James Neal Suspended Five Games

[Darkstone42]

i see what you did there.

called it

Kenny gets the credit. He started the trend.

And it has caught on already.

Kenny is on the Nice list, by the way.

 

[dash]

i see what you did there.

called it

KennyBanyeah deserves the credit for "Kneel", but I stole it and it will be used for the foreseeable future.

 

[dash]

OK, maybe if the players isnt injured it shouldn't be mentioned. If he is and they add some additional games they could say Player X received five games for his actions the normal amount of games for this infraction, We are adding an additional X number of games because the player was injured. (is this what you mean?)

It just seems like when they mention that he wasn't injured it was a factor in determining the original suspension. Does that makes sense?

Edit: Maybe I just have a problem with them saying it if he wasn't injured, why even mention it? Maybe I'm being overly sensitive here.

Yeah, I'd like to see it broken down in the fashion you have described above. The tricky part is when a player suffers a concussion (as each person recovers/heals differently), but when a player escapes injury due to some minor miracle and the offending player gets off lightly as a result, I have a problem with that type of system.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Kenny gets the credit. He started the trend.

And it has caught on already.

Kenny is on the Nice list, by the way.

Awwww

KennyBanyeah deserves the credit for "Kneel", but I stole it and it will be used for the foreseeable future.

This thing is gonna go viral. It's gonna be big Jerry!! Big!

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

OK, maybe if the players isnt injured it shouldn't be mentioned. If he is and they add some additional games they could say Player X received five games for his actions the normal amount of games for this infraction, We are adding an additional X number of games because the player was injured. (is this what you mean?)

It just seems like when they mention that he wasn't injured it was a factor in determining the original suspension. Does that makes sense?

Edit: Maybe I just have a problem with them saying it if he wasn't injured, why even mention it? Maybe I'm being overly sensitive here.

That's the way I would like to see it done as well. Agree with you though that it shouldn't be mentioned if there was no injury, or perhaps it should be stated something like "James Neal has been suspended 5 games for this hit. As no injury resulted to Marchand, no additional discretionary suspension will be added."

Conversely, when an injury did result "Shawn Thornton has been suspended for X games for this incident. In addition, due to the severity of the injury suffered by Orpik, an additional Y games discretionary suspension has been added."

Totally agree that lack of injury should NEVER reduce a suspension though.

 

[Judge Fudge]

For Christ sakes will they stop using the fact if a player was injured or not to be a factor in the lenght of the suspension ! This makes no sense at all and IMO is irrelevant.

125% approve this.

These are gonna become the new boarding or hard hits. NHL needs to get tougher to nip it in the Kneel

 

[dash]

This thing is gonna go viral. It's gonna be big Jerry!! Big!

Kneel >>> Risk Management

 

[element1286]

OK, maybe if the players isnt injured it shouldn't be mentioned. If he is and they add some additional games they could say Player X received five games for his actions the normal amount of games for this infraction, We are adding an additional X number of games because the player was injured. (is this what you mean?)

It just seems like when they mention that he wasn't injured it was a factor in determining the original suspension. Does that makes sense?

Edit: Maybe I just have a problem with them saying it if he wasn't injured, why even mention it? Maybe I'm being overly sensitive here.

Yeah, this would be a good way to determine lengths. It would feel much less arbitrary than the current system.

 

[Darkstone42]

He'll be receiving some Dark coal from SantaStone

Santa Stone is poor and can't afford coal...

 

[higgyfan4]

Santa Stone is poor and can't afford coal...

I live in coal mining country, maybe I'll take a road trip and send ya some....cheap...

 

[Darkstone42]

I live in coal mining country, maybe I'll take a road trip and send ya some....cheap...

This feels like shady dealings...

 

[esls79]

Just saw the Kneel play for the first time now - how come Crosby didn't get a tripping minor on that? - it almost looked like a pre-meditated tag team move. Crosby in my book is an accessory to a suspension thereby making him the first time he has to go before the sheriff a repeat offender.

 

[BF4L]

Just saw the Kneel play for the first time now - how come Crosby didn't get a tripping minor on that? - it almost looked like a pre-meditated tag team move. Crosby in my book is an accessory to a suspension thereby making him the first time he has to go before the sheriff a repeat offender.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Just saw the Kneel play for the first time now - how come Crosby didn't get a tripping minor on that? - it almost looked like a pre-meditated tag team move. Crosby in my book is an accessory to a suspension thereby making him the first time he has to go before the sheriff a repeat offender.

"CROSBY, GET THE TABLES!!!!!"

 

[KennyBanyeah]

"CROSBY, GET THE TABLES!!!!!"

HAHAHHA

Kneel looks awesome in that one.

 

[forty_three]

"CROSBY, GET THE TABLES!!!!!"

That looks shopped. No way Crosby has that much facial hair.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I once was a commisioner with teeth but then I took an arrow to the Kneel?

Never mind. Should I make the twitter?

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I once was a commisioner with teeth but then I took an arrow to the Kneel?

Never mind. Should I make the twitter?

Have at it!!

Just throw some hashtags Banyeah's way!!

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Penguins get away with something else, what a surprise! -____-

 

[thedddd]

That's the way I would like to see it done as well. Agree with you though that it shouldn't be mentioned if there was no injury, or perhaps it should be stated something like "James Neal has been suspended 5 games for this hit. As no injury resulted to Marchand, no additional discretionary suspension will be added."

Conversely, when an injury did result "Shawn Thornton has been suspended for X games for this incident. In addition, due to the severity of the injury suffered by Orpik, an additional Y games discretionary suspension has been added."

Totally agree that lack of injury should NEVER reduce a suspension though.

Yeah using injury as your basis is a head scratcher with the NHL and I agree injury should be added on as you state above.
But sometimes that could be very subjective because what if the player doesn't truly show symptoms of the injury until after the suspension is handed out?