If I was calling the shots I'd probably baseline at suspension = time injured player is out, up to a maximum. 20 games? And if the player isn't injured then whatever deemed reasonable.
The play itself has to be punished not the result. If Boeser (or Nurse) pop back up and keep on playing it shouldn't lessen the suspension as the play was just as dirty.
PA never pushes for longer suspensions since that takes money away from the perpetrator. But it’s plays like that which can cost guys money in future contracts if they don’t recover back to what they were or have to end their career earlier.
I'm torn. Having this Putin fan-boy eventually break Gretzky's goals record rings a little hollow for me.
I know. But both the perpetrator and victim pay union dues. NHL is always wary of a star doing something stupid like Niedermayer back in the day hitting a leaf over the head with his stick. I can’t recall the player he did it to but it was a lower level player. Don’t want to lost that kind of player for 10-12 games. So they always go lighter.
I mean, DOPS is run by an idiot goon in Parros and cheap shot apologist in Whitney. There's no point trying to apply logic to their decisions.
Montgomery is on the hottest seat right now.
