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

[Rare Jewel]

For those who haven't seen the other angle, shows the primary point of contact much clearer from this angle bc MR body isn't in the way of the camera.

Shoulder.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Suck it up, Leafs haters! This is the kind of team-first take-no-bullshit turning point that's going going to turn the team's season around. Rielly just gave the Leafs a rallying cry, they're now going to discover their esprit du corps and move past having the league's worst defense, zero depth and garbage goaltending to becoming the #1 Cup contender!

A rallying cry by hitting an unsuspecting player in the head after a goal was scored?

This is what some Leaf fans are calling a moral victory?

 

[Leaf Fans]

Prepare to get overkilled.

How would I get overkilled?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Shades of this:

Right, but it wasn’t to a star player on the brightest stage leading to a clear diagnosable injury, so.. 2 games at most?

Not saying that’s right, just my prediction based off whatever I think is left of Parros’ brain.

 

[Rob Brown]

It's not, because it's the Leafs. He'll get 5-6 games.

Not even sure what this means. But either way, you posting clips of players that got 17+ game suspensions implies that you think this was as bad, which yes, is hilarious.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Suck it up, Leafs haters! This is the kind of team-first take-no-bullshit turning point that's going going to turn the team's season around. Rielly just gave the Leafs a rallying cry, they're now going to discover their esprit du corps and move past having the league's worst defense, zero depth and garbage goaltending to becoming the #1 Cup contender!

That would be nice. I doubt it but nice sentiment though.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Not a fan of the slap shot on an empty netter, c’mon, unnecessary.

 

[Divine]

Mike Hoffman got 2 games for cross-checking Logan Couture in the back that rode up to his head.


I dont agree with your assertion that a crosscheck to the shoulder is never a suspension. Unless you mean that a crosscheck to the shoulder that only connects with the shoulder is not a suspension, which is not what this was.

That's fair. I would argue that's from behind which makes it worse.

I think he could get suspended - but does that clip not prove that the head not being the principle point results in less games? Perron got 6 games for his crosscheck to the head earlier this season.

 

[PaulD]

Yes its a shame Ottawa is 28th in the league with no chance at the playoffs, otherwise another meeting this year would be possible.

Yes, but only if they met In the first round .......if you dont get the leafs in the first , you don't get them at all.

 

[My3Sons]

This was a 17 game suspension:


This was a 21 game suspension:


What will Reilly get?

Maybe two games. This DoPS has shown it doesn’t seem to care about player safety.

 

[ChurchOfAlfie]

 

[Leaf Fans]

It's not, because it's the Leafs. He'll get 5-6 games.

I don't think the NHL is biased against the Leafs.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

for me, I respect the emotion from Mo. but it wasn’t a good result hitting a guy in the head , at all. I understand the “cry baby” comments, but I also get the response to a player showboating. (Not hitting to the head, maybe a face-wash /scrum - that’s it)

 

[Heldig]

3 games seems like a lot for a player with his record.

it was a deliberate retaliatory stick to the head.

 

[gimbznyr]

One or the dirtiest plays I have ever seen. Clearly a total non hockey attempt to injure play. You can't prove me wrong, for what other purpose was reillys actions?

 

[pb1300]

Shoulder.

Shoulder? The primary point of contact is his neck, upwards to his face.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Never seen someone so butthurt about an empty net goal.

You probably never will.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Shoulder.

Glad his visor protects most of his shoulder.

 

[PaulD]

Suck it up, Leafs haters! This is the kind of team-first take-no-bullshit turning point that's going going to turn the team's season around. Rielly just gave the Leafs a rallying cry, they're now going to discover their esprit du corps and move past having the league's worst defense, zero depth and garbage goaltending to becoming the #1 Cup contender!

good thing for them Grieger took that slapper ......leafs might have went 8 more years without the " rallying cry"

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

One or the dirtiest plays I have ever seem. Clearly a total non hockey attempt to insure play. You can't prove me wrong, for what other purpose was reillys actions?

Clearly wanted to decapitate that Sens player. That's just so in Mo's M.O.

 

[norrisnick]

MO will get suspended
A rookie in Greig will learn to show more respect next time he thinks about being a hot dog.
All is equal

No. The exact opposite. Greig was shown that the Leafs are ridiculously easy to throw off their game.

 

[Rare Jewel]

One or the dirtiest plays I have ever seem. Clearly a total non hockey attempt to insure play. You can't prove me wrong, for what other purpose was reillys actions?

Settling gambling debt with Pinto?

 

[TheDoldrums]

Alfredsson needs to lay off the bottle, that nose is getting to Rudolph territory

 

[norrisnick]

The DeShaun Jackson punt return probably isn't the best comparison because:
a) That was a go-ahead TD that ultimately won the game. The Eagles weren't leading before that.
b) The running across the line was him making sure no time was left. There was a point to doing it.

A better football comparison would be having a lead, ball at the opponent's 20, with 5 seconds left, and the other team has no timeouts. A situation where you would kneel down and end the game. Now imagine if you instead fake kneel and then uncork a TD pass. That would probably be equivalent to what he did. That would definitely raise quite a few eyebrows at any level of football.

The hockey equivalent of kneeling to end the game is literally scoring the empty net goal. Always has been.

 

[Leaf Fans]

One or the dirtiest plays I have ever seem. Clearly a total non hockey attempt to insure play. You can't prove me wrong, for what other purpose was reillys actions?

You have been proven wrong throughout the thread.