TSN: McDavid Gets Suspended for 2 Games for High Hit on Leddy

[Del Preston]

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Delete: Already posted

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Like I said on the mainboards, this is all boiled over because of officiating. If they do their jobs, this doesn't happen. Even if the angles changed, even if he slowed up, I still see intent to lay a hit stemming from what happened earlier in the shift. About 4 missed calls in one go, which is par for the course for the officiating of McDavid.

They can't do their jobs and it leads to this crap.

 

[oilexport]

I think he sits for 1. 1 small step backwards for man, one giant drop for teamkind.....

BTW- McDavid knows what he doing out there.

 

[TheRebuild]

I want to know how many games Leddy gets for having his head down and standing there like a gape-mouthed idiot watching his shot for an eternity. f*** this league and the idiots that run it.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

I used to think McKenzie rooted for all Canadian teams and was kind of a national ambassador. His Kelly Hrudey level bias really shone through with his assessment/comparison.

Mckenzie is gonna be the next don cherry, already going scenile and out of the loop.

 

[McOilers97]

Exactly my point. If you throw out suspensions for stuff like this guys will intentionally put their head down and drop at any contact. It all depends on where the guys shoulder and where the head was. If the Shoulder comes up to the head, of course, but this is Leddy dropping his head down into McD's shoulder.

Guys will purposely let themselves take contact to the head and risk brain injury? Not buying it.

 

[SK13]

Mckenzie is gonna be the next don cherry, already going scenile and out of the loop.

Well, A) he won't be because he's retiring in 2 years to probably buy into an OHL team or play GM down there and B) Don Cherry was never really in the loop. He's a hair-brained xenophobic national embarassment and always has been.

I don't think being a bit harsh in his assessment on a hit to the head makes him "Kelly Hrudey level biased" either. I think all hits to the head, intentional or not, should be punished heavily. Bob shares that view. Connor's clearly not a dirty player, but it was a sucky play. It happens.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Guys will purposely let themselves take contact to the head and risk brain injury? Not buying it.

Just like people never turn their back on the play and risk going into the boards head first.

 

[McOilers97]

Just like people never turn their back on the play and risk going into the boards head first.

You think Leddy wants to take more hits like that one?

 

[Spirit of 67]

First timer check to the head, gonna get 2 games.

 

[BlackDogg]

I imagine McDavid will have some sort of player's union representation or team representation. Hopefully a team rep lashes out at the DoPS/league in regards to all the abuse he endures on his behalf and how few penalties he draws. It's a private setting so perfect time to unload.

This is the time to bring it up for sure. Great opportunity.

 

[BlackDogg]

First timer check to the head, gonna get 2 games.

I bet Leddys been hit in the head lots of times.

 

[GMofOilers]

If Leddy did that to McDavid we would be calling for 1 or 2 games for sure.

It wasnt intentional, but a rule now a days is a rule.

 

[snipes]

This is the time to bring it up for sure. Great opportunity.

It needs to be brought up. It’s horse**** the amount of obstruction committed against him.

 

[BlackDogg]

It needs to be brought up. It’s horse**** the amount of obstruction committed against him.

Makes this piss me off even more. Just a joke how they go out of there way to even things out with the best player.

 

[BlackDogg]

If Leddy did that to McDavid we would be calling for 1 or 2 games for sure.

It wasnt intentional, but a rule now a days is a rule.

If he could get proper calls for the rest of time, I'd gladly have him sit the rest of the year. But he won't.

 

[McGoMcD]

Guys will purposely let themselves take contact to the head and risk brain injury? Not buying it.

It happened when they were calling hitting from behind big time. Guys would turn into the boards. It isn't that they will really let there heads get hit, but they will just embellish it when it does happen.

 

[Missing smitty]

If Leddy did that to McDavid we would be calling for 1 or 2 games for sure.

It wasnt intentional, but a rule now a days is a rule.

The only problem with that is they don't even call the rule book in a game. The NHL has screwed itself in the past 5 years by its horrendous officiating and completely bonkers suspension history.

 

[GodPucker]

He will probably get a game. That's ok./

What I found PATHETIC is that they only give Malkin 1 game for trying to chop a guys head off. I don't care that it was not a serious injury. That attempt should be a good 5 gamer at minimum.

idiots running the NHL

 

[Panthera]

Based on what I think the NHL should be doing, he should get a game.

Based on trying to fit the NHL's standard procedure, he shouldn't even get the hearing because he has no prior history, therefore anything short of a baseball swing is clean

Based on my feelings as an Oilers fan, no suspension, no fine, rest of the league has it coming for all the crap they get away with it, suck it NHL

 

[Bryanbryoil]

First timer check to the head, gonna get 2 games.

You see much worse not getting anything and sometimes less getting more. There is no consistency at all and it's all a giant ****ing joke. Rules are rules only when we want to enforce them, the current state of the NHL.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

One game at absolute most. Probably a fine.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Funny how the nied hit on klefbom was predatory and doesn’t even get a call from the league.

 

[Joey Moss]

He deserves a game. It was a dumb hit.

Leddy was trying to play the PP right after, if he gets more than 1 it’s a joke.