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

[francis246]

People should Google the Dale Hunter hit on Pierre Turgeron that got Hunter 30 games and tell me why Reilly’s cross check to the face in a very similar setting is only worth a game…..

Clowns.

Give me a break ridley went down like he got shot and was up 2 seconds later. Not even close to the Dale Hunter hit

 

[34]

Love It! That is what you get for that classless slap shot in the open net.

 

[um]

Classy like this

Don't stretch too much now, you're gonna hurt yourself.

 

[JetsFan815]

This is the first I am hearing that slapping the puck into the EN is somehow unkosher. It happens all the time in beer league and no one bats an eye.

 

[Edgelord]

Is the Sens player hurt?
I know if a Leaf had done this, I would think what an idiot and he deserved a whack, however my opinion would change if they were injured

 

[Hunter368]

Shades of Dale Hunter of P. Turgeon. Ok maybe not quite the same lol

Absolutely not comparing Hunter to Reilly in general, but I just went and watched that Hunter play and it unfolds identically and the contact after happens in the same spot on the ice.

Reilly won’t get the suspension that Hunter got bc Hunter had a long suspension history at that stage (Reilly doesn’t have a bad history), plus IIRC PT was hurt after the hit by Hunter………albeit one could argue watching both plays that the cross check the head might be more dangerous. The old debate does the league suspension length based on the act or injury (don’t know yet if Grieg is injured after).

IMO Reilly will be suspended but not super long

 

[Beantown Beatdown]

What would Rielly have done to this??

Was that an empty net goal? Than nothing needed to be done because the embarrassment of that level of celebration is enough in itself.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Classless by Grieg. He really needs to think about other people's feelings when hes about to score a goal.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Honest question, who the f*** cares how hard he shot it into the empty net? Every other sport has taunting on a much higher level. For some reason NHL players are babies that can't handle something so utterly benign.

 

[I am toxic]

The hockey gods do not take kindly to hotdogging.

Having said that, the proper revenge is to trash talk them in the moment, then utterly beat them the next time they meet, not show frustration like a thirtysomething hfboards poster who gets lambasted for posting drivel.

You all know who i am talking about.

 

[Breakers]

Hockey needs this to turn into a rivalry again


Love it,

 

[Cody Webster]

then that’s not the same thing

Score the empty netter tf? Ice the game but the slapshot is unnecessary af

It’s not “toxic code” if it’s never done, it’s just a code.

Lol, who cares that it was a slapshot. Why are you so upset?

 

[333359]

It's disrespectful. That's it

Jesus. Thanks, I guess that puts my Canadian ex's reactions to disrespect in some context.

 

[Edgelord]

really is a whole lotta f*** around and find out,
Grieg f***ed around and found out, Rielly f***ed around and will find out soon enough

 

[Master P]

Imagine the response from leaf fans if the roles were reversed.

 

[ryan callahan]

Disgusting play. Should be 10+ games. Dale Hunter type of punk play.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Honest question, who the f*** cares how hard he shot it into the empty net? Every other sport has taunting on a much higher level. For some reason NHL players are babies that can't handle something so utterly benign.

This would get a response from every sport. They throw baseballs at you for far less in MLB. Turns out sports at the highest levels brings out emotion.

 

[onetweasy]

do you even remember the context?
Because you're presenting this out of context

The context was it was your team scoring the goal.

 

[Divine]

Scheifele got 4 playoff games for a similar play. Curious to see if the league would hold a Leaf to the same standard.

Was not similar at all to what Schiefele did. Schiefele charged and concussed an unsuspecting Habs player

A lot more similar examples.

Aww yes, let's see if former Habs player George Parros concussed by the Leafs in his playing days finally favours the Leafs

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

What would Rielly have done to this??

Two hander to the neck I suppose

 

[Thechozen1]

Regardless of how that puck was put in the empty net, an attack to the head with a cross check is unwarranted.

Give dumb dumb Reilly 4 games

 

[I am Canadian]

This is the first I am hearing that slapping the puck into the EN is somehow unkosher. It happens all the time in beer league and no one bats an eye.

1) excellent lie. You don't play hockey
2) this is also the NHL, not beer league

 

[Leaf Fans]

What a f***ing POS.

No, doubt, but it didn't warrent a cross check to the head.

 

[razorsedge]

I'm guessing this over the top reaction by Reilly was fueled a bit by the criticism the team took about being gutless earlier in the season.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Dale Hunter got 21 games for doing this to Pierre Turgeon. Riley will probably get away with a fraction of that even though he should get way more.

Unless Greig is hurt, he won't get 21. He also is usually a sportsman, it was just a scenario where Greig got under his skin.

Coming off the bench is 10 games. I would imagine the logic will be similar to that. Something in the 5-10 range.

They need to come down hard on him because the next time this happens it might be a strong or tough player doing it and the Greig or Marchand could actually get hurt. They can't set a precedent that the actual tough guys can cross check someone to the head completely separate from any hockey play, after the whistle, with seconds left.