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1 minute ago, The Sedge said:

Wow, not even so much as a video to explain their decision not to have a hearing? 

That's because they'd be forced to admit that it's a textbook head shot and screwed up. So, not only inconsistent, but also afraid of admitting errors to "do the right thing"

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That is terrible.  Kids second game in the league, the league needs to tell them that shots to the head are unacceptable.

That was an awful hit that no player should have to receive.  To say a minor penalty is fair is ridiculous.

What I don't get is that the NHL and the NHLPA's first responsibility should be to the safety of the players that put themselves at such great risk.  Yet neither of them seem to take it all that seriously.  

The NHL doesn't see this blatant hit to the head as concerning.

The NHLPA because it is their players that are making these hits.  A union's primary job is to protect it's members.  How do they address headshots internally?  Some of these guys still run around in this game with ill fitting helmets and chin straps down their necks with their mouth protectors hanging out of their mouths.

It is very disappointing that neither of these groups seem to take their own player safety all that seriously. 

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3 hours ago, combover said:

Text book blind side.

by a guy that’s not an nhler taking out a nhl regular. 

7 minutes in pentalites to Roussel with no injuries . 2 minutes for a blindside head shot...and player safety important lol.

 

shades of Moore/burtuzzi. A system failure.

a suspension wouldn’t even matter the losers been a heathy scratch the last month. 

Players actions should result in team fines, see if owners want these guys when they start costing them big $$.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Qwags said:

This is how you get a Todd Bertuzzi situation.

 

I'm glad the players took in on themselves last night.

Exactly. I honestly wonder if Van and TBL not playing again this year factored into this. The refs goofed up by not giving him a five in the game and completely lost control. A rematch this year could get very very ugly if it were to occur.

 

In 2003-04, the Bertuzzi hit on Moore was Bertuzzi's own doing, but the NHL majorly screwed up by not giving out supplemental discipline. That caused the Canucks to take matters into their own hands and create a horrible situation.

 

You'd think the NHL would learn, but I guess not. If they won't properly police the league, the players will and you will get guys trading career-ending hits. Is that really the kind of league the NHL wants? Apparently so.

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14 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

It wouldn't surprise me if the league is purposely baiting the Canucks to do something (a la Bertuzzi v2.0) so that they can justify running the franchise out of the city.

 

I can't say this non-call surprises me, though.  Sun-belt team vs. Canadian peso team.  Hmmm... who are they gonna support more?

That is a lot of moving parts for a conspiracy.  Its just a culture of incompetence and mafioso color of law.

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21 minutes ago, xereau said:

That is a lot of moving parts for a conspiracy.  Its just a culture of incompetence and mafioso color of law.

Oh I'd say there is a touch of full on corruption. You can't look at Colin Campbell's leaked emails not think it's there to some degree. There is clear favoritism in this league.  Look at our schedule this year for instance. 

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4 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said:

Scumbags like Martel make those decisions regardless of who's on the ice. Reaves won't stop it if he's not on the ice.

 

The league needs to hire officials who actually are capable and willing to call games as unbiased as possible. But this league is a corrupt joke.

which make me wonder how this whole reationship with gambling is going to work.

You can't bet on the WWE, but the NHL is the same.

That ref yelling "Let him go" was soooo WWE

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3 hours ago, Bitter Melon said:

I’m honestly disgusted. Putting all Canucks bias aside the league throws out so much smoke about player safety and getting headshots out of the game. Then a  player comes along and makes a textbook, predatory hit to the head, the exact kind they’ve made it perfectly clear over and over is unacceptable, and gets congratulated by his coach. What a &^@#ing joke.

where is the NHLPA in all this?

you know they would appeal a suspension

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1 hour ago, -AJ- said:

Honestly, I try to defend the DOPS more than most fans, but this is utter bullcrap. Stecher could be out for months. That's two of our players done in by headshots that they haven't gotten. Trash analysis.

Pretty much. I have always taken the measured approach regarding their rulings even if wasn't exactly a popular opinion on here but this right here is indefensible. It feels like we are back to the days of the old Colin Campbell run DOPS.

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And this result is exactly why teams should settle this kind of crap on the ice. Don't rely on incompetent refs that say they didn't see anything,( isn't that what they get paid to do,,,,,,,watch?). While they go to VIDEO to determine if the puck is off side. These head shots are what  video review  should be used , to prove and or disprove incidents in real time.

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It’s an indictment on the quality/sanity of the DOPS run by a former goon wannabe that clearly has suffered from the fights he lost and left him lying on the ice in a pool of blood 

 

given the headshot was unpunished by the league I am so glad we answered on our own and we continue to need to answer on our own until teams stop taking liberties with us 

 

next time a “little person” wants to try to be a goon he may think twice 

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