Brutal crosscheck by Morrissey on Staal (upd: one game suspension)

[Daximus]

does this mean more minutes for Chiarot? That could be the hidden key to victory.

More than likely Sami Niku draws in. My guess is with Trouba.

Kids been tearing up the AHL and has 1 NHL game where he scored on his first shot on goal. Could be the kids chance to get a spot and run with it. He's probably the best skating defencemen we've ever had.

Let's hope he can terrorize the Minny Wild like he terrorizes the Iowa Wild.

 

[mariolemieux66]

**** me you have a lot of “what if’s”

 

[Maple Leaf]

One game is quite gentle for this dirt

 

[TheBluePenguin]

1 playoff game is the same as 2 in the regular season, sounds about right

 

[mariolemieux66]

Now the missed call is the reason for the head-butt? Is that really what you're saying?

If the refs call the cross check, maybe there isn't any frustration that leads to the headbutt.

 

[Bounces R Way]

He's got to do better with his stick there. 1 playoff game for a young player is enough to send that message.

 

[Hunter368]

I’m ok with one game, he was careless with his stick and refs missed it. Bring on Niku!

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

called it one game, meh would have liked 2 or 3 but knew he was gonna get one.

 

[SFKingshomer]

3 games because this is way worse than Doughty's laughable suspension

 

[kylbaz]

Yeah that's bad.
Does this happened if the refs call the 5 minutes on Morrissey?

Yes I think so. It was much later in the game. That should be a suspension. A cross check that slides up and hits the guy in a head vs a deliberate head butt. Morissey obviously wasn't intending to injury or attack where as a headbutt obviously is.

 

[bennylundholm]

Smh at most likely cost them the game. I can make up senarios too, I bet the Jets would have scored 5 goals while defending that 5 on 3.

Also nino niederreiter should have been given 5mins and a game for head butting. If that was called the jets would have obviously really ran up the score.

Yeah, I'm surprised the blatant headbutt by Niederatter wasn't called or suspended!

 

[rynryn]

More than likely Sami Niku draws in. My guess is with Trouba.

Kids been tearing up the AHL and has 1 NHL game where he scored on his first shot on goal. Could be the kids chance to get a spot and run with it. He's probably the best skating defencemen we've ever had.

Let's hope he can terrorize the Minny Wild like he terrorizes the Iowa Wild.

chances are pretty good he's better than the pair of AHLrs we have playing. sigh.

 

[bennylundholm]

You think what Kadri did is worse then this? WOW. oops sorry I forgot that objectivity isn't often used on these boards.

Kadri took a full speed run at him, left his feet and launched his body into his head. Yeah, it's a little worse.

 

[Hunter368]

chances are pretty good he's better than the pair of AHLrs we have playing. sigh.

Niku playing will mean four of our six D are AHL players. Haha

Damn injuries

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

It's a good suspension.

 

[Leafy Undergrowth]

We take shots to the head seriously .......... lol, jk.

 

[mariolemieux66]

Yes I think so. It was much later in the game. That should be a suspension. A cross check that slides up and hits the guy in a head vs a deliberate head butt. Morissey obviously wasn't intending to injury or attack where as a headbutt obviously is.

Morrissey is 6 feet tall and Staal 6 '4"!?!?!??!
Ok

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Such a hypocritical statement. Intent to injure + History = longer suspension.

Kadri admitted on camera that it was a retaliation for what he thought was a head shot on Marner.

Kiss of death.

 

[kylbaz]

Morrissey is 6 feet tall and Staal 6 '4"!?!?!??!
Ok

So you think a guy in his second year as a Jet and has never had any issues was trying to hit him in the head so he can miss a game?

 

[Kismet]

If the refs call the cross check, maybe there isn't any frustration that leads to the headbutt.

The headbutt was 3 minutes into the second period.

I don't have a huge issue with the suspension, but it's ridiculous to suggest that everything that happened after is because of one missed call. There were, obviously, a number of them last night.

 

[Finnflash]

Why was there no media play on the head but.

I agree with a suspension for morry. Careless. There are too many crosschecks in the game and other jabs.

It seems to me though that In this case there is a direct correlation to how much media plays up an incident by their subjectivity and suplimentary discipline.

 

[SwissGuy]

According to the rule book.....

The act of head-butting involves a player making intentional contact, or attempting to make contact, with an opponent by leading with his head and/or helmet.
Double-minor Penalty - A double-minor penalty shall be imposed on a player who attempts to head-butt an opponent.
Major Penalty - A major penalty shall be imposed on a player who head-butts an opponent

Jets should have had a 5 minute powerplay on the nino headbutt. Can we now put to rest that the Morrissey cross check determined the direct outcome of the game.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

There's some plausible deniability there. He probably did do it on purpose, but he didn’t really lean into it, so he will say he was just standing up and didn’t see the Peg player.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Media plays up a hit, and that causes a suspension here. (Which was deserved)

Foligno on Trouba was also 100% suspendible. Way worse than Doughty's, except no one in the media brought it up, so its a good clean hockey play.

Can we talk about how ridiculous this makes the Marchand Cross-Check fine in hindsight? I would have no problem with this suspension if they had suspended Marchand multiple games for his Cross-Check.

One of those calls is just flat out wrong. (and it's the Marchand one) Not sure how the standard can change so much in a month or two.

 

[BigGulpsEh]

There's some plausible deniability there. He probably did do it on purpose, but he didn’t really lean into it, so he will say he was just standing up and didn’t see the Peg player.

Ya that is nowhere near as vicious or even blantant as the cross check. Completely different categories