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

[JLo217]

Your statement of a blind-side hit was factually wrong.

The Ottawa player was looking at Rielly for more than sufficient time before contact that he had to be expecting the hit.

Thus eliminating any possible blind-side hit.

By definition of positioning it's a blindside hit from behind him. I highly doubt the Ottawa player had any idea that he was about to get crosschecked in the head for scoring a goal. To be frank I'm not sure why we're even debating the severity of it. Blindside or not by I guess what some leafs fans decide is a "blindside" hit is worth having a conversation over.

Let's try this again. He's getting violently and unecessarily crosschecked to the head into the glass from an angle that is at his rear 3/4 view which happens to be from behind his normal peripheral vision. For scoring a goal. I don't think this honestly makes it sound better, but if you prefer this description it's more accurate.

So again, with the new description, and no personal vendetta towards the Leafs or their passionate fans(since apparently I also have to type this out for those plushy soft fans that exist in Toronto)... I have no idea why he's appealing it. That's about as violent of an attempt to hit someone in the head I've seen in the game of hockey in recent years in a non-hockey play.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Once again a big thank you to Greig for that slapshot goal. Lit the fire and the Leafs are 4-0 since the suspension

These narratives are brutally painful.

 

[JLo217]

Money.

He might miss the 5 games after all but if it is reduced he will get some money back.....

Ah that's fair. Again I don't see why he would appeal it. It's a blatant head shot lol.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

By definition of positioning it's a blindside hit from behind him. I highly doubt the Ottawa player had any idea that he was about to get crosschecked in the head for scoring a goal. To be frank I'm not sure why we're even debating the severity of it. Blindside or not by I guess what some leafs fans decide is a "blindside" hit is worth having a conversation over.

Let's try this again. He's getting violently and unecessarily crosschecked to the head into the glass from an angle that is at his rear 3/4 view which happens to be from behind his normal peripheral vision. For scoring a goal. I don't think this honestly makes it sound better, but if you prefer this description it's more accurate.

So again, with the new description, and no personal vendetta towards the Leafs or their passionate fans(since apparently I also have to type this out for those plushy soft fans that exist in Toronto)... I have no idea why he's appealing it. That's about as violent of an attempt to hit someone in the head I've seen in the game of hockey in recent years in a non-hockey play.

He is appealing it because he can and doesn't have anything to lose. He also I would assume doesn't agree with the amount of games.

 

[JLo217]

This just about sums up the inner workings of the horde of Leafs haters.

Rielly suspended five games | NHL.com

Rielly suspended five games for cross-checking

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blind side
/ˈblīn(d) ˌsīd/
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noun: blind side; noun: blindside

1. a direction in which a person has a poor view, typically of approaching danger.
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     the side opposite the one toward which a person is looking.
     "they came at me from my blind side"

verb
North American
verb: blindside; 3rd person present: blindsides; past tense: blindsided; past participle: blindsided; gerund or present participle: blindsiding; verb: blind side; 3rd person present: blind sides; gerund or present participle: blind siding; past tense: blind sided; past participle: blind sided

1. hit or attack (someone) on the blind side.
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I also think you need to re-read the definition that you also boldened. You're proving against your own point.

A direction in which a person has a poor view... you know... like behind them lol

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

If Gallagher received 5, Rielly deserves at least 5 too

Gallagher is a character player associated to a character franchise who accepted his culpability, acted responsibly and took his punishment like a man without a sham appeal.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Gallagher is a character player associated to a character franchise who accepted his culpability, acted responsibly and took his punishment like a man without a sham appeal.

100% agree

 

[LivingRentFree]

These narratives are brutally painful.

They are? Isn’t it exactly what happened?

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

These narratives are brutally painful.

Painful is what happened to Arvidsson.

 

[pcruz]

I also think you need to re-read the definition that you also boldened. You're proving against your own point.

A direction in which a person has a poor view... you know... like behind them lol

Except, you know.

The fact that the video evidence shows him coming from the side.

Unless the Ottawa player can twist his neck 180 degrees like an owl.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Gallagher is a character player associated to a character franchise who accepted his culpability, acted responsibly and took his punishment like a man without a sham appeal.

