Caps' Tom Wilson Suspended...
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And lets not forget, nothing called on the ice and later, another dirty play of his lead to the game winning goal.
These refs are crap, or corrupt
These refs are crap, or corrupt
Flagrant launch into the other guy's jaw.... imo, suspension for such dirty plays should be for as long as the injured player is out, or 7 games, whichever is more.
No penalty on the ice was unreal. How could they miss it? How could they miss the Pens' goal the other night, too? Grrrr....
No penalty on the ice was unreal. How could they miss it? How could they miss the Pens' goal the other night, too? Grrrr....
Hell has frozen over! I am shocked! I'll bet if Aston-Reese "only" had a concussion, and not a broken jaw, there is no suspension. Go Pens!...will miss 3 games...
...not nearly enough...
Agree that the only reason this happens is because of the injury. That's the only thing those morons can quantify in their thick skulls.
Flyers fans' spin, from the golf course:
All the Pens' fans whining finally got the NHL to cave.
All the Pens' fans whining finally got the NHL to cave.
Flyers fans' spin, from the golf course:
All the Pens' fans whining finally got the NHL to cave.
Doubt it but maybe the outcry in general which obviously included Pens fans
If anything it was probably the way Wilson reacted after....the league was not happy at all to see him laughing about it.
Flyers fans' spin, from the golf course:
All the Pens' fans whining finally got the NHL to cave.
As a Flyer fan I had to chuckle
It was basically assault. I've always liked Barry Melrose but his comments really pissed me off. Wilson is a bastard and I almost wish he was playing so he could get what he has coming. I understand that wouldn't be bright given the circumstances but if anyone needs their own teeth knocked down their throat it his him.
I had no problem admitting that Orpik and Cooke could get be dirty as anyone as Pens. They needed guys like that because at the time teams were taking blatant attempts to take Crosby out in some form or other.
Who said Cooke wasn't dirty? Cooke was a headhunter (like Wilson) that was productive (like Wilson) most of the time. Still dirty. Again all teams have dirty players
The entire NHL is a karma machine. The problem with the NHL is that any fan whose team is eliminated just watches in the hope that all of the players of the team they hate most, just gets maimed or killed. They don't want to see good hockey. They want blood, or brains on the ice, or both.
Which explains why the NHL is behind Nascar and women's beach volleyball in US television ratings.
Which explains why the NHL is behind Nascar and women's beach volleyball in US television ratings.
Flagrant launch into the other guy's jaw.... imo, suspension for such dirty plays should be for as long as the injured player is out, or 7 games, whichever is more.
No penalty on the ice was unreal. How could they miss it? How could they miss the Pens' goal the other night, too? Grrrr....
I am interested in this concept. How would you define a dirty play? Would you consider intent and how would you determine that? Would you include any infraction of the rules that resulted in an injury?
I'm a very casual hockey fan, so my knowledge of the details of any rule is limited at best.
In any high-contact sport, the distinction between a routine play and a dirty play is often tough to determine. I believe that intent is sometimes, but not always, rather obvious. Launching into another player, and especially launching high into the other player, as what happened in this case, is one of those obvious times imo. Sometimes it takes replay to clearly see that.
So rules covering 'potentially dangerous, high-injury possible' actions need to be somewhat simplified in order to cover most of the possible ground, but they'll never cover each and every possible situation. Good use of replay helps.
As in college football, the rules evolved a little to allow for a reversal of a penalty for hitting above the shoulders if replay showed otherwise. It's a good step toward a more common sense rule.
Same with hockey, imo.... use replay to help determine the final call. No penalty on that play was a mistake by the refs, imo.
I believe sports such as hockey and football can remain high-contact and therefore crowd-pleasing, while still legislating common sense into trying to eliminate the dangerous plays. Launching is a good start. We all witness plenty of great hits in every game that are clean and routine. Keeping players that much safer, and possibly lengthening careers, is a good byproduct of this approach.
