CowtownCanuck Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 well considering that Dillon played on the subsequent 5 min major penalty with no injury and kassian was tossed from the game I personally find a multi game suspension for a hit that did no damage at all a little overkill and inconsistent (suprise suprise) If the league is basing the suspension on "the hit could have had a worse outcome" well Lupul's elbow was nothing but a vicious attempt to injure that failed spectacularly on multiple camera angles. If intent over outcome is what is punished Lupul's was worse. It was a clear hit from behind from a marginal player. Suspension approved. If that's Chara, he's just a big guy. The NHL has no standard on suspension based on intent or result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THERETOOL Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 he deserves it if he can't use his head .. not a smart dude .. god help us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeburn Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Three is fair, I was thinking we would get 3-4. So how is that Cody-Kassian trade looking so far? Gotta look pretty good from Buffalo's perspective... Buffalo had Foligno and Kassian vying for the same "power forward" role, and opted to keep the younger Foligno who wasn't already known for having an immature attitude resulting in inconsistency on the ice. Ergo, Kassian was deemed expendable and traded for Hodgson to fill another role entirely. As of today anyway: Foligno's stats across the board are better than Kassian's, he still isn't a floater despite having cause to be disheartened while playing on the league's worst team, and he hasn't made a dubious rep for himself with multiple suspensions. Canucks had Kesler and Hodgson vying for the same "top 6 center" role, and opted to keep the older Kesler whose health was already questionable. Ergo, Hodgson was deemed expendable and traded for Kassian to fill another role entirely. As of today anyway, Hodgson has continued to trend upward with improved skating, defensive play and consistent production despite anchoring a 2nd line of revolving door no-name wingers on the league's worst team, while Kesler's defensive play has become mediocre, his productivity has trended downward (guy's pt per game average is even surprisingly lower than Hodgson's this year despite the 4 extra minutes per game), and the guy now wants out entirely. So yeah, looks like Buffalo won hands down by keeping Foligno over Kassian, while it's questionable if Vancouver has even broke even by keeping Kesler over Hodgson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Mmmm not sure why dillon. Turned into the boards like that. Its just asking for it, you think a player thats played hockey his whole life woukdnt turn away towards the boards like that but thats just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeburn Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Mmmm not sure why dillon. Turned into the boards like that. Its just asking for it, you think a player thats played hockey his whole life woukdnt turn away towards the boards like that but thats just me Players "turn into the boards like that" all the time after they've dumped the puck in and are wheeling to return to their bench. It's a pretty standard play actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Dangerous move. Very poor decision by Kassian. Fully deserved. And embarrassingly consistent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeburn Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Gotta look pretty good from Buffalo's perspective... Buffalo had Foligno and Kassian vying for the same "power forward" role, and opted to keep the younger Foligno who wasn't already known for having an immature attitude resulting in inconsistency on the ice. Ergo, Kassian was deemed expendable and traded for Hodgson to fill another role entirely. As of today anyway: Foligno's stats across the board are better than Kassian's, he still isn't a floater despite having cause to be disheartened while playing on the league's worst team, and he hasn't made a dubious rep for himself with multiple suspensions. Canucks had Kesler and Hodgson vying for the same "top 6 center" role, and opted to keep the older Kesler whose health was already questionable. Ergo, Hodgson was deemed expendable and traded for Kassian to fill another role entirely. As of today anyway, Hodgson has continued to trend upward with improved skating, defensive play and consistent production despite anchoring a 2nd line of revolving door no-name wingers on the league's worst team, while Kesler's defensive play has become mediocre, his productivity has trended downward (guy's pt per game average is even surprisingly lower than Hodgson's this year despite the 4 extra minutes per game), and the guy now wants out entirely. So yeah, looks like Buffalo won hands down by keeping Foligno over Kassian, while it's questionable if Vancouver has even broke even by keeping Kesler over Hodgson. LOL, looks like I wrote too soon. Crazy coincidental timing, but Foligno just got himself ejected for the same basic play as Kassian's last night. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thema Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Seems some here think that a guy should change with his back to the bench so he doesn't "turn his back" on any idiot that might want to cheapshot him. Kass could have let up and simply rode him into the boards but instead he left his feet and tried to cream him. 3 games is light; I expected 4. Problem now is that he is a two time offender and the next one will be a doozy. He sure seems to be trying to be the second coming of Bertuzzi in both good and bad ways. If he succeeds he will be more trouble than he is worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 NHE....10 Yards for piling on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 ya i thought he would get 5 minimum as well, only bad part to this suspension in my mind is jensen is called up, soooo heres to hoping im wrong about it harming jensens development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Kassian is a bozo.... should be traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 This won't do any good to his contract negotiations. Already two suspensions in one contract year where he has shown some potential, but still been very inconsistent and prone to making errors and decisions based on bad judgement on his part. A few more years of training for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 good thing we're not in the playoffs where crap like that just kills momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 if your going to be stupid then you need to pay for it he hit the guy in the numbers yeah he turned back but its not a new rule this kid needs to smarten up. most nights i don't even see why his an NHLer. i trip to utica might do him some good. oh thats right we ownership/management likes slow players that provide little to no skill because the big. smaller skilled teams have won more cups than big slow teams . to bad we are going big and slow with a cr-p d first system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 if your going to be stupid then you need to pay for it he hit the guy in the numbers yeah he turned back but its not a new rule this kid needs to smarten up. most nights i don't even see why his an NHLer. i trip to utica might do him some good. oh thats right we ownership/management likes slow players that provide little to no skill because the big. smaller skilled teams have won more cups than big slow teams . to bad we are going big and slow with a cr-p d first system. This was the downfall of the Canucks, when we lost to Boston and MG decided that it was because we were too small. He lost interest in adding skilled players and started adding plugs to the team. This is what we are left with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Meh. That's some soft crap. A pro NHL player should be aware and not turn his back and also not dive into the boards. soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Meh. That's some soft crap. A pro NHL player should be aware and not turn his back and also not dive into the boards. soft. You may want to watch the hit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter.S-Kerouac Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Another bone head move by Kass. I'm loosing hope for him maturing. He had so much time to pull up on that check. He didn't. He had to know he was taking a suspension for the hit before he hit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcrguy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 For a repeat offender, this was a gift from the NHL. This could have had a Claude Lemieux/Draper outcome. I don't think he did it on purpose, but you can see from the replay, he instantly knows he did the wrong thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksSayEh Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Boarding call, happens all the time. Not a big deal, he's only a repeat offender because of an flailing high stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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