There's a serious mob mentality at work here. Scheifele made a mistake and paid heavily for it, more than he should have been when you consider other recent DOPS decisions. I don't think he would have stopped the goal even with the poke check, however the play was a lot faster than people seem to want to remember. We see big hits all the time and most of us love them, but because this one ended in an injury, everyone is piling onto him. If Mark had done what it looked like he was trying to do, knock the guy off the puck and head down the ice while the player was getting back up, that might have resulted in a much better scoring chance. But people want to hate him for all eternity now, so I guess there's not likely going to be any convincing you otherwise.
Horrible press conference by Mark Scheifele
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Oh ffs, come on, this is absolutely ridiculous.
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Total speculation, but I'm guessing it was made clear to Scheifele that any appeal to Bettman would result in additional games.
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Did you just compare a four game suspension to the death penalty?
Tasteless Beaver
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You realize that unsubstantiated rumors of drug abuse can result in legal action against you, right? Just making sure.
There's no reason to believe that Scheifele is on drugs, in a league that takes serious issue against it. Get real.
LOl....easy big fella..............tons of people are saying way worse....just chill big guy.
I simply just responded to someone who said it was crazy.....and it;s not.....did you see what happened at the time of the hit...........he looked absolutely bonkers....
tarheelhockey
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There's a really weird contrast between his aggressive attitude and the fact that he looks and sounds like he should be repairing photocopiers.
Big time...
Nice guy image sailed away today...DOPS It's their fault....lol
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GET REAL! You phrase this as he went goal line to goal line to “blow up a guy” who was celebrating a goal when it was more like gliding in from the circles to finish off a check a fraction of a second too late. But go ahead and spin this however you want. Suspension was 2-3 games too many.
Even Claude Lemieux only got 2 games for deliberately hitting Draper in the numbers and mangling his face. Lemieux returned to the series and never missed any Stanley Cup final games.
DOPS is broken and needs an overhaul
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Can I get your professional opinion on this guy here. Rabid dog look. I hope he finds help as well.
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I agree it’s starting to get carried away but also kind of funny how amped people are getting
……Allegedly
Nice guy image is gone? What will he do?
I'm guessing most Jets fans are happy that Scheifele still is frustrated and hope that it will light a fire in him to be better next season.
*insert adversity breeds _________" quote here.
Best of luck!! LOLNice guy image is gone? What will he do?
I'm guessing most Jets fans are happy that Scheifele still is frustrated and hope that it will light a fire in him to be better next season.
*insert adversity breeds _________" quote here.
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He made an egregious hit and was punished for it. Not surprisingly he gave an emotional response after watching his team get swept. I don't know what the hell he was talking about with regard to "the media" and accusations of "contradicting themselves" and "proving them wrong," I guess because he apparently read some opinions that might have heaped praise on a rival team, but, yeah, he didn't really acquit himself well over the course of this press conference.
Lucky for him, he gets to sit out one more game to start next season which might at last be the perfect time to reflect on not throwing a potentially career ending hit. If he plays the puck, he continues to play in the series, maybe there's a different story. But whining about player safety? ...nah, it's never going to be a cool look.
I mean, outside of online hockey forums, that is.
Lucky for him, he gets to sit out one more game to start next season which might at last be the perfect time to reflect on not throwing a potentially career ending hit. If he plays the puck, he continues to play in the series, maybe there's a different story. But whining about player safety? ...nah, it's never going to be a cool look.
I mean, outside of online hockey forums, that is.
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I don't think he is completely off base. Maybe not anything egregious, but the use of drugs like pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, which is found in over the counter allergy medication is absolutely abused in the NHL.
I'm guessing you never pushed yourself to the limit while excerising in your entire life if thats the conclusion you came to.
I guess all the track and field runners must be doing drugs because they are wide eyed and redface when they collapse on the ground after a race.
Game 1 2021 North Division final. He had a full game melter.
Anything else I can help you with?
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He's full of shit. The proper thing to do is to use his STICK to actually try to PREVENT the goal. He DID give up on his teammates as he CONCEDED the goal in order to get a shot in cause he was angry.
DoPS noted this in their explanation, and it is clear as day on the video that he could've made a proper defensive play on the puck.
This "woe is me" and "I'm the victim here" is pathetic.
Chances are high he talked himself into the 4 game suspension if this is really how he presented it in his hearing
By the way, he did play in this series. The 1st game was 25% of the series. And, he was shut down by Danault.
Really wonder about the Jets leadership/culture since this guy wears an "A" for them.
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