Was that elbowee you have in mind knocked out for the duration of the playoffs?

I think that’s the bottom line litmus configuration in a playoff ban (incidentally)

Brashear took strides to hit a guy long after the puck was gone. Discernible difference.

Green definitely led with his elbow. They are definitely different.

I’m pretty sure we were all in agreement Brashear had that suspension coming

See, i disagree here. they are so inconsistent on everything else, suspending Cooke and not Richards would have been par for the course. They picked a really random time to play the consistency card.

Hell, they could have suspended Cooke, admitting that they fucked up the Richards case, and use it as a way to lay the law down and say that those hits won’t be tolerated, period.

So how about the Adams on Ovechkin hit? Or Kozlov on Gomez (possibly the worst hit of the year that nobody is talking about)? Handzus on Hemsky?

I’d rather they stick to inconsistency and get it right half the time.

They must have heard that we wanted consistency. They missed the part where we wanted them to make the RIGHT choice consistently.

but a two game suspension of the best player on the caps can really help your son when he is playing them in two days

he broke Campbell’s claviccal

whether by NHL rules or not

That’s a very odd context in which to consider an NHL ruling.
To paraphrase the Cooke decision, there is no rule against breaking someone’s clavicle.
He boarded him. It happens often enough that there’s a rule about it: 2 minutes; 5 if you really went to town. (You’ve seen Ovechkin give an opponent the bidniz: would you say he was showing Campbell the whole house?)
Campbell’s desk is supposed to handle fouls so flagrant the ‘normal’ rules don’t apply. Instead, it’s a fertilizer processing plant.
Ovechkin’s serving two games for “next tape to land in CC’s office after NHL’s invertebrate mewling re: Cooke”.

cha-cha-Chara. Loo-Chick. Cha-cha-cha McCabe. [Repeat]

true but 99% of the time there is no injury on that hit, and a good percentage of the time its not even a penalty if Campbell stays on his skates

I’m honestly much less pissed about Ovie’s suspension than I am the non-suspensions to Downie and Cooke. Both are guys with a past, Cooke caused a season ending injury to a playoff bound team, Downie could have killed the league’s baby. It just makes no sense.

If they already tried to appeal the game misconduct, which failed, you gotta wonder if they bother appealing this.

Here’s what I see: I see nothing for the Briere hit from behind. Or the Brown hit. Or the Peverley slewfoot. Or the Kaleta hit. Or the Heward hit. Or the Gonchar hit. If the league were out to get Ovie, they’d have gotten him one of those times.

I see a league that benefits from having Ovechkin playing in games, and an incredibly inept disciplinary system. The evidence strongly favors incompetency, not bias.

He’s been warned for it.

i might’ve spelled organize a bit differently, though.

same people who put hockey in Texas or Florida?

mmmmmmmmm bake sale

It’s a shitty situation. The one time lately they get it almost right and it’s YOUR guy!

I sure hope not. I hope he scores none. But I honestly think that with only 11 games remaining for Ovie and Crosby wanting it just as badly, every goal and every game counts.

I think he can do it anyway. And if he does, then HA to the NHL.

This shouldn’t hurt him for the Hart. He should still be able to edge out Sedin for the Ross. He’s got to be the odds on favorite for the Rocket as well given the Pens offensive woes lately, assuming he comes back all fired up and ready to score. If he doesn’t get the Rocket, blame it more on his post-Olympic goal scoring slump than a 2-game suspension.

Just my opinion. Great players can overcome.

Cluster for sure. We’ll see if you get that spilling under control.

He was suspended for the Gleason hit and I know the past Game Misconducts don’t require an automatic suspension but taken together they paint the picture of a guy that needs another reminder of where the line stands.

But since he missed two games from suspension, he only played 39 games, and I believe the cutoff is 41 games played, not 41 team games.

and if it was a shoulder, campbell could have gotten up right away and gotten off the ice. Crosby had his leg rolled and was up faster. He milked it, plain and simple.

Yet they defend the Richards non-suspension by saying there’s no rule on the book for it. Fucking call it by the book every time, or just throw it out.

Where does it say THAT in the rule book?

Rule 42 – Boarding

42.1 Boarding – A boarding penalty shall be imposed on any player or goalkeeper who checks an opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to be thrown violently in the boards. The severity of the penalty, based upon the degree of violence of the impact with the boards, shall be at the discretion of the Referee.

There is an enormous amount of judgment involved in the application of this rule by the Referees. The onus is on the player (or goalkeeper) applying the check to ensure his opponent is not in a vulnerable position and if so, he must avoid the contact. However, there is also a responsibility on the player with the puck to avoid placing himself in a dangerous and vulnerable position. This balance must be considered by the Referees when applying this rule.

Any unnecessary contact with a player playing the puck on an obvious "icing" or "off-side" play which results in that player being knocked into the boards is "boarding" and must be penalized as such. In other instances where there is no contact with the boards, it should be treated as "charging."

42.2 Minor Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a minor penalty, based on the degree of violence of the impact with the boards, to a player or goalkeeper guilty of boarding an opponent.

42.3 Major Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a major penalty, based on the degree of violence of the impact with the boards, to a player or goalkeeper guilty of boarding an opponent (see 42.5).

42.4 Match Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match penalty if, in his judgment, the player or goalkeeper attempted to or deliberately injured his opponent by boarding.

42.5 Game Misconduct Penalty – When a major penalty is imposed under this rule for a foul resulting in an injury to the face or head of an opponent, a game misconduct shall be imposed.

42.6 Fines and Suspensions – Any player or goalkeeper who incurs a total of two (2) game misconducts under Rule 42 and/or Rule 44, in either Regular season or Play-offs, shall be suspended automatically for the next game of his team. For each subsequent game misconduct penalty the automatic suspension shall be increased by one game.

When a major penalty is imposed under this rule, an automatic fine of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be imposed.

If deemed appropriate, supplementary discipline can be applied by the Commissioner at his discretion (refer to Rule 29).