Has sunburnt Spanky complained to the league yet that our arena is too loud and he can't think straight because of it ?
I dunno man, the rule book is "clear" on lots of things that never, ever get called. Like cross checks. Do you not see cross checks constantly?
IMO the guy was provoked, it was heat of the moment and he booped Chiarot helmet to helmet. It didn't look like much to me. It would've been pretty crazy to call a game misconduct for that.
Morrisey's on the other hand was not in the middle of some scrum, unprovoked cross check to the side of the head. Staal definitely milked it but hey.
Then why have rules? The rules on headbutting are very clear and don't allow for referee Judgement.
An ATTEMPTED headbutt is a double minor.
An ACTUAL intentional headbutt of any kind is an automatic major.
No referee discretion.
I hate seeing Jets' fans turn around and go "but what about the time this guy did this and this" or "inconsistency! We should be allowed to get away with it because someone else did something before" etc. It's just blind homerism. If someone cross checked one of our players in the side of the head this board would be going nuts.
I don't think we should "get away with it" and think that 1 game for Morrissey was valid, but I will state that the levying of punishment *is* inconsistent. I don't want the Jets to get away with anything - I want all teams to be judged in a consistent manner. That's not homerism.
The league has a chance to demonstrate consistency today by suspending Kucherov and Hartman........wil they though?
Yeah, it seems like it, however it makes it seem like a clown show when they do.I think that if Morrissey had received 5 and a game, he might not have received any supplemental discipline. Also, the refs would then have likely called the Niederreiter head-butt. Refs and the NHL area constantly trying to balance things out, especially in the playoffs.
The league has a chance to demonstrate consistency today by suspending Kucherov and Hartman........wil they though?
League fails
Note --it may be a good idea to try and play Joel Armia back on defense. He plays with a defensive style, and is a very good puck handler and has great size. I believe this was done with Buff, as he was once a forward. I personally think Armia would be a great defenseman -- be interesting to see how it would work.
I'd say un ****ing believable but sadly it's completely believable with these dip****s. How does anyone take this seriously? They literally make assessments based on outside factors and influences, every one of their decisions are subjective bull****.
The head wasn't the main point of contact?.....what the flying ****?! Well neither was JoMo's, he hit Staal's neck.
Clown show, complete clown show.
They should change the name of the team to the Minnesota VictimsI think the suspension for Morrissey is fair and the NHL's description of it as a reckless play was spot on.
What gets sickening is the whining by Beaudreau when Minny has gotten away with crap too.
They should change the name of the team to the Minnesota Victims
Well, Boudreau just called out the refs for being basically putting a blind eye to the cross check last game. Maybe the refs this game will have a long memory and 'miss' a few more.
Why wouldn't he? His red faced rant has the DOPS kissing his ass. Now he wants the refs to do the same on Friday.