News Article: Kaleta hit on Jack Johnson [10 games, upheld on appeal]

[struckbyaparkedcar]

Shanny has it out for Buffalo.

 

[5 Minute Major]

10 games is deserved. He has to stop playing the game so recklessly.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

10?!?!?

 

[26CornerBlitz]

[nhl]459704[/nhl]

 

[DixonWard15]

10 games, they really want him out of the league and I won't miss him when he is gone

 

[TheMistyStranger]

10 is asinine.

 

[SabresFan26]

10 games seems like to many

 

[Afino]

10 games, they really want him out of the league and I won't miss him when he is gone

ding ding ding

 

[pschultz]

Should have just slashed him a bit instead, apparently

And maybe played for Toronto.

 

[ZZamboni]

Wow 10 games :shocked:

 

[HP00]

Well deserved, guy needs to stop playing so recklessly or he can gtfo. He has a lot of skill on the pk and on defense, he needs to focus more on his game and stop head shotting people, throwing head butts and being an all around moron

 

[Clock]

Shrug. Tough to swallow, but the reality is that he has a reputation that's very actively working against him.

 

[SundherDome]

10 games is a utter joke ... I have seen worst hits this year get less or nothing.

 

[pschultz]

Shrug. Tough to swallow, but the reality is that he has a reputation that's very actively working against him.

This is really where I am, too. I just wish Shanahan didn't get to use players like Kaleta as examples and then conveniently ignore the histories of more marketable players.

 

[Chainshot]

Shanny has it out for Buffalo.

He's awfully inconsistent, if nothing else.

 

[sabresfan129103]

I'd probably be pissed if the team was competitive, but seeing how it might be one of the worst Sabre teams of all time I don't really care about this. Let him sit, it's not like it matters.

 

[BUCKSHOT]

hard to believe no penalty = 10 games

 

[vcv]

I wouldn't mind 10 if shanny and his cronies didn't pretend that this is a "job well done" and they are getting head hits out of the game. They are barely doing anything beyond putting on a show against fringe players.

Talk to me about them actually taking it "seriously" when they suspend stars like Shea weber for reckless plays.

 

[Chainshot]

I wouldn't mind 10 if shanny and his cronies didn't pretend that this is a "job well done" and they are getting head hits out of the game. They are barely doing anything beyond putting on a show against fringe players.

Talk to me about them actually taking it "seriously" when they suspend stars like Shea weber for reckless plays.

Have to agree. This all smacks of dumb show and no substance.

 

[joshjull]

Lame for the actual hit but not surprising. After watching old Peca, Varada and Barnaby clips, I miss when this league was entertaining and played with a nastier edge. Not the boring snoozefest it is most nights these days.

 

[Wisent42]

Should have just slashed him a bit instead, apparently

And maybe played for Toronto.

This.

 

[Wisent42]

I've lost any respect for Shanahan. Great player, awful prosecutor/judge. There's nothing consistent in the rulings. Might as well role a dice. I wouldn't be upset about this if it wasn't for Gerbe getting hit from behind and to the head without suspension, Kessel getting three pre-season games for two doublehanded slashings (and a spear to follow up), etcetera. I don't believe this is anything against Buffalo, I think most any team can find this kind of incosistence in Shanabans actions. He's a joke.

 

[ZZamboni]

Lame for the actual hit but not surprising. After watching old Peca, Varada and Barnaby clips, I miss when this league was entertaining and played with a nastier edge. Not the boring snoozefest it is most nights these days.

I miss that type of hockey too. Our sport has been neutered compared to that.

 

[Afino]

Lame for the actual hit but not surprising. After watching old Peca, Varada and Barnaby clips, I miss when this league was entertaining and played with a nastier edge. Not the boring snoozefest it is most nights these days.

Continued lawyering up of professional sports.

Big hits + fights = head injuries = lawsuits = money

 

[skibum]

I don't see why everyone is so shocked. Kaleta has been disciplined many times over a few seasons. If this hit was a first offense, it would be 1 or 2 games, but it's like his 6th offense. He is widely known to be among the dirtiest players in the NHL. He should know better by now that when you line a guy up from across the rink, you don't have a lot of control over the point of impact when you arrive at full speed.

Anyway, at least he gets a break from the indignity of playing for the 2013-14 Sabres.