Mcdavid 5min Match Penalty: Cross check to the face of Garland (Will have a hearing tomorrow afternoon, 1/20)

[Hank Plank]

In summary can't touch McDavid if you do he has the right to lumber you in the face area.

 

[LTIR]

Personal responsibility is something adults are aware of. Unless you think 97 has the mind of a child.

What responsibility?
As if only children retaliate.

Myers in comparison should be in jail for his cross check because no heat of the moment element factored. It was cold blooded assault

 

[CROTT]

Right after McDavid and Garland hit each other, Garland starts holding on to McDavid's arm. Not defending McDavid's actions with the cross check, but also the first time a refs hand goes up is after the McDavid cross check. I guess mugging the best player in the league for 10 seconds is fine, but tapping an Avalanche player is a penalty. No consistency at all.

 

[KlefDown]

They a soapbox to stand on to virtue signal, but can't do it when it involves the oilers, so they flip flop and get outraged.

mcdavid living so rent free in their heads they switch up their morals

 

[LTIR]

In summary can't touch McDavid if you do he has the right to lumber you in the face area.

Yes, tackle and pin him for 15 seconds and refs don't make call then chop down the necks

 

[archangel2]

some of the comments here are funny!!

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

In summary can't touch McDavid if you do he has the right to lumber you in the face area.

in summary, hauling down the best player in the world then holding on for dear life isn't a penalty in the NHL

 

[Oilslick941611]

In summary can't touch McDavid if you do he has the right to lumber you in the face area.

deservedly so

 

[geebster]

Call one of the 8 penalties on garland and it wouldn’t have happened. Zebras are so bad at their jobs.

Absolutely shouldve called one of those, but I dont see anywhere in the rulebook that says if theres a missed call its OK to crosscheck someone in the face... Maybe you can point me to where you are seeing that...

Should be a suspension for sure for both of them. If only Myers gets one or McDavid gets less games then we can confirm the league is biased in his (and other superstars') favour. Not that thats not been blatantly obvious for decades.

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Mcdavid punched him because Garland is laying on Mcdavids left arm and won’t let go. Garland doesn’t hold him out of rage, he’s intentionally and surprisingly calmly holding Mcdavid all he can to keep him out of the play. I’m sure he wouldn’t been fine with getting called, the clock was running out. They collided and fell down with Mcdavid on top, Garland holds Mcdavids arm and won’t let him off so Mcdavid punches him in the head to get away. They stand up and Garland does it all over again.

Garland did what he had to do to get the win but he should’ve had multiple interference calls. Mcdavid has an over the top but not really surprising reaction. They’re letting Garland do whatever he wants.

Should they blow the play down while Edmonton is in possession to fast track Garland to the box?

 

[Peen]

why would he intentionally stay down when the Oilers had full possession of the puck?

Because 5 on 4 when there's wide open lanes on the side Garland was supposed to be is a lot better of an opportunity than him getting up in that spot. 100% the right move to stay down and take Garland out of the play while Bouchard is heading down hill.

 

[Oilslick941611]

mcdavid living so rent free in their heads they switch up their morals

Oh well, conner will make good use of suspension and come back ready for the final stretch of the season. I imagine both get suspended long enough so they miss the rematch, rightfully so.

 

[EdJovanovski]

If Rempe did this he’d be hauled off in handcuffs

 

[KCC]

Myers (or whoever it was) was just as bad maybe even worse. McDavid did his out of frustration (no excuses but I can see why) because the refs didn't do their job as Garland should have been called for at least 3 penalties. Bouchard just skated up to him and was leveled.

 

[1440]

McDavid's stick hit Hronek in the sternum, not the face...

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Sounds like a high stick to me.

 

[Half Clapper]

mcdavid is low key a dirty punk! he needs to be suspended for the bs he has been up to lately...

 

[Divine]

Well, we know consistency isn't the DOPS's strong suit. Matthews' might have been looked at as more vicious as well. His was at an unprotected part of the head and neck area. McDavids was at the helmet. It is a small difference, but it could make a difference.

Yeah, I don't think whether it hit helmet or head plays a factor. Just like an elbow to a helmet versus an unprotected part of the head isn't viewed any differently.

McDavid has a history and has been both suspended and fined before, Matthews did not.

 

[Bounces R Way]

and suddenly the hockey is too soft crowd have become the crybabies.....what happened?

Cross checking a smaller player in the side of the head because you didn't like that they gave you a taste of your own medicine physically is about as soft a play as any.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Garland hauled down McDavid first

I guess if you fast forward past the part where McDavid interfered first and was dry humping Garland.

 

[LTIR]

Absolutely shouldve called one of those, but I dont see anywhere in the rulebook that says if theres a missed call its OK to crosscheck someone in the face... Maybe you can point me to where you are seeing that...

Should be a suspension for sure for both of them. If only Myers gets one or McDavid gets less games then we can confirm the league is biased in his (and other superstars') favour. Not that thats not been blatantly obvious for decades.

Don't see Myers getting held and grabbed by Bouchard anywhere.. Myers should get suspended for first elbowing bouichard after the whistle and then for 5 more games for his crosscheck.

McD deserves a game or 2 for his hit.

 

[Peen]

Right after McDavid and Garland hit each other, Garland starts holding on to McDavid's arm. Not defending McDavid's actions with the cross check, but also the first time a refs hand goes up is after the McDavid cross check. I guess mugging the best player in the league for 10 seconds is fine, but tapping an Avalanche player is a penalty. No consistency at all.

Should have passed.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Because 5 on 4 when there's wide open lanes on the side Garland was supposed to be is a lot better of an opportunity than him getting up in that spot. 100% the right move to stay down and take Garland out of the play while Bouchard is heading down hill.

lol no....a 5 on 4 without McDavid in the play is far more beneficial to the Canucks then the Oilers....hence him holding on for dear life to his arm

 

[Regal]

in summary, hauling down the best player in the world then holding on for dear life isn't a penalty in the NHL

McDavid runs over him trying to get a penalty call. You need your eyes checked if you think he was hauled down

 

[CROTT]

Should they blow the play down while Edmonton is in possession to fast track Garland to the box?

No, but if the opportunity is there the Oilers could have just shot the puck at a Canuck for them to play it or Demko to get the PP. Neither ref decided to call it so they kept trying score. You made a poor argument...

 

[Aashir]

matthews had a similar play to dahlin a few years ago, he got a couple of games for that

I'd expect 2-3 here as well