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

[Peasy]

Most teams usual stay within 'the code' when retaliating. I think that might be part of the problem.
Selfish acts get punished.

Leafs need to work on their decision making, and be less selfish.

What makes this act selfless?

Would love to know the difference between the two instances. Is it cause he had another teammate near?

 

[umma gumma]

Did you watch the post game interviews? It was pretty obvious

Yes I did:

Pinto: Yeah I thought it was pretty funny.
Norris: I loved it.

Anything else?

 

[SensontheRush]

The soft as butter precedent. I'm aware.....

???

Taking a crosscheck to the face is tough. The soft as butter people are the ones REEEEEEEing to deliver one.

I guess we might as well call him RiEEEEEEEEEEElly from now on.

 

[umma gumma]

What makes this act selfless?

Would love to know the difference between the two instances. Is it cause he had another teammate near?

That's way worse than what Reilly did. How many did he get?

 

[Bankerguy]

Guys, there is a bit of a debate here in the thread whether or not slapping a puck into an empty net in a game that you're about to win is "OKAY" to do.
So, you can make a case that it is NOT cool to do that in the NHL out of respect. OR, you can say that it doenst matter how you score it, its in the rules and allowed so go ahead.

Whatever side you take on the above is IRRELEVANT , because Reilly cross checked him in the head. He chased him down, had lots of time to change his mind or turn away... but he literally chased him with the intent to smash him... which he did. so whether or not the Slapshot was a dick more of not, means absolutely nothing.

 

[Peasy]

That's way worse than what Reilly did. How many did he get?

Zero.

 

[umma gumma]

Zero.

That's f***ing brutal.

 

[ottawagm]

Thought it would be 4, leaning towards 6 now that it's an in-person hearing. I bet the fact it was after the whistle is going to end up being a determining factor in the length.

The Perron suspension made for a pretty easy case it should be 6. Pre-mediate cross checks to the head now have a precedent and the only thing different about this one is that it was over hurt feelings instead of a hurt player.

I think it'll be 8 games for the reason you said. Perron had at least some reason to do it, even if it was wrong, and he got 6 games.

 

[Nineteen67]

I’m sure you want Matthews cross checked in the face as well.
Leafs are too soft to challenge someone, best to get suspended I guess.

Your ignoring a piece of the puzzle.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

I’m sure you want Matthews cross checked in the face as well.
Leafs are too soft to challenge someone, best to get suspended I guess.

If he does something stupid, fill your boots.

 

[Boris Zubov]

If Rielly does nothing everyone would be preaching about how soft the Leafs are. Every single team buries Grieg in that situation. I’ve never been more certain about something in my life

You're a Ranger fan so you shouldn't speak with such certainty. Let's say Zib, Fox, Kreider, Panarin, Laf & Trocheck are on the ice at the end of the game playing with the empty net. Tro is the only guy who might do something & honestly I'm not sure he does anything but get in Grieg's face.

Hell, Trouba didn't do shit when Draisatl slashed his stick out of his hands on his way to the bench while the Oilers were skating back to the bench to celebrate the winner at MSG a year or so ago.

 

[Midnight Judges]

I was going to respond to this in full but I don't want to start my day by arguing with a 12 year old, have a good day at school

OK but antics aside, is he correct that the Caps have more suspensions than the Leafs?

 

[Relapsing]

If he does something stupid, fill your boots.

What a world.

To justify a needless crosscheck to the face, you'd accept your own players getting crosschecked in the face? Something tells me Matthews might not agree with you.

Not a great look dude.

 

[abo9]

If Rielly does nothing everyone would be preaching about how soft the Leafs are. Every single team buries Grieg in that situation. I’ve never been more certain about something in my life

As a non Leaf fan, I was thoroughly impressed by the toughness Rielly displayed there.

Im sure players around the league are shaking in fear.

/s. Leafs look like they wwant to show toughness, without understanding it.

 

[DustyDangler]

It’s not me that’s embarrassed, it’s Greigs teammates.

Between the Stutzle dives, this Greig thing, Pinto laughing about it (plus whatever he did on the gambling front) and their constant underperformance (28th in the league) ...kind of an embarrassing team. It's like a bunch of kids with a little bit of talent and no mentorship. They appear to need some veterans to show them how to play the game.

 

[TheNewEra]

LOL, they’re not stupid, they’re not going to say anything that is inflammatory.

They know better when the Leafs are involved and the media starts circling the wagons.

Why didn't the players speak their opinions to leafsnet. Can't believe the players disrespected Toronto again by not voicing their thoughts on the matter explicitly

 

[Nineteen67]

Why didn’t the soft Ottawa player turn around and get ready to fight as soon as he shot the puck. Why did he try to run?

 

[Golden_Jet]

Between the Stutzle dives, this Greig thing, Pinto laughing about it (plus whatever he did on the gambling front) and their constant underperformance (28th in the league) ...kind of an embarrassing team. It's like a bunch of kids with a little bit of talent and no mentorship. They appear to need some veterans to show them how to play the game.

lol, pot meet kettle.

 

[MoreMogilny]

What makes this act selfless?

Would love to know the difference between the two instances. Is it cause he had another teammate near?

yeah this one is worse. Two separate cross checks to the head. No discipline. No HFB blow up.

Based on some reactions here you’d think Rielly is the first player to commit such an act.

The NHL has just failed to take it seriously. I’m sure Rielly will have an example made of him.

 

[ElysiumAB]

All this over shooting the puck into an empty net is hilarious.

 

[NyQuil]

Why didn’t the soft Ottawa player turn around and get ready to fight as soon as he shot the puck. Why did he try to run?

Yeah, that’s what he was doing. LOL.

 

[The Macho King]

If Rielly does nothing everyone would be preaching about how soft the Leafs are. Every single team buries Grieg in that situation. I’ve never been more certain about something in my life

If Reilly does nothing no one even remembers this play happens.

 

[nbwingsfan]

its like you guys are being stupid on purpose.

theres context and underlying rules in sports. not hard to understand.

I’m sure Reilly using the “he hurt my feelings by bragging “ is really going to help reduce his suspension

 

[ottawagm]

Maybe the league should just award automatic goals if a team gets the puck into the offensive zone when a goalie is pulled. That way we can avoid breaking the code.

 

[NyQuil]

You're a Ranger fan so you shouldn't speak with such certainty. Let's say Zib, Fox, Kreider, Panarin, Laf & Trocheck are on the ice at the end of the game playing with the empty net. Tro is the only guy who might do something & honestly I'm not sure he does anything but get in Grieg's face.

Hell, Trouba didn't do shit when Draisatl slashed his stick out of his hands on his way to the bench while the Oilers were skating back to the bench to celebrate the winner at MSG a year or so ago.

I remember that Ranger Artem Anisimov got tagged by the other team when he did his sniper celebration in the HBO documentary series.

He apologized after the game to his teammates but most of them seemed to think it was pretty funny.

Meanwhile, Selanne threw his glove in the air and shot it down and everyone thought it was the coolest thing ever.

A lot of this code stuff is inconsistent nonsense.