Around the NHL 2015-16: Part III

[Zman5778]

what happened?

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

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Disgusting. Disgraceful. No place in the game. Borderline assault. No excuse for that.

2 games.

Nah...they'll give him the Dustin Brown treatment when he hit Pominville - suspend him for the last few games until the playoffs start. That'll show him real good.

 

[EichHart]

How many games does he get for that? 5?

 

[Zman5778]

How many games does he get for that? 5?

I think he WILL get the rest of the regular season.

He SHOULD get the regular season and playoffs.

 

[Jame]

I think he WILL get the rest of the regular season.

He SHOULD get the regular season and playoffs.

You're right, he should.

 

[sabrebuild]

No more than 4. Probably appeals and gets 1 less than the original suspension.

This league sucks.

 

[kirby11]

You're right, he should.

Time to play the nhls awful minigame, arbitrary penalty wheel!

First, predict how many games an average player on a mediocre team would get for this. Lets say 10 games for a nice round number.

The hawks are one of the nhls darlings, though, so automatically cut that 10 in half.

Next, since keith is like a second or third tier star, that reduces the suspension by another 2 games.

Then, based on how the league has handled the past actions of guys like lucic and marchand, take another game off for no discernible reason.

And we have... A 2 game suspension! Nothing says "we care about player safety" like going easy on the guy who's known for viciously slashing other players

 

[Moskau]

Tim Connolly did a much more tame version of that and got 4 games.

 

[OkimLom]

You want to send a message, suspend for the rest of the season and maybe firsts two games of the playoffs.

Instead they'll give 3-4 games, do Chicago a favor and give some rest to one of if not their most important player. He'll be well rested center playoff time.

The league doesn't have the guts to suspend a star player for a good amount of time.

 

[Samsonite23]

Here to contribute to the league hatred. One of the most blatantly obvious intents to injure you can find. It deserves to be a suspension at least past the first round of the playoffs. The year would be better.

It's amazing how you know it's going to be 3-4 games. Maybe 5.

 

[Wisent42]

Time to get out the wheel of player safety...
That one might be worthy of an in-person hearing. Yikes.

 

[Woodhouse]

TSN690: "Chris Nilan comments on the Predators being upset with Jimmy Vesey not signing with Nashville after his College hockey career was over." .. Boston Herald saying: "According to an extremely well-placed source within the Boston-area college hockey community, the forward will opt for free agency and sign with the B’s."

 

[Chainshot]

Time to get out the wheel of player safety...
That one might be worthy of an in-person hearing. Yikes.

 

[Chainshot]

Nilan is such a Boston apologist.

 

[1972]

How did people get access to these emails?

 

[Jim Bob]

My favorite part was Keith trying to act like it was because he felt down that his stick accidentally flew into Coyle's face...

 

[Mike McDermott]

He should get the rest of the regular season plus a minimum of the first round but I'll be shocked if he gets more than 2.

 

[gallagt01]

Main board posters are claiming CNN picked up the Keith story and had it on its front page. I haven't been able to find it, but if it's true, I expect the NHL to follow through with a relatively severe punishment.

 

[Dingo44]

Main board posters are claiming CNN picked up the Keith story and had it on its front page. I haven't been able to find it, but if it's true, I expect the NHL to follow through with a relatively severe punishment.

In that case, it's time for the handy dandy Down Goes Brown NHL Suspension Chart.

(Seriously, read downgoesbrown.com if you don't already.)

 

[tsujimoto74]

How did people get access to these emails?

The NFL settled its lawsuit, brought by former players alleging the league conspired to hide and downplay the effects of concussions, for a very good reason: it prevented the potential release of years’ worth of documents and intraoffice communications that might have revealed the truth, or at the very least painted it in a terrible light. The NHL has reached no such settlement in its own lawsuit brought by former players. Here come the emails.

The NHL has turned over more than 2.5 million pages of internal documents to the players’ lawyers, but has fought to keep them sealed from public view. The players and media have argued that the document should be made public, and a federal court in Minnesota has generally agreed, ordering them unsealed piecemeal.

http://deadspin.com/unsealed-nhl-emails-show-gary-bettman-discussing-the-ef-1767694064

 

[Jim Bob]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-throw-book-repeat-offender-duncan-keith/

It certainly won’t be the first time Keith will have dealt with supplemental discipline.

In 2012, Keith was assessed a five-game suspension for a brazen elbow to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin.

More relevant to the Coyle play is what Keith did in 2013. During Game three of the Western Conference final against the Los Angeles Kings, Keith got one game for this retaliatory high stick to the face of Jeff Carter.

I had forgotten the Carter slash....

 

[Sabre Dance]

Keith should be suspended the rest of the year. He has done this before. He should be arrested actually.

 

[Chainshot]

How did people get access to these emails?

Part of the pending class-action lawsuit against the league.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

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