Provost Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) Meh... a little dislike in games is good. Did anyone (on our side) get worked up when Bure took out Churla? That is the best part of the new schedule... sometimes teams are getting really annoyed with each other after playing a few games in a row. When we go back to normal divisional play, I hope they keep the baseball style series where we play 2-4 games in a row against an opponent. Edited March 31, 2021 by Provost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 11 hours ago, Top Sven Baercheese said: Goes out of the way to elbow Kotk in the head. Do you think this is worthy of a suspension? suspension? That's what we're calling nasty these days? Two mins was perfectly fine 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo2337 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Intentional targeting of the head with elbow. Heck, why not just karate chop him in the face with a stick, is it any different? It was behind the play, puck long gone. 1-2 games I'd expect for most other players. Instead it won't even be reviewed. In the spirit of preventing sport injury and health and safety of players, this play demands more than 2 min in the box imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyone Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) He's been taking lessons from the dirtiest oiler ever....Messier. He should get a minimum 2 games, as it's a 'first' offence. $5000 is a joke. Edited March 31, 2021 by grumpyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Specter Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhillipBlunt Posted March 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2021 McDoucheface made a dangerous decision and the league showed their preferential punishment scale. One of Jesperi's teammates, oh I don't know....maybe Shea Weber, should flatten McDingleberries in the corner and send him to the quiet room as a lesson. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 $5k fine. What a joke. Rule 48 is apparently meaningless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtman Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, stawns said: suspension? That's what we're calling nasty these days? Two mins was perfectly fine It was a late, intentional elbow to the head. Imagine Rous doing that to anyone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboarder Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 One set of rules for elite and one set of rules for nobodies. That is how the NHL is treating these days. Money talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 53 minutes ago, goalie13 said: wow thats a joke. Just reverse the players and you know what this would be. Ah well, "best player ever" and all that. Even though he stinks in his own end and I guess now gets away with elbows to the head. Gotta love the NHL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Given the numerous checks to the numbers that caused injury and went unpunished this year, I'm not surprised there's no suspension. It's currently open season, brought to you by the NHL. If it was the other way around there would still be no suspension. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree2 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, goalie13 said: what a joke, different strokes for different folks, he deserved a couple of days for intent to injure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtman Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 44 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: Considering Aaron Rome got far more punishment for far less of an intentional hit and which was far less late than this one - par for the course. It's bad enough with "game management". If they wanted to be consistent (using Rome as a starting point), he should have gotten 2 for elbowing ("roughing"? psh, preferential treatment already), 10 / game misconduct, plus an in-person hearing with additional minimum 5 games suspension. But nope, can't have the star players sit out, 'cuz the fans won't buy tickets otherwise... wait what tickets? Yeah, I was laughing about the "roughing" call too. Couldn't have been a more obvious elbow. I was reading a reddit thread and someone mentioned that for someone making 100K a year, that's $40. I'll pay $40 to elbow some coworkers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Slap on the wrist, as expected. If he'd been a less prominent player he'd have gotten at least a game. NHL continues to be bush league when it comes to discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Provost said: Meh... a little dislike in games is good. Did anyone (on our side) get worked up when Bure took out Churla? That is the best part of the new schedule... sometimes teams are getting really annoyed with each other after playing a few games in a row. When we go back to normal divisional play, I hope they keep the baseball style series where we play 2-4 games in a row against an opponent. Doesn't matter what the fans think. It's about the player's safety. Kotkaniemi could have been seriously injured. Deliberate and dangerous play. $5000 is nothing to these mult-million $ players. 3 game suspension would make an effective statement about these dangerous hits; especially when they are obviously deliberate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 That should have been at least a 2 game suspension. Totally went head hunting and hit was REALLY late. Any other player in the game, that's 2 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Torts Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Kotkaniemi gets a 5 game suspension for making posterboy look bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The one part of this I really don't like is that the maximum is not done as a percentage of the player's salary. $5K to McDavid is a much smaller hit than $5K to someone making the league minimum. I know the penalty is baked into the CBA, but they should base it on the league minimum salary and then prorate it upwards for those that make more. McDavid's salary this year is $14M, so the $5K penalty, adjusted would be $100K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 meh, no big deal... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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