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[GeorgeKaplan]

serves him right for being better than Lias.

Serves me right for drafting him in fantasy

 

[aufheben]

Pettersson hurt and left the game tonight

So Canucks...

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Ugh, i hate hits like the one Matheson did on Elias soooo much… Elias undressed him completely and then he's mad because of that and just slams Elias head into the boards... Give him 10+ games, it's a pathetic hit driven by embarassment...

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Pettersson hurt and left the game tonight

Soft Euro....

 

[Miamipuck]

concussion or something else?

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Hit the back of his head on the ice pretty hard so concussion seems like a safe bet :/

 

[silverfish]

You guys... Jordan Greenway is terrible.

 

[Ail]

Ugh, i hate hits like the one Matheson did on Elias soooo much… Elias undressed him completely and then he's mad because of that and just slams Elias head into the boards... Give him 10+ games, it's a pathetic hit driven by embarassment...

What pisses me off more than the body slam to the ice are all of idiots defending it. If he had stopped at a clean hit, this is nothing play. I don't understand why people condone these talentless apes intentionally hurting the league's best players. It's so obvious what Matheson did here.

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Exactly, he was pissed off because Elias undressed him and he Went to retaliate in the only way he can, by hurting him.

 

[Edge]

The NHL was so focused on fighting, for appearances purposes, and yet it continues to endanger its players by leaving them vulnerable to a litany of questionable scenarios.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Saw video of that hit.

I'd throw the book at him. 15-20 games. But you just know that he will only get one or two games, if none at all because he's not a repeat offender.

 

[Edge]

I will sound like a broken record, but the most efficient way to eliminate crap like this is to make the punishments substantial.

None of this repeat offender nonsense. If you’re a repeat offender we start talking about even harsher penalties. Make it a liability for teams to carry certain players.

Eliminate the “gray areas” where we give the benefit of the doubt because of how fast the game is. If that means slowing the game down a little, and having players take their foot off the gas because it makes for a safer game, then so be it. That’s only going to benefit the skill players anyway.

 

[Cassano]

League doesn't do enough to protect its star players. It's garbage.

 

[Fear the Wushu]

League doesn't do enough to protect its star players. It's garbage.

Have you seen what protecting the star players has done to the NFL? That league is unwatchable at this point, it doesn't help that I'm a long suffering Jets fan.

And since when is a rookie considered a star player? Elias has accomplished nothing at the NHL level yet.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Elliotte is making up his own abbreviations now and people are mocking him in the comments

 

[emodwarf]

Elliotte is making up his own abbreviations now and people are mocking him in the comments

Ahahaha, it took me so long to figure out the actual teams. "Vegas...Colden...Rights? And...Winnesota?"

 

[Nickmo82]

I will sound like a broken record, but the most efficient way to eliminate crap like this is to make the punishments substantial.

None of this repeat offender nonsense. If you’re a repeat offender we start talking about even harsher penalties. Make it a liability for teams to carry certain players.

Eliminate the “gray areas” where we give the benefit of the doubt because of how fast the game is. If that means slowing the game down a little, and having players take their foot off the gas because it makes for a safer game, then so be it. That’s only going to benefit the skill players anyway.

Exactly. Why is it a given that a guy will likely only get a few games if it's his first offense? It's a dumb system that does precious little to protect players from injury. The baseline for dangerous hockey that results in an injury should be something 10 games, not 1.

I read somewhere a suggestion I quite liked, though it likely isn't practical: A guy who is suspended can't be replaced on the roster. That way the team gets punished too... but instead the NHL does backflips trying to help out the Caps for employing a turd like Wilson.

 

[Nickmo82]

SJS player just got a delay of game penalty where he put it over the glass in the Devil's zone (from the Sharks' zone). That can't happen too often.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

SJS player just got a delay of game penalty where he put it over the glass in the Devil's zone (from the Sharks' zone). That can't happen too often.

I remember, about 10 years ago, Phaneuf clearing the puck once on the PK and it missed the glass and went into the netting behind the opponent's goal. It rarely happens but when it does, it always reminds me of this

 

[Nickmo82]

You wouldn't think a power play with Burns and Karlsson on the point would suck so much... but it does!

 

[Cassano]

Have you seen what protecting the star players has done to the NFL? That league is unwatchable at this point, it doesn't help that I'm a long suffering Jets fan.

And since when is a rookie considered a star player? Elias has accomplished nothing at the NHL level yet.

No, enlighten me on the NFL - I haven't followed the league much since 2010.

Pettersson is well on his way to stardom. Rookie players can also be star players.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

No, enlighten me on the NFL - I haven't followed the league much since 2010.

Pettersson is well on his way to stardom. Rookie players can also be star players.

Just Google "Roughing the passer" and you find a lot of memes haha

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

You wouldn't think a power play with Burns and Karlsson on the point would suck so much... but it does!

Too many cooks in that kitchen

 

[leetch99]

Head shots and concussions have to be looked at a lot more closely...it was sad watching the TV segment on Joe Murphy last night wandering around the streets of Kenora Ontario ranting/raving/ talking to himself....really sad .

 

[NYR94]

One way to not have to even consider punishments for repeat offenders in the first place is to make the punishments for first time offenses so severe that no one ever even thinks about doing something wrong a second time. Throw the book at them the first time and hopefully the punishment is severe enough that they learn their lesson and never offend again. No more Matt Cookes and Tom Wilsons.