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

[Fatass]

Is there a poll yet got number of games suspended?

 

[Golden_Jet]

I've never seen 31 fanbases be so absolutely offended by something that happened on the ice.

Poor Matt Grzelyck is like I just f***ing smashed someone in the junk and no ones cares.

32 - leafs being the most vocal.

 

[NyQuil]

We've had people wanting criminal charges laid against Rielly. Sens fans and Habs fans eh?

We’ve had Leaf fans say that Grieg is the only one who should be punished because he instigated the incident.

What a crazy world we live in.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Yeah but a nut punch ain't the same, doesn't cause as much damage.

Wayne Shelford would disagree.

 

[General Fanager]

My guess is that he gets 6 games, exactly the same as Perron.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Well, there's no argument from me that grieg purposely raised the temperature. I just don't think that's justification for a guy to come at him with his lumber in hand.

I don't want the perceived amount of hot dogging to enter into the conversation when punishing a guy because that becomes a slippery slope.

Exactly. You lose all credibility when you take cheap shots. Especially those brought on not by any egregious action of even any physical contact.

As soon as Reilly did what he did, it didn't matter what Greig did. Completely irrelevant.

 

[All Mod Cons]

We’ve had Leaf fans say that Grieg is the only one who should be punished because he instigated the incident.

What a crazy world we live in.

It is. All we know for certain is the Leafs keep the sporting world going.

 

[RooBicks]

These Toronto talking heads are out of control. Dude chases a player down across the ice a la Dale Hunter and tries to label him with a high cross check, and they think that should be a fine? He wasn't seriously injured, so no big deal? He didn't actually hit him square in the head, so it shouldn't be much of anything? Do you think McSorley was actually aiming for Brashear's head? Was Bertuzzi actually trying to break Moore's neck? They too were upset about another player "breaking the code."

In an ideal world, you punish the act, not the result. This was completely unnecessary, took conscious thought to execute, and happened well outside of the flow of play. The other "comparables" I've seen people like Biron referring to over the past season ACTUALLY OCCURRED DURING THE PLAY. You don't just get to chase people down and attack them with a weapon after the game is over because your feelings are hurt, not without significant punishment. He should be suspended for six to eight games IMO. Yes, he had more of a history, but Dale Hunter got 21 for his play on Turgeon (which was too much), and he wasn't even close to targeting the head with his stick.

 

[NyQuil]

It is. All we know for certain is the Leafs keep the sporting world going.

I’m pretty sure it’s just a lot of Ridley Greig fans.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Yeah but a nut punch ain't the same, doesn't cause as much damage.

Maybe if you have no balls. Reilly should of shown some and started a scrum and challenged him.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

More to my previous post.

I just did a count. In the first 3 pages... 58 posts out of 75 posts are first time posters and not Leafs fans. Thats about 77% of teh posts in just eh first 3 pages.

Dude u gonna lost the bet lol

You need to get out more my guy.

 

[All Mod Cons]

I’m pretty sure it’s just a lot of Ridley Greig fans.

Is a sentence I've never heard before.

 

[Ducks DVM]

This is Dale Hunter vs Pierre Turgeon, with head targeting, and should be punished exactly the same way.

 

[General Fanager]

It is. All we know for certain is the Leafs keep the sporting world going.

Until the playoffs start and then the good teams take over.....

 

[HofT]

I've never seen 31 fanbases be so absolutely offended by something that happened on the ice.

Poor Matt Grzelyck is like I just f***ing smashed someone in the junk and no ones cares.

Everyone is a Leafs fan, whether they like them or not.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Until the playoffs start and then the good teams take over.....

And people still care more about the Leafs being eliminated than the teams still playing. It's wild.

 

[Golden_Jet]

My guess is that he gets 6 games, exactly the same as Perron.

That makes the most sense, 8 on the high end, if take 5 seconds left in the game into account.

 

[NyQuil]

Is a sentence I've never heard before.

He’s making friends across the league.

 

[Petrus]

These Toronto talking heads are out of control. Dude chases a player down across the ice a la Dale Hunter and tries to label him with a high cross check, and they think that should be a fine? He wasn't seriously injured, so no big deal? He didn't actually hit him square in the head, so it shouldn't be much of anything? Do you think McSorley was actually aiming for Brashear's head? Was Bertuzzi actually trying to break Moore's neck? They too were upset about another player "breaking the code."

In an ideal world, you punish the act, not the result. This was completely unnecessary, took conscious thought to execute, and happened well outside of the flow of play. The other "comparables" I've seen people like Biron referring to over the past season ACTUALLY OCCURRED DURING THE PLAY. You don't just get to chase people down and attack them with a weapon after the game is over because your feelings are hurt, not without significant punishment. He should be suspended for six to eight games IMO. Yes, he had more of a history, but Dale Hunter got 21 for his play on Turgeon (which was too much), and he wasn't even close to targeting the head with his stick.

If the act is what is punishable, do you agree that all cross checks to the head are punishable. There should be no proviso for “occurred during the play”.

 

[General Fanager]

And people still care more about the Leafs being eliminated than the teams still playing. It's wild.

Well the team I cheer for is terrible so cheering against The Leafs is all I got once the playoffs start.....
.

I guess that proves your point but w/e

 

[MCR74]

These Toronto talking heads are out of control. Dude chases a player down across the ice a la Dale Hunter and tries to label him with a high cross check, and they think that should be a fine? He wasn't seriously injured, so no big deal? He didn't actually hit him square in the head, so it shouldn't be much of anything? Do you think McSorley was actually aiming for Brashear's head? Was Bertuzzi actually trying to break Moore's neck? They too were upset about another player "breaking the code."

In an ideal world, you punish the act, not the result. This was completely unnecessary, took conscious thought to execute, and happened well outside of the flow of play. The other "comparables" I've seen people like Biron referring to over the past season ACTUALLY OCCURRED DURING THE PLAY. You don't just get to chase people down and attack them with a weapon after the game is over because your feelings are hurt, not without significant punishment. He should be suspended for six to eight games IMO. Yes, he had more of a history, but Dale Hunter got 21 for his play on Turgeon (which was too much), and he wasn't even close to targeting the head with his stick.

Turgeon was out cold after that, Grieg barely felt it. There's a difference.

 

[Mrfenn92]

I've never seen 31 fanbases be so absolutely offended by something that happened on the ice.

Poor Matt Grzelyck is like I just f***ing smashed someone in the junk and no ones cares.

Eh most don’t care about the leafs

 

[NyQuil]

Soon the “everything is about the Leafs” posts will exceed the number of actual posts on the incident.

We’re getting closer.

 

[Big Muddy]

x

 

[Natey]

I've never seen 31 fanbases be so absolutely offended by something that happened on the ice.

Poor Matt Grzelyck is like I just f***ing smashed someone in the junk and no ones cares.

And I've never seen a fanbase try so hard to defend a cross-check to the fact 5 seconds after the play.