AnInconvenienceBrah Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Um, I think you need to rewatch the Edler hit on Smith again. The intent of the hit wasn't even close to the same nor was it to the head like Shaw's hit was. In either case I've always hated that untouchable rule for Goalies. You want to play the puck behind the net and not get hit, then get the hell out of the way, otherwise brace yourself and take it like everyone else has to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 C'mon Nuck fans, that should easily be worthy of a game or 2. I don't want him to, but it's almost certain he will. It's not like these suspensions teach the players anything anyway. Not when bruins get to do whatever they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteeun Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 That would suck. Total NHL fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tortorella Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Goalie was injured on sedin contact not edler. I say its about time we play like as*holes. Rest of league thinks we are so lets be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Phoenix will certainly lobby for it. Maybe this is a bit "tinfoil hat-y" of me but when I saw Labarbera come out for the third, my first thoughts were that Smith was probably just fine but was being kept out as part of the Coyote's PR efforts. We'll see what happens and maybe Smith is indeed injured but I wouldn't be surprised to see whatever injury he has end up magically healed following the NHL's decision on Edler. We'll see what happens... Hopefully, the league will determine that the punishment on the ice (major penalty) was sufficient for the infraction and supplemental discipline is unwarranted. I hate that my thoughts immediately go towards trumped-up "injuries" and a full-court PR press of suspension lobbying but it's happened too many times to count already (involving numerous teams around the NHL--definitely not an anti-Canucks conspiracy) where the player injured in a suspension case makes a remarkable recovery following the decision (and the severity of the suspension is effected by the perceived injury). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derr12 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Smith is a notorious diver on these sort of plays. Edlers gotta slow up on that one tho. My guess is elder gets 1 game Looch on miller was savage tho and he got nothing... spin the wheel is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_hope Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I think Edler was trying to poke the puck through and slip past.. but he is still responsible for hitting Smith. I don't like it my guess is he'll probably get a game.. more likely two which honestly, isn't such a bad thing if he can use this time to revamp his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Smith should have got two minutes for interference .. what a joke .. I mean .. REALLY?? .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Smith is a notorious diver on these sort of plays. Edlers gotta slow up on that one tho. My guess is elder gets 1 game Looch on miller was savage tho and he got nothing... spin the wheel is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bob Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I wouldn't be too shocked if he gets a game or two. If that happened to Lu or Cory, I'd be pretty pissed if the guy didn't get some sort of discipline. Then again, I was pissed when Lucic didn't get suspended for his hit on Miller. I predict Shanny's Wheel of Justice will be getting a spin though. If it happened to Lu or Cory, they wouldn't have flopped around like a fish out of water, so it wouldn't have looked so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 NHL is getting tough on anyone who messes with the goalies. Edler obviously didn't hit Smith on purpose, but it doesn't matter, he just might sit a game or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Don't like the timing of this, with our fully-booked infirmary. But ... this is probably a rare chance to see what our PP can do w/o Edler. Unless AV applies for some clemency and asks the NHL to allow Edler to get on the ice for PPs only. That would be a good day to consider seppuku. Just kidding (hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 maybe its good for edler to sit a game or 2... give him a break.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woot Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Lucic. Got. Nothing. So Edler sure as hell better not get anything either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychees Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I don't think it was worthy of a 5 minute penalty, much less a suspension, but then again I've always been with the mantra that goalies should be fair play outside of the crease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37yrsncounting Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 So none of you think the edler hit was payback for daniel's bloody nose? Im kinda thinking the canucks thought that smith put his hand up on purpose on contact with Daniel so Edler went after Smith. Really unusual for Edler to do something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesy_shoes Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 i don't know if anyone as mentioned this, but Edler was playing the puck. he kicks it up with his skate. If Smith didn't bobble it, he probably wouldn't have hit him. If he would have used his stick, it would have been on his backhand, and that would have left Edler in a vulnerable, unprotected position because with Edler playing the puck, contact with Smith was inevitable. The goalie can't get in the way of a player playing the puck. Smith bobbled it and Edler kick it up like he would have had Smith not been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baslund Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Edler didn't run Smith over, he bumped him! It is not comparable to Lucic or Tootoo vs Miller But heck, Shanny makes the rules, not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00bxQb Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Anyone thinking he's not going to get suspended for this has the homer glasses on, IMO. If that happened to Lu or Schneids, we'd be calling for his head on a pike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucks all the way Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The major was fully deserved but anything more is just unfair. Smith knows he's blocking the and is basically expecting to be hit. His head even snapped back a half second AFTER the hit, while on the way down. He's a notorious flopper in these situations. As well, I don't know how he didn't end up with a roughing penalty after those punches to Edler. That being said, Edler should have slowed down a bit though I'm sure he never meant to steamroll him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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