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

[CowbellConray]

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

You can disagree with it, I’m just saying there is one

 

[HSF]

I think people need to realize that Reilly doing this after the goal was scored and the play was over is what is going to ding him. It makes it almost impossible for him to say it was a play that went bad and not retaliation.

It becomes much more cut and dry

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I’m fine with both the slap shot and the crosscheck

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

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.

You need to learn to read/understand better.

Actions have consequences. Rielly's consequences to an action crossed a line, for which he will be deservedly punished. Welcome to the real world. Should Matthews take an inappropriate action, as an adult, he should expect there may be consequences. Said consequences may cross a line that requires discipline. Again, welcome to the real world. Don't throw a jab then play victim when it is met with a right hook. Grow up and treat people with the respect you would like in return. Choose not to and you do so at your own peril. Isn't adulting fun?

 

[Peasy]

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

Nah Rielly does nothing, the thread here on HF mainboards is "Greig Slapshots puck into empty net, Leafs have no response" and the thread would be filled with people callin the Leafs soft and a bunch of pushovers.

 

[Relapsing]

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

He is

Check whatever resources you want, and it'll still hold true - The Leafs are not the most suspended team since Parros took over in Sept of 2017.

At best, you could say that they are tied for being the most suspended team in a given year within that time period. But then you'd also have to admit that they did not have a player suspended in 2020-21, and this would be the first player suspension in the 2023-24 season.

Facts are a cold, hard truth when they don't align with a victim narrative you want to push.

 

[MCR74]

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.

Why should there be? Clean play, remember?

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

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

I mean that poster is not wrong. If you’re going to make a bold claim you should probably make sure it’s accurate and truthful.

 

[TheNewEra]

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.

Says the coyotes fan

The level of delusion to make this statement is hilarious

 

[Relapsing]

You need to learn to read/understand better.

Actions have consequences. Rielly's consequences to an action crossed a line, for which he will be deservedly punished. Welcome to the real world. Should Matthews take an inappropriate action, as an adult, he should expect there may be consequences. Said consequences may cross a line that requires discipline. Again, welcome to the real world. Don't throw a jab then play victim when it is met with a right hook. Grow up and treat people with the respect you would like in return. Choose not to and you do so at your own peril. Isn't adulting fun?

Part of being an adult is learning how to have a measured response when something happens that you don't like.

A crosscheck to the head is not a measured response to a half slapper ENG.

And Reilly is gonna learn that there are consequences to taking an inappropriate action: Not playing. Which in this case, is a measured response to an inappropriate action that was taken.

Now that's adulting.

 

[the valiant effort]

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

 

[AvroArrow]

Why not , because you were proven wrong, that Washington had more suspensions.

Probably because 5 out of 11 of Washingtons suspensions are Tom Wilson

 

[Midnight Judges]

Nah Rielly does nothing, the thread here on HF mainboards is "Greig Slapshots puck into empty net, Leafs have no response" and the thread would be filled with people callin the Leafs soft and a bunch of pushovers.

Indeed idiots say all sorts of idiotic things.

Only a tool would modify their behavior as a result.

 

[Relapsing]

I mean that poster is not wrong. If you’re going to make a bold claim you should probably make sure it’s accurate and truthful.

Especially one that is so easy to validate

 

[Chainshot]

...fine, I did it myself. Title edited.

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.

"Code" is used when there is some sort of unwritten and thus inconsistent, often contradictory, beliefs that gets rolled out to argue one particular side of a disagreement over an action is somehow more acceptable.

Case in point, by my understanding of "code" gibberish, hitting people in the head with a crosscheck is unmanly. The proper way to exact physical punishment on someone is to throw hands and start punch someone in the head instead. It's unmanly to do so in a fashion where the other player is unaware of the approach - sucker punches are for suckers - but fighting, even instigating a fight and taking the potential lumps for doing so is baked into the NHL. Worms do things to rile up their opposition - having one or more is almost a must for winning teams as long as I've been watching the game. Dragging their ass out to center ice and beating them black and blue has been a method of dealing with them in that time too.

"Code" goes out the window when someone thinks their guy's actions are right. It's part of it being all made up. Greig made people mad. Rielly's response by getting angry was exactly what Greig was going for - it was an emphatic FU to the Leafs and their fans in attendance - and Rielly went about being big mad about it in the wrong way. Man up, drop the gloves and go. Or take a page out of the olden days, write it down to remind oneself that the next time facing off against said worm, offer up something extra to hit or pummel him then (the Clark Gillies method).

 

[mr figgles]

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

The meanie shot it too hard and hurt his feefees.

What a crybaby bitch.

 

[Rob Brown]

Highly recommend everyone in this thread on both sides listen to the opening of 32 Thoughts from this morning.

 

[Relapsing]

Probably because 5 out of 11 of Washingtons suspensions are Tom Wilson

How about Boston's 10 suspensions in the same time period, hmmm?

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Part of being an adult is learning how to have a measured response when something happens that you don't like.

A crosscheck to the head is not a measured response to a half slapper ENG.

And Reilly is gonna learn that there are consequences to taking an inappropriate action: Not playing. Which in this case, is a measured response to an inappropriate action that was taken.

Now that's adulting.

How is it not measured? What makes you think DOPS response will be measured? Thier past history of consistency? Go a couple posts up and see what gets zero games.

 

[TheNewEra]

Highly recommend everyone in this thread on both sides listen to the opening of 32 Thoughts from this morning.

Going to assume that Friedman represented his boss really well

 

[Akrapovince]

Highly recommend everyone in this thread on both sides listen to the opening of 32 Thoughts from this morning.

Any chance you can do a recap? At work right now

 

[umma gumma]

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.

Seriously, the only thing missing is not having their own rink and being forced to play in a college arena.

 

[Nineteen67]

Part of being an adult is learning how to have a measured response when something happens that you don't like.

A crosscheck to the head is not a measured response to a half slapper ENG.

And Reilly is gonna learn that there are consequences to taking an inappropriate action: Not playing. Which in this case, is a measured response to an inappropriate action that was taken.

Now that's adulting.

Do you know how we know you're trying to convince yourself and to justify bad behavior? Because you called it a half slapper ENG.

 

[swiftwin]

What's the longest thread in hfboards history anyways?

 

[Relapsing]

Probably because 5 out of 11 of Washingtons suspensions are Tom Wilson

How about Boston's 10 suspensions in the same time period, hmmm?

Or maybe Edmonton's 10 suspensions?