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

[LOFIN]

People really need to separate the two things here:
1. What Greig did
2. What Reilly did

It's possible to say that what Greig did was a bit unsportsmanlike, and he deserved something coming at his way. It's also possible to say that Reilly deserves +10 for cross-checking an unsuspecting opponent to the head after the play is dead

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

I personally think hockey needs more animosity and this season has been a quantum leap forward in that area over the last 10 or so years so this is fun.

The way Rielly should have handled it would have been to go rough him up a bit, and then just run an absolute gauntlet of hits on him next time the two teams play, and demand that he fight a couple of times.

With that said, in the heat of the moment I can see losing it and going after him, but what ultimately resulted in a crosscheck to the face after play had ended has to be a 6 game suspension I think.

It's worse than Scheifele on Jake Evans in the playoffs a couple of years ago and Scheifele missed games in the playoffs for that.

I guess it's not quite as bad as Hunter on Turgeon because Greig isn't injured, and that's how the league seems to rate these things, but that was 21 games.

This needs to be 6 I think, but I predict 4 or 5.

 

[SensFactor]

I'm going to guess 3 games

 

[oilers4life5]

Who cares how a guy shoots into an empty net? Wow. Should be made at yourself, play better to not be in that situation.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

So many cry babies about someone sending a slapper into an empty net. Ever watch basketball? Those guys don’t need to make all those fancy moves and showboat when they can simply dunk/layup. get over yourselves

 

[Blotto71]

grieg would never accept a fight though

Greig is more than capable and willing to fight. As demonstrated when he got mugged in December vs Leafs. Watch a game.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

Meh Leafs are going nowhere...

Leafs just got beat

Slap shot into empty net was uncalled for.

Fight there? Sure

Face wash? Absolutely

Cross check to the guys head, with 5 secs left in the game, after the whistle has blown, retaliating, in a league trying to reduce concussions…….oh yeh that’s going to be a suspension & well deserved. How long will it be TBD, player safety can’t let a play like that go unpunished, it would sending a massive wrong message. Dumb play by Reilly

this is exactly how I see it as a neutral fan. Just too much

 

[HabzSauce]

OH NO! Ridley hit the puck very hard into the net, such disrespect! Please, someone think of the children and the example that was set!

So many comments like this in this thread I'm honestly shocked at the sheer volume of them. Really shows who's played competitive hockey and been immersed in hockey culture vs who hasn't. Big reason why these comments shouldn't be taken seriously at all - just straight ignorance.

There is a code in hockey with unwritten rules, and if you cross that line you're going to have to face the music. Like it or not it is what it is

 

[MCR74]

Morgan showing some Brady Tkachuk style leadership. I like it.

 

[andora]

Lol so many extremes on display. Why has this become normal

 

[NyQuil]

Lol so many extremes on display. Why has this become normal

Sir, this is HFBoards.

 

[Irishguy42]

I love the "you haven't played competitive sports/there are unwritten rules you need to follow/etc." argument because it means exactly nothing and is a pathetic gatekeeping attempt because you think competitive sports culture is some 5D chess that "normal people" wouldn't understand.

Unwritten rules/codes are unwritten because of one thing: they're stupid

If this is the kind of on-ice response that is acceptable in a sports culture, then the culture is bad, not the ones who criticize it.

 

[andora]

Sir, this is HFBoards.

Oh it extends past a forum. I appeciate the sir, sir "tips hat"

 

[GrandBison]

So many comments like this in this thread I'm honestly shocked at the sheer volume of them. Really shows who's played competitive hockey and been immersed in hockey culture vs who hasn't. Big reason why these comments shouldn't be taken seriously at all - just straight ignorance.

There is a code in hockey with unwritten rules, and if you cross that line you're going to have to face the music. Like it or not it is what it is

I know that but I don't understand why it should apply to pros. If Greig feels confident with his slapshot, why risk a Patrick Stefan? It's funny how it could be disrespectful to keep playing hard in a close game.

 

[Ub the Bub]

So many comments like this in this thread I'm honestly shocked at the sheer volume of them. Really shows who's played competitive hockey and been immersed in hockey culture vs who hasn't. Big reason why these comments shouldn't be taken seriously at all - just straight ignorance.

There is a code in hockey with unwritten rules, and if you cross that line you're going to have to face the music. Like it or not it is what it is

This just in, hockey players are emotional wimps...

 

[Saltcreek]

So many comments like this in this thread I'm honestly shocked at the sheer volume of them. Really shows who's played competitive hockey and been immersed in hockey culture vs who hasn't. Big reason why these comments shouldn't be taken seriously at all - just straight ignorance.

There is a code in hockey with unwritten rules, and if you cross that line you're going to have to face the music. Like it or not it is what it is

I have played competitive hockey and I have been watching hockey for many decades. There is no code for slap shotting a puck into an empty net and to say otherwise is just pure bullshit and being a snowflake.

You know what there is a code for? Charging a player after a play is dead and cross checking them in the head with the intent to injure.

 

[Flamingo]

Let’s hope all empty-netters on Toronto are slappers for the rest of the season. Reilly’s uncontrolled retaliation sent a message alright…. No matter how gritty they try to play, they’re a fragile bunch.

 

[Saltcreek]

This just in, hockey players are emotional wimps...

The funny thing is that saying there is a code in hockey for using a slap shot in an empty net makes hockey players and fans look really soft and fragile. If I tried to explain that to my rugby friends they would laugh and ridicule me/hockey non-stop. So much for being a tough sport....

 

[pb1300]

53 pages and Leafs fans are still trying to defend his actions

 

[Karl Eriksson]

If you can’t beat ‘em might as well be a turd

 

[NoelVilla]

Reilly broke a code. Greig not so much.

 

[dirtydanglez]

this was the equivalent of slapping someone in the face with your glove in the 1600's. of course you're gonna fight. loved the slapper and loved the response.

 

[Mingus Dew]

That slapshot into the EN was awesome lol. Need more of that in hockey. Get some piss and vinegar into these games instead of the lame stoicism everyone seems to defend.

 

[HabzSauce]

I have played competitive hockey and I have been watching hockey for many decades. There is no code for slap shotting a puck into an empty net and to say otherwise is just pure bullshit and being a snowflake.

You know what there is a code for? Charging a player after a play is dead and cross checking them in the head with the intent to injure.

Intent to injure give me a break haha. The exaggeration is so extreme.

That EN Slapshot was a big F*CK YOU to the leafs. That's how those come across. Not sure what creampuff leagues you grew up playing in to not understand this.

Heck even Botterill on the panel last night was saying the same thing, and she's almost always against any type of retaliation.

Retaliation was warranted. Rielly defs would have been better off with a hit to the ribs or a face wash but there's good reason why he was fired up after that goal.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Reilly broke a code. Greig not so much.

Greig broke their feelings