Mcdavid 5min Match Penalty: Cross check to the face of Garland (Suspended 3 games )

[Fatass]

The man has to defend himself. I don't agree with the stick work, next time he should just drop his gloves and send a message, but stars in the league have to protect themselves when the league will not do so.

Protect himself from Garlsnd? Garland was not doing anything other than getting under McDavid’s skin. He wasn’t hacking and whacking him. McDavid should have fought Garland. Cross checking him in the back of the head was (imo) a selfish move. Fight the guy. He’s half your size!

 

[MoneyManny]

He is the face of the game. Stop moving posts man. Not even close.

For nobody except EDM fans. Geriatric Crosby is still getting more exposure and Matthews is everywhere. Nobody wants to see McDavid without his helmet on.

 

[Lawzy]

Pleasantly surprised.

 

[TheSuperElite]

Not bothered at all, more rest for McDavid. Oilers comfortable in the standings, unlike the Canucks.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

For nobody except EDM fans. Geriatric Crosby is still getting more exposure and Matthews is everywhere. Nobody wants to see McDavid without his helmet on.

...McJesus is the FACE of the NHL right now...just cuz you don't like the guy doesn't change facts...

 

[Leafsfan74]

Protect himself from Garlsnd? Garland was not doing anything other than getting under McDavid’s skin. He wasn’t hacking and whacking him. McDavid should have fought Garland. Cross checking him in the back of the head was (imo) a selfish move. Fight the guy. He’s half your size!

I don't disagree, it's a general statement. I said the same about Kadri. He took suspensions when he should have just taken the 5 min penalty and accepted a punch or two back after delivering more.

I am a peaceful man, but the street rules in the NHL sometimes decide the response. The stick work is not right and he deserves the suspension. Stars need to be protected though, as a general statement. Especially in the playoffs, the league remains an outlier in pro sports.

 

[thaman8765678]

McDavid should have gotten more. He needs to stop trying to injure players, he is dangerous to have on the ice.

Only reason he doesn't have about 20 suspensions by now is because he is face of the league.

 

[The Merchant]

3 is definitely pretty light given how egregious it was. Oil fans should feel lucky it wasn't more

 

[MikeK]

It was a suspendible action and the league got it right. It was a reckless and dangerous check.

 

[Anemia]

Maybe this will stop the non-stop whining about McD never getting penalized. It won't of course, but it should.

 

[swiftwin]

Maybe this will stop the non-stop whining about McD never getting penalized. It won't of course, but it should.

But it won't stop the non-stop whining about how nobody is allowed to touch McDavid, which is the bigger problem.

 

[ThePlanet]

Does anyone feel as though Parros has done anything to add any credibility or consistency to the DoPS? Seems he was a major swing and miss by the NHL.

If you're curious about Parros adding any credibility or consistency since he took over at the DOPS, you should look up the number of players who have been suspended for actions against his former rivals, the Sharks.
(Hint: it's zero)

 

[nucks88]

Maybe this will stop the non-stop whining about McD never getting penalized. It won't of course, but it should.

Well now he has a record so he cannot be so careless or he will face much stricter penalties……I for one applaud the decision to send such a message…...

 

[Yuke]

97 got away with a ton in the past. Best player in the league and a generational talent but McDavid’s history is nasty.

Another flaw. You don't get suspended more because you didn't get suspended before.
Never seen player safety say. He gets 3 games because he should have got suspended before. Lol

 

[Dessloch]

This should have been his 5th suspension in total and thus been 10+ games as a multiple repeat offender. He has really been given a free pass by DOPS for a long time! 3 games for this incident was right, he still owes about 10 games for previous infractions though!

 

[Yuke]

...so drop the mitts; don't be a Dbag and try to wrap your stick around someone's jaw...

He doesn't get paid to fight. He fills buildings by people watching him score.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Suspended 3 games and it was probably the right call.

Guess a bunch of you can keep telling yourselves the league favors McDavid when you consider the fact that he's also 197th in drawn penalties. lol

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

He doesn't get paid to fight. He fills buildings by people watching him score.

...he doesn't get paid to crosscheck other players in the head, either...and that costs him games, those games that people come to watch him score...so...

 

[ThePlanet]

Another flaw. You don't get suspended more because you didn't get suspended before.
Never seen player safety say. He gets 3 games because he should have got suspended before. Lol

Almost every DOPS video that gets put up on the NHL's website includes a note about prior history.

 

[wonton15]

I can’t believe they actually suspended the best player to ever play the game. And they suspended McDavid, too!

 

[Terry Yake]

i remember his rookie season when he absolutely destroyed oduya into the boards from behind and didn't even get a penalty for it. no hearing either

that's when i realized he was going to be allowed to get away with a lot of stuff that most other players wouldn't

 

[chris kontos]

Learn how to fight.
A reasonable option to the refs not doing thier jobs.

 

[Dessloch]

i remember his rookie season when he absolutely destroyed oduya into the boards from behind and didn't even get a penalty for it. no hearing either

that's when i realized he was going to be allowed to get away with a lot of stuff that most other players wouldn't

Yes, McDavid owes a 4 games suspension for this one, could have ended with a broken neck for Oduya. The ref standing their not calling it should have been fired on the spot!

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...since Garland is sooo small, I wonder if McJesus was worried about accidentally being charged with Child Abuse??...maybe that's why he didn't just drop the mitts and thump him...

 

[geebster]

Maybe this will stop the non-stop whining about McD never getting penalized. It won't of course, but it should.

I mean he deliberately elbowed a guy in the back of the head then crosschecks someone in the back of the head. Obviously happy he got a deserved suspension here and hope that this is because they have chosen to start penalizing him.

I don't believe that though, this time their hands were tied because Myers was up for the same suspension and they can't let both go, so he got the same one. If he's the only one being reviewed he doesn't get 3 games, I sincerely believe that. But I also believe that'd be the case for Mackinnon or another superstar. League doesn't give the same punishment to a 4th liner as it does to a superstar, even if the actions are the same. Which is wrong. But it is what it is.

If the next time he does something dirty and reviewable he gets suspended an appropriate amount of games the amount of "whining" will go down for sure.