NHL: Around the League 52

[Mrfenn92]

I can’t speak for how everybody views everything, but Rielly defenders (and to be clear, I am not saying you, I hope I’m not coming off as trying to hit you or anything) at least seem the need to be vocal about being okay with what he did or in trying to downplay it, and frankly I don’t think either are a good look. If Rielly got in in Greig’s face or drop gloves or the likes, this wouldn’t be a conversation one way or the other other than a few maybe saying it was a dumb thing to fight over. Hockey’s a violent sport and some violent things are acceptable in it. This wasn’t that, though.

And even if Greig is a dumb punk, all Rielly did was throw his own team under the bus and risk injuring another player because his feelings got hurt. That type of idiocy is way worse for both his team and the game than a pest scoring an empty netter in a perceived wrong way.



That’s much more blatant of a hypothetical than this, though, and even in that case the person most in the wrong would be the one cross checking another player in the face. The only time that is remotely explainable is if it’s in response to an actual rage-inducing moment, like a horrendous dirty hit and the cross checker went ballistic, and even that would warrant a suspension. In response to someone being annoying to some? Nah, not even close.

But, to say again, we’re not talking about some egregious, odiferous, well-understand universal slight here. A dude scored the wrong way on an empty netter to some people, which is an annoyance at most.

Remember a few years back when Matthews did that hand to the ear gesture after scoring on us? That pissed Kane off, and in response he… scored and repeated the gesture. Showboat response to an actual showboat, all good.



There I have to strongly disagree. There are responses, and there are overreactions, and this is the latter. He pulled an idiotic move that’ll hurt his team for at least a half dozen games and might cost them dearly.

This to me seems like such a one-sided player safety issue, too. Throw trash overreactions like this out of the game.



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[No Fun Shogun]

 

[Malaka]

Debate over ethics aside, idk if it’s been mentioned but when I saw the cross check originally I wasn’t of the impression that it was Rielly’s intention to hit him in the neck/face. Looked like greig saw him and tried to fence off the stick which made it come up.

People with siblings probably can relate, this sort of thing happens lol

 

[Pez68]

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This is a bad mother f***er. He knocks those two guys out, one with a right, and one with a left. I walk away after seeing that... The f***ing cigarette flying out of that guy's mouth is amazing, though.

 

[ChiHawks10]

This is a bad mother f***er. He knocks those two guys out, one with a right, and one with a left. I walk away after seeing that... The f***ing cigarette flying out of that guy's mouth is amazing, though .

Yeah, that's one of those you just walk away after that. Want no part of that guy. Wish your boys luck and call it a night.

 

[Pez68]

Yeah, that's one of those you just walk away after that. Want no part of that guy. Wish your boys luck and call it a night.

He's ready for the next wave, too. Stepped right back up past their corpses to f*** up the others. Unbelievable. The rest of those guys just have this "what the f*** just happened" look on their face.

 

[ChiHawks10]

He's ready for the next wave, too. Stepped right back up past their corpses to f*** up the others. Unbelievable. The rest of those guys just have this "what the f*** just happened" look on their face.

Just absolutely buckled both of em. It's pretty f***ing hilarious to watch em fall.

 

[Pez68]

Just absolutely buckled both of em. It's pretty f***ing hilarious to watch em fall.

Drunk people shouldn't pick fights with sober people. Lesson #1 on display here.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Seems most Canadians have a slightly different perspective:

"Most Canadians" = 1 douchebag on an aftershow... ok Bobby.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Yeah, that's one of those you just walk away after that. Want no part of that guy. Wish your boys luck and call it a night.

In my younger days did that to a few of my friends. Didn’t go well for them.

 

[BobbyJet]

Not necessarily. They’re one point out of third in their division and are tied with the Wings for the two wild card slots with a four point lead on two more teams. If Rielly’s out six, eight, more games, they could easily get a worse matchup or even fallout entirely. Their blue line is suspect enough that his absence for a couple weeks could gravely cost them.

No doubt about it. Reilly is a very valuable player on a team that struggles defensively at the best of times. It looks like 6 games which is high for a Lady Byng contender.

On the positive side for Leafs, he will be needed in the playoffs if they are to do anything. A rest for a Dman who logs big minutes should be okay unless they totally collapse in his absence (and jeopardize their PO hopes).

 

[x Tame Impala]

Parity is so high in the NHL i think the Leafs will be fine without him for a half-dozen games. They're no Cup contenders but they're still a good team and I'd be surprised if they get less than 6 points while he's out. It's probably a rallying cry for the locker room anyway, assuming the Leafs have some spine.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Reily gets 5 games

 

[BobbyJet]

Reily gets 5 games

Too many games but what can you do.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Phil Kessel working out with the Vancouver Canucks.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Too many games but what can you do.

Too many games for a f***ing blatantly dirty, trashball crosscheck straight to the face of a guy because he shot a puck into an empty net too hard. Are you senile? Like... seriously. It's Marchand levels of dirty rat shit. But yeah, he should have gotten a slap on the wrist.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Too many games but what can you do.

It's a cross check to the head. I think they got it right.

 

[BobbyJet]

It's a cross check to the head. I think they got it right.

Of course you do.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Of course you do.

It's chicken shit stick work. Zero room for that.

 

[BobbyJet]

It's chicken shit stick work. Zero room for that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hell of an argument.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Hell of an argument.

Gotta remember you're arguing with a guy who still hasn't been able to condemn Bobby Hull's character, and who is still living in the hockey of the 60's and 70's when guys had sword fights on the ice with their sticks.

 

[BobbyJet]

Hell of an argument.

All that should have been said has been. A bush league play like that will always be answered on the ice not by any ref and if you don't like it, watch another sport.
3 games tops for a first offense. .... or would you rather argue some more?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Like I'm not even a guy who's extremely progressive when it comes to hockey as my disagreement with NFS showed. Stick work is for cowards when you don't get a game for throwing haymakers. Tinordi and Foligno are throw backs. Neither guy bashes somebody in the face with their stick in that situation.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

All that should have been said has been. A bush league play like that will always be answered on the ice not by any ref and if you don't like it, watch another sport.
3 games tops for a first offense. .... or would you rather argue some more?

My entire argument has been throw hands. Rock him on the beak and I'm right there with you Bobby. He resorted to stick work. That's coward fake tough guy shit.