Not even the NHLPA would appeal on Gallagher's behalf. It deserved 5 games. Unlike Reilly, who deserved a fine.

 

[AvroArrow]

These narratives are brutally painful.

The Leafs players themselves literally said that LOL but go on

 

[PaulD]

Leafs need Rielly back. They're just not the same team without him.

And is, Johnny T back ? ......it's hard to tell.

 

[TheDoldrums]

The Leafs players themselves literally said that LOL but go on

Yeah but what would the Leafs players know about their own mindset? I'll trust the impartial insights of PatriceBergeronFan, thanks

 

[Peasy]

These narratives are brutally painful.

Kinda like the narrative that the Leafs would be doomed without Rielly

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

The Leafs players themselves literally said that LOL but go on

Of course they did. It means nothing. Players are well versed in media games.

Kinda like the narrative that the Leafs would be doomed without Rielly

Did anyone actually believe or say that? Reilly is not Matthews.

 

[sxvnert]

4 wins without rielly. Keep the suspension going!

 

[LivingRentFree]

Of course they did. It means nothing. Players are well versed in media games.



Did anyone actually believe or say that? Reilly is not Matthews.

They are 35-19-2 without Matthews.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Did anyone actually believe or say that? Reilly is not Matthews.

I did.

Have you seen our defense on paper? Yikes.

Performing well above my expectations so far.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Gallagher is a character player associated to a character franchise who accepted his culpability, acted responsibly and took his punishment like a man without a sham appeal.

Ah yes, a player exercising their right to appeal. Trying to present their case to the commissioner who has every right to refuse.

Classic scumbag move.

If I were Gary, I would just refuse it. And also fire Parros. And also enact officiating reform. But most likely I would have retired years ago.

 

[Warden of the North]

Ah that's fair. Again I don't see why he would appeal it. It's a blatant head shot lol.

Because the league's officiating standards are all over the map.

There's a theory it's only 5 games because at 6 games an appeal goes to a neutral arbitrator and the league is afraid they would lose.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Why can’t fans be impartial for a second. Would you be defending this if for whatever reason Marner or Nylander or Matthews got attacked in a similar fashion after scoring? Hell no. These kinds of incidents need to be punished harshly, not more lightly. If Rielly was offended by the clapper, fine, but why go so high with your stick?

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Why can’t fans be impartial for a second. Would you be defending this if for whatever reason Marner or Nylander or Matthews got attacked in a similar fashion after scoring? Hell no. These kinds of incidents need to be punished harshly, not more lightly. If Rielly was offended by the clapper, fine, but why go so high with your stick?

From what I have seen the majority of Leaf fans are fine with a suspension and agree headshots need supplementary discipline. It is league inconsistency that drives people batty. Like it or lump it the league tends to penalize more for optics than actual player safety. We literally just watched one of the worst offenders deliver a 100% elbow/forearm to the face of another player and crickets. Nothing that rode up off another body part. Nothing that wasn't completely avoidable.

Did anyone actually believe or say that? Reilly is not Matthews.

There were several going on about "what if Rielly costs them the playoffs", which of course we know is the hope more than anything.

 

[TooManyHumans]

So I assume the NHL is doing the thing where they let the suspension completely play out before ruling on the appeal. You'd think the NHLPA would have an issue with this but I guess so long as the player gets the money back eventually they don't care if they actually missed the games. Seems like bullshit to me though.

 

[nturn06]

From what I have seen the majority of Leaf fans are fine with a suspension and agree headshots need supplementary discipline. It is league inconsistency that drives people batty. Like it or lump it the league tends to penalize more for optics than actual player safety. We literally just watched one of the worst offenders deliver a 100% elbow/forearm to the face of another player and crickets. Nothing that rode up off another body part. Nothing that wasn't completely avoidable.

The issue is that people which complain about the lack of consistency point out plays which are very different and whine about the different result.

I do not think that MR would had gotten 5 games if the crosscheck would had occured during a play, the fact that he attacked an unsuspecting player after scoring added to his suspension. So no, this was not similar to the usual crosscheck to the face.