Bunting got 5 and a game for elbow to the head of Cernak (suspended 3 games)

[LeafGrief]

Absolutely astonishing that a Leaf gets a harsh suspension... lol. Oh well, not like Bunting is in any way innocent. 3 is fine and won't make much difference for the Leafs in this series.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

I would just like to congratulate everyone here for letting it go this long before someone said "They suspended him for the rest of the playoffs!!!"

 

[BTP]

f***ing joke. 3 games for his first offence. Basically 3 games for being a Leaf.

f***ing ridiculous bullshit

 

[Divine]

I hope these type of plays get 6+ regular season games from now on.

The standard shouldn't be 1 regular season at the start of next season like they always do.

 

[Dach Vader]

Alright so his season is done

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I assume no one has made the “so for the rest of the series” joke so I’ll be the first.

He’s a turd and deserves it.

Honnestly, this probably doesn’t matter. Keefe was presumably going to bench him the rest of the series anyways.

 

[Skolman]

Thought he’d only get a game. 3 games is good by me. Was dangerous and unnecessary. Funny thing is this probably helps the leafs. Addition by subtraction

They lost the only guy in their top-6 who plays with a little bit of jam.

I don’t think this helps them.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

f***ing joke. 3 games for his first offence. Basically 3 games for being a Leaf.

f***ing ridiculous bullshit

He got 3 games for being an absolute turd. If he didn't jump into the head on purpose after seeing Cernak, he would have only got a game for incidental contact.

 

[TaLoN]

I would just like to congratulate everyone here for letting it go this long before someone said "They suspended him for the rest of the playoffs!!!"

Look again...

Suspending him for the remainder of the series is way too harsh.

Classic DoPS...

 

[Oleksiak]

Absolutely astonishing that a Leaf gets a harsh suspension... lol. Oh well, not like Bunting is in any way innocent. 3 is fine and won't make much difference for the Leafs in this series.

That's a generously short suspension for an elbow to the head that caused an injury.

 

[HarrisonFord]

Basically 4 games then.

Seems harsh but you have to remember Kadri is a repeat offender

 

[kingsholygrail]

I was only expecting 1. Good call.

 

[Mr Kot]

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[LTIR Trickery]

Wow, i'm shocked

 

[Il Stugotz]

Seems fair. I can’t remember the last headshot on a guy who hadn’t even touched the puck

 

[Skolman]

f***ing joke. 3 games for his first offence. Basically 3 games for being a Leaf.

f***ing ridiculous bullshit

You guys against the world, bud.

 

[SI90]

They lost the only guy in their top-6 who plays with a little bit of jam.

I don’t think this helps them.

But he takes stupid penalties at bad times. Can’t have that in the playoffs. TOR can win without Bunting.

 

[HarrisonFord]

That's a generously short suspension for an elbow to the head that caused an injury.

Get ready to see Cernak magically able to play game 2

 

[EmptyNetAssassin]

If Perry did this to any of the top 4 Leaf's defenseman we all would agree it would be okay with 3 games. He did it with the intent to knock and harm Cernak.

 

[GKJ]

He must have really pissed off someone

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Get ready to see Cernak magically able to play game 2

Already announced he's out, but good job trying to deflect.

 

[mogs]

Pretty happy with this! And I am a Leafs fan. Bunting is supposed to be the guy you love on your team and opponents can't stand to play against. But opponents laugh at him and I can't stand him. Hope he doesn't play another game for the team, even if they advance.

 

[Divine]

Seems fair. I can’t remember the last headshot on a guy who hadn’t even touched the puck

Short memory then... considering this was less than a week ago.

 

[Panthaz89]

He got three because Cernak wasn't even in the play. He took a clean run at a defenseless player's head. Extremely dirty play. Clearly hitting to injure.

Weird Cernak himself only got 2 for the same thing a month ago and hit a guy with concussion history and already had an offense for doing the same thing previously. Bunting was also given a game misconduct while Cernak wasn't even penalized in his incident it's another obvious double standard by the league.