Confirmed with Link: Lapierre suspended for 5 games for hit on Boyle

[hockeyball]

Wish it was more, but he isn't a repeat offender. I'm sure they told him if he does it again he's going to be in serious trouble, and he very likely will do it again. At least the league got it pretty much right.

 

[Leidi J]

Someone please take this ashhat out next time we play. please

I would like to see Desi finish what he started, penalties be damned.

 

[sharski]

brb grabbing popcorn as I wait for the DW response statement

 

[rangerssharks414]

I thought it would be a little more. I know he technically isn't a repeat offender, but in my mind, he is.

 

[Leidi J]

I though it should have been 7-8, but whatever not gonna lose sleep over five. Just hope Dan comes back to us soon.

 

[Shut Yer Five Hole]

Not happy with only 5, but it's always a crap shoot with Shanahan. I found the whole "well he caught his skate and he was off-balance" thing kind of absurd. 10 games would have been better but I'm hardly objective.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

That's about what I expected since he's not a repeat offender (even though he's always been a puke), and the hit wasn't at full speed or malicious. But, when you commit a penalty and the other player is injured, you bare responsibility for that injury.

In these cases, result of the play does matter.


I just hope next time these two teams play that someone just knocks him on his ass or punches his face shield in (if he'll even be dressed since he's a scrub to begin with....).

 

[Leidi J]

Some on twitter pointing out that 5 is the most they could give him without allowing him to appeal. I wonder if the NHL didn't want it going to a neutral arbitrator who might see things like the boneheads on the main boards and blame Boyle.

If that's the case, I'm fine with five. Make this loser sit instead of dragging it out and going around perpetuating the idea that it wasn't completely his fault. which it was.

 

[hockeyball]

That's about what I expected since he's not a repeat offender (even though he's always been a puke), and the hit wasn't at full speed or malicious. But, when you commit a penalty and the other player is injured, you bare responsibility for that injury.

In these cases, result of the play does matter.


I just hope next time these two teams play that someone just knocks him on his ass or punches his face shield in (if he'll even be dressed since he's a scrub to begin with....).

Seemed pretty much full speed to me, any faster and he'd have hurt himself.

 

[Eighth Fret]

A complete waste of time. A five game suspension means absolutely nothing.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Seemed pretty much full speed to me, any faster and he'd have hurt himself.

Looked to me that he glided then accelerated afterwards with a **** eating grin on his face.

Either way he's a puke and deserves whatever he gets going forward.

 

[LadyStanley]

5 games is more than I expected. Just enough so that he can't appeal.

Exactly. I think the NHLPA push with Kaleta appealing his ten game "repeat offender" suspension did play a part.

Wish it was more, but he isn't a repeat offender. I'm sure they told him if he does it again he's going to be in serious trouble, and he very likely will do it again. At least the league got it pretty much right.

But he does have a history of this (see Nichol).

brb grabbing popcorn as I wait for the DW response statement

Doubt Plattner will pay another (big) fine for him. It will be Sunday afternoon at the earliest (48 hours) before DW will publicly say anything.

 

[Nighthock]

A complete waste of time. A five game suspension means absolutely nothing.

Agreed.

 

[JodyShelleysNo1Fan]

These suspensions are pointless. 3 games? 5 games? even 10 games is nothing compared to the damage they could have caused with these hits. Yeah because suspending them for X amount of games is really gonna stop them from wanting to do it in the future.... Is it gonna take someone getting permanently paralyzed or even dying for something to change?

 

[Mattb124]

5 is right where I expected it to be. IMO people hoping for more games with a non-repeat offender and in context with other recent suspensions are not being realistic.

 

[AnderFunk]

5 is right where I expected it to be. IMO people hoping for more games with a non-repeat offender and in context with other recent suspensions are not being realistic.

He's been suspended before. That makes him a repeat offender does is not?

 

[Limekiller]

He's been suspended before. That makes him a repeat offender does is not?

Not within the last 18 months, he's not. Which is, I believe, the window they consider for that.

 

[SJeasy]

These suspensions are pointless. 3 games? 5 games? even 10 games is nothing compared to the damage they could have caused with these hits. Yeah because suspending them for X amount of games is really gonna stop them from wanting to do it in the future.... Is it gonna take someone getting permanently paralyzed or even dying for something to change?

The financial loss isn't enough at 10 games, but once a player hits the ten game plateau the next penalty gets their attention. Cooke and Torres turned over new leaves once they got past 10.

 

[Mrs Ski]

How dare Boyle trip and have his back towards the play. What was he thinking?

 

[SignThornton]

Complete bs. Meanwhile we'll lose Boyle for longer than that.

 

[Led Zappa]

I have come to the conclusion that I will never be happy with regards to how the NHL hands out suspensions, so.............................

 

[zombie kopitar]

Meh it wasn't as bad as Kaleta's, but on the other hand it was well over half as bad

 

[Sleepy]

This was the right amount. If Boyle doesn't trip, it's a 2 minute minor. But the responsibility is on the hitter what happens after he makes an illegal check, and so 5 games is just right IMO.

Sucks Boyle will probably be out a while, but I don't think Lappy deserved more than 5.

 

[sharkbite3]

When you pull this crap and have to play the Sharks later in the season, you're gonna have a bad time. I want a good, clean check to rock his world next time he suits up against San Jose. Shoulder to shoulder, fully legal, but monstrous.


Or somebody jump him.

 

[Mattb124]

This was the right amount. If Boyle doesn't trip, it's a 2 minute minor. But the responsibility is on the hitter what happens after he makes an illegal check, and so 5 games is just right IMO.

Sucks Boyle will probably be out a while, but I don't think Lappy deserved more than 5.

If Boyle doesn't hit his chin on the dasher and get knocked cold, it's a 2 minute minor. This was a dumb hit, but the suspension is all about the injury.