Jack Johnson suspended 3 games

[DJA]

NHL Blue Jackets ‏@BlueJacketsNHL 50s50 seconds ago
NEWS: #CBJ D Jack Johnson has been suspended three games by @NHLPlayerSafety.

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[Kev22]

Just keep piling on.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Pretty much what I expected.

 

[EspenK]

So if Wiz and Murray aren't back by Friday then D looks like:

Tyutin-Savard
Erixon-Prout
St. Denis- ???

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

So if Wiz and Murray aren't back by Friday then D looks like:

Tyutin-Savard
Erixon-Prout
St. Denis- ???

Samkow.

 

[Seedtype]

Eh, whatever.
/shrug.

 

[Crede777]

Can't hit guys in the head.

That said, I wish the league were more consistent. Gryba and Kreider as of late should have been punished.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

deserved

 

[Mayor Bee]

So if Wiz and Murray aren't back by Friday then D looks like:

Tyutin-Savard
Erixon-Prout
St. Denis- ???

The only other three defensemen in the system with a contract are Will Weber, Thomas Larkin, and Austin Madaisky. Madaisky and Larkin are both waiver-exempt.

I wouldn't be shocked to see another team try to put a defenseman on waivers who they just want to be rid of, banking on Columbus making a claim just to fill out the roster for the next few games.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Will Weber is injured in SPR btw.

 

[EDM]

No, this league is ridiculous. Who knows how long Anisimov will be out for a blatant elbow to the head and no punishment given at all. Then Johnson gets three days for what he did ???? Until there is some consistency other than "if a Jacket does it he gets called and if it is done to a jacket there is no harm", no punishment is deserved. I am really sick of this league's so-called (non)disciplinary system.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

No, this league is ridiculous. Who knows how long Anisimov will be out for a blatant elbow to the head and no punishment given at all. Then Johnson gets three days for what he did ???? Until there is some consistency other than "if a Jacket does it he gets called and if it is done to a jacket there is no harm", no punishment is deserved. I am really sick of this league's so-called (non)disciplinary system.

Anisimov was not hit in the head with a direct blow like Johnson did. He hit his head on the ice. Completely different

 

[EDM]

Wiz will be back by Friday. Now that is almost guaranteed.

 

[EDM]

I respectfully disagree.

 

[Mayor Bee]

Will Weber is injured in SPR btw.

Looks like it'll be Madaisky then.

 

[NotWendell]

No, this league is ridiculous. Who knows how long Anisimov will be out for a blatant elbow to the head and no punishment given at all. Then Johnson gets three days for what he did ???? Until there is some consistency other than "if a Jacket does it he gets called and if it is done to a jacket there is no harm", no punishment is deserved. I am really sick of this league's so-called (non)disciplinary system.

This. Every bit of this.

 

[KJ Dangler]

Anisimov was not hit in the head with a direct blow like Johnson did. He hit his head on the ice. Completely different

I disagree both hits looked similair, guy jack johnson hit just happend to be shorter. He wasnt targeting the head.

 

[Socks]

I'm looking at it like this: Jack could use a few games off to regroup. And hopefully this is his Olympic snub of this year and he comes back playing like we know he can. (Yes it's better to have a self-motivater but sometimes people need a little kick in the ass).

 

[Seedtype]

I'm looking at it like this: Jack could use a few games off to regroup. And hopefully this is his Olympic snub of this year and he comes back playing like we know he can. (Yes it's better to have a self-motivater but sometimes people need a little kick in the ass).

This is my hope as well.

 

[blahblah]

When it rains...

Hockey gods sure seem to be trying to tell us something.

 

[Mayor Bee]

When it rains...

Hockey gods sure seem to be trying to tell us something.

"I TOLD YOU TO KEEP SCOTT HOWSON!"

(See? Now you're not arguing against me, you're arguing against me in possession of Divine Right of HF Posters)

 

[We Want Ten]

I know he left his feet, and I know he caught him on the chin, and I agree he should have been suspended, but for a first time offender, I'm confused by the fervent reaction of the main boards to this hit.

A guy gliding admiring his pass should be aware he's in danger by doing that, no? Anisimov falls in the same category IMO.

 

[BluejacketNut]

Not anymore. Youre allowed to admire your pass without having to worry about getting plowed when you dont have the puck, thats where the hit becomes illegal. Add ontop of it being a blind side hit, I knew it would be at least a hearing. In the old days it would have been a legal hit, but you cant do it now a days.

 

[We Want Ten]

Not anymore. Youre allowed to admire your pass without having to worry about getting plowed when you dont have the puck, thats where the hit becomes illegal. Add ontop of it being a blind side hit, I knew it would be at least a hearing. In the old days it would have been a legal hit, but you cant do it now a days.

I guess I have a fundamental issue with a guy going one direction, yet looking another while carrying the puck through the neutral zone.

 

[SavesEmNot]

If you listen to the NHLDPS' explanation, and you'll know that they went out of their way to explain that everything about the check was legal, except Johnson's "unnecessarily elevating himself", thus hitting Tlusty mainly in the head. That, and the fact that Tlusty was hurt and didn't return, was the justification for the suspension.