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

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Slapshot on a clear empty netter is pretty based.

as is decking the guy who did it.


That's hockey baby!

 

[Ezekial]

Imagine if this happened to a leafs player...

Exactly. These threads are always insightful.

It would be bloody murder.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

That just looks like he lost his shit and had an intent to injure he should just sit 3-5 games.

 

[Matt24]

Imagine if this happened to a leafs player...

There isn’t a single player on the Leafs who would do what Greig did (maybe Reaves but he would never be on the ice in that situation). Take that however you want.

 

[Aashir]

We have won more playoff rounds than the Leafs, I wouldn’t even talk if I was you.

Lol can’t wait for the city to be burned down again

 

[Masked]

LMAO SN losers thinking slapping in an empty netter is BREAKING THE CODE.... LMAO

And then you have people wondering why can't NHL players have personality like NBA or NFL players?

Love how the people working for the Leafs' owners like to equate taking a slap shot into an empty net is just as horrible as blindsiding an opponent in the head with a stick.

 

[Metroid]

Lol brutal attack

 

[thebestnic]

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

As a Habs fan I think Scheif play was less dirty but more dangerous. Curious as well what they decide

 

[Senscore]

If Rielly really cared that much he would have stopped Grieg from getting ahead of him.


But instead he has his little baby temper tantrum.


Enjoy your suspension, bitch

 

[LemonSauceD]

Hate the Leafs.....will always criticize their softness.

But, kudos to Reilly. Play with some damn fire. The benefits of a play like this in the dressing room, outweigh the 2 game suspension

Leafs have an AHL defense without Reilly. Definitely not a benefit lol

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

You have to take the context of the game into account.

If this is Sens/Hurricanes on a Tuesday night, the Greig slapshot is Busch league.

We're talking about a pest doing his job in a heated rivalry game and getting the exact reaction he wanted.

 

[Sens With Benefits]

The CBC damage control is comical at this point.

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

WHat greig did was not necessay. But rielly should just drop the gloves not crosscheck a guy in the face

Honestly, if he just dropped the gloves, this probably is a penalty and nothing else.

The cross check to the head on a player who scored in a game they were losing with 5 seconds left, he'll get suspended.

I think he'll get a few games (2/3).

 

[LivingRentFree]

Great play by Rielly. Didn’t mean to get his stick that high obviously, but well deserved. Definitely have to be frustrated after the sens kept hitting the ice whenever a leaf player skated by.

 

[bleedblue94]

Hunter on turgeon 2024 edition. Different league

 

[Habby4Life]

Not worthy of a suspension. A 5min major and that’s it. If was a punk move by Greig and every team would go after him for that. If he did that in the 80’s or earlier he be lucky that’s all he got.

Hate the Leafs but call it as I see it.

 

[Static]

There isn’t a single player on the Leafs who would do what Greig did (maybe Reaves but he would never be on the ice in that situation). Take that however you want.

Now imagine thinking what greig did was worse!

 

[Matt24]

And then you have people wondering why can't NHL players have personality like NBA or NFL players?

Love how the people working for the Leafs' owners like to equate taking a slap shot into an empty net is just as horrible as blindsiding an opponent in the head with a stick.

I mean what Greig did is literally the equivalent of what a taunting penalty would be in the NFL. That’s not the kind of personality that sells tickets in the NFL/NBA.

 

[Mr Hat]

Greig celebrating the highlight of the Sens season with style

Yeah too bad Sens can’t play another 5-6 games every post season. Oh the misery.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I’ve rarely seen someone get their Jimmies rustled that hard that fast. Dude cost himself a game cheque for that.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Imagine if this happened to a leafs player...

All the posts here would be like "can't slap it from 3 feet out into an empty netter", "unsportsmanlike", etc.

 

[Matt24]

Now imagine thinking what greig did was worse!

I never said that.

 

[Kerberos]

lol Edmonton fan speaking here

Not a comparison you want to make when Edmonton's stars have put up historic runs in the post-season.

Matched Matthews + Marner's entire playoff resume in a single run. You're divorced from reality lol but the one constant that remains true is the Leafs suck and are being exposed as frauds this season.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Any defenseman who lets that slide would have lost the respect of his teammates immediately. Having said that what happened to just dropping your gloves and fighting a guy?

Greig is a legend for that one too

 

[Whaddagoal]

Haha. Haven't seen something like that in awhile.

Maybe Kovalchuk doing the EN showboating in WJC? Back in the day...