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

[All Mod Cons]

Well the team I cheer for is terrible so cheering against The Leafs is all I got once the playoffs start.....
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I guess that proves your point but w/e

I don't think you're alone at all. It happens to fans of teams that make the playoffs too.

 

[RooBicks]

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”.

This is some really, really bad logic, and grasping at straws to boot. You think the whole "chasing him down after the game was over" thing isn't part of the act? Lol.

 

[Puck Tiss]

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

Probably right, but it should be more. Perron reacted on instinct. Rielly was very predatory. He knew what he was doing.

 

[MCR74]

Eh most don’t care about the leafs

This thread says otherwise.

 

[NyQuil]

This thread says otherwise.

It’s called the Ridley Greig Effect.

 

[PatrickEaves]

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

Wait what?

Have you ever been smoked in the ballsack?

 

[WetcoastOrca]

So predictable. The fans of the offending player defend him.
And if the shoe was on the other foot they’d be demanding blood.
Not a shot at Leaf fans as every fanbase does it.
The bottom line though is if you want to get these kind of extremely dangerous plays out of the game there needs to be stiff suspensions. No matter what team we happen to cheer for.

 

[Ol' Jase]

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

It’s even wilder that some think it’s some kind of gritty, hard-nosed hockey play that proves the Leafs are bad ass.

 

[RooBicks]

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

No he wasn't, he popped right back up lol. Just making stuff up now, he didn't even hit his head. If anything, the aftereffects of the Grieg hit appear to be worse. Check the 1:13 mark here:

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[Petrus]

This is some really, really bad logic, and grasping at straws to boot. You think the whole "chasing him down after the game was over" thing isn't part of the act? Lol.

lol. So it is acceptable to cross check anyone in the head so long as it is part of the game or within the flow of the game? What part of the question you don’t understand? Lol

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

if the NHL wants to be taken seriously about head contact they should suspend him 5+ games. There really is not excuse Reilly can make. End of game, unsuspecting player, direct head contact.

 

[DcW]

Morgan fed the kid some lumber, no harm done. 3-4 games was my initial thought but in person would suggest 5-6. I’d say that’s too stiff but worth it in the end.

The Ottawa kid learned a lesson, act like an idiot and you’ll get popped. By the sounds of it, the vets on Ottawa will give him some advice going forward. I’m sure he won’t act like a goof again

 

[MCR74]

Wait what?

Have you ever been smoked in the ballsack?

Yes, and l didn't cry to have the person executed, like most are doing here.

 

[Petrus]

if the NHL wants to be taken seriously about head contact they should suspend him 5+ games. There really is not excuse Reilly can make. End of game, unsuspecting player, direct head contact.

The NHL needs to clean this crap. Mo should get more to be honest.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

In person hearing means it's minimum six games.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Morgan fed the kid some lumber, no harm done. 3-4 games was my initial thought but in person would suggest 5-6. I’d say that’s too stiff but worth it in the end.

The Ottawa kid learned a lesson, act like an idiot and you’ll get popped. By the sounds of it, the vets on Ottawa will give him some advice going forward. I’m sure he won’t act like a goof again

The Ottawa kid learned that if he pushes the right buttons he can get a key Leaf player to over react and get suspended for 5 games or so.
Lesson learned indeed!

 

[MCR74]

lol. So it is acceptable to cross check anyone in the head so long as it is part of the game or within the flow of the game? What part of the question you don’t understand? Lol

The logic is f***ing strong, ain't it?

 

[cc]

Similar action to what perron did earlier. Suspension should be similar

 

[NyQuil]

Morgan fed the kid some lumber, no harm done. 3-4 games was my initial thought but in person would suggest 5-6. I’d say that’s too stiff but worth it in the end.

The Ottawa kid learned a lesson, act like an idiot and you’ll get popped. By the sounds of it, the vets on Ottawa will give him some advice going forward. I’m sure he won’t act like a goof again

Acting like a goof is his thing.

I suspect the over-reaction will just embolden him further.

 

[RooBicks]

lol. So it is acceptable to cross check anyone in the head so long as it is part of the game or within the flow of the game? What part of the question you don’t understand? Lol

No, but calculated acts with known potential to cause serious injury are more serious than those that happen in the spur of the moment. It's why we have different categories for murder and assault, and the more serious are those involving calculation and/or intent. Cross checking a guy you're in a scrum with or who is crashing the front of the net is different from chasing him down after he scores a goal and hitting him in the side of the head. Anyone with half a brain understands this.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Morgan fed the kid some lumber, no harm done. 3-4 games was my initial thought but in person would suggest 5-6. I’d say that’s too stiff but worth it in the end.

The Ottawa kid learned a lesson, act like an idiot and you’ll get popped. By the sounds of it, the vets on Ottawa will give him some advice going forward. I’m sure he won’t act like a goof again

Dude. If you think this will make him stop acting like a jackass, you don't know Greig as a player. The dude was drafted with the reputation of being a rat, he thrives off being hated by the other team.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Scheifele hit was not this bad, was during the play a split second after the Montreal player was putting the wrap around in the net with his head down. This was way way worse.

Granted, it like saying "being hit by a train is worse than being hit by a semi" but IMO Schiefele's hit was worse. He knew Evans was going to score into the empty net, took most of the ice to build up speed and launched himself into Evans, who viciously violated the code by .... tucking the puck into an empty net, with no celebration. [And yet, there are still people here who swear to f***ing God Evans did something wrong because he didn't watch Schiefele barreling down the ice and didn't do anything to prepare for getting obliterated, and Schiefele should have gotten 0 for it. Not a game, not a fine, nothing. Like, not a goddamn thing negative, if anything he should get high-fived and congratulated for what he did.]

I have no problem with Reilly getting 6+. I'm truly shocked this is an in-person hearing, but whatever he gets, Schiefele still should have had far more - especially when he was critical of the punishment he got and didn't have any remorse for what he did, and was only sorry about the outcome. And that warning should have been communicated very clearly to players when Schiefele decided to blast Evans out of frustration after an empty net goal: do not take your frustration out on an opponent who scores into an empty net, period.

the DOPS is often a joke.

You repeated yourself, but really when talking about that part of the NHL it should always be referred to as the Department of "Player Safety."

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Rielly looks like a huge p***y here

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

This thread is full of people trying to compare this hit to others and getting those details wrong, or saying "LoL iTs JuSt A sHoT wHy Be MaD? "

Reminds me of a while ago when Ryan Garbage, I mean Garbutt hit OEL in the 3rd when the ducks were up handedly, like 5, or 6-1 and Domi went after him. People here didn't get why Domi would go after him on a play like that, or why he/Arizona was mad.

There are unwritten rules of hockey and likely in all sports. They may be dumb to you, but the players know them and you cross that line when you want to get some shit going.

Should Rielly have cross checked him in the head ? Nope. Should he have gone after for that ? 100%

The biggest fail out of all of this falls to the NHL again for only having, what 4 games between these two this season and looking to expand so teams play each other less.

 

[All Mod Cons]

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

Have you never spoken to a Bruins fan?

Don't worry, Morgan will be suspended. All will be well.