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

[LTIR]

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.

The guy will get a lot worse in 2 games especially if McD is out suspended.

 

[1440]

Their most marketable player is the guy in Toronto. The guy in Edmonton is whiny and has no personality.

His personality is that he is brooding and intense. A true Byronic hero.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

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

he hit him then Garland grabs his arm and hauls him down

its as clear as day lol...there's literally a video at post #230

 

[geebster]

deservedly so

I mean... even if thats the case (and I can see how Oilers fans could think that... I'd be mad if someone held Hughes in a 1 goal game with the goalie pulled). A suspension is 100% deserved as well. Everyone who does a dirty play like that has a reason in their head for why they are mad. Someone said something, someone did something and it wasnt called, etc etc. Having a reason to be mad doesnt matter with respect to the NHL rulebook.

In a weird way its nice Myers also crosschecked Bouchard so now we can see if the league is biased here or not. You cant just suspend Myers... but you also cant let people crosscheck others in the face, so whatever mild tap on the wrist they would have given McDavid (if anything) goes out the window now or has to be given to Myers too.

 

[CROTT]

Sounds like a high stick to me.

The Sternum is not above the shoulders, which the NHL uses to deem a play high sticking.

 

[innitfam]

The justification for McDavid to crosscheck Garland because he was being held is laughable.

A lot of Oil fans were crying bloody murder over the Soucy incident last year, but yet this play tonight is a nothing burger apparently. Hypocrisy much?

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

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...

I see what you mean now. I have my doubts personally that at that moment anyone would actually give up the possession instead of further trying to attack the net.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Well that one is suspendable, no doubt. McDavid isn't dirty but sometimes star players will have a handful of moments where they cross a line over the course of their career, it is what it is.

Last game McDavid concussed a player with a vicious elbow.

 

[Oilslick941611]

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.

im pretty sure given the time between mcdavids last fine and suspension he isn't considered a repeat offender, not that matters to people like you.

 

[LTIR]

Last game McDavid concussed a player.

He must have steel elbow pads..
A little graze knocked out the guy.

 

[Dust]

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

I think the NHL would give Rempe 10 games for being anywhere near the ice late in a 1 goal game with the goalie pulled.

 

[Regal]

he hit him then Garland grabs his arm and hauls him down

its as clear as day lol...there's literally a video at post #230

He grabs when they’re both already going down because McDavid runs him over lol. You’re literally the only person who believes this

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Last game McDavid concussed a player with a vicious elbow.

"vicious" LMAO

 

[Oilslick941611]

The Sternum is not above the shoulders, which the NHL uses to deem a play high sticking.

and it was nice stick too, not high, not low, right in the chest. perfectly legal.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

He grabs when they’re both already going down because McDavid runs him over lol. You’re literally the only person who believes this

omg, he ran him over? the horror! so Garland can't take a hit? poor little guy

 

[deca guard]

the clown hockey garlands playing by holding onto mcdavid to keep him out of play deserves that shot . and mcdavid has to constantly put up with cheap punks playing clutch n grab to slow him down . as a fan i dont want to see punk teams cheating to hold mcdavid back , i want to see mcdavids elite talent creating great hockey games . and the shot to side of helmet was nothing anyway , hearing millen throwing a hissy fit like mcd killed him made it an even uglier occurence

 

[VibinCanuck]

Once again, McBaby can't keep his temper and he's nearly 30.

And it's no wonder when the league coddles him

This whole thing starts because McDavid tackles Garland to try and stop a puck leaving the zone.

 

[Talonted]

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

Wait you think Garland would do that to Rempe?? Not a chance kiddo

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

Re-watched the last bit and yeah the refs lost control - they let the Bouchard play on Pettersson go and then let Garland get away with interference.

But all the rock eaters saying good for McDavid taking things into his own hands - l m a o. He could've done that without the headshot - that's a bitch move.

Myers being a moron again - what's new. Both these guys are getting suspended.

Yup. Drop the gloves if you got a beef. Easier time to cross check some defensiveness player then turtle. Absolutely a coward play. He was frustrated....who give's a f^@^?

 

[Regal]

omg, he ran him over? the horror! so Garland can't take a hit? poor little guy

So he didn’t haul him down then? Glad we agree.

 

[thebigbea]

Oilers next game vs ovechkin on espn too. Let’s see if nhl will give McDavid a fine.

 

[geebster]

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.

Point me to the line in the crosscheck rule that says that suspensions are about whether you had a right to be mad. (I'll give you a hint to help your search... Rule 59 ONLY says that the level of punishment is based on the severity of the contact and further whether there is intent to injure or not). If you want to go full beer league rules you can, but thats not the rules of the NHL, thats just how it works in your own head.

I fully believe McDavid will get a smaller suspension and they will make some excuse for it because its McDavid. Not because a part of the cross-checking rule is that if you had an obvious reason to be mad then its OK. Someone shoved you? Thats a justified crosscheck to the face as opposed to an unjustified one, right? There are no justified crosschecks to the face.

 

[nuxnux1]

Mcbaby rage needs to chill. Not a good look from the best player in the league to be whining every game and doing things like this.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

This only happens because the “seasoned” officials called this game like imbeciles both ways, just for the record

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

So he didn’t haul him down then? Glad we agree. f***ing tool

he did....Garland got hit, hauled him down and then held on for dear life in order to keep him out of the play