Confirmed with Link: NHL suspends Alex Edler 3 Games for Headshot on Hertl

[Canucks LB]

Point of contact - Grazed the head
Puck location - Near the play
Elbow tucked? - Yes
Offensive players head high or low? - Hertl's head was low
Edler suspension past? - Repeat offender
Injury on the play? - No

Will there be a suspension: Yes
Should there be a suspension: No

Shanahan is awful, and you know he will give edler at least 3 games.

Click to read more...

 

[timw33]

Why is Edler a repeat offender? The only suspension I know of was under IIHF rules.

 

[Virtanen2Horvat]

His fault for not keeping his head up.

 

[CascadiaPuck]

You have to wonder how much of the reaction to this will be based on that helmet flying off. I mean, if it stayed on his head, it wouldn't be anywhere near as dramatic.

 

[pahlsson]

lol @ sharks announcers

 

[Kierkan]

I like how the title is 'hit' not 'headshot'.

No suspension.

EDIT: And yeah the shark announcers even had me worried that Edler was running rampant in Sleepy Hollow.

 

[MS]

Clean as the freshly driven snow.

The fact that there will probably be a suspension for this makes me want to puke.

 

[Addison Rae]

Why is Edler a repeat offender? The only suspension I know of was under IIHF rules.

He got a 3 game suspension when he hit Mike Smith.

 

[PG Canuck]

Hockey hit.

 

[arsmaster*]

That's called hockey.

I hate the suspension culture. What's he supposed to do ole him like a matador?

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Kid tries to dance Edler, Edler doesn't let him. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Drop the Sopel]

Edler went in low and hit him in the shoulder. If you suspend this, you have to hand out a couple hundred suspensions a year.

 

[arsmaster*]

So I was wrong on Weise and kassian.

I'm guessing this gets 10 games since he's a repeat offender.

Boggles my mind Kronwall isn't.

 

[Ernie]

There have been some marginal suspensions, but this would be a whole new kind of crazy. Edler didn't even lead the hit with his shoulder - he was going for a hip check. If there's any recklessness on this play, it's Hertl not keeping his head up.

 

[Nucker101]

The fact that this is even being discussed/in question saddens me as a hockey fan.

 

[Hammer79]

Edler was just trying to win a race to the puck in the boards there. Hertl reached with his head down and ran into a brick wall. I think the point of contact is the collar bone and momentum carried his head that way. No injury on the play so no suspension.

 

[RobertKron]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a suspension, which is absurd since this wasn't even a body check.

 

[Mofletz]

imagine if Hertl actually felt to the ice..

 

[arsmaster*]

The fact that this is even being discussed/in question saddens me as a hockey fan.

I know. Problem is its the culture now. It's the first question the networks ask.

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

4-5 game suspension IMO. principle point of contact is clearly the head + plus he is a repeat offender

 

[tc 23]

Keep your head up, kid. Clean hit. Can't be reaching like that.

 

[Pip]

Edler for 700 games. He super punched him in the facehole and Shanny found the written plans that Edler drew up last night to get Hertle!

 

[Oddity]

4-5 game suspension IMO. principle point of contact is clearly the head + plus he is a repeat offender

No it isn't. It just looks like it from this one angle that's being shown over and over.

 

[me2]

Clean as the freshly driven snow.

The fact that there will probably be a suspension for this makes me want to puke.

You and I disagree on headshots a lot but on this we agree. Keep your head up, don't dive for pucks when another players is going for it too. I had no sympathy for Eberle when Torres clobbered him for that same reason.

The Stuart suspension I think was plain as day, jumped to hit a taller upright stationary guy in the head. No excuses for Stuart to miss the body.

 

[Solidius]

OT but I love how almost everybody on the bench raises their arms to cover themselves and Torts is just staring.