fourth swing, a haymaker to the side of the head.

After the game, Wilson spoke about the fight with reporters.

“I think both parties knew all the stuff that was said after last season leading up to it,” Wilson said. “It probably had to be done sooner or later, give him a chance to defend his teammate on what happened last year.”

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By Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago

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Tom Wilson knocks out Jamie Oleksiak in brutal fight

“They don’t like us, we don’t like them,” Tom Wilson said of the Capitals-Penguins rivalry after the Caps’ morning skate. “There’s your quote.”

Hours later, Wilson turned those words into violent action 55 seconds into the game, knocking out Jamie Oleksiak in a tough-to-watch fight.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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