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

[Edgelord]

Couldn't agree more.

Methinks that Andlauer will spend while he gets the stadium deal done so hopefully the game is already changing.

100%, be good to have you guys earning to your full potential
but until then f*** you lol

 

[Gary Nylund]

Do you think Grieg should have been penalized?

Of course.

 

[Ace]

The dumbest thing about this discourse is the people that think “having to answer for how you scored your empty net goal” excuses a crosscheck to the head.

bullshit.

if he has to answer for a loser’s hurt feewings…drop the gloves and make him answer for it. Like a man. Not like a petulant child throwing dangerous cheap shots.

Reilly looks like a clown here. At least it matches his reputation on the ice.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

What about it?

That the difference is massively bigger than the difference between how a player scores on an empty netter.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Gotcha, so if it was the postseason then you would be okay with it?!

We need more rules to better coddle our sensitive Ontario neighbors.

 

[Edgelord]

Sir, the goalie pull wasn't invented until 1931.

judging by how many kids everyone had back then, I don't think the concept even existed lol

 

[Saltcreek]

What more information is required? Holy shit the DoPS is a joke.

 

[TheDoldrums]

So fire is an illegal check to the head after a play to an unexpecting player? But adding some flair to a goal isn't fire? Cute, Sportsnet. Cute.

why would Greig be "unexpecting" a reaction if he added flair to a goal in the final seconds? He knew exactly what he was doing and that it would draw a reaction, acting otherwise is completely naive.

You can take issue with the severity of the response obviously, but the idea that he was going to do that and just skate away without anyone taking issue is moronic. When you purposefully antagonize you have to expect a pushback.

 

[DKH]

Ridly needs to respect the game

Reilly has no history maybe a game but fine makes sense

Go Leafs!!!!

 

[Ezekial]

What a joke league if this is treated any differently than Perron

 

[Natey]

Agree 100% - - there’s nothing wrong with showboating and trying to embarrass the opponent.

Just understand that there’s going to be retaliation and repercussions for doing so.

The retaliation still shouldn't be a dangerous and illegal check to the head.

 

[Sniper99]

Are there any Leafs fans that don't think it warrants at least a 1 game suspension?

Would love to hear from you.

5-6 here

 

[The Macho King]

In the 1920s with no helmets you think players cross check him in the head from behind after a goal?

I mean... look up Sprague Cleghorn.

 

[Hoek]

Every team should slap it into the empty Toronto net if they get the chance now

 

[Canadian Time]

 

[dirtydanglez]

What more information is required? Holy shit the DoPS is a joke.

probably waiting to talk to refs and players invloved. maybe medical assessment.

 

[Sypher04]

The dumbest thing about this discourse is the people that think “having to answer for how you scored your empty net goal” excuses a crosscheck to the head.

bullshit.

if he has to answer for a loser’s hurt feewings…drop the gloves and make him answer for it. Like a man. Not like a petulant child throwing dangerous cheap shots.

Reilly looks like a clown here. At least it matches his reputation on the ice.

I admittedly have no interest in reading back through 80 pages of comments to confirm this post, but most of what I’ve seen has been nothing of the sort.

The general take seems to be, Rielly was justified in going after Greig, but the fact it ended up being a headshot makes it suspension worthy.

And Rielly has no such reputation you’re insinuating.

 

[Natey]

Ridly needs to respect the game

Reilly has no history maybe a game but fine makes sense

Go Leafs!!!!

It's understandable. These battles of Ontario are his Stanley Cup moment since he'll never get an actual Cup final with the Leafs.

 

[BrockLobster]

I get why reilly did what he did. But he may have been a bit overzealous.

Oh and lol leafs

 

[Ezekial]

judging by how many kids everyone had back then, I don't think the concept even existed lol

????
Bro, in the bible Onan pulled out of his brother's sister and spilled his seed on the ground so God killed him.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

Information gathering? Is this some kind of CIS investigation? Do they realize its on video and all they have to do is watch it to get all the info they need?

 

[RR44]

This is the kind of play that should get 10-15 games. It's not part of the game.

People are getting a bunch of games for split second bad hits. Reilly had forever to think about this, with no time left, after a goal and still came to the decision to lay a cross-check to the head.

This is kind of play that is pure garbage.

Gotta love the Sportsnet panel too.

Panel: love to see that fire from Reilly!
Also panel: bush league play by Greig.

So fire is an illegal check to the head after a play to an unexpecting player? But adding some flair to a goal isn't fire? Cute, Sportsnet. Cute.

Oddly enough SN usually demonizes that sort of thing what Reilly did and celebrate a Zegras me first kind of goal like Greig did. I was surprised Woke Ron and Botterill didn't seem to mind what Reilly did.

2-3 games max...this is not a 10-15 game suspension given Reilly hit his shoulder first + Greig got up rather quickly after trying to sell being hurt.

 

[abo9]

What you don’t understand is that there is this code in hockey with many unwritten rules. The reason why these rules are not written down is because these rules can change at any time and you can be punished for doing completely legal things in the game.

Remember the code, or try to, or else face the consequences.

LOL

"The Code". Like Rielly cares about that crap.

Im pretty sure using your stick as a weapon is against "The Code".

 

[Natey]

why would Greig be "unexpecting" a reaction if he added flair to a goal in the final seconds? He knew exactly what he was doing and that it would draw a reaction, acting otherwise is completely naive.

You can take issue with the severity of the response obviously, but the idea that he was going to do that and just skate away without anyone taking issue is moronic.

Well he wasn't looking until the last second, so that's unexpecting to me.

He probably assumed he'd get some chirps or maybe a slash on the shin. Zero chance he thought he was getting cross checked to the face, especially by a historically clean player.

 

[Gary Nylund]

That the difference is massively bigger than the difference between how a player scores on an empty netter.

Depends on how you're measuring these apples and oranges and besides that, who cares?