Hossa

[BF4L]

Raffi should be suspended for a year for that hit. Disgusting on every level.

 

[sherbert1421]

i got a text from espn saying hossa suffered an upper body blow. what the hell is that? lol

 

[naes666]

can you imagine???

I could see them rocking out to this in the Vancouver dressing room!

:P

 

[naes666]

Come on guys, don't be such Hitlers.

a bit early...his birthday is tomorrow, to the chagrin of many stoners.

 

[mattola]

this is interesting

 

[mattola]

Torres skates never leave the ice until contact. still dirty as fuck with the puck long gone but its amazing when the hit happens so fast it looks like he launches himself sky-high but that is not the case its the impact that takes him off the ice.

 

[rares]

@TSNBobMcKenzie: Raffi Torres' hearing was earlier today in NYC. I would be shocked if there's a decision from NHL today.

Yeah because, you know, it takes a long time to shoot a Shanny video...

 

[mattola]

Yeah because, you know, it takes a long time to shoot a Shanny video...

we know they are going to suspend him a while so they will take their time. i still think they are waiting to see if Hossa is badly injured.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Yeah because, you know, it takes a long time to shoot a Shanny video...

nope it will come ... probably sometime after 4:30pm eastern today right when everyone goes home for the weekend ... everyone in nhl offices and most media

/well played bettman

 

[mattola]

nope it will come ... probably sometime after 4:30pm eastern today right when everyone goes home for the weekend ... everyone in nhl offices and most media

/well played bettman

Bettman: Teams' complaints on suspensions 'gamesmanship'

 

[rares]

nope it will come ... probably sometime after 4:30pm eastern today right when everyone goes home for the weekend ... everyone in nhl offices and most media

Come to think of it, they've done that in the past on Fridays, so I'm sure you're 100% correct!

 

[esls79]

nope it will come ... probably sometime after 4:30pm eastern today right when everyone goes home for the weekend ... everyone in nhl offices and most media

/well played bettman

They have to coincide their release of the suspension with Burke's availability for a subsequent presser on violence in hockey. Stay tuned.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

They'll release the video five minutes after the first cheap hit in tonight's games.

Just like they did with the Neal and Asham vids..

 

[Nasty_Magician]

this is interesting

This is deceptive, could just be the angle this is taken from. Show me the view from the side.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

Shanahan has been criticized for not suspending Nashville's Shea Weber after he smashed the head of Detroit forward Henrik Zetterberg into the glass at the end of Game 1 of their series. Weber was fined $2,500, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.

Bettman deemed the punishment appropriate, saying the situation "has been blown completely out of context." He suggested that the distinction between the maximum fine and a one-game suspension -- which he said was the most he'd heard anyone call for -- wasn't meaningful in deterring future offences.

"It was a clear statement that what he did was wrong," Bettman said. "I have pretty high confidence in Brendan Shanahan -- having been on the ice recently and the type of player he was -- he knows exactly what took place there and how big a deal it was. ... Whether or not it was the maximum fine or a one-game suspension hardly has anything to do with any of the other things we're talking about."

"We weren't going to hit him with anything that would make him think twice, so we said fuck it."

 

[Wingingit]

The way Hossa's head/neck jerked when his body hit the ice, damn that was brutal, I hope he's alright....

Unless he learns some lessons (doubtful), Torres has to go........