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

[SEALBound]

6 or more means...

Should be: 20
Reasonable: 10
Will be: 6

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

Go watch some figure skating then. Emotions got the most of Reilly and it appears he will be punished for it. Grieg learned not to be a douche. Lessons learned.

Greig did not learn anything. He is a troll. You'll see.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

6 or more means...

Should be: 20
Reasonable: 10
Will be: 6

This.

 

[jbeck5]

It's seen as showboating and a douchey move.

Someone being douchy but not harming anyone shouldn't justify taking a hockey stick to their head.

Silliest justification ever.

It's like shooting someone and being like "but he pointed the middle finger at me so it's justified".

 

[Dotter]

That was a criminal attack and should be facing jail time. Possible felony charges.

 

[Petrus]

That's because it's being made up here as an excuse.

Code is related to dangerous plays where people can get hurt like running a goalie or a fighter fighting a non fighter. Ego and trash talk has nothing to do with codes.

That’s not true at all.. There are unwritten rules or set of expected behaviour related to sportsmanship for most sports.

You don’t spit at players for example. Not dangerous but you don’t do it.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Great way to tell everyone that you’ve never played hockey in your life

If your gonna try and gatekeep hockey try not being from the USA first.

 

[Commander Clueless]

This reminds me of Tim Hunter and Pierre Turgeon and I think with that, it's completely unnecessary, I think it needs to be punished severely to 25 gamers. This will send a message that this is not tolerated when trying to protect a head injury with CTE issues. This is a red line for NHL especially with lawsuit in the past. If they don't do severely, they are a joke. 25+ games or the NHL is a joke and will send a wrong message, easily send a goon to do it for them and get less suspension.

Depends. Are they going to do this for all similar interactions going forward? Sure. Go for it. I'm okay with using your stick as a weapon being completely out of this game

Are they far more likely to be inconsistent and hand out anything from a fine to half a season to the next similar infraction instead, thereby pretty much invalidating whatever message that sends? History suggests yes.

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

Me: "I think murder is bad"

HFBoards: "Have you ever even murdered someone? Are you even a convicted serial killer?"

 

[jbeck5]

That’s not true at all.. There are unwritten rules or set of expected behaviour related to sportsmanship for most sports.

You don’t spit at players for example. Not dangerous but you don’t do it.

That's actually assault out in public. Spitting can be violent. Your spit carries virus and bacteria and no one knows what you're carrying.

The code is about things that are violent.

What Greig did was non violent.

Never is the answer to a non violent act, a violent act. That doesn't make sense.

Save your violent theatrics for when there is potential danger involved or else you've got massive mental issues.

Why don't they just win every game, are they stupid? Great point.

Lol or just get mad at your own play for losing instead of getting mad at the other team for how they scored.

That would make sense, no?

But let's respond with sarcasm instead.

 

[dirtydanglez]

That's actually assault out in public. Spitting can be violent. Your spit carries virus and bacteria and no one knows what you're carrying.

The code is about things that are violent.

What Greig did was non violent.

Never is the answer to a non violent act, a violent act. That doesn't make sense.

Save your violent theatrics for when there is potential danger involved or else you've got massive mental issues.

a body check is assault out in public.

the code covers things that are non violent. you'd get the same response for non-violently shooting the puck on net after a whistle.

a scrum and/or a fight would have been perfectly acceptable response.

 

[jbeck5]

You're right, call 911

Is this advice for Rielly after the opponent scores on him?

 

[Petrus]

That's actually assault out in public. Spitting can be violent. Your spit carries virus and bacteria and no one knows what you're carrying.

The code is about things that are violent.

What Greig did was non violent.

Never is the answer to a non violent act, a violent act. That doesn't make sense.

Save your violent theatrics for when there is potential danger involved or else you've got massive mental issues.



Lol or just get mad at your own play for losing instead of getting mad at the other team for how they scored.

That would make sense, no?

But let's respond with sarcasm instead.

Do you think licking is violent? Because it can be considered a sign of affection. But it’s not tolerated.

 

[jbeck5]

nah, he should have gotten punched in the face there honestly.

The net should have punched him back for taking a Slapshot.

Rielly was just an innocent bystander. He didn't need to get involved.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

I’m more concerned about player safety than the children. If it was Matthews being cross checked well after the play I’m sure you’d feel the same.

Matthews would gone home, made supper and come back with a new purse in that amount of time.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

yeah explain to me how this is "from behind" as Greig is somehow staring right at him

You realize that 'primary point of impact' or whatever argument is used doesn't matter in this instance? Reilly smoked him in the head, regardless of where the stick first hit his body. He wasn't in control of his stick and hit another player in the head with it.

He also wasn't clearly in charge of his mind either. Reilly is as tough as Cool Whip.

 

[Roksta]

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

That was a criminal attack and should be facing jail time. Possible felony charges.

Hopefully someone called the cops.

 

[bigdog16]

Yes, only those who have played understand the need to act like a manbaby and throw a hissy fit because a guy on a team you're 18 points up on in the standings shot the puck too hard into the empty net.

Crazy how nobody that actually played agrees with you

 

[Commander Clueless]

That's because it's being made up here as an excuse.

Code is related to dangerous plays where people can get hurt like running a goalie or a fighter fighting a non fighter. Ego and trash talk has nothing to do with codes.

Now maybe this is an ignorant question from someone (me) who hasn't played the sport, but is "code" then referring to the actions players feel they need to take due to historically ineffective officiating? Because there are goaltender interference, instigator, and various other rules for the things you listed.

I always thought they mean like a "code of honour" thing among players.

Either way, what Greig did isn't an excuse for Rielly's action. I'm just not sure what people mean when they say "code".

 

[GQS]

If I’m Grieg, I’m doing this every time

I would love to see him try and see how many beatdowns he receives before he gets the message that people won't stand for that kind of crap.

 

[blundluntman]

I’d be fine with it if he didn’t check him in the head tbh. I’d be mad at too if someone snapped an empty netter lol

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

You realize that 'primary point of impact' or whatever argument is used doesn't matter in this instance? Reilly smoked him in the head, regardless of where the stick first hit his body. He wasn't in control of his stick and hit another player in the head with it.

He also wasn't clearly in charge of his mind either. Reilly is as tough as Cool Whip.

Given that “intent” generally plays a factor in the outcome, how do you surmise the initial point of contact to not matter?

 

[Commander Clueless]

I would love to see him try and see how many beatdowns he receives before he gets the message that people won't stand for that kind of crap.

He'd be doing his job effectively then.

The more opposing players get suspended, the weaker other teams get.

 

[VainGretzky]

In my opinion Reilly is a big baby lol empty-net goal who cares how it's scored