Carcillo fined $2,500 for throat-slash gesture against Leafs

Can the suspensions\fines become any more of a joke? Here is a total joke of a player that has been suspended quite a few times in the past 1.5 years and they fine him $2,500?

over 2 years ago zephyr 11 comments 0 recs |

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I don’t have a huge problem with the throat-slash gesture. But I’m not all that sensitive. I don’t think it’s going to ruin America’s youth, I don’t think it’s an unnecessarily violent gesture. Sure, Carcillo is an ass, but I can think of plenty of more offensive things that he’s done.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 8, 2010 2:08 PM EST reply actions

I don’t have a problem with it either. I have a problem with the fine on a player where it means nothing.

Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

by zephyr on Jan 8, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

Agree with that. Symbolic "punishment’ is stupid.

Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.

by Rob Parker on Jan 8, 2010 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

He should have waited for a game against Dallas.

Too soon?

My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.

by jordanDC on Jan 8, 2010 6:17 PM EST up reply actions

I agree with this, but at the same time I understand the motive behind it. They are appeasing the parents who cry about role models etc. Let’s just hope they consider this the next time he makes an unnecessarily dangerous play and are deciding between 1 or 2 or 3 games…

by Bushwood Bushwhacker on Jan 11, 2010 12:26 PM EST up reply actions

He’s going to lose his ass when WWE sues him for copyright infringement.

My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.

by jordanDC on Jan 8, 2010 3:12 PM EST reply actions

It’s like the Avery comments, isn’t it? Sometimes a known douchebag just adds the straw that breaks the ~~camel’s~~ league’s back with some unsportsmanlike conduct out of the flow of game play (this was during a stoppage after he scored, right?).

"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."

by CapitalCentre on Jan 8, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions