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

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ZDH

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If Greig went bar down from that distance Reilly doesn't do anything right? That's way more disrespectful in my books, but a slapshot sends him into a rage. Makes no sense.

The next person to have an eng breakaway vs the leafs better slapshot it from 3 feet out or I've lost all respect for them.
 

inthewings

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4K posts for this...crazy. I guess the Leaf factor

The bitching over Leaf players/coaches not condemning Reilly as if he murdered someone is hillarious
But is it more hilarious than the people complaining about how soft it is that you're not allowed hitting someone in the mouth with a stick because someone hurt your feelings by shooting the puck too hard?
 

hamzarocks

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Lets be real, Rielly cant fight. Thats why he cross checked Greig in the head.
And Greig can fight?

Rielly has dropped the gloves before. Yeah he isnt a figjter but hes like any other good player and will try to scrap by throwing punches and missing 99% of them

He didnt fight b/c he lost his composure and didnt expect Greig would take the fight. His cross check if done lower to the back isnt talked about as badly.

Greig next year when we play the Sens can drop the gloves vs Rielly if he wants. Rielly won't back down from fighting Greig
 
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Lol what sport do someone of you guys watch? Of course Greig deserved to get hit. He didn't deserve a cross check in the head, but he got one because Lady-Byng candidate Morgan Rielly doesn't actually know how to hit so that's what he did instead. Figure-skating Futures is thataway people -------->
Weird take. So your saying that what Rielly did was justified because he is such a soft player as to not even know how to body check an opposing player. Instead having to resort to cross checking him in the head because his feefees were hurt. To top it off you have the nerve to imply the people who don't understand this should start watching figure skating instead.

I really don't think your post had the desired effect you think it does.
 
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DustyDangler

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Hockey is absurd. Trying to imagine a 3B baseball get upset that a homerun trot is taking too long and clocking the guy in the mouth as he's rounding third, which is about equivalent to this situation.

Maybe 40 years ago.
Below is a baseball example. Every sport has an expectation of sportsmanship (though sportsmanship seems to decline each year). You want to hot dog and talk crap as you're rounding the bases...some folks will take issue with that and the response may or may not be proportionate.

It's unsportsmanlike to kick people when they are down, whether you are hot dogging around the bases, doing batflips, doing a windmill slam dunk, or clappers to an open net...have a little humility and act like you've been there before or someone may behave unsportsmanlike in response.

 

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Again, I cant take the Leafs organization, or it's fans for that matter seriously, talking about "Hockey Code" and this being disrespectful when your team did this

 

Tobias Kahun

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If Greig went bar down from that distance Reilly doesn't do anything right? That's way more disrespectful in my books, but a slapshot sends him into a rage. Makes no sense.

The next person to have an eng breakaway vs the leafs better slapshot it from 3 feet out or I've lost all respect for them.
Bar down slapper and then the knuckle drag celebration.
 
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Petrus

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You're the one that says Baseball has more of a code than hockey, so I was expecting to see a similar situation. Unfortunately, the other team was able to keep their composure and not look like a bunch of dumbasses.

In baseball, the pitcher usually just hits the “offending” player with a baseball high an up and then the benches clear when the player tries to charges the mound.

The two sports are very different.
 
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nhlfan9191

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I don't get why leaf fans are angry at Greig?

He did his job. The leafs should be more pissed that Rielly swung his stick at a players head and is going to miss games for it. Reilly could have aimed lower and probably would have got nothing
To be fair to Leafs fans, they have the Toronto media twisting this into somehow being okay and some team moral builder instead of what it was which was a gutless head shot.
 

Bileur

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how about you post all the plays that should have resulted in suspensions that weren't....i think thats the grip

I don’t see what that would contribute to the debate. This situation is pretty similar to the Perron one, which they got right, they should do the same here (and it seems they are).

he cross checked the guy in the head, who cares when it was or what the circumstances are, if we are holding everyone accountable.

I guess I was confused and thought you wanted an explanation about the circumstances. I got that impression by reading the post where you asked about the circumstances:



This was after the play and resulted in nothing...or is it because it was an american team, specifically the bruins doing it.


If you don’t care about circumstances it seems you just want Rielly to not face discipline regardless of what he did.

Do i need to link the cross check to simmonds head a few year ago that got nothing as well?

You can if you want, but it’s already been posted in this thread. In fact, I already responded to a post about it in this thread feel free to look it up.
 
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Legion34

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The Simmonds one was terrible, but where were other 18 cross-checks to the head in that game?

As for riding up the shoulder, look again:

I saw that one. That’s why I thought everyone was crazy.

But there is a slow motion one where you clearly see him hit right on the numbers and slide up the arm. Yo can kind of see it on this one.

The other one even shows he drops his bottom hand

He obviously didn’t mean that. He deserves a suspension because he still hit the head but not 6 games
 

Rob Brown

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To be fair to Leafs fans, they have the Toronto media twisting this into somehow being okay and some team moral builder instead of what it was which was a gutless head shot.
There are plenty of ex-players, including former Senators players, saying they understood why Rielly reacted. And for the record, plenty of Leafs fans think he should be suspended and that he went too far, while also thinking he should have done something.
 

HSF

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To be fair to Leaf’s fans, they have the Toronto media twisting this into somehow being okay and some team moral builder instead of what it was which was a gutless head shot.
Ya I am confused. I heard 32 thought today and Friedman was saying either side would react the same way if it was Brady who hit Knies.

People are missing the point. The point is that one player delivered a head shot to another and will get suspended for it....as he should.

No one is really arguing that the leafs shouldn't have responded to it. Reilly just way to far and delivered a head shot which is a suspend able offense
 

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