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

[Breakers]

Parros sucks so damn bad at his job

Absolute embarrassment that he actually gets paid

 

[featherhawk]

Ridley just cradled like a wimp. Protect yourself from a minor stick infraction to the head. If he just raised his stick in self defence, he ends up bouncing slightly of the boards.

Way overblown.

So its Ridleys fault for not defending himself long after the whistle had blown and the play was dead from a Flagrant act to inflict harm by Morgan who clearly has Anger Control issues which may be part of a larger Psychiatric or Mental Health concern...?

DOPS should have included a mandatory Psychiatric evaluation as part of the punishment.

Based on the comments from some of the Leafs players, it seems they and the head coach Keefe also need to be evaluated by a Psychiatric professional as well.

 

[19nazzy]

Should've been 10. His lack of history kept it lower I'm assuming.

 

[Natey]

Disgusting. Should have been double. Sets such a bad precedent. Basically says you can just skate by before the faceoff, crosscheck someone in the face, and only miss 5 games. Gross.

 

[The Expert]

Probably should have been a couple more games, but he plays for the Leafs so you knew they would go easy on him.

 

[Cogburn]

I'm offended by this.

By this rules logic, someone can sucker-cross-check Rielly in his coward mouth, in nothing resembling a hockey play, and have 5 days off work.

Reaves wants more violence, amidoingthisrite?

What a joke of a team.

 

[OVO16]

But I was informed many times yesterday that the League and DOPS had it out for the leafs?

Lol they do. 5 games is too much considering Greig dove like a whale on the ice and immediately turtled

 

[MoreMogilny]

So its Ridleys fault for not defending himself long after the whistle had blown and the play was dead from a Flagrant act to inflict harm by Morgan who clearly has Anger Control issues which may be part of a larger Psychiatric or Mental Health concern...?

DOPS should have included a mandatory Psychiatric evaluation as part of the punishment.

Based on the comments from some of the Leafs players, it seems they and the head coach Keefe also need to be evaluated by a Psychiatric professional as well.

Did you use a pogo stick to help you jump to these wild conclusions or

Rielly got a suspension when he deserved one

Plenty of players with similar plays got little to no punishment. Are we looking for mental evaluations on all those guys too?

Are we calling for 10 and 20 games for Zegras, Edmundson, chiasson, and Greig himself?

 

[OVO16]

5 games is quite extreme.

You're right It should've been less. But considering how this untied all the leafs haters worldwide for the NHL to answer to this, i know people crying it wasnt longer

 

[Junohockeyfan]

If Xhekaj had the breakaway and slapped it into the net, would any Leaf player do anything about it?

Nope.

 

[Relapsing]

Youre right, reading people cry that SN, TSN, Bell, Rogers, the Leafs and the league are in cahoots is entertaining.

.... is that so

Lol they do. 5 games is too much considering Greig dove like a whale on the ice and immediately turtled

^

See? This is the kind of thing I'm talking about, LOL.

 

[Sensin5]

Lol they do. 5 games is too much considering Greig dove like a whale on the ice and immediately turtled

Cross checked in the head.

Who would be afraid of Morgan Rielly? Nobody. Greig can take care of himself.

I guess your "man's man" Rielly will certainly challenge him next time they meet.

Ya not likely.

Lol.

 

[PatrickEaves]

David Perron gets a game misconduct in the first period and six games.

Rielly gets a game misconduct with 5 seconds left in the game and 5 games.

tHe lEaGuE GiVeS ThE LeAfS WaY MoRe sUsPeNsIoNs!!!

 

[Natey]

Terrible, i might stop watching hockey... What reilly did was textbook hockey. You cant take slapshots on open nets,, it simply cant be done. Suspended reilly for hurting someone for showboating is defending the showboater and punishing the fair honourable player. This game is an embarrassment

Sarcasm, right?

 

[MCR74]

Strong in both. A little stronger in Leafland.

But I point out that we lost a first round pick for nonsense and a key player suspended for 41 games for something.

Who's fault was that? Your GM was a moron and Pinto shouldn't have done it.

 

[nbwingsfan]

You mean got a 1st round pick back?

That doesn't sound like a rental to me.

You traded the 7th, 39th and a 3rd for 1 season of Debrincat (missing the playoffs), a mid 1st rd pick at best, a cap dump and a 4th

That might as well be a rental

 

[bigdog16]

Dude was on the ground for awhile. He didn’t pop up right away. Thank god no one got injured from Morgan’s psycho outburst.

Yeah like I said he was on the ground until he saw the coast was clear. Dude was fine. Its actually more embarassing for him laying on the ice like he was shot when in reality he was perfectly fine. He didnt want to answer any bells

 

[eviohh26]

I mean. I can't say i wouldn't have done the same .. so...

 

[MCR74]

Yeah like I said he was on the ground until he saw the coast was clear. Dude was fine. Its actually more embarassing for him laying on the ice like he was shot when in reality he was perfectly fine. He didnt want to answer any bells

Taking lessons from the master.

 

[Channelcat]

It's not like me to defend the Leafs, but I think Rielly actually lets up slightly before contact.

 

[frog]

Sarcasm, right?

Hockey is meant to have cross checks thats why its only a 2 minute penalty not a 5 game suspension

 

[Maliki2]

Should have been more.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

The angle along the glass looks a lot worse for Reilly

 

[Korpse]

Hockey is meant to have cross checks thats why its only a 2 minute penalty not a 5 game suspension

You can receive a major penalty for cross checking. Looking back at it I think that’s what Rielly got. He didn’t get 2 minutes.

 

[Silky Johnson]

I see this team play often enough to know that you don't know what your talking about with Greig. 60 point player with the team for a decade. Lol

Great point producer in junior. 6pts in 5 games at the world juniors. And now pacing for 40 points as a rookie.

50-60 points seams like a huge stretch...totally laughable


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