Malkin is out for the semifinal

[Icekube]

Well bertuzzi sucker-punched Moore because of emotions

that's a really weak excuse if you ask me...

Dirty and thats it... thank god, the kick didnt connect...

You compare pre-meditated assault to a knee-jerk reaction (pun intended). Anyway, it was done, penalized, and now it's up to drama queens to chew on it till their teeth fall out.

 

[BCCHL inactive]

No excuses. Its a fact that the IIHF had a strained relationship with the Russians and the punishment didn't fit the crime.

I will again repeat...

A MATCH PENALTY CARRIES AN AUTOMATIC ONE GAME SUSPENSION, WHICH THE IIHF CANNOT OVERRULE.

Is it really that hard to understand?

 

[Bonzi]

Is it really that hard to understand?

a little bit...

 

[BCCHL inactive]

I hope that was sarcastic.

 

[Nova88]

So he is out?

 

[Pepper]

Unlike in the NHL, you cannot connect your shoulder with an opponent's head in IIHF competition. It is blatantly against the rules. Ruutu got what he deserved.

Van, you haven't seen the video. Go watch the video, it was a clean shoulder-to-shoulder hit.

I challenge to you find a pic or video that says otherwise. Many have tried, all of them have failed.

If you have seen the slow-mo video and still claim it was hit to the head, well I wouldn't want to play in the league you're reffing in.

 

[Metallian*]

Ruutu's hit was charging, theres no disputing that.

Intent to injure as well.

 

[Blane Youngblood]

kicking is overrated

just like that "kicking motion" that got havlat suspended, when he was flying onto the net and it would be completely impossible not to swing ones leg

ugh, this pisses me off

Wow, talk about making up your own truth, Havlat admitted to kicking and that it was a terrible decision the next day. (but wait he was flying in...B.S.!)

Also, for anyone who interested the attempted kick happens right after Lecavalier's helmet gets knocked off, it's very apparent.

 

[Taze]

Unlike in the NHL, you cannot connect your shoulder with an opponent's head in IIHF competition. It is blatantly against the rules. Ruutu got what he deserved.

Seen the tackle? If yes, do you usually see stuff others doesn't? It could be symptom of something serious.

http://www.saunalahti.fi/kholtta/kyy1.jpg
http://www.saunalahti.fi/kholtta/kyy2.jpg
http://www.saunalahti.fi/kholtta/kyy3.jpg

Tell me where Ruutu's shoulder connects with Jagr's head?

 

[helicecopter]

He tried to kick Lecavalier. How can you say the penalty was undeserved?

Cause for the reasons i stated above it doesn't look to me like he tried to kick Lecavalier.

It's not embarassing for the IIHF. They didn't suspend him, the rulebook did.

One of the main characters it's not going to play in the olympics semis (a VERY important game) despite he didn't anything bad. Ruutu succesfully tried to injure Jagr and wasn't suspended for any preliminary round game (not important ones). That's what i find stupid/embarassing.

If that's the result of the rulebook then i guess i have problems with the rulebook.
(and again, if someone really tries to kick someone else face should get banned from international competition for one season, not for a game)

The IIHF cannot rescind the call, and the IIHF cannot overrule the rulebook. The rulebook says Malkin sits one game for the Match Penalty. There is no judgment here by the IIHF, just enforcement of its own rules. Case closed.

Well, even if TV proves the referee wrong they can't do anything with the ref decision? I'm not talking of this debatable case now, suppose you have a blatant error, where for example the ref send out with a match penalty the wrong guy. That wrong guy is going to be suspended none the less? Is that not stupid?

IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE KICK WAS INTENDED TO INJURE. IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO KICK. THE RULES DO NOT ALLOW A REFEREE TO USE JUDGMENT HERE. HE MUST ASSESS A MATCH PENALTY. THAT PENALTY CARRIES AN AUTOMATIC ONE GAME SUSPENSION, WHICH THE IIHF CANNOT OVERRULE JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE OLYMPIC SEMI-FINAL HE WILL MISS.

Well, in this case this makes for a very unfortunate situation to say the least.

He 100% tried to kick him. I saw it live so

and I guess you were wearing Canadian glasses (read: supporting Canada as hard as you could) while watching live..

The referee - who IIRC isnt a representative of the IIHF - made the call on the match penalty. A kick is an attempt to injure. An attempt to injure is a match penatly. A match penalty is a one game suspension.

It was not an attempt to injure by any means, at all. Ruutu’s charge was an attempt to injure, yet he wasn’t suspended.

I'm Russian and must say Malkin got what he deserved, although I believe that he didn't think before acting.

we'll miss him tomorrow!

Case closed!

lol, I’m NOT Russian and I think Malkin didn’t deserve what he got! Case closed for you? Fine.

Wow, how anyone can blame Lecavalier for this incident is beyond me. I guess you missed the part where Malkin took Vinny down in the first place by whacking him in the back of the head and pulling him to the ice.

Sotnos, I’m not blaming Vinny. I’ve said in a post above the ‘punch’ Malkin got was deserved (yet stupid, out of his nerves by Vinny, cause without his reaction his team was going to have a key PP after Malkin’s blatant foul-->So I have not missed that part).

If you think what Vincent did in retaliation was "punching", you haven't seen too many fights.

Ok, but if that was not a punch (and it wasn’t a real one in fact) then NO WAY the Malkin’s one is a kick either!

Nothing justifies kicking at people with skates on

the point is imo Malkin was just pushing Lecavalier away, using his leg since the ref was over him.

 

[Rick Middleton]

This has gone on long enough. The majority of you can't just agree to disagree and move on.