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

[Puck Tiss]

Disciplinary action is supposed to be based on precedent.

Since when?

 

[MCR74]

"Intent to injured". You have to admit it's funny to make a typo and then accuse someone of bad writing immediately after.

Calling it "assault with intent to injure" is over dramatic at best. There are so many nasty slashes that happen in this game that would qualify as such in any other instance, but it happens in the context of hockey where it's not a criminal offense (with extreme exceptions like McSorley and Bertuzzi).

Why not bring back corporal punishment or the death penalty?

 

[Ol' Jase]

That's the only angle u guys are looking at look at the other one. Clearly hit shoulder and then he raised hi arm carrying the stick up, by the Morgan had let it go.

My bad, THIS is the wildest take of the entire thread.

 

[StickShift]

Yea. This is why anything departing from 6 by more than a game would be unreasonable.

Exacerbating factors for Rielly:
- It was after a goal as opposed to after a teammate being knocked out so maybe the NHL considers it more egregious to retaliate for a perceived slight as opposed to for believing someone injured your teammate.
- He skates further across the ice than Perron did.

Mitigating factors for Rielly:
- He didn't hit quite as hard/didn't leap up/toward the crosscheck
- It seemed like he caught more shoulder than Perron did
- Rielly has no disciplinary history as opposed to Perron havinh an incredibly minor one.

So those might adjust it a game either way depending on how the NHL weights them. But looking at the Perron comparable (which is incredibly similar and incredibly recent), anything less than 5 or more than 7 just doesn't make any sense at all.

I agree that Perron is a very similar case that will be factored into the judgment.

I can't help but think that they are going to use the Scheifele/Evans hit from the Covid-playoffs as another comparable. Particularly the idea of seeking retaliation on a EN goal on an unsuspecting player. That was a 4-game playoff suspension—which using the 28:82 ration is about 11-12 regular season games.

I think it will land somewhere between 6 and 11 games. The NHL wants to send a message that "retribution" after a goal of any nature is a non-starter.

 

[All Mod Cons]

The "assault with a weapon" crowd is hilarious. Honestly it's like you guys have never watched the sport before. Legal action lmao.



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Cross checking a Leaf right in the face is f***ing A-OK.

Now, if the Leafs so much as even think about doing anything like that, ima rip them from limb to limb.

 

[ashs]

Leafs always get the book thrown at them.

 

[Divine]

Since when?

Since always? What do you think the appeal process is there for?

The independent arbitrator asks for comparables and the breakdown.

 

[Sensin5]

Well if history is any judge, the Sens should lose a first round draft pick.

The endless whining of Leaf fans playing crying victim and persecution is tiresome.

 

[Fatass]

That's the only view anyone is looking at of course u see it.

Nope. Haven’t seen that view. Seen the one from the game. This view shows the violence of the attack. Reilly will get six but it really should be more.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Should have just fought him. Not what he did. Dumb.

 

[Puck Tiss]

Since always? What do you think the appeal process is there for?

The independent arbitrator asks for comparables and the breakdown.

Going back how far?

 

[Coaches Coroner]

The "assault with a weapon" crowd is hilarious. Honestly it's like you guys have never watched the sport before. Legal action lmao.



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They're going to "assault with a weapon" because this situation has riled them up and they need to argue to get it all out, but outside of two Leaf homer/trolls no one is defending it so there aren't enough people to argue with. This may be the peak of excitement for Sens fans on here this season (outside of watching the Leaf lose in the playoffs), so it seems like some are changing the argument to such silly levels that elicit argumentativeness from people who were done with the convo at accepting it's a bad and suspendable hit.

 

[Canadian Finn]

we have a new leading bid: 11 games.

do I hear twelve?

twelve games anyone?

 

[All Mod Cons]

The "assault with a weapon" crowd is hilarious. Honestly it's like you guys have never watched the sport before. Legal action lmao.



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Also, notice how the victims react here. And then compare to the Sens flopping around everywhere?

Ah shit I've been shot.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I agree that Perron is a very similar case that will be factored into the judgment.

I can't help but think that they are going to use the Scheifele/Evans hit from the Covid-playoffs as another comparable. Particularly the idea of seeking retaliation on a EN goal on an unsuspecting player. That was a 4-game playoff suspension—which using the 28:82 ration is about 11-12 regular season games.

I think it will land somewhere between 6 and 11 games. The NHL wants to send a message that "retribution" after a goal of any nature is a non-starter.

Scheifele/Evans is a decent comparable albeit even on that one Scheifele could attempt to (dumbly) state that he was trying to prevent a goal (he wasn't). Morgan Reilly can't even do that.

 

[account deactivated]

Leafs always get the book thrown at them.

You forgot the emoji.

 

[ashs]

Nope. Haven’t seen that view. Seen the one from the game. This view shows the violence of the attack. Reilly will get six but it really should be more.

For cross checking a shoulder. Please..

 

[Canadian Finn]

For cross checking a shoulder. Please..

cross checking with a weapon.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

My bad, THIS is the wildest take of the entire thread.

nah, thinking it was genuinely criminal is much more wild than a homer fuming and doubling down stubbornly. imo

 

[authentic]

But that was because of the result. If Grieg gets severely hurt there, Rielly would 100 percent be facing legal action because of how severe his act was.

You need to watch the videos above where no suspension was given. Way worse than this. You wonder why he didn’t get seriously hurt there? Because it was a love tap in the NHL.

 

[HofT]

Prior bad decisions aren't a reason to ignore future egregious plays.

Anything less than 10 for Rielly is a complete disgrace and Ottawa should go out of their way to hurt him next game.

I despise the Ottawa Senators but seriously, outside of end result, what's so radically different between this and what Dale Hunter did to Pierre Turgeon?

All I know is Gallagher's was equally worse for late chicken winging Pelech's head and he only received 5 games (plus he's a repeat offender). These type of relatively recent examples is what I'm basing off of.

 

[Petrus]

The "assault with a weapon" crowd is hilarious. Honestly it's like you guys have never watched the sport before. Legal action lmao.



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According to Some people here, these types of cross checks are acceptable because they happen in scrum or part of a hockey play.
It’s nonsense.

 

[Fatass]

You need to watch the videos above where no suspension was given. Way worse than this. You wonder why he didn’t get seriously hurt there? Because it was a love tap in the NHL.

League seems to see things a lot differently than you do. In person hearing. At minimum 6 games.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

Is McCabe the #1 D now? Incoming 1st and 3rd for rental Tanev trade.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

But that was because of the result. If Grieg gets severely hurt there, Rielly would 100 percent be facing legal action because of how severe his act was.

This take is not even remotely in touch with reality.