Morgan Rielly cross check to the head of Ridley Greig (DOPS UPDATE: In Person Hearing - 6 games or more possible)

[tny760]

If he does I'm done watching.

oh man, you're in for some bad news

 

[Canadian Finn]

So would boxers be arrested, so would martial arts be arrested, so would football players who fight get arrested, so would UFC fighters get arrested.

Not a good take.

you just don't realize how bad of a thing Morgan did, clearly.

 

[MXD]

https://x.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1366890245204176899?s=20

Here is the comparable, not sure if this had been discussed yet.
A bitter cross check to the head/neck with the game over.

1 game suspension

It wasn't discussed because it's in no way a relevant comp.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Actually, things are going better since Euge is in the ground and Pierre has been jettisoned into the sun.

Our recent incompetence had to do with a singularly bad owner and that has been rectified.

Harrold Ballards been dead for over 30 years so what is the leafs excuse?

Not sure.

Also not sure why I signed up to be a die hard fan of a team that tortures me.

 

[MXD]

If he does I'm done watching.

It doesn't sound like you'd be a great loss anyways.

 

[Divine]

Tell that to mark Scheifele who got 5 plus for a hit or Brendan Dillon who just got 3 for hitting a guy who has his head down. Honestly. I hope he gets 10 plus. Send a message.

Sure and then it’s appealed and reduced and Jets fans are going to get upset again.

You can’t arbitrarily increase suspensions because you don’t like the player or team.

 

[toddkaz]

you just don't realize how bad of a thing Morgan did, clearly.

Lets revisit this. Some analysts say he wont even get suspended.

Not everyone is a Karen.

 

[Frank Drebin]

It’s almost like Parros played for the Habs and uses bias in his disciplines.

Let’s not forget the Leafs are the only team where Bettman had to step in and reduce Parros’ ridiculous punishments.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Bettman have to do it again for Rielly.

Parros remembers

 

[JianYang]

Never seen the slapshot into an empty net before other than a half hearted one by Kesler.

It also sort of reminds me of Kovalchuk in the world juniors celebrating before putting the puck in the empty net.

Obviously it does not excuse reilly's reaction, and he should be punished, but there's no need for the Ottawa player to raise the temperature there.

 

[Petrus]

We had a 50 year old in net the other night on short notice at my game cuz our tender blew out his shoulder. He sucked ass. Other team beat us 7-1 and were celebrating hard and screaming even on the 7th goal. So far worse than what Greig did.

You know what me and my teammates did? Nothing, other than calling them chumps for rubbing it in.

Reilly lost his composure and nothing else is relevant.

You are comparing a game of a bunch of old heads to an NHL game?

 

[Gabe Kupari]

So would boxers be arrested, so would martial arts be arrested, so would football players who fight get arrested, so would UFC fighters get arrested.

Not a good take.

Do those other sports use a weapon to do it ? Nope. Nobody would have a problem if Reilly fought him. The problem is he used his stick as a weapon. Honestly.

 

[Canadian Finn]

Lets revisit this. Some analysts say he wont even get suspended.

Not everyone is a Karen.

you are a bad fan.

bad, bad fan.

 

[ashs]

Peace out then. He’s getting 5 guaranteed. Honestly it’s fans like you who are the problem.

We always get the book thrown at us. I get it you hate our team but why the double standard.

 

[Coffey]

So would boxers be arrested, so would martial arts be arrested, so would football players who fight get arrested, so would UFC fighters get arrested.

Not a good take.

If they knock someone out during weigh ins or arm raising. Yes. It’s not part of the fight at that point. This isn’t complicated.

 

[TheNumber4]

Here's a more recent comparable:

This is the relevant comparable here. Like Perron, Morgan skated with speed with intent to injure and with intent for revenge. This isn’t just some stick work in a scrum where players are jousting, it’s a charge with full force cross check to the blindside of someone’s head.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

So would boxers be arrested, so would martial arts be arrested, so would football players who fight get arrested, so would UFC fighters get arrested.

Not a good take.

This is one hell of a daft post.

Boxers, UFC and martial arts are sports where the essence of their practice is fighting within fixed rules.

Morgan Rielly taking a stick to an unsuspecting guy's face in a premeditated manner because he scored a goal is decidedly not part of the essence of hockey.

 

[Commander Clueless]

It didn't the below. Why should he expect anything based on this...

If you're arguing that should have gotten games I 100% agree. If you're arguing the DoPS has been terrible at this I also 100% agree.

If you're arguing that was okay and so was Rielly's, I disagree.

 

[robertocarlos]

I dunno. Your beer league exploits are pretty darned relevant, I'll give you that.

He's saying if the NHL allowed players to drink beer and eat hotdogs on the bench there wouldn't be all this violence.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Do those other sports use a weapon to do it ? Nope. Nobody would have a problem if Reilly fought him. The problem is he used his stick as a weapon. Honestly.

You would have to apply that to every use of a stick in some violent manner, which happens often. He's not getting charged with assault with a weapon, nor should he.

 

[MCR74]

Morgan Rielly would 100 percent deserve to be arrested for assault if he did this in any other context.

He also probably would be facing legal problems if this had resulted in serious injury to the player.

Some folks really don't realize how bad what he did was.

Oh Jesus Christ, quit with the drama. Greig wasn't even injured on the play.

 

[ashs]

He never hit his face he hit his shoulder

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

This is one hell of a daft post.

Boxers, UFC and martial arts are sports where the essence their practice is fighting within fixed rules.

Morgan Rielly taking a stick to an unsuspecting guy's face in a premeditated manner because he scored a goal is decidedly not part of the essence of hockey.

100% assault with the intent to injure.

 

[toddkaz]

This is one hell of a daft post.

Boxers, UFC and martial arts are sports where the essence their practice is fighting within fixed rules.

Morgan Rielly taking a stick to an unsuspecting guy's face in a premeditated manner because he scored a goal is decidedly not part of the essence of hockey.

and the NHL is fighting fighting fight. More fights in the NHL then any of those sports combined.

Not everyone is a Karen.

 

[ashs]

The leaf hate is wild.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

LMAO SN losers thinking slapping in an empty netter is BREAKING THE CODE.... LMAO

It is breaking the code; depends how much the code means to you