Ongoing NHL Thread Part V minutes for fighting

[obxyankeefan]

If you can't tell the difference between a blind sided cross check the head/neck and one in which the two players are engaged and where the victim is actively defending himself then I don't think we have enough common ground to debate this.

And again, since you seem to keep missing this, I didn't agree with the length of suspension for Kadri (compared to other punishments for similar acts). I said I would give him four games. I would do that in the regular season or playoffs. I would give Chara two games in either scenario regular v. postseason.

I disagree on doing the same punishment for both regular season and playoffs. I think it hurts more to be suspended in the playoffs. IMO it should be adjusted in the playoffs.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I disagree on doing the same punishment for both regular season and playoffs. I think it hurts more to be suspended in the playoffs. IMO it should be adjusted in the playoffs.

I used to think that way but have revised my thinking somewhat. Players know that a bad pass or a stupid penalty is more important in the postseason. Why should we have a different standard when it applies to players' safety?

My take now is that if there is a deliberate attempt to injure (both these cases were) then you serve the same term. Neither of these were hockey plays. Mayyybe in the case of questionable knee or something like that you might have a reduced sentence but for Chara and Kadri I say sit the same amount of time. We need deterrents in the playoffs just as much as during the regular season. A concussion or a broken vertebrae doesn't know it's the playoffs. It has the same adverse effect on the player's future either way.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I disagree on doing the same punishment for both regular season and playoffs. I think it hurts more to be suspended in the playoffs. IMO it should be adjusted in the playoffs.

Even if that's true, on the other side of that coin it should similarly hurt more (because it's the playoffs) to potentially lose a victimized player to injury and the two factors should basically offset each other.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Even if that's true, on the other side of that coin it should similarly hurt more (because it's the playoffs) to potentially lose a victimized player to injury and the two factors should basically offset each other.

There's that too. Higher stakes in the playoffs all around. Act like a fuckwit you sit for just as long as regular season fuckwits. Know the rules and act accordingly.

 

[tducey]

Saw that Kassian play from last night. Think he'll get about 7 or 8 games for that. No need for that at all.

 

[puckhead]

7 games for dummy

 

[forty_three]

My condolences, AHL fans.

 

[puckhead]

Evander Kane getting a call from the league for ploinking Pionk.

 

[puckhead]

 

[dash]

Evander Kane getting a call from the league for ploinking Pionk.

Sharks vs. Jets ends with a knife fight, not a high elbow.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Sharks vs. Jets ends with a knife fight, not a high elbow.

Krup you!

 

[puckhead]

Erik Karlsson done for the year as well
Broken thumb

 

[thedddd]

Erik Karlsson done for the year as well
Broken thumb

Why do I see a team like Dallas or Winnepeg as landing spots for Thorton, Marleau and Dillon?

 

[Slimpikins]

The hockey gods truly favor Ottawa this year.

Couture, Hertl and Karlsson

And Jones is healthy as an ox

 

[puckhead]

Evander Kane getting a call from the league for ploinking Pionk.

three games

 

[Judge Fudge]

Words from a genius:

 

[Judge Fudge]

You never EVER call out the DPS if you want Fair judgment.

 

[puckhead]

what a fucking idiot
next time he looks at someone wrong... 20 games

 

[puckhead]

that being said... Kane is not wrong.
Just stupid for saying it

 

[Slimpikins]

Kane can borrow the line I told my girlfriend when we started dating.

I never promised I was smart. All I ever claimed is that I skate hard and I fuck good.