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All discipline needs to have the NHLPA involved.  Whatever the league dishes out, the PA needs to have additional supplementary action done.  

Due to the nature of the game, this is literally one member attacking another.  

 

Have the offending player be forced to pay to the victim player in the amount of money lost.  Kerfoot has been suspended for 2 games and he gets about 10k per game... then he gotta pay Johnson 20k.  Borderline players would feel the impact of losing that amount of cash more so than star players.  Even for players earning more money, any vast amount will hurt.... if it was Lucic paying for his 2 games, he would have forked over $140k to Kole Sherwood.  

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This was such a reckless play but also not a lot of intent to injure. Not out there to hurt a former teammate. The problem is just that the NHL continues to think that former players are the best adjudicators of punishment. 

 

At the end of the day, you have a bunch of dumb jocks trying to be consistent with the administration of justice. 

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7 minutes ago, Lancaster said:

All discipline needs to have the NHLPA involved.  Whatever the league dishes out, the PA needs to have additional supplementary action done.  

Due to the nature of the game, this is literally one member attacking another.  

 

Have the offending player be forced to pay to the victim player in the amount of money lost.  Kerfoot has been suspended for 2 games and he gets about 10k per game... then he gotta pay Johnson 20k.  Borderline players would feel the impact of losing that amount of cash more so than star players.  Even for players earning more money, any vast amount will hurt.... if it was Lucic paying for his 2 games, he would have forked over $140k to Kole Sherwood.  

They are involved - the NHLPA attends the hearing but they are looking out for both players.  

 

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1 hour ago, mll said:

They are involved - the NHLPA attends the hearing but they are looking out for both players.  

 

Yup and more often (if not always) the aggressor rather than the victim.

 

IMO the process should involve something like the DoPS putting forwards arguments and recommendations for the length of suspensions, but the final decision should be made by a committee/panel made up with 1 NHL rep, 1 NHLPA rep, 1 independent rep (i.e.: arbitrator, mediator, lawyer, judge, etc.).  They should have the power to reduce, keep or increase DoPS's proposal.  

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1 hour ago, Lancaster said:

All discipline needs to have the NHLPA involved.  Whatever the league dishes out, the PA needs to have additional supplementary action done.  

Due to the nature of the game, this is literally one member attacking another.  

 

Have the offending player be forced to pay to the victim player in the amount of money lost.  Kerfoot has been suspended for 2 games and he gets about 10k per game... then he gotta pay Johnson 20k.  Borderline players would feel the impact of losing that amount of cash more so than star players.  Even for players earning more money, any vast amount will hurt.... if it was Lucic paying for his 2 games, he would have forked over $140k to Kole Sherwood.  

They already take out the pay from the suspended player. It goes into a fund to help out injured players.

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3 hours ago, mll said:

They are involved - the NHLPA attends the hearing but they are looking out for both players.  

 

Is this not the definition of 'conflict of interest' ? 

 

I mean, would you ever hear of a trial where one lawyer represented both the defendant and the plaintiff? 

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fair

 

don't understand where the need to criticize the DoPS at every step comes from

 

maybe it's time to go outside, read a book, smoke some ganja and make friends outside of internet echo chambers full of people who have very strong opinions on such a niche and specific thing in the world as how the disciplinary body of a sports league practices its standards

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4 hours ago, 112 said:

fair

 

don't understand where the need to criticize the DoPS at every step comes from

 

maybe it's time to go outside, read a book, smoke some ganja and make friends outside of internet echo chambers full of people who have very strong opinions on such a niche and specific thing in the world as how the disciplinary body of a sports league practices its standards

I think fans have a reasonable gripe with the Bortuzzo suspension.
 

The Kerfoot one is fine imo. 

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8 hours ago, Fanuck said:

Is this not the definition of 'conflict of interest' ? 

 

I mean, would you ever hear of a trial where one lawyer represented both the defendant and the plaintiff? 

Both players are members of the NHLPA.  Why do you think suspensions are never all that lengthy.   If a suspended player wants to appeal the NHLPA will help him out.  

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