(MTL) Arber Xhekaj has been fined $3,385.42

[Qwijibo]

Pezzetta is the biggest punching bag in the league.

Toronto is much bigger/tougher than before.

Reeves plays and they don’t do anything.

Reaves is washed up. Xhekaj fears him about as much as he fears Matthews

 

[PavelBrendl]

Dragging someone into the net? Man, slim pickings in Montreal nowadays eh?

I'll wait while you procure evidence in support of your opinion.
Conjecture is less than slim pickings, my friend.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Virtually every infraction in hockey could lead to a severe injury under certain circumstances.

Bullshit. Punches to the back of the head to a player that's not expecting it and isn't willing to engage is different than intentionally sticking out ones knee, slashing someone's wrist, spitting on someone, or anything not targeting the head that's suspension worry. The first two can lead to broken bones and weeks/months of recovery time. A bad blow to the head can be life-altering. Which is why gutless punches like this, elbows, crosschecks, and slashes to the head should be punished more severely than other incidents.

 

[Jee]

Xhekaj got fined because Paré was too scared to answer the call. It should have been a fight, nothing more.

 

[NyQuil]

A fine is not discipline, don't want to get into semantics.

Imposing fines isn’t discipline? What?

 

[LeafsNet]

I'll wait while you procure evidence in support of your opinion.
Conjecture is less than slim pickings, my friend.

It doesn’t exist because X man never fought Reeves. Show me otherwise.

 

[Golden_Jet]

That sounds like some NHL PR nonsense.

Hitting an unsuspecting player whether play is active or not is irrelevant.

100% it is, if a goal is scored.

Also re:bolded,
then why do you have an issue with Xhekaj

 

[TheDoldrums]

Imposing fines isn’t discipline? What?

it is meaningless in the larger picture, missing games is the only thing fans and players care about. Can't believe this has to be explained.

 

[LeafsNet]

Reaves is washed up. Xhekaj fears him about as much as he fears Matthews

Then why has he never fought him?

100% it is
Also re:bolded, then why do you have an issue with Xhekaj

Pare never intended it, X guy did. Intention matters.

 

[NyQuil]

it is meaningless in the larger picture, missing games is the only thing people and players care about. Can't believe this has to be explained.

It’s just funny because I sit on a number of disciplinary committees and fines are often the most common form of discipline employed.

Can’t believe you are unaware of this.

 

[A1LeafNation]

100% it is

Also re:bolded, then why do you have an issue with Xhekaj

I'm saying both should be suspended severely.

 

[PavelBrendl]

That sounds like some NHL PR nonsense.

Hitting an unsuspecting player whether play is active or not is irrelevant.

You can't seriously believe that Pare can be described as unsuspecting in this situation.

 

[A1LeafNation]

You can't seriously believe that Pare can be described as unsuspecting in this situation.

He was as unsuspecting as Ridley Grieg after a slapshot into an empty net.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Overcharged by .42 cents .What the hell that sum is?

 

[TheDoldrums]

It’s just funny because I sit on a number of disciplinary committees and fines are often the most common form of discipline employed.

Can’t believe you are unaware of this.

Yeah so gonna go ahead and say your job and the realities of the NHL are very different, continue to be obtuse and pretend that $3k for a NHL player is any kind of deterrent. Again, you’re arguing semantics. This is a stupid exchange with you taking more of the fault for that.

 

[PavelBrendl]

He was as unsuspecting as Ridley Grieg after a slapshot into an empty net.

That's a lie. Feel free to check you bias for a second.

 

[All Mod Cons]

The Leafs won’t bite and the game has changed.

But I can see something similar to 2013 happening again, where Montreal was unhinged and playing at home against Toronto.

Leafs went up 5-0 and then all hell broke loose McClaren and Orr pretty much took out the entire Habs line.

Man that team was glorious to watch. Colton Orr, Frazer McLaren, Mike Brown, Mark Fraser, Nazem Kadri.

Poor Josh Gorges.

 

[Korpse]

When play is active, you will never be as unsuspecting as when the play has been blown dead.

Sorry.

You should always be unsuspecting of a sucker punch. Chasing an opposing player around the ice for the intent of retribution and acting on that desire needs to be punished harshly. The outcome and when during play it happened should be irrelevant. Incidents like Bertuzzi and McSorely are stain on the game of hockey and there should be a stronger deterrent.

 

[Stephen]

The Department of Player Safety could have suspended Xhekaj for one game and staved off a circus for the season opener, dialed down the temperature, etc.

But instead, it has done a nice job of setting up a Wrestlemania to Summer Slam for the opener and if anyone gets hurt on either side with splashy bad publicity to boot, you can thank George Parros.

 

[NyQuil]

Yeah so gonna go ahead and say your job and the realities of the NHL are very different, continue to be obtuse and pretend that $3k for a NHL player is any kind of deterrent. Again, you’re arguing semantics. This is a stupid exchange with you taking more of the fault for that.

So insufficient discipline like I said originally.

Stupid exchange indeed. Took the long road to agreeing with me I guess.

 

[HabsQC]

It doesn’t exist because X man never fought Reeves. Show me otherwise.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

It doesn’t exist because X man never fought Reeves. Show me otherwise.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Guys, not only do we have to fear Ryan Reaves (who makes 1.35m per year against the cap) this year, we also have to fear him all of next season, where he also makes 1.35m per year against the cap.

I sure hope the next two years of his contract go by really fast, I hate living with that type of anxiety.

 

[LeafsNet]

Yeah so gonna go ahead and say your job and the realities of the NHL are very different, continue to be obtuse and pretend that $3k for a NHL player is any kind of deterrent. Again, you’re arguing semantics. This is a stupid exchange with you taking more of the fault for that.

Exactly what I thought to myself. Don’t even waste your time.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Imagine thinking Montreal is Canada’s Team Hahahahahaha

what? you're out of control bud

listen to your fellow Leafs fans and put the phone down