Morgan Rielly suspended for five games for cross-checking Ridly Greig in the head (Mod note in OP); upd: Rielly appealing his suspension (upheld)

[Peasy]

Okay, go ahead.

You literally said if Grieg was injured Rielly should be charged by law enforcement. So far Friedman was the only one I saw in that range.

Wouldnt be the first time the sens threatened legal action against something that happened on the ice

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Tavares and Marner out. Karma hits fast.

1-0

 

[TheNumber4]

O'Neil, Dreger, Botterilli, McLennan, Johnson

I need receipts. But you could be right. Then I’ll retract my statement

 

[OVO16]

Yup...thats how "the code" works right?

Riley better be ready

Rielly better be ready for what? The sens are soft as Reese's buttercups

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

I'm good with this. I legitimately think, while this is a greater suspension than a typical player gets for a first-time infraction, it's the minimum appropriate. The issue isn't the DoPS (pronounced "dopes") handling Rielly unfairly, it's that they are historically incompetent and inconsistent in other cases. They need to enforce other heads shots with longer suspensions if they want to be serious.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

No one said that so go ahead and haha at the wall

It was said as many times as those who predicted 10.
Swing and a miss!

 

[Icelevel]

What a moronic move by rielly. Go to your room and think about your stupidity.

 

[General Fanager]

Rielly better be ready for what? The sens are soft as Reese's buttercups

Tkachuk isnt.

 

[Evergreen]

Six games seems steep to me. I think 2-3 would have been more appropriate.

 

[hatterson]

No issue with the suspension. Was guessing 6 games like Perron, but don’t have a problem they decided on 5 games.

Yea, it’s a remarkably similar play so having 6 as a starting point makes sense. Reducing it one game because it was less forceful than the Perron one and Rielly is a clean player in general also makes sense.

 

[Peasy]

I need receipts. But you could be right. Then I’ll retract my statement

Can you provide me time stamps or less than 10 second audio clips where Friedman and Marek state 4-6 games?

Can't believe you until I hear it myself sorry.

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

No such thing as code in the Sports World. There are rules and nothing else. Code is for losers. How many many minutes is the penalty for breaking the code? 5 games for being an idiot. If any code was broken it was Morgan.

 

[CherryToke]

These clowns on tsn seriously think that only deserved TWO GAMES? WTF?!

Same with the meathead sportsnet crew

 

[MCR74]

you might be surprised to learn that the rest of the league doesn't think about your team as much as you think they do lol

No, but the peanut gallery on the main board sure does.

The work? You're the one that said every analyst had 4-6 games. Show us.

Why make a false claim and expect others to disprove you?

Why bother?

 

[Junohockeyfan]

I love the homers who claim the stick rode up Grieg's shoulder. It was a direct crosscheck to the head. Easily 5 games. Reilly got off easy.

 

[Relapsing]

No, but the peanut gallery on the main board sure does.

So... this is a sport we watch to be entertained... and boy is it ever entertaining today

 

[v00d00daddy]

Well another precedent is set. Let’s see how the next DoPS decision goes.

They’ve been getting worse and worse so who knows.

BTW apparently Weekes got a leak of info before the DoPS even notified the leafs.

We can also look forward to see what non leaf loving players and vets say about this decision

 

[Peasy]

So... this is a sport we watch to be entertained... and boy is it ever entertaining today

Sadly its only going to be downhill from here for the rest of your seasons entertainment.

 

[OVO16]

It was said as many times as those who predicted 10.
Swing and a miss!

Lmaooooo no it wasnt hahahaha. Leafs haters out here thinking they gonna throw the whole book at rielly and now backpedaling

 

[MCR74]

So... this is a sport we watch to be entertained... and boy is it ever entertaining today

If a five game suspension is entertaining to you, well...

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I think most reasonable people picked around 5 games. A few outliers said 10 and a few outliers said zero.

I thought zero at first cause I only seen a quick reel of it and couldnt tell if it hit his shoulder and went high. but after seeing him hit him in the head I figured atleast 3 maybe 4.

 

[Icelevel]

Tkachuk isnt.

Kastelic isn’t.

 

[TheNumber4]

Can you provide me time stamps or less than 10 second audio clips where Friedman and Marek state 4-6 games?

Can't believe you until I hear it myself sorry.

32 thoughts.

 

[Peasy]

32 thoughts.

Do you know what a time stamp is?

Couldnt even link the podcast either smh.

 

[Icelevel]

Same with the meathead sportsnet crew

I’d like to hear what they think about the reasonable 5 games.
Actually we’ve heard enough from them. Give them a few games off too.