And away we go NHL thread!!!!

[clifffclaven]

Wow. One of the craziest endings ive seen in a looooong time. Hawks shouldve put it away when they were up 3-1 and on the pp tho. Hossa- from goat to hero, and prob out for game 6.

[Shawn Lutz]

Nashville had that game. What a bone head play by Erat to throw the puck blindly into the offensive slot like that. All he had to do was push it deep and scrum along the wall and time probably would have expired before Chicago could break out with it.

The Hossa hit, unfortunately thats the rules of the game today. Nossa should get a game or two but unlikley that he will. The difference between the OV hit and Hossa was Hossa had more intent as he knew the clock was expiring, he had to get the puck or they lose and Marian decided to push the guy's numbers from behind a foot away from the wall...ha dhe not do that Nashville has possession and clears the zone

Whatever happens, Nashville isnt going to be able to recover from that meltdown, Hawks put then out of their misery in game 6

[goodwood]

I don't care if it's the playoffs...Hossa better get a suspension for that boarding call...that was worse than Ovie vs Campbell

I agree. Hossa should have never been in the game after that.

That said, a Chicago vs. Washington final would be incredibly exciting.

[clifffclaven]

Hossa has a disciplinary meeting today. I would be surprised if he doesnt get 1 game for that.

[goodwood]

I agree. A game is expected at this point I would think.

[clifffclaven]

I thought it was over for phoenix today. Man was i wrong. Wings didnt even show up. wtf?

[6string40]

And there you have it...Colin Campbell deems NO SUSPENSION IS WARRANTED. Complete and utter bullshit. Between Bettman and Campbell, this league couldn't be run any worse. Say what you want about Roger Goodell and the NFL, but the Roethlisberger suspension proves he isn't afraid to suspend star players for substantial amounts of time.

[Spivonious]

And there you have it...Colin Campbell deems NO SUSPENSION IS WARRANTED. Complete and utter bullshit. Between Bettman and Campbell, this league couldn't be run any worse. Say what you want about Roger Goodell and the NFL, but the Roethlisberger suspension proves he isn't afraid to suspend star players for substantial amounts of time.

Just watched the replay on nhl.com. It looked like a clean hit to me. The other guy just went head first instead of shoulder first. He knew the hit was coming.

[6string40]

Just watched the replay on nhl.com. It looked like a clean hit to me. The other guy just went head first instead of shoulder first. He knew the hit was coming.

It doesn't matter whether he KNEW the hit was coming...the rules clearly state you cannot hit a guy from behind. That was boarding in its clearest form. Directly facing the numbers on the jersey and hitting the player into the boards. It's cut and dry. Most agree he should also have been ejected from the game, although that is the discretion of the referee.

[clifffclaven]

It doesn't matter whether he KNEW the hit was coming...the rules clearly state you cannot hit a guy from behind. That was boarding in its clearest form. Directly facing the numbers on the jersey and hitting the player into the boards. It's cut and dry. Most agree he should also have been ejected from the game, although that is the discretion of the referee.

A face or head injury on a major is an automatic misconduct. Im a hawks fan, and that hit was bullshit. He should be out for game 6.

[Spivonious]

Oh I'm not arguing the boarding. I just don't think he had intent to injure. Here's the rule:

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.

So IMO it's a major penalty and a game misconduct.

[atomic charvel guy]

i don't think he should be suspended, a game misconduct maybe right after the hit, but that's it. The Preds have nobody to blame but themselves,
they gagged that game away, not to mention having the 1st 4 minutes of OT up a man, they did it to themselves.
Art Rooney suspended Roethlisberger, not Goodell. How can you compare the two offenses anyway? That's daily behavior in the
NFL these days.

[atomic charvel guy]

6string40- I guess what I'm trying to say is that the NHL is a far cry from the NFL.
The NFL is very wealthy and the NHL is not.
The NHL has players suspended for their acts on the ice, and the NFL suspends players (once in a while, when it's absolutely attrocious) for their
behavior off the field, and not nearly enough. The NFL is big big big business, they've been protecting players for too long, it seems like Goodell
is trying to turn things around, but it was the steelers owner who levied the blow on Big Ben.

[clifffclaven]

6string40- I guess what I'm trying to say is that the NHL is a far cry from the NFL.
The NFL is very wealthy and the NHL is not.
The NHL has players suspended for their acts on the ice, and the NFL suspends players (once in a while, when it's absolutely attrocious) for their
behavior off the field, and not nearly enough. The NFL is big big big business, they've been protecting players for too long, it seems like Goodell
is trying to turn things around, but it was the steelers owner who levied the blow on Big Ben.

actually it was goodell. Art rooney II just agreed with it.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d817aaafc&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

[atomic charvel guy]

my mistake, i am wrong. I thought Rooney suggested it and then Goodell acted on it.