Wilson gets 20 games

[stanleycaps18]

It was a bad hit and no reason for it in the pre-season or any time, but this seems excessive.

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[Ridley Simon]

That is absurd

 

[ovikovy817]

**** the NHL.

Even this will not spoil our Cup and the party tonight. We're the champs

 

[Corby78]

wow, I was thinking 10-12. Book has been thrown. Willy better change because the next one will be 1/2 a season or more.

 

[Melkor]

He got what he was looking for. Awful act of stupidity in a f**kin preseason game.

 

[Langway]

Public enemy #1 status confirmed.

 

[chilimac]

video

 

[GoCaps2004]

overkill, but they’re send a message more than anything.

I think this is a clear shift away from hitting in general. If a skater has their head down, they are off limits.

 

[Corby78]

This is costing Willy over a million dollars......that will sting

 

[capsdom86]

wow, that's total crap. sure the pens lobbying behind the scenes and Crosby weighing in was a factor.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Entirely reactionary.


Listened to the Spittin' Chiclets podcast this week, all three guys weren't even certain this was a penalty. The onus was more thrown on Sundqvist for going onto the train tracks with his head down.


The league has given Wilson nothing but mixed signals. They wrote off a few of his early hits as being legal... but then they included them in their later rationale of him being a repeat offender.


All sense of reason has long since expired, all they do now is use the temperature of the outrage as a barometer to punish.

 

[Koized]

Bad dumb hit but that suspension is rediculous.

 

[CapsGr8]

What a joke! They're hoping to teach him a lasting lesson by making an example out of him. I hate Bettman.

 

[um]

Hopefully he learns to think. And luckily this is only the regular season he almost f***ed us last playoffs with that Aston Reese hit.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

He'll be well rested for the playoffs.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

That is overkill.

 

[Sam Spade]

Thought 10-12, boy was I off. A quarter of the season......

Dumb contract gets even dumber.

 

[ovikovy817]

Hopefully he learns to think. And luckily this is only the regular season he almost ****ed us last playoffs with that Aston Reese hit.

If not that hit, we're out in the 2nd round again.

 

[Blades of Steel]

lmfao

wilson needs shorter skates and he will be good to go

 

[Ridley Simon]

Thought you 10-12, boy was I off. A quarter of the season......

Dumb contract gets even dumber.

I was waaaaaaay off.

The fact that Crosby was lobbying here is such BS.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I’m sure this makes a handful of Caps posters actually happy.

 

[Sam Spade]

I was waaaaaaay off.

The fact that Crosby was lobbying here is such BS.

Yeah that was some bullshit but it is what it is.

Maybe he appeals and gets five games knocked off....... Marchand has been suspended six times and I think five was the most he’s ever received.

 

[Empty Goal Net]

Shoulder, meet chip.

 

[Scotty Pucks]

wow, that's total crap. sure the pens lobbying behind the scenes and Crosby weighing in was a factor.

If this is the direction this league is heading in, I will vomit.

 

[HunterSThompson]

If not that hit, we're out in the 2nd round again.

Interesting take.