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

[Zirakzigil]

Never doubt the NHL for being reactive instead or proactive.

Sooner or later a group of former players are going to sue the pants off this league due to CTE

Pretty sure thats already happened.

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

Last fight McD had was in juniors. Worked the guy over pretty good and broke his hand - out for many games. What good is he if he gets hurt. You have all said it and most Oiler fans know it. Team is not a cup contender without him. We need a Wilson type player (wish Foligno from Chicago was available).

Lol no. He crosscheck the smallest guy in the face. To start the fight. A guy that had never been in fight before. Connor lost the fight, by the way.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Sure, Whats the thought on refs who do not do their jobs

It arguably cost the Canucks in their series vs the Oilers. ;p

 

[nowhereman]

It was deserved.

McDavid has had it about as easy as any NHL superstar in history, when it comes to tough play and obstruction. The game is as soft as ever and cross-checking a guy in the face for tying you up deserves a message.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

McJesus should make it clear to the NHL, behind closed doors, that the best player in their sport isn’t going to take this shit anymore and is going to crosscheck guys in the face if they want to f*** with him without the referee stepping in.

If the league is fine with fans paying $250 a game to watch him eat nachos in the press box, that’s their choice. Good luck growing the game.

It's a physical sport, this isn't the NFL and McDavid isn't Patrick Mahomes.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

I see EDM media took the news well

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

i think what a lot of people are missing is the fact mcdavid only did this because it was garland, a guy 6 inches shorter and at least 30 pounds lighter than mcdavid. and prior to that it was johansson, with just 140 pm and no fights in 950 games played. johansson has received lady byng votes 6 times in his career and mcdavid has more hits than he does this year.

mcdavid is a calculating guy. not a chance is mcdavid cheap shotting anyone who could turn around and fight him. he's passing on what he perceives to be the abuse he receives to guys he perceives he can get away with going after without consequences.

now the players he is going after are usually considered off limits for cheap shots and protected by teammates if someone does. but not a chance is mcdavid answering the bell if another canuck or wild player challenges him for cheap shotting their teammate, and the whole oilers team would have to intervene if someone tried

so the moral of this story is i don't think dops is going to let mcdavid go around cheap shotting guys with impunity.

Yup. Total coward.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

The way garland manhandled and dumped him against his will my money's on Garland in any fair fight
There's a reason McDavid used his stick. He can't fight.

...they need a good slap-fight...

 

[Hank Plank]

Garland is 4 feet tall. McDavid should have dropped the mitts and pounded him. Five minutes for fighting and it’s done.

Fighting would have been the honourable thing to do.

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

lol no he isn't most people don't have any idea who Connor McDavid is.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

lol no he isn't most people don't have any idea who Connor McDavid is.

...everyone who knows what the NHL is knows who McJesus is...laughable take, bud...laughable...

 

[Hank Plank]

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...everyone who knows what the NHL is knows who McJesus is...laughable take, bud...laughable...

That's the problem outside of the bubble he's a nobody. Zero general appeal.

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

Yeah, cause breaking his hands on his helmet and being out for the season would be much better. That also doesn’t excuse the cross check by the way. But honestly, one of the leagues best players ranks as one of the lowest for drawing penalties. He plays a lot, has the puck a lot and players get away with a lot against him. He boiled over because the nhl doesn’t do its job. Only league that behaves this way and then everyone’s shocked that he does something about kt.

McDavid broke his hand in a fight in juniors, his only fight I think.
You don't want him fighting, someone else needs to do that for him.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

That's the problem outside of the bubble he's a nobody. Zero general appeal.

...it's a terrible, terrible take, bud...

 

[eviohh26]

Fighting would have been the honourable thing to do.


lol no he isn't most people don't have any idea who Connor McDavid is.

McDavid can't fight without his purse.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

...it's a terrible, terrible take, bud...

McDavid is absolutely a marketed name and is a big name, but I don't think he has the name recognition you think he does.

He's not comparable to a LeBron, Curry or Mahomes in terms of marketability or crossover appeal. I'd argue that Ovechkin and Crosby are the only guys on that level at the moment and that is largely because they both play in US markets and there is an interesting story with Ovechkin at the moment.

I could be entirely wrong on this and he is a recognizable 'name' player to the average person, but I'm skeptical knowing what I know of the NHL's general marketing.

 

[MVP Zacha]

McDavid is (to quote the great Erick Sermon) soft like a piece of cake. Don't cross check someone in the face because you were being held, drop the mitts you vage.

 

[HolyGhost]

It was deserved.

McDavid has had it about as easy as any NHL superstar in history, when it comes to tough play and obstruction. The game is as soft as ever and cross-checking a guy in the face for tying you up deserves a message.

Every oiler game I have watched he gets roughed up a lot more than other stars

 

[eviohh26]

McDavid is absolutely a marketed name and is a big name, but I don't think he has the name recognition you think he does.

He's not comparable to a LeBron, Curry or Mahomes in terms of marketability or crossover appeal. I'd argue that Ovechkin and Crosby are the only guys on that level at the moment and that is largely because they both play in US markets and there is an interesting story with Ovechkin at the moment.

I could be entirely wrong on this and he is a recognizable 'name' player to the average person, but I'm skeptical knowing what I know of the NHL's general marketing.

Some people will know who he is. But it isn't a big deal like others. He also has the personality of a gold fish so.

I'd be willing to bet more random Americans that are not hockey fans know who Ovi is instead of McDavid.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Every oiler game I have watched he gets roughed up a lot more than other stars

He gets about 1/1/10th the abuse Perry did when he was actually a star player. Granted, all of it well earned.

He get interfered with a lot. But so do all the other stars in this day and age, and the Oilers do plenty of that themselves.

 

[Coffee]

The way garland manhandled and dumped him against his will my money's on Garland in any fair fight
There's a reason McDavid used his stick. He can't fight.

Garland would maul him lol

Anyway, sad to see McDavid suspended for multiple games. I want to verse the Oilers in full form

 

[S E P H]

Way f***ing deserved for McElbow. Should have been suspended the prior match before. That's what happens when the NHL allows reckless individuals to selfishly go after players. Garland could have broken his vertebrae on that play.

 

[Grifter3511]

Some people will know who he is. But it isn't a big deal like others. He also has the personality of a gold fish so.

I'd be willing to bet more random Americans that are not hockey fans know who Ovi is instead of McDavid.

Honest question: would more Americans know who Matthews is, or McDavid?

 

[PaulD]

Three games ?

Thought he'd get one.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

As I said earlier I think both suspensions are fair but while we’re all hurling insults around and turning this into a defunct trolling thread I gotta say if Conor Garland were an ice cream flavour, he'd be pralines and dick.

 

[duckpuck]

Sounds exactly like I wrote. Garland (a shit disturber for sure) got under McDavid’s skin. Cross checking him to the head was crossing the line. He should have dropped the mitts and fought Garland. Selfish by McDavid. He put his personal, in the moment, satisfaction ahead of the team.

The problem is that Garland would probably refuse to fight. He's not a fighter, he's a shit starter and a diver. And beyond that, McDavid shouldn't take the chance of hurting himself.

McDavid should have just cross checked him to the body - not the head - or slashed him. Even if he spears him its probably not a suspension per prior NHL precedent. The problem is targeting the head which nobody can or should try to defend.